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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.
You can use the pre-application advice service to make sure your permit application is correct.
How the Thames Barrier works, and when it is scheduled to close.
Types of waste and how much you can use in building projects, landscaping and drainage works, or to maintain existing linear networks under a U1 exemption.
This guidance explains your reporting responsibilities as a large producer under extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging. It explains how to identify what data you must report and understand which obligations do…
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.
Facilities for boaters at Environment Agency lock sites on the non-tidal River Thames and the River Kennet.
If you abstract water or plan to, you may need to apply for an abstraction licence.
Your responsibilities and rules to follow for watercourses on or near your property, and permissions you need to do work around them.
When you can get permission to trap or remove crayfish in England, how to apply, and rules to follow.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
S2 waste exemption allows you to store specific waste at a secure intermediate site, separate to where the waste was produced, before transportation to another site for recovery.
Checklists to help you prepare for flooding.
How to manage the burial of animal remains to prevent or limit groundwater pollution.
Find out where SPZs are, what defines the different zones and why the Environment Agency must protect groundwater from pollution.
Identify, describe, classify and manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
What information the consignment note must contain, who has to complete each part and when it has to be completed.
Registers of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) producers, approved exporters, approved authorised treatment facilities and producer compliance schemes.
The qualifications you need to work with fluorinated gas (F gas) and the organisations that offer them.
How to complete an air emissions risk assessment, including how to calculate the impact of your emissions and the standards you must meet.
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