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This position explains what we mean by “place” under the waste exemption system for farms, the storage of sewage sludge and linear networks.
The D4 exemption allows you to deposit diseased crops where they were grown when a Plant Health Notice has been issued, to reduce the risk of spreading plant diseases or pests.
The T2 exemption allows you to clean waste clothes and textiles to recover them for reuse or recycling.
View the surrender issued for Layham Quarry Landfill, Hadleigh under the Industrial Emissions Directive.
Standard rules to operate mobile plant for landspreading of sewage sludge and deployment form.
The D2 exemption allows older rolling stock not fitted with appropriate collection facilities to deposit sanitary waste onto the track.
Spreading slurry and milk on agricultural land: Environment Agency advice in exceptional circumstances such as extreme weather.
View the documents for an appeal against the Environment Agency’s decision to vary a permit.
Environment Agency regulatory position on scattering or burying pet ash at a pet cemetery which is registered with the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store, treat and use waste water containing concrete at construction sites.
The conditions by the Environment Agency of a permit application for an Installations permit at Maple Lodge Sludge Treatment Centre, Denham Way, Rickmansworth, WD3 9SQ
How the Environment Agency uses your personal information in services to support environmental permitting.
The T25 exemption allows you to treat food and other biodegradable waste by anaerobic digestion to produce digestate for use as fertiliser, and burn the resulting biogas.
The fundamental objective of radioactive substances regulation and the 10 regulatory principles we apply when carrying out our work.
Standard rules to store, or store and treat waste paper, cardboard and plastic for the purpose of recovery.
For a facility with a treatment capacity of less than 100 tonnes of waste, or a combination of waste and non-waste each day accepting no more than 35,000 tonnes each year.
When and how to register if you are discharging small quantities of substances for scientific purposes as part of a groundwater tracer test or remediation scheme.
The T26 exemption allows small-scale treatment of waste from kitchens using a wormery to produce compost, for use as fertiliser or soil conditioner.
The U14 exemption allows you to mix ash back into the soil to return some of the nutrients from the burnt crops and vegetation.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
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