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Guidance and application information for gaining a Fishing Certificate of Competency for deck and engineer officers, including conversions and upgrades.
The conditions you must follow if you carry out cage trapping and dispatch of wild birds under Defra and Natural England licences.
A closed scheme that helped accelerate woodland planting rates and develop the domestic market for woodland carbon for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Our dedicated Waste Services teams deliver and develop integrated waste management capabilities, support national strategies, and manage customer and supplier relationships across the waste lifecycle.
T20 exemption allows you to treat certain waste at water treatment works to reduce the volume for transport, or to make it easier to handle for waste recovery.
How businesses in England can manage septic tank sludges and other wastes from non-mains domestic sewage systems.
Find out what methods you can use to process ABPs, how to test your products for bacteria and how to permanently mark high risk material.
When and how to take samples for the salmonella national control programme (NCP) if you’re an egg producer, and what happens if a laying flock tests positive.
As a local authority or local planning authority, when to publish your biodiversity report and what to include.
How poultry producers can join and pay fees for the Poultry Health Scheme, and how to pay fees to become a PHS approved laboratory.
How to plan and prepare for your visit to a National Trail in England and Wales.
The Environment Agency's requirements for obtaining a boat registration on the River Thames.
A guide for boaters and other users of the River Thames.
Standard rules for temporary storage on a flood plain of a main river.
Standard rules to allow you to operate a metal recycling site at a specified location.
Varieties of plant species that Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) and Northern Ireland require to be registered on their variety lists.
How to spot Perkinsus marinus, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
How to avoid causing groundwater pollution when developing cemeteries for burying human remains.
Programme Cortisone addresses the need to record, manage and exploit all healthcare information generated by the Defence Medical Services (DMS) when delivering patient focussed healthcare.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the use of additional waste codes to store, treat or spread sewage sludge and septic tank sludge to land.
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