Consultation on options for controls on phosphates in domestic laundry cleaning products in England
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Water Quality Division
55 Whitehall
London SW1A 2EY
Website www.defra.gov.uk
7 February 2008
Dear Consultee
Consultation on controls on phosphates in domestic laundry cleaning products in England
1. I am writing to invite views on the consultation paper indicated above.The consultation is being launched alongside Defra’s Water Strategy, Future Water, which sets out how we want our waters to look by 2030. It is also part of the wider process of engagement in the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in England and is being carried out in accordance with the Government’s consultation criteria. The criteria can be found at: http://bre.berr.gov.uk/regulation/consultation/consultation_guidance/consultation_guidance/index.asp
The paper covers the need to take action on phosphates in the water environment and the contribution that controls on domestic laundry cleaning products might make to that process.
2. The following documents relating to the consultation may be found on Defra’s website: www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/phosphates/
- Consultation letter
- List of consultees
- Consultation on controls on phosphates in domestic laundry cleaning products in England
The list of consultees provides details of those organisations to whom notification of these consultation documents has been emailed. Please inform us if you know of others who may wish to be involved in this consultation process.
3. We welcome your views and comments on the proposals. If you need Defra to print out and send you a copy of either document, please write to:
Domestic Laundry Cleaning Products Consultation
Defra
Area 2A, Ergon House
Horseferry Road
London, SW1P 2AL
Email: nadwpconsultation@defra.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 020 7238 5516
Responses
4. Please send responses to:
Domestic Laundry Cleaning Products Consultation
Defra
Area 2A, Ergon House
Horseferry Road
London, SW1P 2AL
Email: nadwpconsultation@defra.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 020 7238 5516
5. Responses should be received by 30 April 2008.
6. In line with Defra´s policy of openness, at the end of the consultation period copies of the responses we receive will be made publicly available through the Defra Information Resource Centre, Lower Ground Floor, Ergon House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR. The information they contain will also be published in a summary of responses.
7. If you do not consent to this, you must clearly request that your response be treated confidentially. Any confidentiality disclaimer generated by your IT system in e-mail responses will not be treated as such a request. You should also be aware that there may be circumstances in which Defra will be required to communicate information to third parties on request, in order to comply with its obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations.
8. The library will supply copies of consultation responses to personal callers or in response to telephone or e-mail requests (tel: 020 7238 6575, email: defra.library@defra.gsi.gov.uk Wherever possible, personal callers should give the library at least 24 hour notice of their requirements. An administrative charge will be made to cover photocopying and postage costs.
9. If you have any comments or complaints about the consultation process, as opposed to the content of the consultation papers, please address them to Marjorie Addo, Defra’s Consultation Co-ordinator, Area 7B Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR, or email consultation.coordinator@defra.gsi.gov.uk.
10. Thank you for your help in this matter. If you have any queries please contact us as above.
Yours sincerely,
Catherine Pike
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Page published: 4 February 2008