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What the reservoir flood maps show, how they were created and how to use them for your assessments.
Get permission to introduce (site permit) or remove fish (excluding fish farms): application forms and rules.
How you can sample and test IBAA as an alternative to a full assessment using the WM3 waste classification technical guidance.
For waste operators and exporters classifying some waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) devices, waste components, and wastes from their treatment.
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.
Waste codes for common construction and demolition waste.
Find out if and by when you need to apply for a specified generator environmental permit to meet air quality requirements.
Uses of fluorinated gases (F gases) that are banned or will be banned in the future.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
How to assess household and non-household packaging from 2024 onwards if you’re a UK organisation affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
How climate change agreements (CCAs) work, who is eligible and which sector associations hold a CCA.
How to carry out a groundwater risk assessment as part of an application for an environmental permit.
What best available techniques are, when you must follow them, how to propose alternatives and how to refer to them in your application.
Information on the lock keeper service on the River Thames.
U8 exemption allows you to recycle waste that does not need treating before being used. This helps reduce the use of virgin materials.
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.
North West and Border Esk byelaws are statutory rules (regulated by law) and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take.
These are the appropriate measures for waste storage, segregation and handling at regulated facilities with an environmental permit for treating or transferring healthcare waste.
Environment Agency regulatory position on temporary discharges of uncontaminated water from excavations to surface water without a water discharge activity permit.
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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