Seiliwyd y Papur Gwyn ar yr argymhellion a wnaed gan Gomisiwn y Gyfraith yn eu hadroddiadRegulating Coal Tip Safety in Wales[2]a gyhoeddwyd ar 24 Mawrth. Cynhwysai’r Papur Gwyn ddadansoddiad hefyd gan Lywodraeth Cymru o feysydd na rhoddwyd sylw iddynt yn adroddiad Comisiwn y Gyfraith neu feysydd yr argymhellodd y dylai Llywodraeth Cymru eu hystyried. Cyflwynodd y Papur Gwyn gynigion deddfwriaethol ar gyfer cyflwyno fframwaith rheoli statudol newydd a fyddai’n darparu trefn newydd gyson ar gyfer rheoli, monitro a goruchwylio tomenni segur ac yn lliniaru effeithiau posibl y newid yn yr hinsawdd.
The White Paper built on the recommendations made by the Law Commission in their reportRegulating Coal Tip Safety in Wales[2]which was published on 24 March. The White Paper also included further analysis undertaken by the Welsh Government on areas not addressed in the Law Commission’s report or where it had recommended were for the Welsh Government to consider.  The White Paper set out legislative proposals for the introduction of a new statutory management framework, which would provide a new consistent approach to the management, monitoring and oversight of disused tip and help mitigate the potential impacts from climate change.