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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.
When your waste operation does not need a permit but you may need to register.
Check if you need to apply for an environmental permit, formerly known as a flood defence consent, and get the forms you need.
How to get the flood history for a postcode area or property in England.
Find out what help you can get from your council to dispose of hazardous and toxic waste
How to deal with hazardous waste from your business in England - your duties, licences and registration, storage, collection and transport.
Form for a duty of care waste transfer note for moving waste.
Follow national and local rules (byelaws) when freshwater fishing with a rod and line in England and Wales
How the Thames Barrier works, and when it is scheduled to close.
How to apply for jobs, workplace benefits and entry level programmes at the Environment Agency (EA).
Find out when you need to do a flood risk assessment as part of your planning application, how to complete one and how it's processed.
Check current river conditions, restrictions and facilities
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
Environment Agency office locations and our address for legal services.
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.
When and how local planning authorities, developers and their agents should use climate change allowances in flood risk assessments.
Rod fishing byelaws are rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take in England.
For each activity there is a set of rules and a risk assessment.
Your responsibilities and rules to follow for watercourses on or near your property, and permissions you need to do work around them.
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