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| View | Statutory guidance for wood coating |
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| View | Statutory guidance for the working of timber and manufacture of wood-based products |
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| View | Statutory guidance for iron, steel and non-ferrous foundry processes |
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| View | Groundwater Activities |
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| View | Statutory guidance for printing of flexible packaging: PG 6/17(11) |
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| View | Water Discharge Activities |
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| View | Core Guidance for Environmental Permitting |
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| View | Radioactive Substances Guidance for Environmental Permitting |
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| View | Guidance on the scope of and exemptions from the radioactive substances legislation in the UK |
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| View | Environmental Permitting Guidance - Statutory Nuisance |
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| View | Red Tape Challenge - Environment Theme Implementation Plan |
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| View | Smarter Data: Plans to simplify information requests by Defra and the Defra network |
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View | Clean Air Strategy 2019 |
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Draft Guidance |
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| View | DRAFT: L154 The Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc) Regulations 2015: Guidance on Regulations |
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Environment Agency - Standard rules |
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| View | Standard rules SR2012 No13 - Treatment of Incinerator Bottom Ash (IBA) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2012 No11 - Anaerobic digestion facility including use of the resultant biogas |
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| View | Standard rules SR2012 No9 - On-farm anaerobic digestion facility using farm wastes only, including use of the resultant biogas |
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| View | SR2008No19_250kte - non-hazardous sludge biological, chemical and physical treatment site |
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| View | Standard rules SR2012 No8 - Composting in open systems |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No16 - composting in open windrows |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No1 - household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No2 - household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station (no building) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No3 - household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No4 - household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment (no building) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No5 - household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station & asbestos storage |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No6 - household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station & asbestos storage (no building) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No7 - household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment & asbestos storage |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No8 - household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment & asbestos storage (no building) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No9 - asbestos waste transfer station |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No10 - inert and excavation waste transfer station |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No11 - inert and excavation waste transfer station with treatment |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No12 - non-hazardous household waste amenity site |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No13 - non-hazardous & hazardous household waste amenity site |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No14 - materials recycling facility |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No15 - materials recycling facility (no building) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No17 - composting in closed vessels |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No18 - non-hazardous mechanical biological (aerobic) treatment facility |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No19_75Kte - non-hazardous sludge biological, chemical and physical treatment site |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No20 - vehicle storage, depollution & dismantling (authorised treatment) facility |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No21 - metal recycling site |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No22 - storage of furnace ready scrap metal for recovery |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No23 - waste electrical and electronic equipment authorised treatment facility (ATF) excluding ozone-depleting substances |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No24 - clinical waste & healthcare waste transfer station |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No25 - clinical waste & healthcare waste treatment and transfer station |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No26 - animal carcass incinerator (pet crematorium) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No27 - mobile plant for the treatment of soils and contaminated material, substances or products |
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| View | Standard rules SR2009No1 - Pet cemetery |
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| View | Standard rules SR2009No2 - Low Impact Part A Installation |
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| View | Standard rules SR2009No3 - Low Impact Part A Installation for the production of Biodiesel |
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| View | Standard rules SR2009No4 - Combustion of biogas in engines at a sewage treatment works |
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| View | Standard rules SR2009No5 - inert and excavation waste transfer station |
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| View | Standard rules SR2009No6 - inert and excavation waste transfer station with treatment |
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| View | Standard rules SR2009No7 - storage of furnace ready scrap metal for recovery |
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| View | Standard rules SR2009No8 - the management of inert wastes and unpolluted soil resulting from the prospecting, extraction, treatment and storage of mineral resources and the working of quarries, at mines and quarries |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No2 - discharge to surface water: cooling water and heat exchangers |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No3 - discharge to surface water: secondary treated domestic sewage with a maximum daily volume between 5 and 20 cubic metres per day |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No4 - Mobile plant for landspreading (land treatment resulting in benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No5 - Mobile plant for the reclamation, restoration or improvement of land |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No6 - Mobile plant for landspreading of sewage sludge (land treatment resulting in benefit) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No7 - Use of waste in construction (up to 50,000 tonnes) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No8 - Use of waste in construction (up to 100,000 tonnes) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No9 - Use of waste for reclamation, restoration or improvement of land (up to 50,000 tonnes) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No10 - Use of waste for reclamation, restoration or improvement of land (up to 100,000 tonnes) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No11 - Mobile plant for the treatment of waste to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No12 - Treatment of waste to produce soil, soil substitutes and aggregate |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No13 - Use of waste to manufacture timber or construction products |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No14 - Composting biodegradable waste (in open and closed systems) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No15 - Anaerobic digestion facility including use of the resultant biogas |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No16 - On-farm anaerobic digestion facility including use of the resultant biogas |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No17 - Storage of digestate from anaerobic digestion plants (storage of digestate in containers or lagoons) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010No18 - Storage and treatment of dredgings for recovery |
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| View | Standard rules SR2011No1 - Composting biodegradable waste (in open and closed systems) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2011No2 - metal recycling site |
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| View | Standard rules SR2011No3 - vehicle storage, depollution & dismantling (authorised treatment) facility |
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| View | Standard rules SR2011No4 - Treatment of waste wood for recovery |
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| View | Standard rules SR2012 No4 - Composting in closed systems |
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Environment Agency Documents |
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| View | How to comply with your landspreading permit |
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| View | Noise Management at Intensive Livestock Installations |
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| View | Treating waste by thermal desorption |
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| View | Guidance for the recovery and disposal of hazardous and non hazardous waste |
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| View | Clinical waste |
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| View | Landfill and other permanent deposits of waste |
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| View | Guidance for the incineration of waste and fuel manufactured from or including waste |
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| View | Site condition report - guidance and templates |
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| View | Small amounts of open radioactive sources |
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| View | How to apply for an environmental permit: New bespoke radioactive substances activity permit |
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| View | Clinical Waste Pre-acceptance Producer Update |
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| View | RGN 8 - Substantial changes in operation at installations, mining waste facilities and other facilities involving solvents and combustion |
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| View | Guidance for the Treatment of Landfill Leachate: Part 1 |
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| View | RGN 6 - Determinations involving sites of high public interest |
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| View | RGN 5 - Operator competence |
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| View | LFD 1 - Understanding the Landfill Directive |
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| View | How to comply with your environmental permit. Additional guidance for: Clinical waste |
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| View | RGN 11 - Enforcement powers |
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| View | RGN 4 - Setting standards for environmental protection |
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| View | RGN 13 - Defining waste recovery: permanent deposit of waste on land |
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| View | Radioactive Contaminated Land: The Environmental Permitting Regulations |
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| View | Odour Management - How to comply with your environmental permit |
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| View | RGN 9 - Permit Surrender Guidance |
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| View | RGN 12 - Statutory periodic permit reviews |
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| View | Nuclear Regulation Group - The Environment Agency's role |
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| View | How to comply with your environmental permit. Additional guidance for: Gasification, Liquefaction and Refining Installations |
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| View | How to comply with your environmental permit. Additional guidance for: Environmental Management Systems |
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| View | RGN 2 - Understanding the meaning of regulated facility |
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| View | RGN 7 - Appeals to the Secretary of State or Welsh Ministers |
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| View | Guidance for the Treatment of Landfill Leachate: Part 2 |
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| View | How to comply with your environmental permit. Additional guidance for: The Inorganic Chemicals Sector |
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| View | Preparing for flooding |
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| View | RGN 1 - Understanding the meaning of operator |
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| View | Competency Standard for MCERTS Inspectors & Assistant Inspectors - Flow Monitoring |
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| View | How to comply with your environmental permit. Additional guidance for: Speciality Organic Chemicals Sector |
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| View | Environmental Permitting Charging Scheme & Guidance |
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| View | RGN 3 - Deciding applications are duly made and requests for further information |
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| View | How to comply with your environmental permit. Additional guidance for: The lime industry |
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| View | Pollution prevention pays in England and Wales |
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| View | Temporary storage at a collection point |
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| View | Guidance for developments requiring planning permission and environmental permits |
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| View | RGN 10 - Dealing with the death, financial difficulties or striking off of an operator |
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| View | Fire prevention plans |
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| View | Temporary storage of waste at a place controlled by the producer |
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| View | Environmental Permitting Regulations Operational Risk Appraisal (Opra for EPR) |
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| View | Creating a better place |
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| View | How to comply with your environmental permit. Additional guidance for: Water Discharge and Groundwater (from point source) Activity Permits |
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| View | Temporary storage at the place of production |
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| View | Landfill: monitoring frequencies and non-compliance recording |
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| View | Pollution Inventory reporting - general guidance notes |
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| View | Pollution Inventory reporting - cement and lime guidance note |
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| View | Pollution Inventory reporting - chemicals guidance note |
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| View | Pollution Inventory reporting - combustion activities guidance note |
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| View | Pollution Inventory reporting - food and drink guidance note |
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| View | Pollution Inventory reporting - ferrous and non-ferrous metals guidance note |
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| View | Pollution inventory reporting - incineration activities guidance note |
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| View | Pollution Inventory reporting - intensive farming guidance note |
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| View | Pollution Inventory reporting - landfill guidance note |
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| View | Pollution Inventory reporting - mining and quarrying guidance note |
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| View | Pollution Inventory reporting - paper and pulp guidance note |
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| View | Pollution Inventory reporting - refineries guidance note |
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| View | Pollution Inventory reporting - guidance for operators of waste transfer stations |
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| View | Pollution Inventory reporting - chemical treatment of waste, including oil guidance note |
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| View | How to comply with your environmental permit. Additional guidance for: The cement industry |
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| View | How to comply with your environmental permit. Additional guidance for: The Production of Large Volume Organic Chemicals |
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| View | Environmental risk assessment for permits - Overview |
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| View | How to comply with your environmental permit. Additional guidance for: Combustion Activities |
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| View | Inclusion of gilts in intensive farming regulation |
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| View | How to comply with your environmental permit. Additional guidance for: Hot Rolling of Ferrous Metals |
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| View | Industry code of practice on perimeter soil gas |
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| View | Environment Agency (Environmental Permitting) (England) Charging Scheme |
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| View | Gable End Fans |
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| View | How to comply with your environmental permit. Additional guidance for: The Incineration of Waste |
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| View | How to comply with your environmental permit. Additional guidance for: Paper and Pulp |
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| View | How to comply with your environmental permit. Additional guidance for: The Textile Sector |
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| View | The disposal of septic tank and cesspool sludge from domestic dwellings and arisings from blocked sewers |
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| View | Heat exchangers and condensate management |
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| View | The burial of rodents poisoned on farmland |
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| View | The disposal by burning (other than at a dockside) of waste plant tissue and wood as required under a Plant Health notice |
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| View | Collection and storage of mixed fuel from incorrectly filled vehicles |
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| View | Burning biogas collected from covered slurry stores |
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| View | Permitting of air separation units (ASUs) |
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| View | Using composting toilets and the resulting compost |
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| View | Spreading ash and wash waters from premises handling animal by-product (ABP) |
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| View | The regulation of the deposit of unpolluted soil, and of waste arising from prospecting for mineral resources and from peat workings |
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| View | Denaturing of controlled drugs at a place other than the premises of production |
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| View | Permitting the production of phase 1, 2 and 3 clinical trial pharmaceuticals |
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| View | Burning of waste on campfires and bonfires |
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| View | Storage of food waste intended for recovery |
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| View | The collection and secure storage, at marinas and lock sites, of sewage effluent from boats pending disposal elsewhere |
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| View | The deposit and dewatering of non-hazardous silts from Sustainable Drainage Systems (SUDS) on land |
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| View | Storage of waste aerosol containers |
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| View | Use of small quantities of road planings on agricultural tracks and roads |
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| View | The dewatering of street sweepings |
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| View | Disposal of trees and plants infected with Phytophthora ramorum and Phytophthora kernoviaeitle |
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| View | End of Life Vehicles and the Hazardous Waste Regulations |
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| View | Waste collection authorities - contingency planning |
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| View | Waste portable batteries delivered to battery collection points |
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| View | Leaving decommissioned asbestos pipe in excavations |
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| View | Seeding of anaerobic digestion plants |
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| View | Slurry, milk and waste spreading on agricultural land: Emergency cold weather guidance |
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| View | The use of waste clay to construct slurry lagoons or irrigation reservoirs |
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| View | Managing concrete wash waters on construction sites: good practice and temporary discharges to ground or to surface waters |
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| View | Civil engineering activities involving grouts or other media for the purpose of sealing or ground stabilisation |
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| View | Regulation of combustion plant burning biogas derived from anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge on sewage treatment works |
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| View | Treating solid waste from composting toilets at the depot from where they have been hired out |
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| View | The use of auxiliary (back up) flares at exempt anaerobic digestion plants |
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| View | The crushing of fluorescent tubes at WEEE collection points |
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| View | The use of up flow anaerobic sludge blanket anaerobic digestion systems |
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| View | Wash waters from intermediate animal by-product plants |
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| View | Treatment of up to 150kg per day of waste by non-incineration pyrolysis or gasification at sites where the waste is generated |
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| View | Environmental permits for "orphan" waste treatment plants |
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| View | Composting farm yard manure and stable manure which includes bedding made from wastes listed under exemption U8 |
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| View | The treatment and disposal of dog faeces using an in situ dog toilet |
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Government Document |
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| View | London Environment Strategy |
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| View | The UK Carbon Capture Usage and Storage deployment pathway |
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GPP |
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| GPP2 | Guidance for Pollution Prevention: Above ground oil storage tanks |
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| GPP4 | Guidance for Pollution Prevention: Treatment and disposal of wastewater where there is no connection to the public foul sewer |
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| GPP5 | Guidance for Pollution Prevention: Works and maintenance in or near water |
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| GPP8 | Safe storage and disposal of used oils |
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| GPP13 | Vehicle washing and cleaning |
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| GPP19 | Vehicles: Servicing and Repairs |
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| GPP21 | Pollution Incident Response Plans |
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Marine Guidance Notes (MGN) |
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| View | Marine Guidance Note 79 Safety Equipment and Pollution Prevention Equipment Carried in Excess of Statutory Requirements |
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NIEA |
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| View | The Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Pollution and Radiochemical Inspectorate) Charging Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2012 |
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| View | The Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions - NIEA) Charging Scheme (Northern Ireland) 2013 |
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| View | Do you produce waste oils? |
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PPG |
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| PPG1 | General guide to the prevention of pollution |
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| PPG2 | Above ground oil storage tanks |
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| PPG3 | Use and design of oil separators in surface water drainage systems |
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| PPG4 | Treatment and disposal of sewage where no foul sewer is available |
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| PPG5 | Works and maintenance in or near water |
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| PPG6 | Working at construction and demolition sites |
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| PPG7 | The safe operation of refuelling facilities |
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| PPG8 | Safe storage and disposal of used oils |
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| PPG13 | Vehicle washing and cleaning |
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| PPG18 | Managing fire water and major spillages |
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| PPG20 | Dewatering of underground ducts and chambers |
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| PPG21 | Incident Response Planning |
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| PPG22 | Dealing with spills |
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| PPG26 | Drums and intermediate bulk containers |
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| PPG27 | Installation, decommissioning and removal of underground storage tanks |
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| PPG28 | Controlled Burn |
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