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Environment Agency regulatory position on when local authorities can temporarily store waste sandbags at designated collection points without an environmental permit.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can temporarily store end of life vehicles (ELVs) at a motor manufacturer’s dealership.
Find out about geological screening, nuclear facility siting, exclusion criteria, reviewing, groundwater, NIREX and radiation risk.
The Energy Act 2008 (the Act) sets out the framework to ensure that operators of new nuclear power stations meet the full costs of decommissioning…
Statutory guidance on radioactive contaminated land for local authorities.
This guidance is aimed at helping understand the European Community (EC) Directive 2000/76/EC on the incineration of waste.
Guidance for the elements of the Mining Waste Directive relating to the drawing up of off-site emergency plans for Category A sites.
This guidance is intended to help the regulator, the regulated community, and others with an interest in groundwater activities.
View the permit issued for Clay Cross Energy Recovery Facility, Chesterfield under the Industrial Emissions Directive.
A review of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management's (CoRWM's) relations with the public.
Documents about the Environment Agency's consultation on UK EPR design submitted by EDF and AREVA.
Guidance on the regulation of non-nuclear radioactive substances activities under Environmental Permitting Regulation 2010.
Using the integrated management prospectus to demonstrate organisational capability by operators of nuclear licensed sites.
Process for assessing the acceptability of a candidate nuclear power station design.
Consultation on AP1000 design submitted by Westinghouse Electric Company LLC.
Standard rules to store up to 75,000 tonnes of furnace ready scrap metal for recovery.
SR2010 No 13: use of waste to manufacture timber or construction products.
Standard rules to store and treat dredgings for recovery.
Standard rules to operate a composting facility (not available for permit applications made after 7 January 2013).
How the Environment Agency has been working to prevent pollution in the industrial North Quay road area of Newhaven.
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