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Find out about flood risk activity exemptions, which used to need flood defence consent, and how to register them.
How to manage the burial of animal remains to prevent or limit groundwater pollution.
A list of all F gases and their global warming potentials.
Registers of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) producers, approved exporters, approved authorised treatment facilities and producer compliance schemes.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
Rules you must follow, who’s responsible, when to tell the Environment Agency and what to do if you get an enforcement notice.
If your business produces potentially harmful emissions and you’re an environmental permit holder you must use the Monitoring Certification Scheme (MCERTS).
How the Environment Agency charges for activities that need an environmental permit and the charges you must pay.
The T28 exemption allows pharmacies and similar places to denature controlled drugs to comply with Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001.
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
When you need to do an environmental risk assessment, when the Environment Agency will do it for you, and how to do a risk assessment.
How to use the maps to find out if you're at risk of flooding from surface water.
Check current river conditions, restrictions and facilities
Find out if and by when you need to apply for a medium combustion plant directive (MCPD) environmental permit to meet air quality requirements.
Map showing the geographical areas of the Environment Agency's operations.
The types of work on or near a main river or sea defence that don't need an environmental permit so are excluded from the regulations.
Find out how to express the mass of a fluorinated greenhouse gas (F gas) in terms of carbon dioxide equivalent to comply with regulations on F gases.
List of exemptions for temporarily storing waste at the place where it was produced or elsewhere.
Legislation will improve air and water quality, tackle waste, increase recycling, halt the decline of species, and improve our natural environment.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
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