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Sets out the basis on which the Environment Agency should decide whether or not a river or watercourse is treated as a ‘main river’.
Provides best practice advice on minimising the risk of causing pollution while protecting natural resources.
Standard rules for discharges to surface water: cooling water and heat exchangers.
The emission limit values (ELVs) and air quality standards specified generators must meet, including the deadlines for complying.
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
Check if an item of WEEE or a component removed from WEEE is a waste or non-waste item and, if it is waste, identify if it contains persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Use this tool to find out if you need to apply for a simple bespoke or complex bespoke medium combustion plant permit.
A resource focusing on air pollution: sources, impacts and actions.
Environment Agency enforcement position on shredding waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
This guidance aims to provide help for those seeking to better understand the requirements and practical application of the regulations.
The types of permit available, how much they cost and how to apply for your environmental permit.
Documents on this page support the UK National Contingency Plan
Standard rules permit and generic risk assessment for new and existing, low risk, stationary medium combustion plant.
MCERTS standard specifying the minimum requirements for installing and using event duration monitors (EDMs) required by an environmental permit.
Information you must submit to the Environment Agency in a noise impact assessment that uses computer modelling or spreadsheet calculations.
This index will help you choose an appropriate periodic monitoring technique and standard for monitoring stack emissions to air (formerly part of M2).
Understand the European Community (EC) Directive 2001/80/EC on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from large combustion plants.
Guidance on how land and groundwater should be protected at permitted facilities.
How to report releases and transfers from industrial activities that the Environment Agency regulates.
How to meet the requirements of using mobile plant for landspreading waste to provide agricultural benefit or ecological improvement.
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