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This document sets out principles and guidance for the assessment of ionising radiation doses to the public from authorised discharges.
Guidance on setting limits and levels on discharges of gaseous and liquid radioactive waste from nuclear licensed sites in England and Wales.
This guidance is to understand the European Community (EC) Directive 2006/12/EC on waste, as it relates to permitting waste operations in England and Wales.
This document contains the performance standards and test procedures for certain types of permanently installed continuous water monitors (CWMs) used for the monitoring of treated wastewater discharges from industrial proces…
MCERTS performance standard is for laboratories undertaking radioanalytical testing of water.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store intact shock absorbers and undeployed airbags in otherwise fully depolluted ELVs on hardstanding.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and shred electronic storage media containing confidential or sensitive material for data security and destruction only without an environmental permit.
Standard rules for using waste in construction (existing permits only).
Standard rules to operate metal recycling sites.
Standard rules for part A installation: capacity more than 75 tonnes per day.
Standard rules for the accumulation and disposal of radioactive waste from the NORM industrial activity of oil and gas production.
Environment Agency regulatory position on using whole waste tyres in building construction, in escape ladders in water storage reservoirs, for fendering systems and planters, and as crash protection barriers.
D4 exemption allows you to deposit diseased crops where they were grown, when a Plant Health Notice has been issued, to reduce the risk of spreading plant diseases or pests.
DSS Part A: High Level Requirements and DSS Part B: Technical Specification
U6 exemption allows you to import sludge from one waste water treatment plant to another to reseed the biological process.
Environment Agency regulatory position on accepting metal shredder residues and post shredder treatment residues for disposal at landfill for non-hazardous waste.
An overview of the UK regulatory framework for all aspects of radiological and civil nuclear safety across the UK.
How to meet the rules in your permit if you use mobile plant to spread waste to land for agricultural benefit or ecological improvement.
Guide for local authorities determining levels of risk for activities regulated under the LA-IPPC regime.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
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