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U2 exemption allows you to use a small number of end-of-life tyre bales in construction.
Rules for shipping waste plastic.
Advice on indicative standards of operation and environmental performance for industrial sectors.
Environment Agency regulatory position on the use of additional waste codes to store, treat or spread sewage sludge and septic tank sludge to land.
Guidance to developers or operators of near-surface disposal facilities for solid radioactive waste.
This guidance describes the Environment Agency’s natural flood management (NFM) heat maps.
These are the appropriate measures for the environmental management of a regulated facility with an environmental permit for treating or transferring chemical waste.
The outcomes that the Environment Agency will work with its partners to achieve along the Thames Estuary by 2100.
Information you must submit to the Environment Agency in a noise impact assessment that uses computer modelling or spreadsheet calculations.
Guidance for local authorities and other land managers in England on maintaining local environmental quality.
How to restore your landfill site to meet your permit conditions.
The types of permit available, how much they cost and how to apply for your environmental permit.
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.
Guidance for inspecting engineers including the reporting of section 10 inspection findings.
Spreading slurry and milk on agricultural land: Environment Agency advice in exceptional circumstances such as extreme weather.
Follow this groundwater protection code of practice to prevent pollution from solvent use and storage.
Standard rules for temporary storage on a flood plain of a main river.
A guide to using the river Wye on the border of England and Wales.
Find out the compliance limits for waste water treatment works (WWTW), and how to treat and monitor discharges to meet permit conditions.
Boating basics including essential knowledge and techniques you need to make sure you enjoy yourselves and stay safe on the water.
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