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Guidance for inspecting engineers including the reporting of section 10 inspection findings.
How to write a reservoir written statement and a site visit report and what information to include.
Check if an item of WEEE or a component removed from WEEE is a waste or non-waste item and, if it is waste, identify if it contains persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
How the Environment Agency reviews the impact of climate change on the Thames Estuary and updates planned work and timescales.
When and how to register if you are discharging small quantities of substances for scientific purposes as part of a groundwater tracer test or remediation scheme.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can burn waste wood during community events such as Guy Fawkes’ bonfires and Scout and Guide campfires.
How to comply with your environmental permit: technical guidance for managing clinical waste.
Appoint a panel engineer for your reservoir.
Environment Agency enforcement position on dewatering bentonite slurry waste from secant piling or the construction of retaining and containment walls.
View the final permit decisions that the Environment Agency has made on applications for environmental permits for July 2025
A handbook to guide environmental impact assessment (EIA) scoping activities.
Use the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) cost-benefit analysis tool to inform your application for a derogation from the requirements of the IED.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
Formerly part of M18, index of CEN and ISO monitoring methods for monitoring discharges to water.
This guidance covers the monitoring of emissions from spark ignition engines.
How to monitor emissions from low risk medium combustion plants (MCPs) and specified generators (SGs). This document was previously known as TGN M5.
Guidance on how we assess the quality of your monitoring procedures through an operator monitoring assessment (OMA) and what you can do to prepare.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing, transporting, bulking up and accepting litter from voluntary litter collections.
RSR RGN2 provides an overview of the regulation of radioactive substances on nuclear sites.
Emergency Rendezvous Points for the River Thames between Teddington and Lechlade..
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