consultation on SEA of nuclear policy

http://www.berr.gov.uk/consultations/page45265.html

Consultation: Strategic environmental assessment scoping report for
proposed national policy statement for new nuclear power


Starting Date: 13-03-08

Closing Date: 21-04-08

This statutory consultation is on the scope of the Strategic
Environmental Assessment (SEA) for a proposed National Policy Statement
(NPS) on planning for new nuclear power stations. It proposes how the
SEA will be undertaken, the level and type of information to be covered
in the Environmental Report, and how the SEA will be integrated into the
development of the proposed Nuclear NPS.

The consultation is intended to seek views from statutory consultees
which are the Environment Agency, English Heritage, Natural England, the
Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland), Scottish Ministers,
Historic Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, the Scottish Environment
Protection Agency, the Welsh Assembly Government, Cadw, Countryside
Council for Wales and the Environment Agency Wales.

We are also consulting the Department of Health, the Health Protection
Agency, the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, Defra and the Industrial
and Radiochemical Inspectorate (Northern Ireland) because of their roles
in relation to the regulation of nuclear facilities. This is not a
public consultation but we will consider any comments from other persons
or organisations submitted before the consultation closes on 21 April 2008.