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This section describes the mechanisms to prevent or reduce the impact of accidental pollution incidents.
What you need to review before installing or using an underground storage tank for fuel.
Understand when your activities affect groundwater, what permissions you may need and how to prevent pollution.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage discharge treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to a surface water.
Sheep dip is a hazardous substance – follow this code to reduce the risk of groundwater pollution when you use, store and dispose of dip.
Rules you must follow, who’s responsible, when to tell the Environment Agency and what to do if you get an enforcement notice.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.
How to use an underground storage tank safely to minimise the risk to groundwater.
How to assess the risks to groundwater for treated effluent discharges.
Find out about Compliance Assessment Reports, assessments, inspections and permit reviews, and what the Environment Agency will do if you do not follow the rules.
Find out how you can use natural options to reduce flooding in your area, who to contact for advice, and if you can get funding.
How to deal with waste, including hazardous waste, and prevent pollution.
General management appropriate measures and the process they apply to.
Plan for climate change impacts to and from your site. How to integrate climate change adaptation into your management system under an environmental permit.
Guidance to help UK administered aeroplane operators comply with the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA).
Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.
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