Scotland's Higher Activity Radioactive Waste Policy: Consultation 2010

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7. QUESTIONS ON THE DETAILED STATEMENT OF POLICY, CONSULTATION DOCUMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT

This Chapter lists the questions which appear in the Consultation Document and the Environmental Report.

In considering your responses to the questions please take account of the information in the Consultation Document as a whole, not just in the Chapter where the question is asked, as well as the information in the Environmental Report and the Supplementary Information document.

7.01 Consultation Document Questions

Chapter 2

Question CD1

Have we explained what Waste we have in Scotland and how it is managed?

Please provide details and evidence to support your response.

Chapter 3

Question CD2

Have we explained why we need to define the terms used in the Policy?

Please provide details and evidence to support your response.

Question CD3

Do you agree with the definition of long-term ?

Please provide details and evidence to support your response.

Question CD4

Do you agree with the definition of near surface ?

Please provide details and evidence to support your response.

Question CD5

Do you agree with the definition of near site ?

Please provide details and evidence to support your response.

Question CD6

Do you agree with the definition of storage ?

Please provide details and evidence to support your response.

Question CD7

Do you agree with the definition of disposal?

Please provide details and evidence to support your response.

Question CD8

Do you agree with the definition of monitorable?

Please provide details and evidence to support your response.

Question CD9

Do you agree with the definition of retrievable?

Please provide details and evidence to support your response.

Question CD10

Do you agree with the definition of the need for transport over long distances is minimal?

Please provide details and evidence to support your response.

Question CD11

Do you wish to propose any other definitions?

Please provide details and evidence to support your response.

Chapter 4

Question CD12

Have we explained the implications of the Policy?

Please provide details and evidence to support your response.

Question CD13

Do you agree with the application of the Waste Hierarchy?

Please provide details and evidence to support your response.

Question CD14

Do you agree with transport of the Waste for treatment?

Please provide details and evidence to support your response.

Question CD15

Do you agree with export of the Waste for treatment?

Please provide details and evidence to support your response.

Question CD16

Do you agree with the need to develop a Strategy to implement the Policy?

Please provide details and evidence to support your response.

Question CD17

Do you agree that the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority should be responsible for developing the Strategy to implement the Policy?

Please provide details and evidence to support your response.

Question CD18

Do you agree with the proposal to review the application of the Detailed Statement of Policy 10 years after it is published?

Please provide details and evidence to support your response.

Chapter 5

Question CD19

Have we adequately explained the Regulatory Framework for managing the Waste in Scotland?

Please provide details and evidence to support your response.

Chapter 6

Question CD20

Does the Proposed Detailed Statement of Policy include all relevant issues?

Please provide details and evidence to support your response.

Question CD21

Should the Proposed Detailed Statement of Policy include anything else?

Please provide details and evidence to support your response.

7.02 Environmental Report Questions

Question ER1

Do you agree that the Environmental Report has captured the significant environmental effects of the Policy?

Please provide details and evidence to support your response.

Question ER2

Is there any other baseline or environmental information which could be used to further inform the SEA?

Please provide details and evidence to support your response.

Question ER3

Do you agree with the proposed arrangements for environmental mitigation and monitoring, identified in the Environmental Report?

Please provide details and evidence to support your response.

7.03 Guidance for Consultees

The Scottish Government is inviting written (by post or email) responses to this consultation by Friday 9 April 2010.

Please send your response, including the Respondent Information Form to:

Radioactivewasteteam@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Or
Scotland's Higher Activity Radioactive Waste Consultation

The Scottish Government
Waste and Pollution Reduction Division
1-J Dockside
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ


If you require further clarification please contact us on the email address above or on 0131 244 0199

Please indicate in your response which questions or part of the Consultation Document, Environmental Report or Supplementary Information you are responding to as this will aid our analysis of the responses received.

The Consultation Document can be found at www.scotland.gov.uk/HAW-ConDoc

The Supplementary Information can be found at www.scotland.gov.uk/HAW-Sup

In accordance with the Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005, the Scottish Government has prepared an Environmental Report. Consultation on the Environmental Report is taking place in parallel with the Consultation on the proposed Policy. The Environmental Report can be found at www.scotland.gov.uk/HAW-ER

Page updated: Thursday, January 14, 2010