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• Find out if you're at risk of flooding in England

  Check your risk of flooding: get current flood warnings, check the 5-day forecast or use flood maps

• Bringing your pet dog, cat or ferret to the UK

  Taking pets abroad on holiday or to live - pet passports, PETS travel scheme, microchipping, rabies vaccinations, quarantine, travelling with assistance dogs

• Buy a rod fishing licence

  How and where to buy or upgrade a rod fishing licence for salmon, trout, freshwater fish, smelt and eels in England and Wales.

• Register or renew as a waste carrier, broker or dealer (England)

  Register or renew registration with the Environment Agency to transport, buy, sell or broker waste.

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  Get business support and advice over the phone and online - setting up and running a business

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Guidance and regulation

• Noise nuisances: how councils deal with complaints

  Detailed guide

  21 December 2017

  Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

• Personal food, plant and animal product imports

  Detailed guide

  7 February 2017

  Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

• Access the public register for environmental information

  Detailed guide

  14 August 2018

  Environment Agency

• Countryside Productivity Scheme
  • Detailed guide
  • 13 August 2018
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Rural Payments Agency, and Rural Development Programme for England Network
• Animal welfare
  • Detailed guide
  • 7 December 2017
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

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News and communications

22 October 2018 — Press release

Government launches plan to ban plastic straws, cotton-buds, and stirrers

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

1. Public to have say on new National Parks
   • 20 October 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
   • Press release
2. Green GB Week: Supporting Clean Growth in Peru
   • 19 October 2018
   • World news story
3. Master and vessel owner ordered to pay £28,610 for fisheries offences
   • 19 October 2018
   • Marine Management Organisation
   • News story
4. Tree Champion: we must preserve our urban trees
   • 19 October 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Forest Research, Forestry Commission, and Animal and Plant Health Agency
   • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Seascape assessments for North East, North West, South East, South West marine plan areas (MMO1134)
  • 22 October 2018
  • Marine Management Organisation
  • Research
• APHA disease surveillance reports, 2018
  • 22 October 2018
  • Animal and Plant Health Agency
  • Research
• Air pollution and cardiovascular disease: mechanistic evidence
  • 22 October 2018
  • Public Health England
  • Research
• Wholesale fruit and vegetable prices, weekly average
  • 22 October 2018
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Statistical data set
• Landscapes review: National Parks and AONBs
  • 20 October 2018
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Independent report

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Policy papers and consultations

• The regulation of nuclear sites in the final stages of decommissioning and clean-up 22 October 2018

  Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

  Consultation outcome

  Date closed 03 July 2018

• Single use plastic: banning the distribution and/or sale of plastic straws, stirrers and plastic-stemmed cotton buds in England 22 October 2018

  Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

  Open consultation

  Closing date 03 December 2018

• Landscapes review (National Parks and AONBs): call for evidence 20 October 2018

  Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

  Open consultation

  Closing date 18 December 2018

• Proposed catch limits for November 2018
  • 19 October 2018
  • Marine Management Organisation
  • Open consultation
  • Closing date 24 October 2018
• Energy Company Obligation: ECO3, 2018 to 2022
  • 18 October 2018
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 29 April 2018

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Environment Agency organisation structure chart
  • 18 October 2018
  • Environment Agency
  • Transparency
• UK government’s energy innovation investment portfolio
  • 17 October 2018
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Transparency
• Accredited country parks in England
  • 17 October 2018
  • Natural England
  • Corporate report
• Committee on Climate Change’s 2018 progress report: Government response
  • 15 October 2018
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Corporate report
• Regulating for people, the environment and growth
  • 15 October 2018
  • Environment Agency
  • Corporate report

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Organisations

1. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
2. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
3. Marine Management Organisation
4. Animal & Plant Health Agency
5. Rural Payments Agency

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1. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
2. Veterinary Medicines Directorate
3. Department for Transport
4. Home Office
5. Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
6. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
7. HM Revenue & Customs
8. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
9. Ministry of Defence
10. Office for Low Emission Vehicles
11. Coal Authority
12. HM Treasury
13. Department for International Development
14. Planning Inspectorate
15. Public Health England
16. UK Atomic Energy Authority
17. Maritime & Coastguard Agency
18. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
19. Cabinet Office
20. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
21. Office for Product Safety & Standards
22. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
23. Government Office for Science
24. Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment
25. Department of Health & Social Care
26. Department for Work & Pensions
27. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
28. Department for International Trade
29. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
30. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
31. Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
32. RDPE Network
33. Northern Ireland Office
34. Veterinary Products Committee
35. Valuation Office Agency
36. The Oil and Pipelines Agency
37. Department for Exiting the European Union
38. Defence Safety Authority
39. Department for Education
40. Science Advisory Council
41. Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
42. Government Veterinary Services
43. Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
44. Government Legal Department
45. Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board
46. Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee
47. Border Force
48. Committee on Fuel Poverty
49. Companies House
50. Groceries Code Adjudicator
51. Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service
52. Homes England
53. Infrastructure and Projects Authority
54. Pubs Code Adjudicator
55. Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
56. UK Export Finance
57. Armed Forces' Pay Review Body
58. Attorney General's Office
59. Certification Officer
60. Commission on Human Medicines
61. Crown Commercial Service
62. Defence and Security Accelerator
63. Export Guarantees Advisory Council
64. Government Actuary's Department
65. The Insolvency Service
66. Life Sciences Organisation
67. Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
68. Ministry of Justice
69. Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
70. Official Solicitor and Public Trustee
71. Tribunal Procedure Committee

1. Environment Agency
2. Natural England
3. Forestry Commission
4. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
5. Government Chemist
6. Marine Accident Investigation Branch
7. Innovate UK
8. UK Hydrographic Office
9. Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
10. Sellafield Ltd
11. Radioactive Waste Management
12. Defence Infrastructure Organisation
13. British Cattle Movement Service
14. Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
15. Animals in Science Committee
16. Magnox Ltd
17. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
18. UK Co-ordinating Body
19. Air Accidents Investigation Branch
20. Highways England
21. Dounreay
22. Council for Science and Technology
23. Defence Equipment and Support
24. Forensic Science Regulator
25. Rail Accident Investigation Branch
26. UK Space Agency
27. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
28. High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
29. Single Source Regulations Office
30. Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
31. HM Land Registry
32. Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
33. The Charity Commission
34. Competition and Markets Authority
35. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
36. HM Prison Service
37. Migration Advisory Committee
38. Military Aviation Authority
39. National Counter Terrorism Security Office
40. Office for Life Sciences
41. Ofqual
42. Regulatory Policy Committee
43. Social Security Advisory Committee