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Environment Agency enforcement position on temporary discharges of uncontaminated water from excavations to surface water without a water discharge activity permit.
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.
Waste codes for common construction and demolition waste.
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.
Find out the legal, financial and professional requirements for operators and managers, including extra duties for waste activity operators.
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.
T6 exemption allows you to chip, shred, pulverise or cut waste wood and plant matter to make it suitable for a specific purpose.
What you need to do before you send waste to a landfill site.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste you have produced when working away from your normal business premises.
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.
T4 exemption allows you to treat waste to reduce its volume for transport to another site for reuse, recycling or to make handling easier.
What the reservoir flood maps show, how they were created and how to use them for your assessments.
What you need to know about the Environment Agency’s new national risk information for flooding and coastal erosion.
How the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales complete the annual Environmental Performance Assessment (EPA) of water and sewerage companies in England and Wales.
What best available techniques are, when you must follow them, how to propose alternatives and how to refer to them in your application.
Guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer chemical waste.
Find out if and by when you need to apply for a specified generator environmental permit to meet air quality requirements.
Rules to follow if you put batteries, including batteries in vehicles or appliances, on the UK market for the first time.
How and when to assess the risks of noise and vibration associated with your environmental permit application, with guidance on using the Noise Advisory Tool (NAT).
Find out how much nitrogen you can use on your land and how to plan and record your fertiliser use in a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ).
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