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Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can abstract water outside of the conditions of your abstraction licence during a ‘flood warning’ for purposes other than land drainage.
You must complete and submit this application if you are submitting a notification under the Waste Shipments Regulation.
How water companies plan for dry weather and drought to make sure they can supply water and protect the environment.
Environment Agency regulatory position on producer obligations to assess the recyclability of household packaging supplied between 1 January and 30 June 2025.
Use the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) cost-benefit analysis tool to inform your application for a derogation from the requirements of the IED.
This document sets out what you must do if you want to get accreditation from us to monitor pollution released from chimney stacks.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you do not need to monitor emissions from permitted medium combustion plant that are used for back-up generation.
Guidance to developers or operators of near-surface disposal facilities for solid radioactive waste.
This guidance explains the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) process for organisations who want to submit a nuclear power plant design for assessment.
The fundamental objective of radioactive substances regulation and the 10 regulatory principles we apply when carrying out our work.
When you can use collected or harvested rainwater without a water abstraction licence.
Standard rules for constructing steps ramps and other structures in to existing bank profile of main river.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the storage and treatment of waste spectacles (waste code 20 01 99) for recovery.
Environment Agency regulatory position on using BSI PAS 100 or PAS 110 compliant material which does not meet the plastics limit in the relevant resource framework.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can accept waste codes that are not listed in your environmental permit or waste exemption
Find out if you need to report packaging data under extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
How to comply with your licence, including how to measure, record and report on the water you abstract.
How Thames Estuary 2100 (TE2100) will produce additional benefits for riverside communities through riverside strategies.
How regulators determine fit and proper person status when you apply for approval as a compliance scheme or accreditation as a reprocessor or exporter.
You must manage the landfill gas produced by the waste in your site.
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