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Guidance for groundwater specialists explaining direct inputs, discernibility and permanently unsuitable.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
Performance standards and test procedures for automatic water sampling equipment.
This document sets out what you must do if you want to get accreditation from us to monitor pollution released from chimney stacks.
This describes the performance standards, test procedures and general requirements for manufacturers and developers of environmental data acquisition and handling systems.
Standard rules and generic risk assessment for Tranche B Specified Generator with individual unit capacity <1-5MWth.
Standard rules and generic risk assessment for Tranche B Specified Generator with individual unit capacity <1-20MWth of gas or abated diesel engines operated less than 500 hours a year.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing lead acid vehicle batteries, cable and gas cylinders at HWRCs when the correct waste codes are not in your permit.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the temporary storage of recyclable waste at collection points by or for charities.
Environment Agency boat registration charges for Anglian waterways, the River Thames and River Medway.
How the Environment Agency considers competing proposals to abstract water and what to do if the Environment Agency has said your application is competing with one or more other proposals.
How to clean and disinfect after an animal disease outbreak and store and dispose of the washwater.
Appropriate measures for waste storage, segregation, transfer and handling.
D5 exemption allows you to deposit and store waste samples when required to comply with or enforce specified regulations, or before testing and analysis for research.
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.
How regulators determine fit and proper person status when you apply for approval as a compliance scheme or accreditation as a reprocessor or exporter.
How hydroelectric power works, regional schemes and information on installing your own micro-hydro scheme.
About Radioactive Substances Compliance Assessment Reports, assessments and inspections and what the Environment Agency will do if you do not follow the rules.
How you can make sure your ambient air quality monitoring meets appropriate quality assurance requirements.
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