Environment

Wijzigingswet Wet algemene bepalingen omgevingsrecht, enz. (verbetering vergunningverlening, toezicht en handhaving)

Netherlands · Dutch statute book · 1 January 2018

Eerstverantwoordelijke: Infrastructuur en Milieu · Rechtsgebied: Ruimtelijke ordening en milieu, Omgevingsrecht · Geldig vanaf 2018-01-01

Reparatiewet infrastructuur en milieu 2014

Netherlands · Dutch statute book · 1 January 2018

Eerstverantwoordelijke: Infrastructuur en Milieu · Rechtsgebied: Vervoersrecht · Geldig vanaf 2018-01-01

Auswirkungen des Regierungsprogramms auf die Bundesländer

Austria · Federal Council · 22 December 2017

Anfrage der Bundesräte Günther Novak, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Auswirkungen des Regierungsprogramms auf die Bundesländer

Auswirkungen des Regierungsprogramms auf die Bundesländer

Austria · Federal Council · 22 December 2017

Anfrage der Bundesräte Ewald Lindinger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Auswirkungen des Regierungsprogramms auf die Bundesländer

Auswirkungen des Regierungsprogramms auf die Bundesländer

Austria · Federal Council · 22 December 2017

Anfrage der Bundesräte Günther Novak, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Auswirkungen des Regierungsprogramms auf die Bundesländer

Auswirkungen des Regierungsprogramms auf die Bundesländer

Austria · Federal Council · 22 December 2017

Anfrage der Bundesräte Günther Novak, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Auswirkungen des Regierungsprogramms auf die Bundesländer

Auswirkungen des Regierungsprogramms auf die Bundesländer

Austria · Federal Council · 22 December 2017

Anfrage der Bundesräte Günther Novak, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Auswirkungen des Regierungsprogramms auf die Bundesländer

Auswirkungen des Regierungsprogramms auf die Bundesländer

Austria · Federal Council · 22 December 2017

Anfrage der Bundesräte Günther Novak, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Auswirkungen des Regierungsprogramms auf die Bundesländer

Auswirkungen des Regierungsprogramms auf die Bundesländer

Austria · Federal Council · 22 December 2017

Anfrage der Bundesräte Günther Novak, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Auswirkungen des Regierungsprogramms auf die Bundesländer

Auswirkungen des Regierungsprogramms auf die Bundesländer

Austria · Federal Council · 22 December 2017

Anfrage der Bundesräte Günther Novak, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Auswirkungen des Regierungsprogramms auf die Bundesländer

Auswirkungen des Regierungsprogramms auf die Bundesländer

Austria · Federal Council · 22 December 2017

Anfrage der Bundesräte Günther Novak, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Auswirkungen des Regierungsprogramms auf die Bundesländer

Auswirkungen des Regierungsprogramms auf die Bundesländer

Austria · Federal Council · 22 December 2017

Anfrage der Bundesräte Günther Novak, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Auswirkungen des Regierungsprogramms auf die Bundesländer

Ontwerpbesluit houdende technische wijzigingen van enkele algemene maatregelen van bestuur op het terrein van milieu, vervoer en water

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 22 December 2017

Ontwerpbesluit houdende technische wijzigingen van enkele algemene maatregelen van bestuur op het terrein van milieu, vervoer en water

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: EU Law

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which EU (a) Directives, (b) Regulations and (c) other legislation affecting his Department he is planning to propose (i) revocation and (ii) amendment of after the UK leaves the EU.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Regulation

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the title was of each set of regulations introduced by his Department in each month since May 2010; which of those regulations have been (a) subject to the (i) one in one out and

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Regulation

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what processes his Department has put in place to (a) monitor, (b) collate cost information on, (c) review and (d) respond to requests to amend or revoke regulations introduced by his

A bill to extend the period during which vessels that are shorter than 79 feet in length and fishing vessels are not required to have a permit for discharges incidental to the normal operation of the vessel.

United States · United States Congress · 21 December 2017

This bill extends through January 19, 2018, the exemption for fishing vessels and other vessels that are shorter than 79 feet in length from National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permitting requirements for any discharge: (1) of effluent from properly functioning marine engines; (2) of laundry, shower, and galley sink wastes; or (3) that is incidental to the normal operation of the vessel.

Clean Air Contingency Measures Act of 2018

United States · United States Congress · 21 December 2017

Clean Air Contingency Measures Act of 2018 This bill amends the Clean Air Act to specify that an area nonattainment plan may contain contingency measures, which are measures undertaken if an area fails to make reasonable progress towards or to attain a national primary ambient air quality standard, that may be implemented prior to the area failing.

Counterterrorism Advisory Board Act of 2017

United States · United States Congress · 21 December 2017

Counterterrorism Advisory Board Act of 2017 This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), for a four-year period, a Counterterrorism Advisory Board, which shall: (1) be composed of senior representatives of DHS operational components and headquarters elements, and (2) coordinate DHS intelligence activities and policy and information related to DHS's counterterrorism mission and functions. The board's charter shall: (1) direct it to focus on the current threat environment and the importance of aligning DHS counterterrorism activities under the Secretary's guidance, and (2) be reviewed and updated every four years. The DHS Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis shall serve as the chair of the board and shall report to the congressional homeland security committees on the board's status and activities.

rechtliche Schritte gegen staatliche AKW-Förderung im Rahmen der wettbewerbsrechtlichen Prüfung des Vorhabens Paks II durch die EU-Kommission

Austria · National Council · 20 December 2017

Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Martha Bißmann, Michael Bernhard, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend rechtliche Schritte gegen staatliche AKW-Förderung im Rahmen der wettbewerbsrechtlichen Prüfung des Vorhabens Paks II durch die EU-Kommission

grundlegende Reform der Raumordnung

Austria · National Council · 20 December 2017

Antrag der Abgeordneten Michael Bernhard, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend grundlegende Reform der Raumordnung

Parteistellung für Anrainer_innen im UVP-Feststellungsverfahren

Austria · National Council · 20 December 2017

Antrag der Abgeordneten Michael Bernhard, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Parteistellung für Anrainer_innen im UVP-Feststellungsverfahren

2,5-Hektar-Flächenziel

Austria · National Council · 20 December 2017

Antrag der Abgeordneten Michael Bernhard, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend 2,5-Hektar-Flächenziel

Schaffung eines Bundesnaturschutzgesetzes

Austria · National Council · 20 December 2017

Antrag der Abgeordneten Michael Bernhard, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Schaffung eines Bundesnaturschutzgesetzes

Umsetzung der Aarhus-Konvention

Austria · National Council · 20 December 2017

Antrag der Abgeordneten Michael Bernhard, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Umsetzung der Aarhus-Konvention

rechtliche Schritte gegen staatliche AKW-Förderung im Rahmen der wettbewerbsrechtlichen Prüfung des Vorhabens Paks II durch die EU-Kommission

Austria · National Council · 20 December 2017

Antrag der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Martha Bißmann, Michael Bernhard, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend rechtliche Schritte gegen staatliche AKW-Förderung im Rahmen der wettbewerbsrechtlichen Prüfung des Vorhabens Paks II durch die EU-Kommission

Balloons and Sky Lanterns: Environment

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the environmental effect of the intentional release of helium-filled balloons and sky lanterns.

Environment Protection

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which organisations his Department consulted in preparation for the 25 Year Environment Plan.

To amend the Wyoming Wilderness Act of 1984 to clarify authorized recreational uses in the Palisades, High Lakes, and Shoal Creek Wilderness Study Areas.

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2017

This bill amends the Wyoming Wilderness Act of 1984 to direct the Department of Agriculture, with respect to helicopter skiing in the Palisades Wilderness Study Area in the Bridger-Teton and Targhee National Forests in Wyoming, to authorize the number of permitted days of helicopter skiing to be at least the number of days specified in the High Mountain Heli-Skiing Final Environmental Impact Statement for certain national forest districts in Wyoming and Idaho, issued by the Forest Service on June 30, 2005. Subject to such requirement, all recreational uses occurring before the enactment of this bill within the Palisades, High Lakes, and Shoal Creek Wilderness Study Areas, including horseback riding, snowmobiling, dirt bike riding, mountain biking, and helicopter skiing shall continue to be permitted in those areas. The bill bars the construction of any recreational access points in such wilderness study areas, except by an express authorization of Congress.

Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 20 December 2017.#Protect Natur-, Arten- und Landschaftsschutz Umweltorganisation v Bezirkshauptmannschaft Gmünd.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 2000/60/EC — EU action in the field of water policy — Article 4(1) and Article 14(1) — Obligations to prevent deterioration of the status of bodies of surface water and encourage the active involvement of all interested parties in the implementation of the directive — Aarhus Convention — Public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters — Article 6 and Article 9(3) and (4) — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 47 — Right to effective judicial protection — Project that is likely to have an impact on water status — Administrative procedure for a permit — Environmental organisation — Application seeking to secure status as a party to the administrative procedure — Possibility of relying on rights deriving from Directive 2000/60/EC — Extinction of the status of party to the procedure and of the right to bring an action if those rights are not exercised within good time during the administrative procedure.#Case C-664/15.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 20 December 2017

Microplastics: Marine Environment

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to tackle the release of microfibres into the marine environment from washing clothes.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of his Department's Answers to Written Parliamentary Questions in the 2017-18 Session to date have referred to the information requested not being (a) coll

Ensuring Access to Quality Sober Living Act of 2018

United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2017

Ensuring Access to Quality Sober Living Act of 2017 This bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to publish best practices for operating recovery housing, to distribute such publication to the states, and to provide technical assistance to states seeking to adopt such practices. "Recovery housing" means a shared living environment free from alcohol and illegal drug use and centered on peer support and connection to services to promote recovery from substance use disorders.

Shipping: Environment Protection

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress with discussions there has been at the International Maritime Organization on a decarbonisation strategy for the shipping industry up to 2023 which complies with the (a) mandatory and (b) voluntar

Shipping: Environment Protection

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government plans to take by 2023 to introduce a decarbonisation strategy for the shipping industry which complies with the (a) mandatory and (b) voluntary obligatio

Planning Permission: Environment Protection

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how his Department is incorporating the effect that engagement with nature has on well-being in the planning system.

European Environment Agency

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2017

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for future relationships post-Brexit between (1) UK public agencies, and (2) UK industry, and the European Environment Agency.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: ICT

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to implement the guidance set out by the Government Commercial Function in its paper entitled Exiting Major IT Contracts: Guidance for Departments,

Antwoorden op vragen van de commissie over uitvoering van de motie van de leden Van Eijs en Kröger inzake het proactief aanbieden van een bloedonderzoek

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 15 December 2017

Antwoorden op vragen van de commissie over uitvoering van de motie van de leden Van Eijs en Kröger inzake het proactief aanbieden van een bloedonderzoek

Recovering America's Wildlife Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 December 2017

Recovering America's Wildlife Act This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to direct the Department of the Treasury to transfer, beginning in FY2018, revenues from energy and mineral development on federal lands totaling $1.3 billion to the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Subaccount of the Federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration Fund, to be available without further appropriation. The bill revises the requirements governing how the funds from the subaccount may be used, including by requiring funds to be used to develop, revise, and implement state wildlife conservation strategies. The bill expands the allowable uses of the subaccount, including by allowing funds to be used for managing invasive and nuisance species and for law enforcement activities that are directly related to the conservation of species of the greatest conservation need. Funds apportioned from the subaccount may not be conditioned upon the provision of public access to private lands, waters, or holdings. The bill specifies what types of funds and donations states may use to meet matching fund requirements. The bill revises the formula used to determine how funds are distributed to states.

Fishing and Small Vessel Relief Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 December 2017

Fishing and Small Vessel Relief Act This bill extends until December 18, 2020, an exemption from permit requirements of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act). The exemption allows certain incidental discharges from vessels that are either less than 79 feet in length or a fishing vessel.

Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2017

United States · United States Congress · 14 December 2017

Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 to require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to conduct and update at least once every seven years an ocean acidification coastal community vulnerability assessment with a corresponding public report. The assessment must identify: (1) U.S. coastal communities that are most dependent on coastal and ocean resources that may be impacted by ocean acidification; (2) the nature of those communities' social and economic vulnerabilities; (3) impacts from changes in ocean and coastal marine resources that are not managed by the federal government; and (4) key knowledge gaps where research could be devoted to better understand the possible ocean acidification impacts, risks, threats, and possible adaptation strategies for the communities. In carrying out the ocean acidification coastal community vulnerability assessment, NOAA must collaborate with state, local, and tribal government entities that are conducting or have completed vulnerability assessments, strategic research planning, or other similar activities related to ocean acidification and its impacts on coastal communities. NOAA's ocean acidification program is expanded to include an ongoing mechanism that allows affected industry members, coastal stakeholders, non-federal resource managers, regional environmental monitoring programs, indigenous knowledge groups, and outside scientific experts not employed by the federal government to provide input on research, data, and monitoring necessary to support on-the-ground management, decision making, and adaptation related to ocean acidification and its impacts. The strategic plan for ocean acidification research and monitoring developed by the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology of the National Science and Technology Council must make recommendations for research to address the key knowledge gaps identified in the community vulnerability assessment report.

Opinion of Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe delivered on 14 December 2017.#Trinseo Deutschland Anlagengesellschaft mbH v Bundesrepublik Deutschland.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Berlin.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the European Union — Directive 2003/87/EC — Scope — Article 2(1) — Annex I — Activities subject to the trading scheme — Production of polymers — Use of heat supplied by a third-party installation — Application for free allocation of emission allowances — Period 2013-2020.#Case C-577/16.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 14 December 2017

Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 14 December 2017.#Hungary v European Commission.#EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing — Regulations (EC) Nos 1782/2003, 1290/2005, 73/2009 and 1122/2009 — Expenditure incurred by Hungary — Conditionality — Control of Statutory Management Requirements — Control of good agricultural and environmental conditions — Lump-sum and specific corrections — Risk for the Funds.#Case T-505/15.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 14 December 2017

Voornaamste budgettaire mutaties van de begroting van het Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Milieu (XII), het Infrastructuurfonds (A) en het Deltafonds (J) sinds de tweede suppletoire begroting 2017

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 14 December 2017

Voornaamste budgettaire mutaties van de begroting van het Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Milieu (XII), het Infrastructuurfonds (A) en het Deltafonds (J) sinds de tweede suppletoire begroting 2017

Streichung der steuerlichen Begünstigung für Kohleverstromung

Austria · National Council · 13 December 2017

Antrag der Abgeordneten Josef Schellhorn, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend die Streichung der steuerlichen Begünstigung für Kohleverstromung

nationale Machbarkeitsstudie und Aktionsplan zum Ausstieg von Glyphosat

Austria · National Council · 13 December 2017

Antrag der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Georg Strasser, Walter Rauch, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend nationale Machbarkeitsstudie und Aktionsplan zum Ausstieg von Glyphosat

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Brexit

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department (a) has drafted and (b) is drafting a market access commission on the implications of the withdrawal of the UK from the EU.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: EU Nationals

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many non-UK EU nationals started employment in his Department since 23 June 2016.

Environment Protection

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that the devolved administrations' policies and incentives for green finance are all coherent with each other and with those of the Westminster G