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If you operate a medium combustion plant (MCP) or a generator, find out if you need to meet MCP and specified generator regulations.
Emerging techniques on how to prevent or minimise the environmental impacts of post-combustion carbon dioxide capture.
How to apply for an environmental permit if you rear pigs and poultry intensively, including how to comply with and change the permit.
How to choose a waste recovery or disposal method and assess its risks when applying for or changing your bespoke environmental permit.
How to comply with your permit, including maintenance, record keeping and pollution reporting requirements.
Check if you need to do a risk assessment, how to do a risk assessment, and how the Environment Agency can help you.
How to develop a management system for carrying out flood risk activities under an environmental permit.
You can use the pre-application advice service to make sure your application is correct.
Environment Agency regulatory position on using BSI PAS 100 or PAS 110 compliant material which does not meet the plastics limit in the relevant resource framework.
Standard rules to operate a mobile plant for the treatment of soils and contaminated material, substances or products.
U4 exemption allows you to use waste plant material or untreated wood as fuel in a small appliance to produce heat or power.
Find out what you must include in an air dispersion modelling report to get an environmental permit.
How to carry out a groundwater risk assessment as part of an application for an environmental permit.
Find out if Medium Combustion Plant Directive (MCPD) or specified generator regulations apply to your operations.
How to get extra support for projects in England that require a complex range of environmental permits and licences.
How to deal with waste, including hazardous waste, and prevent pollution.
Types of waste and maximum amounts you can use for spreading as mulch to benefit land around trees, bushes or plants, under U12 waste exemption.
How UK environment agencies assess noise, legal requirements for managing noise, noise impact assessments and noise management plans. This replaces H3 guidance.
Guidance to help organisations choose a monitoring approach for stack emissions to air that meets Environment Agency and MCERTS requirements (formerly part of M2).
When you need a consent or permit to make a discharge from your reservoir and how to carry out a risk assessment.
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