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How to store oil, design standards for tanks and containers, where to locate and how to protect them, and capacity of bunds and drip trays.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
To properly classify and manage waste, you must identify when EEE becomes WEEE.
How to develop a management system and keep it up to date so that you can carry out activities under an environmental permit.
How to assess and manage the risks from land contamination.
Registers of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) producers, approved exporters, approved authorised treatment facilities and producer compliance schemes.
A list of all F gases and their global warming potentials.
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
Rules you must follow, who’s responsible, when to tell the Environment Agency and what to do if you get an enforcement notice.
Checklists to help you prepare for flooding.
General binding rules for small sewage discharges from septic tanks or sewage treatment plants in England.
If you abstract water or plan to, you may need to apply for an abstraction licence.
Identify, describe, classify and manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
How to complete an air emissions risk assessment, including how to calculate the impact of your emissions and the standards you must meet.
Find out about flood risk activity exemptions, which used to need flood defence consent, and how to register them.
Check how coastal flood and erosion risks will be managed in your area.
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 businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
Map showing the geographical areas of the Environment Agency's operations.
Get permission or a licence to trap crayfish, eels, elvers, salmon, sea trout, lamprey and smelt in England. How to apply and rules to follow.
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