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Standard rules for a waste transfer station accepting construction, demolition and excavation waste.
Appropriate measures for waste storage, segregation, transfer and handling.
Get approval for your fish pass design when building or making changes to a dam, weir or mill.
What you need to monitor and how to report your performance to meet your permit conditions.
This section will help you develop your application for a permit for a landfill or to deposit waste on land as a recovery operation. It will help you decide what information you must include in your application.
How to decommission an underground storage tank temporarily or permanently and the risks to groundwater.
U3 exemption allows groups such as schools, colleges and theatres to use waste, such as offcuts of wood, for creative installations.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and treat waste fire extinguishers before metal recovery.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can carry out a small scale remediation scheme or trial to treat contaminated soil and groundwater.
The Environment Agency has provided this low risk waste position (LRWP) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
Standard rules to operate a materials recycling facility (MRF).
Find out when you must consult Natural England or the Environment Agency if you're preparing plans or considering development proposals.
Identify, describe, classify, and manage waste lead acid batteries containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Increase flood resilience with natural flood management.
A guide to documenting how you’ve collected your packaging data, known as your ‘methodology’. Online marketplaces affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging must submit a methodology. This is also recom…
How the Environment Agency regulates discharges and radioactive waste disposals from Sellafield through environmental permitting.
Where to install your meter, checking it's accurate, how often to check it and the records you must keep.
This guidance should be read before making any application to register a boat on Environment Agency waterways.
Use this template to write a declaration of conformity to certify that HFCs (F gas) in equipment you import or manufacture are covered by a HFC quota.
Tool to assist groundwater risk assessment for treated effluent discharges to infiltration systems.
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