HC Deb 28 January 1997 vol 289 cc174-6W
Ms Ruddock

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the(a) White Papers, (b) Green Papers, (c) consultation papers, (d) draft regulations and (e) circulars, for which his Department has been responsible issued in 1996 which his Department assesses could give rise, (i) directly and (ii) indirectly to significant environmental effects. [12706]

Mr. Moss

[holding answer 27 January 1997]: The information is not available in the specific form requested but papers, draft regulations and circulars issued by the Northern Ireland Departments and the Northern Ireland Office in 1996 which could give rise to significant environmental effects are as follows:

  1. (a) White papers: None
  2. (b) Green papers: None
  3. (c) Consultation papers:
    • The Draft Protection of Water again Agricultural Nitrate Pollution Regulations
    • Proposal for a Draft Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order
    • Proposal for a Draft Industrial Pollution Control (Northern Ireland) Order
    • The Draft Industrial Pollution Control (Prescribed Processes and Substances) Regulations
    • National Air Quality Strategy (issued as part of a UK-wide consultation)
    • The Draft Surface Waters (Abstraction for Drinking Water) (Classification) Regulations
    • Producer Responsibility for Packaging and Packaging Waste
    • Larne Area Plan (Draft)
    • Planning Policy Statement Retailing and Town Centres
    • Planning Policy Statement Industrial Land
    • Towards and Beyond the Millennium
    • Belfast Urban Area Plan (Alteration No. 2)
    • Carrickfergus Area Plan 1995–2011 Preliminary Proposals
    • Lisburn Area Plan Preliminary Proposals
    • Planning Policy Statement Planning and Roads Considerations
    • Derry Area Plan Draft Plan
    • North East Area Plan
    • Belfast Urban Area Plan 2001 (Amendment No. 2)
    • Carrickfergus Area Plan 1995–2011—Draft Plan
    • Draft Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Amendment) Regulations
    • Guidance Notes for Listed Building Owners and Their Agents
    • Access to the Northern Ireland Countryside
    • Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985—Review of Schedules
    • Building Regulations requirement for the conservation of the fuel and power
    • Northern Ireland Organic Aid Scheme
  4. (d) Draft regulations
    • The Litter (Statutory Undertakers) (Designation of Relevant Land) Order (Northern Ireland) 1966
    • The Air Quality Standards (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1966
    • The Protection of Water against Agricultural Nitrate Pollution Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1966
    • The Genetically Modified Organisms (Risk Assessment) (Records and Exemptions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1966
    • The Control of Asbestos in Water (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1966
    • The Surface Waters (Abstraction for Drinking Water) (Classification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1966
    • Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1966
    • Planning (General Development) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1966
    • Countryside Access Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996
  5. (e) Circulars
    6. 176
    • Environmental newsletter issued to businesses in Northern Ireland
    • Waste Exchange Bureau circular issued to businesses in Northern Ireland
    • Home Energy Conservation Act 1995 guidance issued to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.

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