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Principles setting out what the Environment Agency expects from permit holders carrying out radioactive substances activities.
For operators of a vehicle storage, depollution and dismantling (authorised treatment) facility accepting no more than 750 tonnes of waste vehicles a year.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the use of manufactured topsoil made from waste.
Environment Agency regulatory position on using unbound incinerator bottom ash aggregate (IBAA) in construction.
Helps you find the information you need in the river basin management plans (RBMPs).
These are the emissions limits and appropriate measures for monitoring emissions to air and water for regulated facilities with an environmental permit for treating or transferring healthcare waste.
Environment Agency data for waste accepted and removed from sites with environmental permits for waste management activities.
The Environment Agency’s Generic Design Assessment (GDA) of new nuclear power station designs and how we engage with others during the process.
Sheep dip is a hazardous substance – follow this code to reduce the risk of groundwater pollution when you use, store and dispose of dip.
Uses of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) not included in the phase down that do not count towards your quota, and rules on labelling, selling and reporting exempt HFCs.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when sweeping waste can be stored and bulked before collection for onward recovery and disposal elsewhere
A handbook to guide environmental impact assessment (EIA) scoping activities.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
Information on the Nutrient Management Plan that's being developed by the Environment Agency and Natural England for the River Wye.
How to avoid causing groundwater pollution when developing cemeteries for burying human remains.
Standard rules for excavating a wetland or pond in a main river floodplain.
Standard rules for a waste transfer station accepting construction, demolition and excavation waste.
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.
Formerly part of M18, how to prepare and interpret analytical quality control (AQC) charts to verify the performance of your monitoring method.
As a risk management authority (RMA) you can submit your FCERM project proposal to apply for grant-in-aid (GIA) funding.
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