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Information on peak river flow allowances for flood risk assessments, and flood and coastal risk projects, schemes and strategies.
Meeting the standard for stack emissions monitoring sample locations – requirements for measurement sections and sites. This guidance was formerly called M1.
Handbook and software to help assess the risks of contaminated land exposure for human health.
How to select compliance points for the assessment of risks to groundwater from land contamination.
D5 exemption allows you to deposit and store waste samples when required to comply with or enforce specified regulations, or before testing and analysis for research.
How to carry out a groundwater risk assessment for human or animal burials.
These are appropriate measures for the environmental management of a regulated facility permitted to store, treat or transfer (or both) non-hazardous and inert waste.
This guidance describes the Environment Agency’s natural flood management (NFM) heat maps.
Appropriate measures for waste storage, segregation, transfer and handling.
Advice on indicative standards of operation and environmental performance for industrial sectors.
Register for a visitor mooring on the River Thames and pay if you stay for more than 24 hours.
How to request a longer timetable for the Environment Agency to assess if your proposal can be ‘duly made’.
Standard rules to operate a materials recycling facility.
Information on peak rainfall allowances for flood risk assessments, and flood and coastal risk projects, schemes and strategies.
Methods and spreadsheets to help you calculate the economic benefits of flood and coastal erosion risk management for new project opportunities.
Environment Agency regulatory position on collecting and reporting nation of sale, self-managed organisational waste and plastic and paper bags data for 2024 and 2025.
These are the appropriate measures for waste pre-acceptance, acceptance and tracking at regulated facilities with an environmental permit for treating or transferring healthcare waste.
You can use these emission factors to quantify the amount of ammonia emitted from your permitted pig or poultry operations.
When you may need to fit an eel pass or screen to a water structure and what to submit if applying for a new licence or environmental permit.
Who this guidance is for, assessing appropriate measures for your site, the measures that apply to different types of facilities and implementing measures at new and existing facilities.
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