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This guide sets out who has to apply for a permit, how to apply and explains the other rules covering travel to Antarctica.
Apply for permits to travel to or through Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Russia, Tunisia, Turkey and Ukraine, and the rules you must follow.
Permits for installations, medium combustion plant, specified generator, waste or mining waste operations, water discharge or groundwater activities, or work on or near a main river or sea defence.
Check if your import, export or re-export needs a permit or certificate under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Standard rules and bespoke permits for using, treating, storing and disposing of waste. Check if you need a permit and find out how to apply.
Nuclear site radioactive substances regulation (RSR), when you need a permit, how to apply, how to change (vary), transfer or surrender your permit
How to develop a management system and keep it up to date so that you can carry out activities under an environmental permit.
Non-nuclear radioactive substances regulation (RSR), when you need a permit, types of permits, how to apply, change (vary), transfer or surrender your permit.
Check if you need to apply for an environmental permit, formerly known as a flood defence consent, and get the forms you need.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Get consent to introduce (site permit) or remove fish (excluding fish farms): application forms and rules.
What private maritime security companies (PMSCs) need to provide to comply with licence conditions.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
When and how to register if you are discharging small quantities of substances for scientific purposes as part of a groundwater tracer test or remediation scheme.
For each activity there is a set of rules and a risk assessment.
Guidance and regulatory advice on how to apply for licences issued under ASPA and how your compliance with ASPA and your licence conditions will be assessed.
Permits to travel to or through European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) member countries, and the rules you have to follow.
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
Find out if and by when you need to apply for a specified generator environmental permit to meet air quality requirements.
Find out the legal, financial and professional requirements for operators and managers, including extra duties for waste activity operators.
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