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Register or license a boat for use on the UK's inland waterways or at sea - which authority to register with, the UK Ship Register and Small Ships Register, penalties and fines
Find out when you need to do a flood risk assessment as part of your planning application, how to complete one and how it is processed.
Check current river conditions, restrictions and facilities
Some 6 defendants who repeatedly ignored Environment Agency advice about waste storage have been sentenced following an Agency investigation.
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.
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).
When and how local planning authorities, developers and their agents should use climate change allowances in flood risk assessments.
The Environment Agency's charging scheme for environmental permits, abstraction licences and impounding licences.
Your responsibilities and rules to follow for watercourses on or near your property, and permissions you need to do work around them.
For each activity there is a set of rules and a risk assessment.
Guidance, application forms and charges information to apply for a boat registration (licence) on the River Thames.
Monthly water situation reports and weekly rainfall and river flow reports.
The U1 exemption allows you to use suitable waste in construction as a recovery activity.
Environment Agency office locations and our address for legal services.
Facilities for boaters at Environment Agency lock sites on the non-tidal River Thames and the River Kennet.
What you need to know about the Environment Agency’s new national risk information for flooding and coastal erosion.
Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
Qualification, compliance and notification requirements for ESOS.
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