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Guidance and information on flood risk management and surface water management.
Groundwater flooding, how it might affect you and what to do.
From 1 October 2024, more materials facilities will need to sample and report their waste. Sampling and reporting will be more detailed and more frequent under the amended regulations.
Environment Agency enforcement position on temporary discharges of uncontaminated water from excavations to surface water without a water discharge activity permit.
How to record and report fluorinated gas (F gas) you produce, import, export or destroy in Great Britain.
The S1 waste exemption lets you store certain waste in secure containers at a site separate to where it was produced, before transportation to another site for recovery.
When to use hydrological and hydraulic modelling as part of a flood risk assessment for a planning application, and the expected standards.
Use this tool to check the code and control for your waste shipment.
Get permission or a licence to trap crayfish, eels, elvers, salmon, sea trout, lamprey and smelt in England. How to apply and rules to follow.
These are the appropriate measures for waste storage, segregation and handling at regulated facilities with an environmental permit for treating or transferring healthcare waste.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
When the MCP is exempt from meeting emission limit values (ELVs), which ELVs apply and the deadlines for meeting them.
These are the appropriate measures for waste storage, segregation and handling at regulated facilities with an environmental permit for treating or transferring chemical waste.
How the Environment Agency carries out government policy for groundwater and adopts a risk-based approach where legislation allows.
Find out the legal, financial and professional requirements for operators and managers, including extra duties for waste activity operators.
Appropriate measures for permitted waste management facilities that handle organic waste, also known as biowaste.
Guidance to help aircraft operators understand and meet their compliance obligations under the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS).
What best available techniques are, when you must follow them, how to propose alternatives and how to refer to them in your application.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store waste you have produced when working away from your normal business premises.
Boat registration charges for the River Thames.
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