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The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
Standard rules SR2009 No 2: low impact part A installation.
Standard rules to operate mobile plant for reclamation, restoration or land improvement and deployment form.
Standard rules to operate a household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment.
How to comply with your licence, including how to measure, record and report on the water you abstract.
The processes that operators need to follow when shipping radioactive sources to and from EU countries.
Environment Agency's regulation of Sizewell A, B and C and how you can find out more about environmental permits and other activities at these nuclear sites.
Common waste codes for batteries, lightbulbs and electrical devices.
How the Environment Agency will respond to planning consultations that include activities we permit under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010 (EPR).
Standard rules to operate a household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station.
For a Part A installation with an anaerobic digestion treatment capacity of over 100 tonnes of waste, or waste and non-waste each day accepting no more than 100,000 tonnes each year.
Working in partnership to shape future plans and benefits
Use the definitions, criteria and evidence given to classify portable and industrial batteries.
Environment Agency enforcement position on when you can dispose of waste from clearing blocked sewers back into the same sewer network without an environmental permit for a waste operation.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and treat waste fire extinguishers before metal recovery.
This guidance explains the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) process for organisations who want to submit a nuclear power plant design for assessment.
Local authority permits for Part A (2) installations and small waste incineration plant, under Environmental Permitting Regulations.
Environment Agency data for waste accepted and removed from sites with environmental permits for waste management activities.
About Radioactive Substances Compliance Assessment Reports, assessments and inspections and what the Environment Agency will do if you do not follow the rules.
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