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U14 exemption allows you to mix ash back into the soil to return some of the nutrients from the burnt crops and vegetation.
How to apply to the Environment Agency to trade water abstraction rights with another party.
The fundamental objective of radioactive substances regulation and the 10 regulatory principles we apply when carrying out our work.
How to assess the impact of a flood risk activity and decide whether it supports the objectives of your local River Basin Management Plan.
Environment Agency regulatory position on using devices intended to hook fish automatically, in breach of Thames byelaw 10(iv), 1978.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) that are relevant to regulated facilities with an environmental permit to store and treat ELVs or components. Exempt facilities which store or treat ELVs or compo…
U9 exemption allows you to use waste in place of raw materials to manufacture a finished product.
T25 exemption allows you to treat food and other biodegradable waste by anaerobic digestion to produce digestate for use as fertiliser, and burn the resulting biogas.
How the Environment Agency regulates the different types of nuclear sites and protects people and the environment.
Standard rules to allow you to operate a vehicle depollution and dismantling facility at a specified location.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the use of additional waste codes to store, treat or spread sewage sludge and septic tank sludge to land.
D5 exemption allows you to deposit and store waste samples when required to comply with or enforce specified regulations, or before testing and analysis for research.
T2 exemption allows you to clean waste clothes and textiles to recover them for reuse or recycling.
Treating and disposing of non-hazardous farm waste, sending to landfill, burying waste, incinerating fallen stock and recycling waste fuel oil.
How to get support for nature projects that require a range of environmental permits and licences.
Standard rules to operate a materials recycling facility.
Guidance on how land and groundwater should be protected at permitted facilities.
Check if you operate a materials facility. Understand your sampling, measuring, recording and reporting requirements.
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.
The types of permit available, how much they cost and how to apply for your environmental permit.
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