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How to access the Environment Agency's public registers of environmental information.
Check if you need to apply for an environmental permit, formerly known as a flood defence consent, and get the forms you need.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.
What counts as a statutory nuisance and how councils can deal with complaints by issuing an abatement notice.
Register and pay for exemptions to store, treat, use or dispose of waste. Deregister exemptions you no longer need and update details that have changed.
When you need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground, and how to apply.
When you may need an environmental permit or licence for activities that could pollute, increase flood risk, affect land drainage or affect water resources. Check the rules and get advice before you start operating.
The Environment Agency's charging scheme for environmental permits, abstraction licences and impounding licences.
You can use the pre-application advice service to make sure your permit application is correct.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage discharge treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to a surface water.
Standard rules and bespoke permits for using, treating, storing and disposing of waste. Check if you need a permit and find out how to apply.
Types of waste and the maximum amounts you can use in building projects, landscaping or drainage works under a U1 exemption.
S2 waste exemption allows you to store specific waste at a secure intermediate site, separate to where the waste was produced, before transportation to another site for recovery.
How to apply to the Environment Agency for a water abstraction or impounding licence.
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.
How to change details of your environmental permit, transfer it to somebody else or cancel it.
How to apply for environmental permit for an activity in England that could cause pollution, increase flood risk or affect land drainage.
T28 waste exemption allows pharmacies and similar practitioners to denature controlled drugs, to comply with Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001. T28 exemptions are free of charge.
General binding rules for small sewage discharges from septic tanks or sewage treatment plants in England.
How to complete an air emissions risk assessment, including how to calculate the impact of your emissions and the standards you must meet.
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