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This guide sets out who has to apply for a permit, how to apply and explains the other rules covering travel to Antarctica.
Find out the legal, financial and professional requirements for operators and managers, including extra duties for waste activity operators.
Permits for installations, medium combustion plant, specified generator, waste or mining waste operations, water discharge or groundwater activities, or work on or near a main river or sea defence.
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.
How to develop a management system and keep it up to date so that you can carry out activities under an environmental permit.
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).
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
Apply for permits to travel to or through Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Russia, Tunisia, Turkey and Ukraine, and the rules you must follow.
How to apply for standard rules and bespoke permits for A1 installations, including low impact installations.
Check if you need to apply for an environmental permit, formerly known as a flood defence consent, and get the forms you need.
The monitoring, record keeping and reporting you must do and how you’ll be regulated.
The environmental permit, consent and licence you may need before you install a ground source or surface water source heating or cooling system.
Find out if and by when you need to apply for a specified generator environmental permit to meet air quality requirements.
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.
How to apply to import, export or re-export endangered animal and plant species on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) list.
If you operate a medium combustion plant (MCP) or a generator, find out if you need to meet MCP and/or specified generator regulations.
The types of permit available, how much they cost and how to apply for your environmental permit.
Find out which licences and permits you need to operate vehicles with a gross vehicle weight above 3.5 tonnes on international journeys from the UK.
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