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Rules you must follow, who’s responsible, when to tell the Environment Agency and what to do if you get an enforcement notice.
How developers can get advice on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) and applications for planning, permission in principle and technical details consent.
Map showing the geographical areas of the Environment Agency's operations.
If you put EEE on the UK market you must follow rules on both the EEE you sell and the EEE that becomes waste (WEEE).
S1 waste exemption lets you store certain waste in secure containers at a site separate to where it was produced, before transporting to another site for recovery.
When you need company certification to work with fluorinated gas (F gas) and how to get it.
Environment Agency regulatory position on low risk impounding activities.
The types of work on or near a main river or sea defence that don't need an environmental permit so are excluded from the regulations.
T6 exemption allows you to chip, shred, pulverise or cut waste wood and plant matter to make it suitable for a specific purpose.
Midlands rod fishing byelaws are statutory (regulated by law) rules and regulations explaining who can fish, and where, when and what fish you can take.
Check how coastal flood and erosion risks will be managed in your area.
Find out if and by when you need to apply for a medium combustion plant directive (MCPD) environmental permit to meet air quality requirements.
What you need to do before you send waste to a landfill site.
How to assess the impact of your activity in estuarine (transitional) and coastal waters for the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The guidance is called Clearing the Waters for All.
Uses of fluorinated gases (F gases) that are banned or will be banned in the future.
South East byelaws are statutory (regulated by law) rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take.
Explains the definition of ‘regulated facility’ and how they are grouped into classes.
Standard rules for the treatment of waste to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate.
U10 exemption allows you to spread specific waste on agricultural land to replace manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials (such as lime) to improve or maintain soil.
T9 exemption allows you to treat scrap metal for handling or recovery by sorting, grading, shearing by manual feed, baling, crushing or cutting with handheld equipment.
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