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Formerly part of M18, technical guidance for industrial plant operators (and their contractors) who monitor effluent discharges to water and sewer.
The regulations farmers and land managers must follow when storing more than 1,500 litres of agricultural fuel oil, such as red diesel and white diesel.
Current list of designated bathing waters in England.
Check if you're exempt from needing an environmental permit for a new closed loop ground source heating and cooling system.
The licences and permits you need, the documents you must prepare, and how to apply to build a hydropower scheme.
This document explains and gives guidance on issues which are likely to arise from the regulations on private sewers transfer.
Principles setting out what the Environment Agency expects from permit holders carrying out radioactive substances activities.
How to apply to the Environment Agency to trade water abstraction rights with another party.
How to work out charges for water abstraction and impounding licences.
Environment Agency regulatory position on low risk impounding activities.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can temporarily discharge water intended for drinking water supply to surface waters from water treatment works and water supply assets.
How to query UK data on waste transfers and emissions, by specific substance, area, river basin, industry or economic sector.
How to carry out a groundwater risk assessment for human or animal burials.
Check if you need an environmental permit for a closed loop ground source heating and cooling system.
Provides best practice advice on minimising the risk of causing pollution while protecting natural resources.
Standard rules for discharges to surface water.
How to select compliance points for the assessment of risks to groundwater from land contamination.
You can appeal to the Environment Agency if your water company has refused to provide a public sewer connection. Or if you want to dispute when they will provide the sewer by.
Use the Environmental Quality Standards Directive (EQSD) list when scoping an activity for a Water Framework Directive (WFD) assessment.
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