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Details on how to dispose of your unwanted distress flares.
This project reviewed data on how well waste industrial gases are broken down by burning in flares.
Permitting of flares at onshore oil and gas sites, EU emissions trading system (ETS) and flares, and best available techniques (BAT) to design and operate the flaring system.
Information on how businesses can offer a flare disposal service.
This Marine Information Note (MIN) outlines the changes to HM Coastguard's provision of a flare disposal service from 31 December 2022.
Following initial funding from the Defence And Security Accelerator (DASA) to help get it off the ground, Flare Bright has won contracts from leading aerospace companies, the UK Ministry of Defence and the United States Department of Defense.
Space weather events pose a risk to technology, infrastructure, electrical systems and, to a limited extent, public health.
Environment Agency enforcement position on when you can use a backup flare to burn biogas from exempt anaerobic digestion plants.
This Marine Information Note (MIN) provides the latest advice to mariners on products sold as distress signalling equipment to be used in an emergency.
Police will be given powers to arrest protesters who wear face coverings to threaten others and avoid prosecution, and pyrotechnics will be banned at protests.
The purpose of this document is to provide a best method approach to sampling and analysing emissions from enclosed landfill gas flares.
Check what safety requirements and insurance are needed to use a boat on UK rivers, canals, or at sea - boat safety certificates, safety regulations and equipment, disposing of old flares
Options for the correct disposal of marine flares on pleasure vessels.
Offers certain Class VI passenger vessels an alternative arrangement for the carriage of man-overboard smoke signals and parachute flares.
How to complete an air emissions risk assessment, including how to calculate the impact of your emissions and the standards you must meet.
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