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What you need to know about the Environment Agency’s new national risk information for flooding and coastal erosion.
From 1 October 2024, more materials facilities will need to sample and report their waste. Sampling and reporting will be more detailed and more frequent under the amended regulations.
How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.
Navigation on the River Thames may be restricted or closed in certain areas. Find out where and when these restrictions and closures are.
The U1 exemption allows you to use suitable waste in construction as a recovery activity.
How the Thames Barrier works, and when it is scheduled to close.
Your responsibilities and rules to follow for watercourses on or near your property, and permissions you need to do work around them.
You can use the pre-application advice service to make sure your permit application is correct.
Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.
Find out if you need to follow standing advice when completing a flood risk assessment and what to do.
How to change details of your environmental permit, transfer it to somebody else or cancel it.
The S2 waste exemption allows you to store specific waste at a secure intermediate site, separate to where the waste was produced, before transportation to another site for recovery.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
What information the consignment note must contain, who has to complete each part and when it has to be completed.
How to use the maps to find out if you're at risk of flooding from surface water.
Find out where SPZs are, what defines the different zones and why the Environment Agency must protect groundwater from pollution.
When to use standing advice on site-specific flood risk assessments, and when to consult the Environment Agency.
This code provides practical guidance on how to meet your waste duty of care requirements in England and Wales.
Get help to improve water and air quality, and reduce flood risk on agricultural land.
What you must do when you keep livestock or manage land.
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