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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.
What to include in your fire prevention plan, the fire prevention measures you must put in place, a template for your plan and examples of alternative measures.
The U10 exemption allows you to spread specific waste on agricultural land to replace manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials (such as lime) to improve or maintain soil.
The T9 exemption allows you to treat scrap metal for handling or recovery by sorting, grading, shearing by manual feed, baling, crushing or cutting with handheld equipment.
How to apply for a standard rules environmental permit from the Environment Agency.
Guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer chemical waste.
How to comply with your permit, including maintenance, record keeping and pollution reporting requirements.
If you operate a medium combustion plant (MCP) or a generator, find out if you need to meet MCP and specified generator regulations.
Check if you need to do a risk assessment, how to do a risk assessment, and how the Environment Agency can help you.
The types of permit available, how much they cost and how to apply for your environmental permit.
Use this guide to understand when your waste water discharge is classed as domestic sewage.
How to carry out a groundwater risk assessment as part of an application for an environmental permit.
You can use these emission factors to quantify the amount of ammonia emitted from your permitted pig or poultry operations.
Emerging techniques on how to prevent or minimise the environmental impacts of post-combustion carbon dioxide capture.
Guidance for regulated facilities with an environmental permit to treat or transfer healthcare waste.
This exemption allows you to temporarily store any waste at the place of production before it’s collected.
The T6 exemption allows you to chip, shred, cut or pulverise waste wood and plant matter to make it easier to store and transport, or to convert it for use.
Use the climate change risk assessment examples for your industry sector when developing or reviewing your management system.
Find out if your groundwater discharges are extremely low risk so don’t need an environmental permit or exemption.
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