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How to report releases and transfers from industrial activities that the Environment Agency regulates.
Find out if and by when you need to apply for a medium combustion plant directive (MCPD) environmental permit to meet air quality requirements.
How developers can get advice on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) and applications for planning, permission in principle and technical details consent.
U10 exemption lets you spread certain wastes on agricultural land to improve soil, instead of using manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials.
What you need to do before you send waste to a landfill site.
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.
Standard rules to operate a household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment. These rules also allow the storage of asbestos, batteries, cable and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
Calculate the annual nitrogen and phosphorus emissions from your livestock. Report the data to the Environment Agency.
How to structure your packaging data submission. It includes information about the different types of data you need to submit and the codes you need to use.
How the Environment Agency carries out government policy for groundwater and adopts a risk-based approach where legislation allows.
Standard rules for the treatment of waste to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate.
How the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales complete the annual Environmental Performance Assessment (EPA) of water and sewerage companies in England and Wales.
A list of all F gases and their global warming potentials.
When you can get permission or a licence to trap crayfish in England. How to apply and rules to follow.
What you must do to manage odour when you apply for, change (vary) or hold an environmental permit.
T4 exemption allows you to treat waste to reduce its volume for transport to another site for reuse, recycling or to make handling easier.
How climate change agreements (CCAs) work, who is eligible and which sector associations hold a CCA.
Waste codes for common construction and demolition waste.
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.
Guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer chemical waste.
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