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| Title: | Environmental Management - NOS consultation |
| Organisation: | LANTRA |
| Issued: | 06 January 2009 |
| Deadline: | 09 January 2009 OPEN |
| Synopsis: | Just over 12 months ago Lantra agreed to take over responsibility for the National Occupational Standards for Environmental Management from Management Standards Centre and is currently leading a project to revise and update these standards. Lantra is working with representatives of Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) and Standard Setting Bodies (SSBs) together with environmental practitioners, associations, providers of qualifications and other bodies to review existing NOS and develop new NOS to... (53 words more) |
| Title: | Green Jobs for Wales |
| Organisation: | Welsh Assembly Government |
| Issued: | 28 November 2008 |
| Deadline: | 20 February 2009 OPEN |
| Synopsis: | This consultation will deal with how the Welsh Assembly Government can support organisations and employers in Wales to best improve their own environmental performance and take advantage of the new growth market in green products and services. Your views on the proposals we describe in the document will be extremely important to us, and will guide us in deciding how the ultimate strategy is structured and targeted. Anyone with an interest in this area is invited to respond and we are... (54 words more) |
| Title: | Draft Planning Policy Statement: Eco-towns – Consultation |
| Organisation: | DCLG |
| Issued: | 28 November 2008 |
| Deadline: | 19 February 2009 OPEN |
| Synopsis: | The draft Planning Policy Statement (PPS) on eco-towns precisely defines: • what constitutes an eco-town • what environmental, social, and economic standards these developments should achieve and • how eco-towns relate to the planning system Eco-towns will be developments of a minimum of 5,000 homes - well linked to, but distinct from, existing settlements - that achieve the highest standards of environmental sustainability, including: • employing renewable energy technologies... (55 words more) |
| Title: | Consultation on proposed amendments to the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 |
| Organisation: | Defra |
| Issued: | 27 November 2008 |
| Deadline: | 06 February 2009 OPEN |
| Synopsis: | The Hazardous Waste Regulations transpose the requirements of the EC’s Hazardous Waste Directive (91/689/EEC) and set out requirements for the controlled management of hazardous waste from the point of production to the final point of disposal or recovery. The Regulations came into force in July 2005 and are working well. However, in the light of operational experience we are now proposing a few relatively minor amendments to minimise the burden on operators and to further clarify the... (92 words more) |
| Title: | Consultation on Amendments to the Environmental Noise (Wales) Regulations 2006 |
| Organisation: | Welsh Assembly Government |
| Issued: | 21 October 2008 |
| Deadline: | 10 November 2008 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | The requirements under the Environmental Noise Directive END were made into Welsh law through the Environmental Noise (Wales) Regulations 2006. This consultation looks at amending those 2006 regulations. The purpose of the amendment is to: • insert/amend definitions; • allow noise sources identified for future noise mapping to be published; • allow quiet areas to be identified as part of the action planning process; • provide ministers with the power to produce consolidated... (33 words more) |
| Title: | Consultation on Local Authority Environmental Regulation of Industrial Plant: 2009/10 Fees and Charges |
| Organisation: | Defra |
| Issued: | 21 October 2008 |
| Deadline: | 19 December 2008 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | The Environmental Permitting Regulations 2007 provide for the setting of fees and charges for Local Air Pollution Prevention and Control (LAPPC) and Local Air - Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (LA-IPPC) at levels that will recover costs of local authorities of implementing the system. This consultation relates to the LAPPC and LA-IPPC fees and charges in England. The Welsh Assembly Government will be consulting separately on these charges. |
| Title: | Current Consultation : Compliance Assessment Scheme |
| Organisation: | SEPA |
| Issued: | 24 September 2008 |
| Deadline: | 03 October 2008 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) is consulting on its plan to introduce a new compliance assessment scheme. Your responses to this consultation will inform the development of the final scheme, which is proposed to be phased in from 1st January 2009. This consultation document comprises three parts: • Part 1: an introduction to the scheme, explaining why we are introducing a new scheme, its scope, implementation timetable and some background information on the principles of... (28 words more) |
| Title: | Standard rules for the Environmental Permitting Regulations |
| Organisation: | Environment Agency |
| Issued: | 23 September 2008 |
| Deadline: | 14 November 2008 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | This consultation seeks your views on new and revised sets of standard rules and generic risk assessments that we intend to make available next year under the Environmental Permitting (EP) Regulations. The rules sets concern waste operations, (including a waste disposal operation falling under the Mining Waste Directive) and some low risk installations under the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive |
| Title: | Draft Apprenticeships Bill |
| Organisation: | DIUS |
| Issued: | 23 September 2008 |
| Deadline: | 08 October 2008 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | The Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills have published a Draft Apprenticeships Bill and are launching a joint consultation on the Bill's provision. The Bill will establish a statutory basis for the Apprenticeships programme, to set out the relationship between different parts of the Apprenticeship system and ensure employers and apprentices can be confident that an Apprenticeship offers a high quality route to acquiring... (67 words more) |
| Title: | Stakeholder consultation on adaptation to scientific and technical progress under Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment for |
| Organisation: | European Commission |
| Issued: | 23 September 2008 |
| Deadline: | 08 October 2008 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | Article 4(1) of Directive 2002/95/EC (the RoHS Directive) provides that 'from 1 July 2006, new electrical and electronic equipment put on the market does not contain lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, PBB or PBDE.’ The Annex to the Directive lists a number of applications of these substances, which are exempted from the requirements of Article 4(1). According to Article 5 (2) of Directive 2002/95/EC the Commission is required to consult the relevant stakeholders before amending... (29 words more) |
| Title: | ADAPTING THE UK TO CLIMATE CHANGE |
| Organisation: | RCEP |
| Issued: | 29 July 2008 |
| Deadline: | 10 October 2008 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution’s current study is investigating how to adapt the UK to climate change. Our aim is to provide an authoritative analysis and report on the institutional capacities and arrangements necessary to adapt to changes in the natural environment brought about by climate change. To help with this task, the Commission is keen to hear the views of organisations and individuals with an interest in adaptation to climate change. |
Consultation Response - Planning for a Sustainable Future White Paper
by Katrina Pierce;
by Katrina Pierce;
Introduction
The IEMA and the Ireland & UK Branch of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) were recently offered the opportunity to jointly comment on the Government’s... (117 words more)
| Title: | Environmental Permitting Programme: Consultation on Government Guidance |
| Organisation: | DEFRA |
| Issued: | 29 January 2007 |
| Deadline: | 11 April 2007 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | The Environmental Permitting Programme (EPP) is a better regulation initiative designed to reduce costs for business and regulators whilst maintaining levels of protection for the environment and human health. The Government, the Welsh Assembly Government and the Environment Agency have recently consulted on draft Environmental Permitting Regulations, which would introduce a streamlined environmental permitting and compliance system in England and Wales (Second consultation on proposals for a... (119 words more) |
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