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Find out how to get to Environment Agency locks and weir fishing sites and when you can fish.
How to create a CQA plan, the CQA qualification requirements you need to meet and how to create a validation report.
How to keep your reservoir operating safely. For reservoir owners, operators and those maintaining or operating large raised reservoirs in England.
Check if you need an environmental permit for a closed loop ground source heating and cooling system.
As a risk management authority (RMA) you can appraise your FCERM project, prepare your business case and submit it for technical and financial approval.
What happens when the Environment Agency stops maintaining a flood or coastal erosion defence, how to challenge the decision and how to manage your risk afterwards.
How to decommission an underground storage tank temporarily or permanently and the risks to groundwater.
A summary of the main programmes and strategic initiatives to protect and improve the water environment.
How to meet 'end of waste' status for biomethane produced from organic wastes in a landfill site or anaerobic digestion plant.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can carry out a small scale remediation scheme or trial to treat contaminated soil and groundwater.
How to request a longer timetable for the Environment Agency to assess if your proposal can be ‘duly made’.
Advice on indicative standards of operation and environmental performance for industrial sectors.
Standard rules to allow the operator to undertake mining waste operations on the site of a mine or quarry.
Standard rules and generic risk assessment for Tranche B Specified Generator with individual unit capacity <1-5MWth.
The standards you must meet to close your landfill site and move it into aftercare.
This guidance specifies the standards for the continuous monitoring and sampling of stack emissions.
The emission limit values (ELVs) and air quality standards specified generators must meet, including the deadlines for complying.
How the Environment Agency reviews the impact of climate change on the Thames Estuary and updates planned work and timescales.
Find out how you can use natural options to reduce flooding in your area, who to contact for advice, and if you can get funding.
Flood and coastal erosion risk management grant-in-aid projects: approval forms and guidance for risk management authorities.
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