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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.
Rye Harbour high water times for each day (morning and afternoon).
What best available techniques are, when you must follow them, how to propose alternatives and how to refer to them in your application.
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.
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).
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.
What you need to do before you send waste to a landfill site.
Rules to follow if you put batteries, including batteries in vehicles or appliances, on the UK market for the first time.
T4 exemption allows you to treat waste to reduce its volume for transport to another site for reuse, recycling or to make handling easier.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
South East byelaws are statutory (regulated by law) rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take.
Common waste codes for batteries, lightbulbs and electrical devices.
Get permission to introduce (site permit) or remove fish (excluding fish farms): application forms and rules.
South West 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.
How the Environment Agency carries out government policy for groundwater and adopts a risk-based approach where legislation allows.
How to carry out a groundwater risk assessment as part of an application for an environmental permit.
How to appeal a regulatory decision from the Environment Agency or challenge them if they fail to act in line with the Regulators’ Code.
Waste codes for common construction and demolition waste.
U8 exemption allows you to recycle waste that does not need treating before being used. This helps reduce the use of virgin materials.
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