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Guidance on long duration water abstraction licences.
View the permit issued for Widnes Metal Salts, Widnes under the Industrial Emissions Directive.
How a designated collection facility (DCF) must manage its separately collected household WEEE.
Environment Agency’s progress on revising the waste quality protocols.
The Environment Agency has issued this guideline to water undertakers that are wholly or mainly in England.
View the application submitted by Westcombe Waste Limited for Whiscombe Hill Landfill, Somerton.
View the application submitted by Linda Pelham: for Trevean and Little Trevean, Truro, Cornwall, TR3 6AW
How to provide chemical test data for potentially contaminated soils or landspreading regulated under the environmental permitting regulations.
Environment Agency regulatory position on treating microbiological laboratory waste by autoclaving before it’s removed from a site.
View the application submitted by Samuel Gledhill & Sons Limited for Elland Low Edge Quarry, Brighouse.
View the application submitted by Thames Water Utilities Limited for Temple Guiting STW, Temple Guiting, Gloucestershire, GL54 5RS
Environment Agency regulatory position on producer obligations to assess the recyclability of household packaging supplied between 1 January and 30 June 2025.
Guidance on applying adjustments for frequently flooded properties
How to monitor emissions from low risk medium combustion plants (MCPs) and specified generators (SGs).
View the application submitted by Gethin Probert and 3 others for: Hill Barn Farm, Aymestrey, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 9SR
Performance standard for the chemical testing of soil using rapid measurement techniques.
Environment Agency regulatory position on unpermitted discharges from water and sewerage company (WaSC) sewerage networks due to groundwater infiltration into sewers.
Guidance to developers or operators of near-surface disposal facilities for solid radioactive waste.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
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