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Principles setting out what the Environment Agency expects from permit holders carrying out radioactive substances activities.
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.
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a deposit for recovery operation and what to include in a waste recovery plan.
This document sets out principles and guidance for the assessment of ionising radiation doses to the public from authorised discharges.
The Environment Agency’s Generic Design Assessment (GDA) of new nuclear power station designs and how we engage with others during the process.
Standard rules to allow storage of wastes to be used in land treatment.
Standard rules for research and development activities which support products and processes associated with permitted activities at Part A(1) installations.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store, treat and use asphalt waste without an environmental permit.
You must complete and submit this application if you are submitting a notification under the Waste Shipments Regulation.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when sweeping waste can be stored and bulked before collection for onward recovery and disposal elsewhere
Environment Agency charging scheme for waste (miscellaneous), including all amendments up to and including August 2025.
How to issue evidence, meet and report on recovery and recycling targets and apply protocols on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
The Environment Agency’s role in the development and regulation of a geological disposal facility for radioactive waste.
For operators storing and repackaging healthcare waste, photographic and chemical wastes from healthcare premises and similar municipal wastes at a named location.
Standard rules to allow you to operate a vehicle depollution and dismantling facility at a specified location.
Environment Agency regulatory position allowing operators time to get additional technical competence qualifications.
Apply to become an approved exporter (AE) and operate legally under the approval.
T16 exemption allows you to treat waste toner or ink cartridges by sorting, cleaning, dismantling or refilling them.
How businesses in England can manage septic tank sludges and other wastes from non-mains domestic sewage systems.
Describes our expectations for leadership and management systems by radioactive substances activity permit holders who are also nuclear site licensees in England and Wales.
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