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How to access the Environment Agency's public registers of environmental information.
Rod fishing byelaws are rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take in England.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.
Check if you need to apply for an environmental permit, formerly known as a flood defence consent, and get the forms you need.
When you can get permission to trap or remove crayfish in England, how to apply, and rules to follow.
How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.
When you may need an environmental permit or licence for activities that could pollute, increase flood risk, affect land drainage or affect water resources. Check the rules and get advice before you start operating.
Navigation on the River Thames may be restricted or closed in certain areas. Find out where and when these restrictions and closures are.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
Technical guidance on how to assess and classify waste.
The Environment Agency's charging scheme for environmental permits, abstraction licences and impounding licences.
If you abstract water or plan to, you may need to apply for an abstraction licence.
Register and pay for exemptions to store, treat, use or dispose of waste. Deregister exemptions you no longer need and update details that have changed.
The current conditions affecting boaters on the River Thames and what the warnings mean.
How to carry out a flood risk assessment so that you can complete your planning application
Sign in or create an account for your organisation to report packaging data. This means it can comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Find out if you qualify for ESOS and how to comply.
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.
When and how local planning authorities, developers and their agents should use climate change allowances in flood risk assessments.
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