consultations
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy is consulting on widening the eligibility for energy intensive industries for exemption from the indirect costs of the renewable electricity support schemes. Consultation closes 7th September. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/widening-eligibility-for-renewable-electricity-cost-relief-schemes. Consultation covers aspects such as:
whether there is evidence of potential competitive distortions as a result of the current eligibility threshold for the renewable electricity cost exemption schemes to what percentage should the current threshold of 20% electricity intensity be lowered – 17%, 15% or 10% – in order to address the distortions if the threshold is lowered, how should the cost on non-eligible consumers be minimised how should money recovered from over-exempted EIIs be redistributed how operation of the exemption schemes might be improved.Consultation on wideningThe MCA (Marine and Coastguard Agency) is consulting on the recasting the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations. (SI 1996/2154). Consultation closes 29th July. The purpose is to bring up to date the UK’s transposition of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) International Convention for the Prevention of Oil Pollution from Ships (MARPOL Annex I) into domestic law. At the same time, it is proposed that they will introduce Ambulatory Reference with the Regulations to incorporate any future amendments to the technical aspects of the Convention (the detail which is of a more technical nature) of MARPOL Annex I into UK law by reference on an ongoing basis, instead of transposing it provision by provision. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-recasting-the-merchant-shipping-prevention-of-oil-pollution-regulations
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is consulting on proposals to amend environmental impact assessment regulations that apply to decommissioning of nuclear reactors. Consultation closes 20th June. The Nuclear Reactors (Environmental Impact Assessment for Decommissioning) Regulations (SI 1999/2892) require all civil nuclear reactor dismantling and decommissioning projects to obtain consent before being allowed to commence. This ensures that projects likely to have significant effect on the environment take due measures to protect and reduce their environmental impact. This consultation invites comments on proposals for implementing amendments of the European Union Directive on environmental impact assessments in so far as the Directive applies to consent for nuclear reactor decommissioning projects in the UK under the Nuclear Reactors (Environmental Impact Assessment for Decommissioning) Regulations. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/environmental-impact-assessment-nuclear-decommissioning-regulations