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Find out if and by when you need to apply for a medium combustion plant directive (MCPD) environmental permit to meet air quality requirements.
This guidance is to understand the European Community (EC) Directive 2006/12/EC on waste, as it relates to permitting waste operations in England and Wales.
How to carry out a groundwater risk assessment as part of an application for an environmental permit.
Comprehensive help for those operating, regulating or interested in facilities that are covered by the Environmental Permitting regulations.
The monitoring, record keeping and reporting you must do and how you’ll be regulated.
Meet the ambition and expectations in WISER and follow the WINEP methodology to develop an environmental programme for the price review 2024.
Ministerial direction relating to determination of environmental permits for new waste incineration facilities in England.
Common user charge rates and how the charge applies to imports entering Great Britain through the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel.
When you can use PCBs and equipment, products or materials containing them, and how to register, label and dispose of them.
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.
When your waste operation does not need a permit but you may need to register.
Find out if you need an environmental permit, if you can meet permit requirements and how to follow the application process.
Guidance for policy officials in government to identify and assess the wider environmental impacts of their policy options.
How to clean and disinfect after an animal disease outbreak and store and dispose of the washwater.
Guidance on dredging and the removal of silt and sand from main rivers as a flood risk activity under the Environmental Permitting Regulations.
How to query UK data on waste transfers and emissions, by specific substance, area, river basin, industry or economic sector.
Complete if you are applying for a flood risk activities environmental permit.
The licences and permits you need, the documents you must prepare, and how to apply to build a hydropower scheme.
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