Consultations

Consultations in climate change and environment protection

Consultations in this section cover the following topics:

  • Air quality
  • Business and environment
  • Chemicals
  • Climate change
  • Consumer products
  • Energy
  • GM issues
  • Pollution prevention and control
  • Radioactivity
  • Recycling and waste
  • Sustainable production and consumption
Consultation title Issued Deadline Responses
Available in library
(see notes)		 Summary available
(see notes)
EU Commission's proposals to amend the EU Emissions Trading Scheme from 2013 7 May 2008 30 July 2008    
Revising the requirements regarding evidence of broad equivalence for export reprocessing sites 18 March 2008 29 April 2008    
Draft Regulations and draft guidance for proposals for establishing Joint Waste Authorities in England 17 March 2008 9 June 2008    
Draft regulations and guidance implementing the Environmental Liability Directive 2004/35/EC with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage 29 February 2008 27 May 2008    
Transposition of Council Directive 2006/117/Euratom 27 February 2008 19 May 2008    
Future priorities for and delivery of the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund - April 2008 to March 2011 30 January 2008 29 April 2008    
Sustainable products - improving the energy efficiency of domestic heating and hot water systems (on Market Transformation Programme website) 21 January 2008 14 April 2008    
EU Directive 2006/21/EC on the Management of Waste from the Extractive Industries (The Mining Waste Directive) – Proposals of the Transposition of the Directive in England and Wales
(CLG website) 		17 January 2008 8 April 2008    
Proposed UK auction design for use in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme Phase II 21 December 2007 14 March 2008    
Options for implementing the Batteries Directive 20 December 2007 13 March 2008    
Recommendations of the Climate Change Simplification project 18 December 2007 19 March 2008    
Article 5 of the Energy End Use Efficiency and Energy Services Directive 2006/32/EC 13 December 2007 6 March 2008    
Sustainable products - improving the efficiency of energy using products (on Market Transformation Programme website) 5 December 2007 27 February 2008    
Review of the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995 11 October 2007 3 January 2008    
Recycling targets for packaging for 2008 and thereafter 11 October 2007 30 November 2007    
Local Authority Environmental Regulation of Industrial Plant: 2008/09 Fees and Charges 5 October 2007 4 January 2008 Yes  
On a licensing scheme for the sale and purchase of non-compliant paints for use on historic buildings and vintage vehicles 19 September 2007 12 December 2007 Yes Yes
On a draft second edition of IPPC SG6 for A2 activities in the Solvents sector 10 September 2007 5 November 2007    
Standardised reporting of radioactive discharges 22 August 2007 23 November 2007 Yes  
UK report regarding plans and programmes to meet EU air quality limit values (reporting year 2005) 15 August 2007 7 November 2007 Yes  
'Recycle on the Go' 13 August 2007 2 November 2007    
Energy End-Use Efficiency and Energy Services Directive 2006/32/EC 3 August 2007 26 October 2007 Yes  
Implementation of the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) Regulation and the UN-ECE Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers 1 August 2007 24 October 2007 Yes Yes
Fifth Environmental Permitting Programme Consultation on Government Guidance for EU Directives and Waste Technical Competence 18 July 2007 10 October 2007   Yes
Interpretation of the definition of municipal waste used in the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme (LATS) in England 28 June 2007 21 September 2007 Yes Yes
Implementation proposals of the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) 26 June 2007 9 October 2007    
Managing radioactive waste safely: A framework for implementing geological disposal 25 June 2007 2 November 2007 Yes Yes
Environmental Permitting Programme: draft revision of the General Guidance Manual 12 June 2007 4 September 2007 Yes Yes
Waste Strategy for England 2007: Incentives for Recycling by Households 24 May 2007 16 August 2007 Yes Yes
Sustainable Products Policy Brief, Energy in Use: Consumer Electronics (on Market Transformation Programme website) 23 May 2007 17 August 2007   Yes
Carbon Emissions Reduction Target April 2008 to March 2011 23 May 2007 15 August 2007 Yes Yes
Proposals for offences and penalties and enforcement in relation to EC Regulation 842/2006 on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases 18 May 2007 14 August 2007   Yes
Proposals for amendments to The Environmental Protection (Controls on Ozone-Depleting Substances) Regulations 2002 (SI 2002 No 528) and The Ozone-Depleting Substances (Qualifications) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 1510) 18 May 2007 14 August 2007   Yes
Guidance to Local Authorities in England and Wales on Climate Change Mitigation and Fuel Poverty 9 May 2007 1 August 2007    
Activities in the ceramics sector 4 May 2007 29 June 2007    

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