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How to apply for a standard rules environmental permit from the Environment Agency.
For each activity there is a set of rules and a risk assessment.
How to carry out a risk assessment if you are applying for a bespoke permit that includes discharging hazardous chemicals and elements to surface water.
Flood risk activity exemptions and how to register.
What your business must do to prevent air pollution - local emissions controls, Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs), eliminating dark smoke, permits for boilers
How to apply for an environmental permit if you rear pigs and poultry intensively, including how to comply with and change the permit.
Get consent to introduce (site permit) or remove fish (excluding fish farms): application forms and rules.
Guidance on the pre-application stage for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.
Apply for a standard rules permit for installations, mining waste or waste operations.
Find out if and by when you need to apply for a medium combustion plant directive (MCPD) environmental permit to meet air quality requirements.
How to request a longer timetable for the Environment Agency to assess if your proposal can be ‘duly made’.
Check if you need a visa or permit to work in Portugal and how to get one if you do.
View the permits issued by the Environment Agency under the Industrial Emissions Directive.
How to change details of your environmental permit, transfer it to somebody else or cancel it.
Check if you need a visa or permit to work in France and how to get one if you do.
Check if you need a visa or permit to work in Iceland and how to get one if you do.
Check if you need to do a risk assessment, how to do a risk assessment, and how the Environment Agency can help you.
How to trial new operating models and technologies at regulated facilities.
Complete if you are applying to vary (change) an existing permit.
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