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Non-nuclear radioactive substances regulation (RSR), when you need a permit, types of permits, how to apply, change (vary), transfer or surrender your permit.
For each activity there is a set of rules and a risk assessment.
How to apply for standard rules and bespoke permits for A1 installations, including low impact installations.
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.
Check if you need to apply for an environmental permit, formerly known as a flood defence consent, and get the forms you need.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
Environmental regulations and guidance on offshore oil and gas exploration and production, offshore gas unloading and storage and offshore carbon dioxide storage activities
How to meet the general binding rules or apply for a permit if you have a septic tank or treatment plant - fees, application forms and exceptions
When the Environment Agency will not require you to get a permit to carry out certain activities that they regulate.
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).
Nuclear site radioactive substances regulation (RSR), when you need a permit, how to apply, how to change (vary), transfer or surrender your permit
If you operate a medium combustion plant (MCP) or a generator, find out if you need to meet MCP and/or specified generator regulations.
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 if and by when you need to apply for a specified generator environmental permit to meet air quality requirements.
This guide sets out who has to apply for a permit, how to apply and explains the other rules covering travel to Antarctica.
How to apply for a standard rules environmental permit from the Environment Agency.
Application form and guidance notes for a part B11 standard rules permit for flood risk activities.
About Radioactive Substances Compliance Assessment Reports, assessments and inspections and what the Environment Agency will do if you do not follow the rules.
New legislation (The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024) will make it a criminal offence for any recreational fishing vessel to target BFT in the UK without a permit.
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