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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.
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.
T26 exemption allows small-scale treatment of waste from kitchens using a wormery to produce compost, for use as fertiliser or soil conditioner.
Environment Agency regulatory position on installing small-scale equipment for monitoring in a river and for associated equipment such as instrument cabinets located alongside.
View the application submitted by Sizewell C Limited to revise the cut quantities and fill location of soil deposits arising from the creation Fen Meadow habitat within the floodplain of the River Blyth, Halesworth, Suffolk.…
How businesses in England can manage septic tank sludges and other wastes from non-mains domestic sewage systems.
T15 exemption allows you to treat aerosol cans by puncturing or crushing them using specialist treatment equipment, so the metal can be recovered.
T32 exemption allows you to treat non-hazardous pesticide washings in a biobed or biofilter.
Information for farmers about inspections the Environment Agency carries out to prevent and control pollution, and check permits and licence conditions.
Find out the energy efficiency requirements you must comply with, and how to comply, to operate under an environmental permit.
The fundamental objective of radioactive substances regulation and the 10 regulatory principles we apply when carrying out our work.
Standard rules to allow you to operate a metal recycling site at a specified location.
Standard rules to allow you to operate a metal recycling and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) authorised treatment facility at a specified location.
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.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and bind crushed clean cathode ray tube (CRT) screen glass or store and use the bound glass material in construction.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
How the Environment Agency uses your personal information in services to support environmental permitting.
About Radioactive Substances Compliance Assessment Reports, assessments and inspections and what the Environment Agency will do if you do not follow the rules.
How to monitor emissions from low risk medium combustion plants (MCPs) and specified generators (SGs).
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