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Guidance explaining the use of soil guideline values (SGV) to asses the long-term exposure of chemicals in soil on human health.
Check if you need an environmental permit for a closed loop ground source heating and cooling system.
The purpose of Thames Estuary 2100 (TE2100) and the challenges it aims to address.
Sheep dip is a hazardous substance – follow this code to reduce the risk of groundwater pollution when you use, store and dispose of dip.
How to report a business or organisation that is not separating or collecting recyclable waste in line with the Simpler Recycling rules.
Standard rules for installing a clear span bridge up to 8 metres span and 4.2 metres wide across a main river.
For a Part A installation with an anaerobic digestion treatment capacity of over 100 tonnes of waste, or waste and non-waste each day accepting no more than 100,000 tonnes each year.
How you can sample and test IBAA as an alternative to a full assessment using the WM3 waste classification technical guidance.
Emerging techniques on how to prevent or minimise the environmental impacts of post-combustion carbon dioxide capture.
Register exemptions for waste activity along a stretch of road, railway, river or any other linear network.
This guidance explains the appropriate measures that apply to regulated facilities permitted to treat or transfer separate collections of waste batteries.
Updated technical guidance for risk management authorities (RMAs) and project teams on how to appraise your FCERM project.
How to restore your landfill site to meet your permit conditions.
Check if you need to pay drainage charges, how much they are and how to pay.
As a risk management authority (RMA) you can submit your FCERM project proposal to apply for grant-in-aid (GIA) funding.
Information on the restrictions affecting the navigation on the River Thames.
How to demonstrate 'decarbonisation readiness' for new or substantially refurbished electricity generating combustion plants when applying for an environmental permit.
Information about the River Nene, including navigation notices, bridge heights, lock dimensions, overhead power lines and facilities.
These are the appropriate measures for waste pre-acceptance, acceptance and tracking at regulated facilities with an environmental permit for treating or transferring chemical waste. They do not apply when waste will be rece…
Find out how to get to Environment Agency locks and weir fishing sites and when you can fish.
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