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Map shows areas where salmonid fish are in main rivers that may affect applications for flood risk activity permits.
Find out how the Environment Agency defines groundwater source protection zones.
Guidance on the monitoring of bioaerosols from stacks, open biofilters and in ambient air.
Guidance for individuals who are registered on the MCERTS personnel competency scheme for manual stack emissions monitoring.
Standard rules SR2009 No 2: low impact part A installation.
For a facility with a treatment capacity of less than 100 tonnes of waste, or a combination of waste and non-waste each day accepting no more than 35,000 tonnes each year.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the use of manufactured topsoil made from waste.
View the permit issued for Runcorn CC Facility, Runcorn under the Industrial Emissions Directive.
Definitions and examples of different types of healthcare waste.
17 waste codes are construction and demolition wastes (including excavated soil from contaminated sites). Your permit lists the 17 waste codes you can use. You must follow the guidance given in the Before you start section.
When you need a consent or permit to make a discharge from your reservoir and how to carry out a risk assessment.
As a risk management authority (RMA) you can submit your FCERM project proposal to apply for grant-in-aid (GIA) funding.
T2 exemption allows you to clean waste clothes and textiles to recover them for reuse or recycling.
T24 exemption allows farmers to anaerobically digest manure, slurry and vegetation on their farms to produce digestate for use as fertiliser or soil conditioner.
The charges you must pay the Environment Agency for fluorinated greenhouse gases (F gas) and ozone-depleting substances activities from 1 April 2025.
MCERTS: competency standard for MCERTS inspectors and assistant inspectors - effluent flow monitoring
MCERTS standard specifying the minimum requirements for installing and using event duration monitors (EDMs) required by an environmental permit.
Checklists to help you prepare your business for flooding
Standard rules for constructing an outfall pipe up to 500mm diameter through a headwall into a main river.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) that are relevant to regulated facilities with an environmental permit to store and treat ELVs or components. Exempt facilities which store or treat ELVs or compo…
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