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This guide is for anyone who dredges inland waterways and wants to deposit the dredged waste on land. It does not apply to hydrodynamic dredging or waste disposal at sea.
These are waste minimisation, recovery and disposal appropriate measures for a regulated facility permitted to store, treat or transfer (or both) non-hazardous and inert waste.
How to select compliance points for the assessment of risks to groundwater from land contamination.
View the application submitted by VEOLIA ES (UK) LIMITED for Norwood Recycling Centre, Sheffield.
Standard rules for temporary dewatering affecting up to 20 metres of a main river.
Environment Agency charging scheme for waste (miscellaneous), including all amendments up to and including August 2025.
How to monitor emissions from post combustion carbon capture plants that use solvent- based abatement to remove carbon dioxide from stack gas emissions.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when sweeping waste can be stored and bulked before collection for onward recovery and disposal elsewhere
You can appeal to the Environment Agency if your water company has refused to provide a public sewer connection. Or if you want to dispute when they will provide the sewer by.
19 waste codes are from waste management facilities, off-site waste water treatment plants and the preparation of water intended for human consumption and water for industrial use. Your permit lists the 19 waste codes you ca…
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.
The conditions that must be met for a non-nuclear radioactive substances activity permit to be surrendered.
Find all the documents, data and maps that make up the Thames river basin district river basin management plan.
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.
U14 exemption allows you to mix ash back into the soil to return some of the nutrients from the burnt crops and vegetation.
How the current health of the water environment is assessed and how environmental objectives are used.
Map showing the River Medway navigation between Allington Lock and Tonbridge.
Describes the challenges to the current and potential future uses of the water environment in England.
How to assess the impact of a flood risk activity and decide whether it supports the objectives of your local River Basin Management Plan.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can carry out a small scale remediation scheme or trial to treat contaminated soil and groundwater.
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