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Describes our expectations for leadership and management systems by radioactive substances activity permit holders who are also nuclear site licensees in England and Wales.
OSM management and operation rules for water companies.
View the application submitted by Volkerstevin Limited for Ambleside WWTW, Miller Bridge, Rothay Road, Ambleside, Westmorland and Furness, LA22 0EF
The Environment Agency has provided this low risk waste position (LRWP) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can accept gypsum and cement-based waste without the correct waste codes on your permit.
How to demonstrate 'decarbonisation readiness' for new or substantially refurbished electricity generating combustion plants when applying for an environmental permit.
Information for farmers about inspections the Environment Agency carries out to prevent and control pollution, and check permits and licence conditions.
How the Environment Agency uses your personal information in services to support environmental permitting.
These rules allow you to bulk up and temporarily store waste electrical insulating oils away from the site where they were produced.
T26 exemption allows small-scale treatment of waste from kitchens using a wormery to produce compost, for use as fertiliser or soil conditioner.
Standard rules for discharges to surface water: cooling water and heat exchangers.
For operators of a small metal recycling facility accepting no more than 5,000 tonnes of waste each year with no more than 100 tonnes on site at any one time.
Standard rules and generic risk assessment for tranche B specified generator for base load operation
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store sealed containers of food waste.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and spread biochar (waste code 19 01 18) to benefit land.
View the Variation waste permit issued under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 for Stoke Bardolph Sewage Treatment Works, Nottingham.
View the permit issued for Ardley Energy Recovery Facility, Ardley under the Industrial Emissions Directive.
This guide is for anyone who dredges inland waterways and wants to deposit the dredged waste on land. It does not apply to hydrodynamic dredging or waste disposal at sea.
U7 exemption allows you to use effluent from water and waste water treatment plants to clean highway gravel beds where high-quality water is not needed.
View the application submitted by Tarmac Trading Limited for Wasing Quarry, Reading.
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