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The D1 exemption allows you to deposit dredging spoil on the banks of the water it was dredged from and treat it by screening and removing water.
How to develop a management system for carrying out flood risk activities under an environmental permit.
Guidance to help organisations choose a monitoring approach for stack emissions to air that meets Environment Agency and MCERTS requirements (formerly part of M2).
The environmental permit, consent and licence you may need before you install a ground source or surface water source heating or cooling system.
How to choose a waste recovery or disposal method and assess its risks when applying for or changing your bespoke environmental permit.
The monitoring certification scheme (MCERTS) standard that applies to holders of environmental permits who must monitor liquid flow (sewage or trade effluent).
The T1 waste exemption allows you to treat waste packaging so it can be reused in its original form or becomes clean waste suitable for recycling.
How to work out charges for water abstraction and impounding licences.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can carry out a small scale remediation scheme or trial to treat contaminated soil and groundwater.
Find out if Medium Combustion Plant Directive (MCPD) or specified generator regulations apply to your operations.
This guidance explains the standards (appropriate measures) for facilities with an environmental permit to mechanically treat metal waste in shredders.
The T10 exemption allows small organisations, such as charities, to sort recyclable waste so that it can be recovered.
The U11 exemption allows you to spread waste on non-agricultural land to replace manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials (such as lime) to improve or maintain soil.
Find out what you must include in an air dispersion modelling report to get an environmental permit.
Environment Agency regulatory position on storing, depolluting and dismantling of waste motorcycles when holding SR2021 No 12: Vehicle storage, depollution and dismantling (authorised treatment) facility.
The emission limit values (ELVs) and air quality standards specified generators must meet, including the deadlines for complying.
Advice on indicative standards of operation and environmental performance for industrial sectors.
02 wastes are from agriculture, horticulture, aquaculture, forestry, hunting and fishing, food preparation and processing. Your permit lists the 02 waste codes you can use. You must follow the guidance given in the Before y…
For operators of a vehicle storage, depollution and dismantling (authorised treatment) facility accepting no more than 750 tonnes of waste vehicles a year.
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