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Standard rules to operate a household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station. These rules also allow the storage of asbestos, batteries, cable and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
How fusion energy is regulated in England and how to find out about environmental permits and other activities at fusion sites in England.
U11 exemption lets you spread waste on non-agricultural land to improve soil, instead of using manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) that are relevant to regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer all types of WEEE.
Find out about Compliance Assessment Reports, assessments, inspections and permit reviews, and what the Environment Agency will do if you do not follow the rules.
Guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer healthcare waste.
Find out what you must include in an air dispersion modelling report to get an environmental permit.
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a landfill site, and how to carry out your activities to comply with your permit.
Find out if your groundwater discharges are extremely low risk so don’t need an environmental permit or exemption.
How UK environment agencies assess noise, legal requirements for managing noise, noise impact assessments and noise management plans. This replaces H3 guidance.
What you need to provide to the Environment Agency if you want them to consider allowing your proposed research or trial.
How to assess the risks to groundwater for treated effluent discharges.
You can use these emission factors to quantify the amount of ammonia emitted from your permitted pig or poultry operations.
Guidance to help organisations choose a monitoring approach for stack emissions to air that meets Environment Agency and MCERTS requirements (formerly part of M2).
Environment Agency regulatory position on groundwater abstraction under 270 days to allow small-scale abstraction to dewater a construction site.
What you must do to carry out a risk assessment if you're a farmer applying for a bespoke permit for intensive farming.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store waste shells for nature restoration
Use the climate change risk assessment examples for your industry sector when developing or reviewing your management system.
View the final permit decisions that the Environment Agency has made on applications for environmental permits from July 2026
How to develop a management system for carrying out flood risk activities under an environmental permit.
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