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Guidance for EEE producers on how to accurately report the weight of EEE they place on the market under the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) regulations.
Use the Environmental Quality Standards Directive (EQSD) list when scoping an activity for a Water Framework Directive (WFD) assessment.
Standard rules for installing and using boreholes and temporary trial pits within a floodplain.
Unofficial list of waste description codes listed in annexes to the Waste Shipments Regulation.
Find out about Compliance Assessment Reports, assessments, inspections and permit reviews, and what the Environment Agency will do if you do not follow the rules.
This guidance is aimed at helping readers understand the permitting and other requirements specific to Radioactive Substances Regulation.
What river basin management plans are and their benefits. How they are structured and finding the information you need.
Managing healthcare waste safely through appropriate waste classification, segregation and treatment.
This guidance specifies the standards for the continuous monitoring and sampling of stack emissions.
S3 waste exemption lets you store sewage sludge at a site where it will be used in accordance with the Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989.
U9 exemption allows you to use waste in place of raw materials to manufacture a finished product.
Waste codes for common wastes produced by mechanical treatment at a waste management facility.
Guidance for operators, test laboratories and equipment suppliers on the quality assurance of continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS).
Standard rules for research and development activities which support products and processes associated with permitted activities at Part A(1) installations.
These are the appropriate measures for emissions control at regulated facilities with an environmental permit for treating or transferring chemical waste.
When you can get permission to catch eel or elver by trap or net in England. How to apply and rules to follow.
What to do if the livestock manure produced on your farm is likely to exceed the amount you're allowed to spread on your land in an NVZ (farm limit).
How to comply with emission limit values (ELVs) for hydrogen combustion plant greater than 1 megawatt thermal input (MWth).
The licences and permits you need, the documents you must prepare, and how to apply to build a hydropower scheme.
Sources of radioactivity in the environment and how levels of radioactivity are monitored and assessed.
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