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  • Environmental permit application: Regent Park Energy

    Seeking views on an application from Regent Park Energy Limited for an environmental permit at Markham main site, Doncaster.

    • From: Environment Agency
    • Updated:
  • Science Advisory Council (SAC) and the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE) triennial review 2014

    Seeking views on the triennial reviews of the Science Advisory Council and the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment.

    • From: Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment and 2 others
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Energy efficiency: proposals to change Environmental Permitting Regulations

    Seeking views on proposals to amend Environmental Permitting Regulations to include requirements in the Energy Efficiency Directive.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Draft noise action plans

    Seeking views on three draft Noise Action Plans covering roads, railways and agglomerations (large urban areas).

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Noise action plans: large urban areas, roads and railways (2014)

    Noise action plans (Round 2) for agglomerations (large urban areas), roads (including major roads) and railways (including major railways).

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Artificial light in the environment: policy update

    Progress report on steps taken to reduce the issue of artificial light pollution.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Local air quality management in England: review

    Your views are invited on range of options to improve local air quality delivery.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Flood risk management strategy: Upper Aire

    A summary document of the outlined plans for the Upper Aire catchment.

    • From: Environment Agency
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  • Asbestos: Marketing and use of second hand articles

    Seeking views on amending the REACH Enforcement Regulations 2008 to allow the sale of second-hand articles containing asbestos.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • EU review of less favoured areas

    The current Less Favoured Area (LFA) map determines eligibility for EU financial support.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Update to the UK national implementation plan for the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants

    The updated plan outlines progress to date and proposes new actions to improve on the previous plan (published in 2007).

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • English national parks and the broads: UK government vision and circular 2010

    The purpose of this circular, which applies only in England, is to provide updated policy guidance on the English National Parks and the Broads ('the Parks').

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • An economic analysis to inform the air quality strategy

    The aim of this report is to present both the methodology and results of the economic analysis on the air quality strategy (AQS).

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Pesticides: UK national action plan

    The UK’s National Action Plan establishes a framework for community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in the UK

    This report gives an overview of the evidence base for PM2.5 in the UK.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Clean Air Act 1993: assessment

    Papers looking at the scope and consequences of amending the Clean Air Act, much of which dates back 55 years to the first Act of 1956.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Social impacts and wellbeing: multi-criteria analysis techniques for integrating non-monetary evidence in valuation and appraisal

    How to assess and integrate evidence of social impacts and wellbeing into valuation and appraisal using multi-criteria analysis.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Update on measures being taken to reduce the risk of non-compliance with the daily limit value for Particulate Matter (PM10) in London

    Air quality compliance data for 2010  has now been published and shows that PM10 limits in London were within the margins of tolerance permitted.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Local Authority Environmental Regulation of Industrial Plant: 2012/13 Fees and Charges

    Local Authority Environmental Regulation of Industrial Plant: 2012/13 Fees and Charges

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Air quality plans

    Defra consulted on updated draft air quality plans that set out the action taken and being planned at national, regional and local levels to meet the annual and hourly EU NO2 limit values in England as soon as possible.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government