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How to store oil, design standards for tanks and containers, where to locate and how to protect them, and capacity of bunds and drip trays.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
If you abstract water or plan to, you may need to apply for an abstraction licence.
Waste codes for common wastes produced by mechanical treatment at a waste management facility.
How to manage the burial of animal remains to prevent or limit groundwater pollution.
Registers of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) producers, approved exporters, approved authorised treatment facilities and producer compliance schemes.
How the Environment Agency charges for activities that need an environmental permit and the charges you must pay.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
How to apply to the Environment Agency for a water abstraction or impounding licence.
What you need to know about the Environment Agency’s new national risk information for flooding and coastal erosion.
How to assess and manage the risks from land contamination.
When to use standing advice on site-specific flood risk assessments, and when to consult the Environment Agency.
Find out which Environment Agency locks and weirs you can fish at, the licences and permits you need and when you can fish.
How to develop a management system and keep it up to date so that you can carry out activities under an environmental permit.
Rules you must follow, who’s responsible, when to tell the Environment Agency and what to do if you get an enforcement notice.
Get permission or a licence to trap crayfish, eels, elvers, salmon, sea trout, lamprey and smelt in England. How to apply and rules to follow.
A list of all F gases and their global warming potentials.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
What you must do when you keep livestock or manage land.
Check how coastal flood and erosion risks will be managed in your area.
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