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Check if you're exempt from needing an environmental permit for a new closed loop ground source heating and cooling system.
Non-nuclear radioactive substances regulation (RSR), when you need a permit, types of permits, how to apply, change (vary), transfer or surrender your permit.
Check if you need an environmental permit for a closed loop ground source heating and cooling system.
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.
Explains your permit conditions so you know how to comply with the conditions.
Entry into enclosed spaces onboard ships is sometimes a necessary but dangerous work activity. This guidance outlines regulations and provides information and advice on how to identify an enclosed space and how to reduce the risk to life.
Nuclear site radioactive substances regulation (RSR), when you need a permit, how to apply, how to change (vary), transfer or surrender your permit
Rules you must follow, who’s responsible, when to tell the Environment Agency and what to do if you get an enforcement notice.
When you can bring seal, walrus and sea lion products into Great Britain. How recognised authorities can get approval to export seal products to Great Britain for trade.
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
An explanation of the offshore SEA process, including documentation of the most recent assessment and related consultation.
The T1 waste exemption allows you to treat waste packaging so it can be reused in its original form or becomes clean waste suitable for recycling.
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
How to apply for authorisation to import, move or keep specified material and the fees you must pay.
Find out how to recognise official customs seals and how authorised traders can use their own seals in place of official customs seals.
Managing radioactive waste with geological disposal
How to manage water use, levels, drainage and irrigation, and avoid pollution from waste water and sheep dip.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste at a collection point before recovering or disposing of the waste elsewhere.
How often you must get equipment checked for leaks if it contains hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) - a type of ozone-depleting substance (ODS).
The Environment Agency’s role in the development and regulation of a geological disposal facility for radioactive waste.
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