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  • Sources of radioactivity in the environment and how levels of radioactivity are monitored and assessed.

  • Find out how you can dispose of milk at the farm where it was produced, and the restrictions that apply once milk has left the farm.

  • How to report marine pollution incidents, the response to an incident and how to get approval to use an oil spill treatment product.

  • Find out when the Aggregates Levy does not apply to the intended products of an exempt process.

  • IST is a national sampling scheme based on the British Standard BS 6002-1:1993 (sampling procedures for inspection by variables).

  • Claim and manage legacy schemes: English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS), Farm Woodland Premium Scheme (FWPS), Farm Woodland Scheme (FWS) and Woodland Grant Scheme (WGS).

  • Information for camelid keepers on reporting suspected bluetongue cases. How to identify and move your camelids.

  • Government incentives for CHP schemes

  • What you must do when sheep and goats arrive for slaughter, including identification checks, and recording and reporting movements.

  • Method of payment for fees charged for the specific activities carried out by the VMD.

  • Regional Fisheries Groups (RFGs) are an initiative set up to enable the inshore fishing sector to come together to share views and promote collaborative working with organisations such as MMO, Defra, Cefas and local IFCAs.

  • Register for a visitor mooring on the River Thames and pay if you stay for more than 24 hours.

  • Information for boaters on the Rivers Welland and Glen.

  • When you may need to fit an eel pass or screen to a water structure and what to submit if applying for a new licence or environmental permit.

  • 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.

  • Yearly intervention plans are produced for oil and gas operations based on the OPRED inspection strategy. Enforcement activities for the breach of environmental regulations is based on the OPRED enforcement policy.

  • How to manage the health and welfare of poultry during transport, at market and during slaughter.

  • How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.

  • Guidance for non-water company abstraction licence holders affected by prolonged dry weather and drought.

  • When and how to register if you are discharging small quantities of substances for scientific purposes as part of a groundwater tracer test or remediation scheme.