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If you abstract water or plan to, you may need to apply for an abstraction licence.
Registers of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) producers, approved exporters, approved authorised treatment facilities and producer compliance schemes.
Guidance and resources to help apply the 2025 flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCERM) funding policy for new projects opportunities.
How to send returns to the Environment Agency and waste producer if you receive or dispose of hazardous waste in England.
North East rod fishing byelaws are statutory (regulated by law) rules and regulations explaining who can fish, and where, when and what fish you can take.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
Rules you must follow, who’s responsible, when to notify the Environment Agency and what to do if you get an enforcement notice.
What you must do when you keep livestock or manage land.
South West byelaws are statutory (regulated by law) rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take.
Midlands rod fishing byelaws are statutory (regulated by law) rules and regulations explaining who can fish, and where, when and what fish you can take.
How to apply for environmental permit for an activity in England that could cause pollution, increase flood risk or affect land drainage.
Get permission to introduce (site permit) or remove fish (excluding fish farms): application forms and rules.
Find out about flood risk activity exemptions, which used to need flood defence consent, and how to register them.
Information on the lock keeper service on the River Thames.
S1 waste exemption lets you store certain waste in secure containers at a site separate to where it was produced, before transporting to another site for recovery.
Explains how the 2025 flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCERM) funding policy will work in practice for new project opportunities.
What you must do to prevent water pollution when you manage organic manures, manufactured fertiliser, soil and livestock.
This guidance explains the appropriate measures that regulated facilities permitted to store, treat or transfer (or both) non-hazardous and inert waste should consider.
A list of registration charges for Anglian Waterways.
Map showing the geographical areas of the Environment Agency's operations.
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