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View the permit issued for Sutton Courtenay Composting Facility, Abingdon under the Industrial Emissions Directive.
Guidance for local authorities on the collation and assessment of documentary information B20(a).
Handbook and software to help assess the risks of radioactively contaminated land exposure for human health.
For operators of a Part A installation with a treatment capacity of more than 75 tonnes each day and no more than 75,000 tonnes each year.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store waste incapacitant sprays without an environmental permit.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and spread zoo manure to benefit land.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the storage and treatment of waste filter bed media at water and waste water treatment works.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing and using farmyard and horse manure to breed worms to make a wormery (vermiculture).
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing lead acid vehicle batteries, cable and gas cylinders at HWRCs when the correct waste codes are not in your permit.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing samples of waste for regulation or investigation other than where the samples are tested or analysed.
Environment Agency enforcement position on the temporary storage of recyclable waste at collection points by or for charities.
Radioactive substances regulation guidance on the management of the generation and disposal of radioactive waste during the decommissioning of nuclear facilities.
Environment Agency regulatory position on using waste clay in the construction of slurry lagoons or irrigation/winter storage reservoirs.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the use of final effluent from sewage treatment works to fill empty petrol tanks during construction or maintenance at petrol stations.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store and use waste fire extinguishers to train people to fight fires.
Environment Agency enforcement position on when waste collection authorities can operate temporary collection sites without an environmental permit.
Where and how to find more information about geological disposal
More information on our screening work, and its relevance to the siting of a GDF
An important part of the work to close down Dounreay is to address the legacy of radioactive particles in the marine environment around the site.
We work with organisations across the UK that produce radioactive waste.
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