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A list of all F gases and their global warming potentials.
Explains the definition of ‘regulated facility’ and how they are grouped into classes.
What you must do to prevent water pollution when you manage organic manures, manufactured fertiliser, soil and livestock.
What you need to know about the Environment Agency’s new national risk information for flooding and coastal erosion.
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.
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).
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.
How the Environment Agency charges for activities that need an environmental permit and the charges you must pay.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste you have produced when working away from your normal business premises.
U10 exemption lets you spread certain wastes on agricultural land to improve soil, instead of using manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials.
Standard rules for the treatment of waste to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate.
What you need to do before you send waste to a landfill site.
When you need company certification to work with fluorinated gas (F gas) and how to get it.
Groundwater flooding, how it might affect you and what to do.
The T11 exemption allows you to repair, refurbish or dismantle various types of WEEE so that the whole WEEE item or any parts can be reused for their original purpose or recovered.
Guidance and resources to help apply the 2025 flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCERM) funding policy for new projects opportunities.
Apply to replace a time limited licence or condition that is expiring.
Get permission to introduce (site permit) or remove fish (excluding fish farms): application forms and rules.
What the reservoir flood maps show, how they were created and how to use them for your assessments.
Find the 2022 update to the river basin management plans which describe the challenges that threaten the water environment and how these challenges can be managed.
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