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Responsibilities for visitors to the countryside and those who manage the land.
Your guide to enjoying our parks and waterways, coast and countryside.…
Advice for land managers to help visitors follow the Countryside Code.…
How a competent authority must decide if a plan or project proposal that affects a European site can go ahead.
An overview of the recyclability assessment methodology (RAM). Under extended producer responsibility for packaging, large producers must report the recyclability of some packaging materials
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.
Find out if and by when you need to apply for a medium combustion plant directive (MCPD) environmental permit to meet air quality requirements.
Guidelines for sewerage undertakers in England and Wales as to how to prepare, publish and maintain their DWMP.
Find out if and by when you need to apply for a specified generator environmental permit to meet air quality requirements.
The types of permit available, how much they cost and how to apply for your environmental permit.
If you operate a medium combustion plant (MCP) or a generator, find out if you need to meet MCP and specified generator regulations.
When the MCP is exempt from meeting emission limit values (ELVs), which ELVs apply and the deadlines for meeting them.
How the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales complete the annual Environmental Performance Assessment (EPA) of water and sewerage companies in England and Wales.
Check if you operate a materials facility. Understand your sampling, measuring, recording and reporting requirements.
Guidance on how to do detailed air quality modelling for specified generators.
For water companies in England and Wales to use for developing their water resources management plan. Also relevant to those producing regional plans.
The emission limit values (ELVs) and air quality standards specified generators must meet, including the deadlines for complying.
How to plan and prepare for your visit to a National Trail in England and Wales.
How water companies in England and Wales can comply with the statutory requirement for preparing and publishing PIRPs and Implementation Reports.
The water industry is producing strategic drainage and wastewater plans to maintain, improve, and extend robust and resilient drainage and wastewater systems.
This MID explains how to use 'BS 4142 Method for rating and assessing industrial and commercial sound' when monitoring sound for an environmental permit.
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