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Tool to assist groundwater risk assessment for treated effluent discharges to infiltration systems.
Guidance on the monitoring of bioaerosols from stacks, open biofilters and in ambient air.
This document contains the performance standards and test procedures for flowmeters used for the monitoring of raw water abstraction, treated wastewater discharges from industrial processes, ultraviolet disinfection processe…
Principles of optimisation in the management and disposal of radioactive waste from radioactive substances activities.
Environment Agency enforcement position on shredding waste upholstered domestic seating (WUDS) containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Standard rules to operate a WEEE authorised treatment facility excluding ozone depleting substances.
Standard rules to allow the operator to undertake mining waste operations on the site of a mine or quarry.
Standard rules for permits covering category 5 sealed radioactive sources.
For a Part A installation with a biological treatment capacity exceeding 100 tonnes each day, accepting no more than 500,000 tonnes a year.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and physically treat hazardous metal shredder residues without the correct waste codes on your permit.
Environment Agency’s progress on revising the waste quality protocols.
All specifications for the packaging of all Higher Activity Waste (HAW)
Environment Agency regulatory position on accepting metal shredder residues and post shredder treatment residues for disposal at landfill for non-hazardous waste.
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.
What to do during the aftercare phase and what to include in an application to surrender your permit.
How to meet the rules in your permit if you use mobile plant to spread waste to land for agricultural benefit or ecological improvement.
Publishing dates for packaging data.
Guidance about environmental permit conditions for radioactive substances activities on nuclear licensed sites and how operators should comply.
Standard rules to operate metal recycling site.
Standard rules to store, or store and treat waste paper, cardboard and plastic for the purpose of recovery.
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