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Register for a visitor mooring on the River Thames and pay if you stay for more than 24 hours.
Reduce the risk of disease and find out where listed diseases have been confirmed in England and Wales
The Environment Agency’s Generic Design Assessment (GDA) of new nuclear power station designs and how we engage with others during the process.
The licences and permits you need, the documents you must prepare, and how to apply to build a hydropower scheme.
Standard rules for constructing steps ramps and other structures in to existing bank profile of main river.
Find out the compliance limits for waste water treatment works (WWTW), and how to treat and monitor discharges to meet permit conditions.
Environment Agency enforcement position on when you can dewater and deposit silt from SUDS without an environmental permit.
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.
Standard rules for discharges to ground with a daily volume of greater than 2 but no more than 5 cubic metres per day.
Standard rules permit and generic risk assessment for new and existing, low risk, stationary medium combustion plant.
Standard rules for temporary dewatering affecting up to 20 metres of a main river.
Boating basics including essential knowledge and techniques you need to make sure you enjoy yourselves and stay safe on the water.
Describes our expectations for leadership and management systems by radioactive substances activity permit holders who are also nuclear site licensees in England and Wales.
For water companies in England and Wales to use for developing their water resources management plan. Also relevant to those producing regional plans.
Tool to assist groundwater risk assessment for treated effluent discharges to infiltration systems.
Setting out how regulatory bodies can co-ordinate the separate processes for coastal development consents in England.
The charges you must pay the Environment Agency for fluorinated greenhouse gases (F gas) and ozone-depleting substances activities from 1 April 2025.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can temporarily exceed the waste wood storage limit in your environmental permit.
When you're exempt from needing an environmental permit for letting vegetation cuttings fall into rivers, streams, lakes and canals.
Flood risk activity exemptions and how to register.
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