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How to assess and manage the risks from land contamination.
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
Find out where SPZs are, what defines the different zones and why the Environment Agency must protect groundwater from pollution.
A list of all F gases and their global warming potentials.
How to carry out a flood risk assessment so that you can complete your planning application
The qualifications you need to work with fluorinated gas (F gas) and the organisations that offer them.
Get help to improve water and air quality, and reduce flood risk on agricultural land.
How to use the maps to find out if you're at risk of flooding from surface water.
How to store oil, design standards for tanks and containers, where to locate and how to protect them, and capacity of bunds and drip trays.
Find out which Environment Agency locks and weirs you can fish at, the licences and permits you need and when you can fish.
Find out if you need to carry out the sequential test as part of your flood risk assessment and how to complete one.
Rules you must follow, who’s responsible, when to tell the Environment Agency and what to do if you get an enforcement notice.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
If you abstract water or plan to, you may need to apply for an abstraction licence.
Identify, describe, classify and manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
Distances between locks on the River Thames and measurements restricting navigation.
When you need to do an environmental risk assessment, when the Environment Agency will do it for you, and how to do a risk assessment.
The D7 exemption allows you to burn plant tissue and untreated wood waste from joinery or manufacturing in the open air.
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