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North West and Border Esk byelaws are statutory rules (regulated by law) and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take.
Apply to import a medicine for veterinary use into the UK.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
What you must do to avoid harming badgers and when you’ll need a licence.
General binding rules for small sewage discharges from septic tanks or sewage treatment plants in England.
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
Labelling rules for businesses in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and retailers in Northern Ireland, for certain agri-food products moved under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme.
Guidance for businesses that import meat, dairy, eggs and animal products for human consumption. Check import rules, restrictions and what documents you need.
Register and manage your access to EHC Online using Government Gateway and your Defra account.
How to carry out a risk assessment if you are applying for a bespoke permit that includes discharging hazardous chemicals and elements to surface water.
What flood alerts and flood warnings mean and what you should do when they're issued.
Find out about flood risk activity exemptions, which used to need flood defence consent, and how to register them.
How to apply to the Environment Agency for a water abstraction or impounding licence.
Businesses such as joiners, gardeners and farmers can burn their own untreated wood and plant waste on a bonfire, at the place it was produced.
What you need to know about the Environment Agency’s new national risk information for flooding and coastal erosion.
How to develop a management system and keep it up to date so that you can carry out activities under an environmental permit.
Find out which Environment Agency locks and weirs you can fish at, the licences and permits you need and when you can fish.
Legally manufacture meters which are of the design originally approved and ensure they are verified to operate within the statutory limits.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
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