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When you need to do an environmental risk assessment, when the Environment Agency will do it for you, and how to do a risk assessment.
Plan for climate change impacts to and from your site. How to integrate climate change adaptation into your management system under an environmental permit.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
How to carry out a flood risk assessment so that you can complete your planning application.
How to assess and manage the risks from land contamination.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
Find out about flood risk activity exemptions, which used to need flood defence consent, and how to register them.
How to carry out a risk assessment if you are applying for a bespoke permit that includes discharging hazardous chemicals and elements to surface water.
Registers of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) producers, approved exporters, approved authorised treatment facilities and producer compliance schemes.
Map showing the geographical areas of the Environment Agency's operations.
Identify, describe, classify and manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Rules you must follow, who’s responsible, when to tell the Environment Agency and what to do if you get an enforcement notice.
How the Environment Agency charges for activities that need an environmental permit and the charges you must pay.
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
How to complete an air emissions risk assessment, including how to calculate the impact of your emissions and the standards you must meet.
General binding rules for small sewage discharges from septic tanks or sewage treatment plants in England.
If you abstract water or plan to, you may need to apply for an abstraction licence.
The qualifications you need to work with fluorinated gas (F gas) and the organisations that offer them.
Groundwater flooding, how it might affect you and what to do.
Check how coastal flood and erosion risks will be managed in your area.
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