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Standard rules for excavating a wetland or pond in a main river floodplain.
How to avoid causing groundwater pollution when developing cemeteries for burying human remains.
A guide to planning, designing, constructing and commissioning a water storage reservoir.
The Environment Agency's position on unacceptable behaviour by customers towards its staff.
This guidance explains the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) process for organisations who want to submit a nuclear power plant design for assessment.
Guidance to developers or operators of near-surface disposal facilities for solid radioactive waste.
The purpose of this document is to provide a best method approach to sampling and analysing emissions from enclosed landfill gas flares.
Performance standard for stack gas and landfill gas borehole emissions.
Updated guidance for risk management authorities (RMAs) and project teams on how to use the PF calculator 2020 when developing FCERM projects.
This document sets out principles and guidance for the assessment of ionising radiation doses to the public from authorised discharges.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when sweeping waste can be stored and bulked before collection for onward recovery and disposal elsewhere
How the Environment Agency will respond to planning consultations that include activities we permit under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010 (EPR).
Checklists to help you prepare for flooding if you support a community or group
How to define the objectives for your programme and think about what is proportionate and sustainable, along with health, safety, welfare and quality considerations.
The main monitoring techniques and sample types to meet different monitoring objectives. Includes information on typical locations and frequency for these.
How regulators determine fit and proper person status when you apply for approval as a compliance scheme or accreditation as a reprocessor or exporter.
Get approval for your fish pass design when building or making changes to a dam, weir or mill.
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.
Guidance to help UK administered aeroplane operators comply with the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA).
When you need an environmental permit, licence or to address planning considerations to mitigate nutrient pollution.
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