Environmental Protection: Consultations

This page is no longer being updated - it lists older consultations.
Current consultations are indexed here.

Consultations published June 2001 - end 2002

• Guide to Directive 2000/76/EC on the Incineration of Waste (closing date 16 May 2003)
• Proposals for the Statutory Control of Odour & Other Nuisance from Sewage Treatment Works - Consultation (closing date: 28 March 2003)
• Draft Groundwater Protection Code for the Use of Solvents - Consultation (closing date 20 March 2003)
• Seas of Change: the Government's consultation paper to help deliver our vision for the marine environment (closing date - 28 February 2003)
• Energy Efficiency Commitment 2002-2005: Consultation on amendments to reflect forthcoming changes to the Tax Credit system and the introduction of Pension Credit (closing date 14 February 2003)
• "Living Places - Powers, Rights and Responsibilities: Options for Reforming the Legislative Framework" (closing date 14 February 2003)
• Consultation on the Transposition of the 8th Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Marketing and Use Directive 76/769/EEC: The Environmental Protection (Controls on Hexachloroethane) Regulations 2002 in Great Britain (closing date 28 January 2003)
• Consultation on Dioxins and Dioxin-like PCBs in the UK Environment (closing date 24 January 2003)
• Water Framework Directive Second Consultation Paper (closing date 21 January 2003)
• Proposals to amend the statutory controls for the agricultural use of sludge - consultation paper (closing date: 21 January 2003)
• Consultation on local authority air fees and charges scheme 2003/04 (closing date 3 January 2003)
  [Response]
• LA-IPPC and LAPPC - Policy and Procedure for Permitting Installations: Secretary of State's Guidance - Consultation (closing date 31 December 2002)
  [Responses]
• Proposed Directive on Promotion of Cogeneration (Combined Heat and Power) in the Internal Energy Market - Consultation (Closing date 21 December 2002)
  [Response]
• Consultation on Proposed EC Directive to restrict the use of nonylphenol and nonylphenol ethoxylates (closing date 9 December 2002
• Revised Draft Statutory Local Air Quality Management Guidance (closing date 9 December 2002)
  [Responses]
• Clarifying the UK Fuel Poverty Strategy: Consultation (closing date 29 November)
• Draft Water Resources (EIA) (England And Wales) Regulations 2002 - Consultation (closing date: 12 November 2002)
• Second and Third Air Quality Daughter Directives: Consultation Paper (closing date: 8 November 2002)
  [Responses]
• National Strategy to Combat Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-Level Ozone - Consultation Paper (closing date: 8 November 2002)
  [Response]
• UK Thematic Report on Mountain Ecosystems: consultation (being run for Defra by JNCC) - closing date 1 November 2002
• "Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control A Practical Guide - Second Edition" (closing date 1 November 2002)
• Transposition of the Large Combustion Plants Directive (closing date: 4 October 2002)
• Draft Environmental Information Regulations - Consultation paper (closing date: 4 October 2002)
  [Response]
• Extending Opportunities for Competition in the Water Industry in England and Wales - Consultation Paper (closing date: 1 October 2002)
• Implementation of Directive 2000/76/EC on the Incineration of Waste (closing date 9 September 2002)
• Energy labelling of household air conditioners and electric ovens: Consultation on New Regulations for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland (closing date 30 August 2002)
• Implementation of Directive 2001/18/EC on the Deliberate Release of Genetically Modified Organisms into the Environment: Second Consultation on New Regulations for England (closing date 26 August 2002)
• Water Grid PPP: Removal of Restrictions on British Waterways' Statutory Powers (closing date 16 August 2002)
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• Statistical methodology review of the monitoring sites used in the air quality headline indicator (closing date 8 August 2002)
• The Government's Strategy for Combined Heat and Power to 2010 - Public Consultation Draft (closing date 7 August 2002)
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• LAPC Consultation on Risk-Based Regulation and Inspection Frequency (by 2 August 2002)
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• Stage II Petrol Vapour Recovery - (by 9 July 2002)
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• Possible Changes to the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme (by 17 June 2002)
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• UK Ratification of the 1998 Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Heavy Metals (by 11 June 2002)
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• Proposal for an EU Directive on Environmental Liability (by 24 May 2002)
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• The Environment Agency's Objectives and Contribution to Sustainable Development - Consultation Paper (by 18 April 2002)
• Towards a National Ambient Noise Strategy (by 15 March 2002)
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• Managing Radioactive Waste Safely (12 March 2002)
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• How should England implement the 1991 Nitrates Directive? (by 28 February 2002)
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• Distribution of the £140 Million Waste Minimisation and Recycling Fund (by 21 January 2002)
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• Consultation Paper on Guidance to draft Codes of Practice to Minimise Noise (by 22 January 2002)
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• Pollution Prevention & Control (England And Wales) Regulations 2000: Consultation on a Deferral of the Relevant Period for Applications of certain A2 and B Installations (by 19 December 2001)
• Radioactive Substances: Proposed Natural Gas Exemption Order (19 December 2001)
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• Air Quality Strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: a consultation document on proposals for air quality objectives for particles, benzene, carbon monoxide and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (12 December 2001)
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• Distribution of the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund (by 27 November 2001)
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• Packaging Regulations - Raising the Targets in 2002: Consultation (by 7 November 2001)
• Proposed EC Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings - Consultation (26 October 2001)
  [Response]
• Implementation of Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the Landfill of Waste Second Consultation Paper (26 October 2001)
  Also: Waste Management Controls: Proposed Amendment to the Duty Of Care (26 October 2001)
• Implementation of Directive 2001/18/EC on the Deliberate Release of Genetically Modified Organisms into the Environment (26 October 2001)
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• Draft Groundwater Protection Code for Fuel Dispensing Facilities Involving Underground Storage Tanks (19 October 2001)
• Energy Efficiency Commitment - 2002-2005: Consultation Proposals (12 October 2001)
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• Environmental Reporting, General Guidelines on; Consultation Draft (25 June 2001)
• First Consultation Paper on the Implementation of the EC Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) (29 June 2001)
• Life Cycle Assessment of Polyvinyl Chloride and Alternatives (13 June 2001)
• Proposals for a European Community Directive on Public Participation in Certain Environmental Matters (no closing date)
• Review of the Special Waste Regulations (22 June 2001)
• Tradable Landfill Permits (22 June 2001)
• Arthur D Little (Consultants) Ltd Report on BNFL's Revised Business Case for the Sellafield MOX Plant - Consultation (24 August)
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Archive Papers (pre-Defra)
(for archive/historical purposes, many documents date from 1998 and have not been updated)

• The Air Quality (England) Regulations 2000
• The Air Quality Strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
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• Amendments to the Transfrontier Shipments of Waste Regulations 1994
• Areas of information required for fuels submitted to the Green Fuels Challenge
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• Changes to the Percentage Activity Obligations and Other Matters
• Climate Change: Draft UK Programme
  [Response]
• Code of Practice on Conservation, Access and Recreation
• Competition in the Water Industry in England and Wales
• Consumer Products and the Environment
  [Response]
• Contaminated Land: Implementation of Part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990
• Control and Remediation of Radioactively Contaminated Land
• Darwin Initiative for the Survival of Species: Convention on Biological Diversity - Compiling the United Kingdom's Second National Report
• Dental Amalgam: An Environmental Code of Practice
• The Derivation of the Carbon Savings Figures included in the UK's 'Draft Climate Change Programme'
• Design of a Tax or Charge Scheme for Pesticides
• Dog Identification Group Report
• Draft Guidance to the Director General of Water Services under Section 4
• Draft Soil Strategy for England
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• Draft Water Bill – Regulatory, Environmental and Equal Treatment Appraisals
• Economic instruments in relation to water abstration
• Energy Efficiency (Ballasts for Fluorescent Lighting) Regulations
• Energy efficiency and local well-being: a corporate priority for local authorities
• Energy Efficiency Commitment 2002-2005 (Formerly EESOP 4) The Government's Provisional Conclusions
• Energy Efficiency Measures under the Climate Change Levy Package
  [Response]
• Energy Efficiency Standard of Performance, 2002-2005
• Environment Agency Financial, Management and Policy Review
• Environmental Liability: Consultation on European Commission White Paper
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• Environmental Reporting: Guidelines for Company Reporting on Waste
• Environmental Reporting: Guidelines for Company Reporting on Water
• European Commission's Proposal for a Sixth Environment Action Programme
• Foot and Mouth Disease ("FMD") Disposal of Carcasses Etc. at Licensed Landfill Sites
• Foot and Mouth Disease: The Permitting Under the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations of Air Curtain Incinerators Used for the Disposal of Carcasses
• Fourth Consultation Paper on the Implementation of the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) Directive
  [Response]
• Fuel Poverty: The New HEES - a programme for warmer, healthier homes
• A Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme for the United Kingdom
• [Analysis of Responses]
• The Groundwater Regulations 1998: Draft Guidance
• Guidance on the Assessment of Risk to Wider Biodiversity from Proposed Cultivation of GM Crops
• Guidance on Best Practice in the Design of Genetically Modified Crops
• Identification of Marine Environmental High Risk Areas (MEHRAs) in the UK
• The Implementation of Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the Landfill of Waste
• Implementation of EC Directive 1999/13/EC on the limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds
• Implementation of the Shellfish Waters Directive (79/923/EEC)
• Less Waste. More Value. Consultation Paper on the Waste Strategy for England and Wales
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• Limiting Landfill: A Consultation paper on limiting landfill to meet the EC Landfill Directive's targets for the landfill of biodegradable municipal waste
• MOX Consultation
• Policy Instruments to Correct Market Failure in the Demand for Secondary Materials
• A Possible Further Phase (Phase 3) to Practice Programme
• Proposals to Improve the Air Pollution Public Information Bulletin
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• Proposed Regulations Transposing the EC Air Quality Framework Directive and 1st Daughter Directive
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• Proposals for The Radioactive Substances (Basic Safety Standards) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 and The Radioactive Substances (Basic Safety Standards) (England and Wales) Direction 2000
• Proposals for Regulations to Control Water Pollution from Oil Stores in England
• Proposals for a Revised Public Access to Environmental Information Regime
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• Proposed Amendments to the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000, SI 1973
• Proposed EC Directive to ban the use of Pentabromodiphenyl ether (Penta BDE)
• Proposed EC Directive on the use of Short Chain Chlorinated Paraffins (SCCPs) in Metal Working and Leather Finishing
• Proposed Water Resources (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations
• Proposed Environmental Noise Directive
• Public Health and Drinking Water: Preventing Cryptosporidium Getting into Public Drinking Water Supplies
• The Provision of New Drains and Sewers in England and Wales
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• A Quality Assurance Programme for Combined Heat and Power
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• The Radioactive Substances Act 1993 : Implementing the Revised Basic Standards Directive Euratom 96/29
• Recovery and Recycling Targets for Packaging Waste in 2001
• Report on the Review of the National Air Quality Strategy: Proposals to Amend the Strategy
• Review of Implementation of the Noise Act 1996
• Review of Legislation Relating to Integration Within the Environment Agency and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency
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• Review of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997
• Review of the Special Waste Regulations
• Review of the Water Abstraction Licensing System in England and Wales
• Risk Assessment Method for Local Air Pollution Control (LAPC1)
• Sellafield MOX Plant Consultation 2001
• Statutory Guidance on the Regulation of Radioactive Discharges into the Environment from Nuclear Licensed Sites
• Sulphur Content of Heavy Fuel Oil and Gas Oil
• Sustainability Counts
• Sustainable Development: Opportunities for Change. A Consultation Paper on a Revised UK Strategy
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• Sustainable Development: Opportunities for Change. Getting More
• Sustainable Development: Opportunities for Change. Making Biodiversity Happen
• Sustainable Development: Opportunities for Change. Sustainable Business
• Sustainable Development: Opportunities for Change. Sustainable Construction
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• Sustainable Development: Opportunities for Change. Sustainable Production and Use of Chemicals
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• Third Consultation Paper on the Implementation of the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) Directive
• 'Transboundary Air Pollution: Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground Level Ozone in the UK': draft report produced by the National Expert Group on Transboundary Air Pollution
• UK Climate Change Programme
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• The UK Fuel Poverty Strategy
• UK Strategy for Radioactive Discharges 2001 - 2020
• UK Managment Plan for Exports and Imports of Waste
• Waste Management Licensing Risk Assessment Inspection Frequencies, Operator Pollution Risk Appraisal : OPRA for Waste
• Water Bill – Consultation on Draft Legislation
  [Response - see also this page]
• Water Charging in England and Wales - A New Approach
  [Response]
• Water Industry Act 1999: Consultation on Regulations
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• The Water Supply (Water Quality) (England) Regulations 2000
• A Way with Waste - a draft waste strategy for England and Wales, part one and part two
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