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Standard rules to operate a WEEE authorised treatment facility excluding ozone depleting substances.
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).
How the Environment Agency sets and assesses discharge quality numeric limits in environmental permits.
Environment Agency's regulation of Hinkley Point, about EDF’s appeal, how you can find out about environmental permits and other activities at Hinkley Point.
Guidance on how we assess the quality of your monitoring procedures through an operator monitoring assessment (OMA) and what you can do to prepare.
When you do not need a water abstraction licence from the Environment Agency for passive dewatering.
For facilities with a treatment capacity of less than 100 tonnes each day and accepting no more than 35,000 tonnes on site each year.
How the Environment Agency regulates the different types of nuclear sites and protects people and the environment.
Check if an item of upholstered domestic seating is a waste or non-waste item and, if it is waste, identify if it contains persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Guidance on how to do detailed air quality modelling for specified generators.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can carry out a small scale remediation scheme or trial to treat contaminated soil and groundwater.
Standard rules to allow storage of wastes to be used in land treatment.
When you can store and treat asphalt waste without an environmental permit for a waste operation, installation or mobile plant from the Environment Agency.
Environment Agency enforcement position on when you can store and treat chemical toilet waste, and other sewage related wastes, without an environmental permit.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can store sealed containers of food waste.
OSM management and operation rules for water companies.
How to submit an appropriate environmental permit application for a deposit for recovery operation and what to include in a waste recovery plan.
View the application submitted by European Metal Recycling Limited for EMR Silvertown, London.
Guidance for individuals who are registered on the MCERTS personnel competency scheme for manual stack emissions monitoring.
Standard rules to operate a household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment.
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