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Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can temporarily discharge water intended for drinking water supply to surface waters from water treatment works and water supply assets.
Information on the different types of commercial fishing vessel licences.
The conditions that new cemetery developments, or new extensions of a cemetery, can operate under without needing an environmental permit.
What local authorities must do to grant recognition for natural mineral water and carry out ongoing checks.
Treating and disposing of non-hazardous farm waste, sending to landfill, burying waste, incinerating fallen stock and recycling waste fuel oil.
How to apply for compliance scheme approval, register, take on packaging producer responsibilities and comply.
The emission limit values (ELVs) and air quality standards specified generators must meet, including the deadlines for complying.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) that are relevant to regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer waste temperature exchange equipment (WTEE).
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the use tree surgery to ‘hinge’ a tree into a watercourse item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the earth banks and soil bunds item.
Countryside Stewardship agreement holders must follow these Terms and Conditions if they applied for an agreement on or after 5 January 2026.
Guidance for EEE producers on how to accurately report the weight of EEE they place on the market under the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) regulations.
This health and safety guidance for grid scale electricity storage, including batteries, aims to improve the navigability and understanding of existing standards.
Draft Heat Network Technical Assurance Scheme (HNTAS) regulatory technical requirements to help heat network developers, contractors and operators demonstrate compliance.
Apply to run a microchip implantation course, apply for a microchip exemption for a dog or cat, or report an animal’s reaction to a microchip.
Use the Environmental Quality Standards Directive (EQSD) list when scoping an activity for a Water Framework Directive (WFD) assessment.
Guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing other animal products for human consumption (such as honey or snails) to Great Britain.
2026 changes to methods used to estimate UK greenhouse gas emissions.
Standard rules for installing and using boreholes and temporary trial pits within a floodplain.
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