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| View | Growth Duty: Statutory Guidance |
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DAERA Documents |
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| View | Guidance note: For the discovery of unanticipated underwater archaeological heritage |
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View | Compliance with Water Order Discharge Consents - temporary Regulatory Position Statement (RPS) |
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| View | Wind farms and groundwater impacts |
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| View | Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 - Guidance |
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View | Wastewater Utility Operator Self-Monitoring (OSM) and Urban Wastewater Treatment Regulations 2007 (UWWTR) monitoring - temporary Regulatory Position Statement (RPS) |
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View | Compliance with abstraction licence conditions - temporary Regulatory Position Statement (RPS) |
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| DAERA Documents1 | Planning in the Coastal Area |
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DCLG Documents |
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| View | Building Regulations (England) Approved Document R: High speed electronic communications networks |
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| View | Building Regulations (England) Approved Document Q: security in dwellings |
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| View | Building Regulations (England) Approved Document F: Means of Ventilation |
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| View | Building Regulations (England) Approved Document G: Sanitation, Hot Water Safety and Water Efficiency |
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| View | Building Regulations (Wales) Approved Document Q: security in dwellings |
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| View | Building Regulations (England) Approved Document J: Combustion Appliances and Fuel Storage Systems |
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| View | Building Regulations (England) Approved Document E: Resistance to the Passage of Sound |
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| View | Building Regulations (Wales) Approved Document L2B: Conservation of fuel and power in existing buildings other than dwellings |
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| View | Building Regulations (England) Approved Document H: Drainage and Waste Disposal |
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| View | Building Regulations (England and Wales) Approved Document L2A: Conservation of Fuel and Power in New Buildings other than Dwellings |
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| View | Building Regulations (England) Approved Document D: Toxic Substances |
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| View | Building Regulations (Wales) Approved Document L1B: Conservation of Fuel and Power in Existing Dwellings |
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| View | Building Regulations (England) Approved Document L2B: Conservation of fuel and power in existing buildings other than dwellings |
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| View | Building Regulations (Wales) Approved Document L1A: Conservation of Fuel and Power in New Dwellings |
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| View | Building Regulations (England) Approved Document L2A: Conservation of fuel and power in new buildings other than dwellings |
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| View | Building Regulations (Wales) Approved Document J: Combustion Appliances and Fuel Storage Systems |
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| View | Building Regulations (Wales) Approved Document M: Access to and Use of Buildings |
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| View | Building Regulations (England and Wales) Approved Document L1B: Conservation of Fuel and Power in Existing Dwellings |
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| View | Building Regulations (Wales) Approved Document C: Site Preparation and Resistance to Contaminants and Moisture |
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| View | Building Regulations (Wales) Approved Document G: Sanitation, Hot Water Safety and Water Efficiency |
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| View | Building Regulations (Wales) Approved Document N: Glazing |
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| View | Building Regulations (Wales) Approved Document P: Electrical Safety of Dwellings |
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| View | Building Regulations (England and Wales) Approved Document L1A: Conservation of Fuel and Power in New Dwellings |
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| View | Building Regulations (Wales) Approved Document A: Structure |
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| View | Building Regulations (England) Approved Document B - Volume 1: Fire Safety (Dwellings) |
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| View | Building Regulations (Wales) Approved Document D: Toxic Substances |
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| View | Building Regulations (Wales) Approved Document E: Resistance to the Passage of Sound |
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| View | Building Regulations (Wales) Approved Document F: Means of Ventilation |
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| View | Building Regulations (Wales) Approved Document H: Drainage and Waste Disposal |
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| View | Building Regulations (Wales) Approved Document K: Protection from Falling, Collision and Impact |
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| View | Building Regulations (Wales) Approved Document 7: Materials and Workmanship |
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| View | Guidance on Building Regulations 2010 |
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| View | Building Regulations (England) Approved Document A: Structure |
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| View | Building Regulations (England) Approved Document C: Site Preparation and Resistance to Contaminants and Moisture |
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| View | Building Regulations (England) Approved Document 7: Materials and Workmanship |
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| View | A Code of Good Agricultural Practice for farmers, growers and land managers |
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| View | Red Tape Challenge (RTC) - Water & Marine Theme |
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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 | Code of Practice on Conservation, Access and Recreation: Guidance for the Environment Agency and Water and Sewerage Undertakers |
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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 | Smarter Data: Plans to simplify information requests by Defra and the Defra network |
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| View | Sustainable Drainage Systems |
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DFPNI |
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| View | (NI) Technical Booklet N: Drainage |
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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 SR2015 No 34: temporary scaffolding affecting up to 20 metres of a main river |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2014 No 2: managing extractive waste [existing permits] |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2015 No 16: metal recycling site |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2015 No 2: storing and handling crude oil |
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| View | Standard Rule SR2018 No 9: standard rules Specified Generator, Tranche B low risk, base load operation between 0 – 0.9 MWth |
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| View | Standard rules SR2015 No 1 onshore oil exploration |
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| View | SR2015 No 20: 75kte non-hazardous and hazardous household waste amenity site (Applies to new permit applications from 10 April 2019 and existing permit holders from 10 July 2019) |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2018 No 2: standard rules Specified Generator, Tranche B low risk, base load operation 0 – 2 MWth with high background NOx |
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| View | Standard rules SR2015 No7 - household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment (no building) |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2010 No 1: category 5 sealed radioactive sources |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2017 No1: Unintentional receipt of radioactive materials and radioactive waste by the operator of any facility which uses a radiation detection system |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2015 No 28: installing a clear span bridge |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2015No20 75kte non-hazardous and hazardous household waste amenity site (Applies to existing permits until 9 July 2019.) |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2015 No 6: 75kte household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2015 No 33: repairing and protecting up to 20 metres of main river bank |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2015 No 8: 75kte household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with asbestos storage |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2019 No 1: Installation of mooring pile in a main river |
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| View | Standard rules SR2015 No19_75kte – nonhazardous household waste amenity site |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2015 No 29: temporary storage on a flood plain of a main river |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2015 No 10: 75kte household commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment and asbestos storage |
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| View | Standard Rule SR2014 No 4: NORM waste from oil and gas production |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2015 No 24: use of waste to manufacture timber or construction products |
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| View | Standard rules SR2015 No9 - household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station & asbestos storage (no building) |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2015 No 39: Use of waste in a deposit for recovery operations |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2012 No 15: storage of electrical insulating oils |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2012 No 12 – Anaerobic digestion facility including use of the resultant biogas |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2015 No 5: household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station (no building) |
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| View | SR2018 No 1 standard rules Specified Generator, Tranche B low risk, base load operation between 0 – 5 MWth (applies to standard permits issued after 13/09/19 and to all standard permit holders from 13/12/19) |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2015 No 17: vehicle storage depollution and dismantling authorised treatment facility |
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| View | SR2008 No 21: 75kte metal recycling site |
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| View | SR2015 No 27: constructing an outfall pipe up to 500mm diameter through a headwall into a main river |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2018 No 6 standard rules Specified Generator, Tranche B low risk, base load operation 0 – 1.3 MWth with high background NOx |
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| View | SR2012 No 3: composting in closed systems |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2015 No 35: Exacting a wetland or a pond in a main river floodplain |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2019 No 3: installation of water gates across a main river |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2015 No 18: metal recycling, vehicle storage, depollution and dismantling facility |
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| View | Standard rules SR2015 No 21: 75kte materials recycling facility |
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| View | Standard rules SR2015 No 14: 75kte metal recycling site |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2015 No 15: 75kte WEEE authorised treatment facility excluding ozone depleting substances |
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| View | Standard rules SR2018 No 3 standard rules Specified Generator, Tranche B low risk, base load operation 0 – 2 MWth in Air Quality Management Areas or high ambient NOx |
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| View | SR2012 No 7: Composting in open systems |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2018 No 8: standard rules mobile plant Specified Generator, Tranche B low risk, base load operation <1 – 2 MWth |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2012 No 14: metal recycling, vehicle storage, depollution & dismantling (authorised treatment) facility [Applies to existing permit holders from 10 July 2019] |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2018 No 7: standard rules for new, low risk, stationary Medium Combustion Plant 1 < 20MWth (in operation after 20/12/2018) |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2012 No 10 – On-farm anaerobic digestion facility using farm wastes only, including use of the resultant biogas |
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| View | Standard rules SR2015 No 4: 75kte household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2015 No 22: materials recycling facility |
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| View | Standard rules SR2015 No11 - household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment & asbestos storage (no building) |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2018 No 4 standard rules Specified Generator, Tranche B low risk, 0 – 20 MWth of gas or abated diesel engines operated less than 500 hours a year |
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| View | Standard Rule SR2018 No 1: Standard rules Specified Generator, Tranche B low risk, base load operation between 0 – 5 MWth (applies until 13/12/19 to standard permits issued before 13/09/19) |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2015 No 32: Installing an access culvert no more than 5 metres long |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2013 No 1: treat 100 tonnes a year of clinical and healthcare waste |
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| View | Standard rules SR2015 No 3: Metal recycling and waste electrical and electronic equipment authorised treatment facility excl ozone-depleting substances |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2018 No 5 standard rules Specified Generator, Tranche B low risk, 01 – 20 MWth of gas or abated diesel engines operated less than 1,500 hours a year |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2019 No 2: steps, ramps and other similar structures excavated into the existing bank profile of a main river |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2015 No 23: treatment of waste wood for recovery |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2015 No 38: removing 100 metres of exposed gravel from bars and shoals |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2008 No16: 75kte composting in open systems (no longer available) |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2015 No 31: channel habitat structure made of natural materials |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2015 No 36: site investigation boreholes and temporary trial pits |
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| View | SR2015 No 12: 75kte non-hazardous mechanical biological (aerobic) treatment facility |
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| View | SR2015 No 26: temporary dewatering affecting up to 20 metres of a main river |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2015 No 13: 25kte vehicle storage depollution and dismantling (authorised treatment) facility |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2009 No 2: low impact Part A installation |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2009 No 3: low impact Part A installation for the production of biodiesel |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2015 No 30: Temporary diversion of a main river |
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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 | Standard Rules 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 SR2008 No 16: 25kte composting in open systems (no longer available) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008 No 1: 75kte household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station (existing permits) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No2 - household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station (no building) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008 No 3: 75kte household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment (existing permits) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008 No4 - household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment (no building) – existing permits |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008 No 5: 75kte household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station and asbestos storage (existing permits) |
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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 SR2008 No 8: household, commercial and industrial waste transfer station with treatment and 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 SR2008 No13_75kte – nonhazardous & hazardous household waste amenity site – existing permits |
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| View | Standard Rules SR2008 No 14 75kte: materials recycling facility |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008No15 - materials recycling facility (no building) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008 No 17: 75kte composting in closed systems (in-vessel composting) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008 No 18: 75kte non hazardous mechanical biological (aerobic) treatment facility (existing permits) |
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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 SR2008 No 22: 75kte storage of furnace ready scrap metal for recovery |
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| View | Standard rules SR2008 No 23: waste electrical and electronic equipment authorised treatment facility 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 SR2008 No 27: mobile plant for the treatment of soils and contaminated material, substances or products (applies to existing permits from 1 March 2016) |
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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 SR2009 No 4: Combustion of biogas in new Medium Combustion Plant 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 SR2009 No 8: management of inert wastes and unpolluted soil 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 SR2010 No4: mobile plant for landspreading |
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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 SR2010 No7: 50Kte Use of waste in construction (Applies to existing permit holders from 10 July 2019) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010 No 8:100kte use of waste in construction |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010 No 9:50Kte Use of waste for reclamation, restoration or improvement of land |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010 No 10: use of waste for reclamation, restoration or improvement of land |
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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 SR2010 No 12: 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: 500t Composting 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 | SR2010 No 16: on-farm anaerobic digestion facility (not available for permit applications made after 7 January 2013) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010 No 17: storage of wastes to be used in land treatment |
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| View | Standard rules SR2010 No 18: storage and treatment of dredgings for recovery |
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| View | Standard rules SR2011 No 1: 500t composting biodegradable waste (in open and closed systems) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2011 No 2: metal recycling site (existing permits) |
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| View | Standard rules SR2011 No 3: vehicle storage depollution and 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 | Regulating for People, the Environment and Growth, 2018 |
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| View | Blockage Management Guide |
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| View | Waste Management Plan for the management of extractive waste, not involving a waste facility, generated from onshore oil and gas prospecting activities of drill, core and decommissioning without well stimulation (using only water based drilling mud) |
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| View | Using unbound municipal IBAA in construction activities |
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View | COVID-19 and spreading slurry or milk on land, or storing slurry |
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| View | Waste Management Plan for the management of extractive waste not involving a waste facility, generated from onshore oil and gas prospecting activities of drill, core and decommissioning without well stimulation (using oil and water based drilling mud) 2 |
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| View | Water Framework Directive State Aid: Agricultural block exemption regulation |
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| View | How to comply with your environmental permit for intensive farming - Appendix 9 - producing a proposal for covering slurry stores |
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| View | How to comply with your environmental permit for intensive farming - Appendix 8 - Undertaking a drainage review |
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| View | How to comply with your environmental permit for intensive farming - Appendix 7 - Housing review |
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| View | How to comply with your environmental permit for intensive farming - Appendices 1 - 6 |
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| View | How to comply with your environmental permit for intensive farming - introduction and chapters |
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View | Storing treated sewage sludge you cannot move because of COVID-19 restrictions |
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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 | Civil Sanctions |
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| View | The environmental assessment of proposed low head hydropower developments |
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| View | Site condition report - guidance and templates |
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View | Water and sewerage company OSM and UWWTR sampling affected by COVID-19 |
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| View | Small amounts of open radioactive sources |
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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 | Monitoring discharges to water: analytical quality control charts |
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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 | Monitoring discharges to water: alternative monitoring methods |
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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 | Monitoring discharges to water: CEN and ISO monitoring methods |
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| View | RGN 9 - Permit Surrender Guidance |
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View | Monitoring discharges to water: guidance on selecting a monitoring approach |
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| View | Groundwater protection: Principles and practice (GP3) |
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| View | RGN 12 - Statutory periodic permit reviews |
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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 | RGN 1 - Understanding the meaning of operator |
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| View | Hydrogeological impact appraisal for dewatering abstractions |
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| View | Competency Standard for MCERTS Inspectors & Assistant Inspectors - Flow Monitoring |
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| View | New Eel Passage Regulations |
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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 | Meeting our Future Water Needs: a National Framework for Water Resources |
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| View | Best Practice in Spill Prevention in the Waste Management Industry |
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| View | NWFD 4: 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 | Construction Spill Prevention Matters |
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| View | RGN 10 - Dealing with the death, financial difficulties or striking off of an operator |
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| View | Abstracting water: A guide to getting your licence |
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| View | Fire prevention plans |
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| View | National groundwater recharge assessment under climate change |
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| View | NWFD 3: 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 | Climate change and eutrophication risk thresholds in English rivers |
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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 | NWFD 2: temporary storage at the place of production |
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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 | Enforcement and Sanctions Offences |
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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 | The Water Framework Directive - not only a question of quality |
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| View | Environment Agency Strategy for safe and sustainable sludge use |
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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 | Regulation of existing small domestic sewage discharges in Source Protection Zone 1 during the current review period in England |
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| View | Environment Agency (Environmental Permitting) (England) Charging Scheme |
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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 | Effluent re-use for potable water supply |
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| View | The use of rainwater harvesting systems |
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| View | Nitrate Vulnerable Zones in England and Wales |
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| View | Household water metering |
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| View | Environment Agency position on Metaldehyde |
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| View | Enforcement of slurry storage provisions in England and Wales |
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| View | Compliance assessment and enforcement for the silage slurry and agricultural fuel oil regulations |
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| View | M18 Monitoring of discharges to water and sewer |
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| View | The dewatering of street sweepings |
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| View | Leaving decommissioned asbestos pipe in excavations |
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| View | The use of waste clay to construct slurry lagoons or irrigation reservoirs |
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| View | The temporary storage of contaminated waste waters which have been removed from gas pipelines |
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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 | The registration of small sewage discharges in England |
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| View | Wash waters from intermediate animal by-product plants |
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| View | How to comply with your environmental permit for intensive farming - Appendix 10 - Emission reduction plan |
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| View | Large-scale water transfers |
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Environmental Protection Agency Documents |
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View | Drinking Water Quality in Public Supplies 2018 - Report |
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EU Documents |
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| View | Invasive Alien Species |
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| View | Towards a green economy in Europe |
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Government Documents |
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| View | Building Control Performance Standards |
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| View | Advice for building owners which have a large-scale wall with Stone wool insulation |
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| View | Advice for building owners: large-scale wall system test 7 |
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| View | Advice for building owners: Large-scale wall system test with ACM with A2 filler with polyisocyanurate (PIR) foam insulation |
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| View | Advice for building owners: Large-scale wall system test with stone wool insulation |
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| View | Advice for building owners: Large-scale wall system test with ACM with unmodified polyethylene filler with foam insulation. |
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| View | London Environment Strategy |
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| View | Guidance on the Building Act 1984 and the Building Regulations 2010 (Amendments and Revocation) |
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| View | Environmental Offences: Definitive Guideline |
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| View | Building Regulations and (Amendment) Regulations 2015: circular 01/2015 |
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| View | Building Bulletin 100: design for fire safety in schools |
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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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| GPP20 | Dewatering underground ducts and chambers |
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| GPP21 | Pollution Incident Response Plans |
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| GPP22 | Guidance for Pollution Prevention: Dealing with spills |
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| GPP24 | Stables, Kennels and Catteries |
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| GPP26 | Safe storage of Drums and Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs) |
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| GPP29 | Micro-breweries and micro-distilleries |
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HSE Leaflet |
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| View | Inspection of COMAH Operator Flood Preparedness |
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NIEA |
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| View | Abstraction and Impoundment Licensing (Fees and Charges) Scheme 2012 |
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| View | Water Order Fees and Charges Schemes 2012 |
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| View | The Marine Licensing Charging Scheme 2012 |
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Planning Circulars |
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| View | Circular 01/2016: Amended Approved Documents to support Part G and Part M of Schedule to the Building Regulations 2010 |
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| View | Circular 04/16: Building Regulations (Amendment) Regulations 2016 |
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| View | Circular 02/2019: The Building Act 1984; the Building Regulations 2010; new approved document B |
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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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Scottish Water Documents |
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| View | Your Water Byelaws Explained |
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SEPA |
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| View | Guidance on Abandonment and Discontinuance of Reservoirs |
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| View | Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011: A Practical Guide |
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View | Whiskey Sector - Temporary Regulatory Position Statement (RPS) response to COVID-19 |
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View | Implications of COVID-19 for Reservoir Managers and Panel Engineers - Temporary Regulatory Position Statement (RPS) response to COVID-19 |
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View | Land Application of Uncollected Milk in Scotland - Temporary Regulatory Position Statement (RPS) response to COVID-19 |
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View | Finfish Aquaculture Sector - Temporary Regulatory Position Statement (RPS) response to COVID-19 |
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View | Storage of Sewage Sludge - Temporary Regulatory Position Statement (RPS) response to COVID-19 |
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Welsh Assembly Government |
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| View | Welsh Government Guiding Principles for Developing Water Undertaker Drought Plans 2020 |
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| View | Social and Environmental Guidance to Ofwat |
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| View | The Welsh Ministers Standards for new gravity foul sewers and lateral drains |
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| View | Sustainable Drainage Systems: Frequently ASked Questions |
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| View | Non-statutory guidance in relation to the Water Industry (Undertakers Wholly or Mainly in Wales) (Information about Non-owner Occupiers) Regulations 2014 |
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| View | Guidance on the Private Sewer Transfer Regulations |
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| View | Guidance to water and sewerage companies and the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) in relation to social tariffs |
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| View | Guidance on the mandatory adoption of sewers and lateral drains, and on the Welsh Ministers' Standards for gravity foul sewers and lateral drains |
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| View | Sustainable Development: Guidance to Risk Management Authorities |
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| View | Sustainable Drainage (SuDS) Statutory Guidance |
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| View | Flood Risk Management: Community Engagement Toolkit |
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| View | Groundwater protection codes for Wales: Sheep Dip |
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| View | Guidance for Farmers |
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| View | Keeping your oil storage safe |
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| View | Welsh Government Guiding Principles for Developing Water Resources Management Plans for 2020 |
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| View | Sustainable management of natural resources and our well-being |
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| View | Groundwater protection codes for Wales: Underground Storage Tanks |
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| View | The derogated livestock manure nitrogen farm limit |
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| View | Farmer's workbook |
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| View | Statutory standards for Sustainable Drainage Systems |
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View | Diagram for sustainable development legislation links |
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| View | Charging guidance to Ofwat, relating to various charges |
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| View | Statutory Guidance on sewerage undertakers' duty to connect properties to the public sewerage system under the Water Industry Act 1991 |
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| View | Environmental permitting guidance: waste incineration |
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| View | Local Flood Risk Management Strategies |
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| View | Guidance for Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Authorities in Wales |
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| View | Environment Permits Appeal Procedure Guidance |
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| View | Groundwater protection codes for Wales: Solvents |
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| View | Environment permit appeals: how to complete your form |
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| View | Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management: Business Case Guidance |
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| View | Petroleum Licensing |
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| View | Wales Flood Response Framework |
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| View | Introduction to Petroleum (Oil and Gas) |
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| View | Designation of Bathing Waters |
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| View | Guidance on legislation for sustainable development to secure the long term well-being of Wales |
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| View | Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) (Wales) Regulations 2016 |
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| View | Welsh National Marine Plan |
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| View | Environment (Wales) Act 2016 Factsheet: Flood and Coastal Erosion Committee and Land Drainage |
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| View | Environment (Wales) Act 2016 Factsheet: Fisheries for Shellfish and Marine Licensing |
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| View | Environment (Wales) Act 2016 Factsheet: Waste |
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| View | Environment (Wales) Act 2016 Factsheet: Carrier Bag Charging Scheme |
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| View | Environment (Wales) Act 2016 Factsheet: Climate Change |
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| View | Environment (Wales) Act 2016: Factsheet Land Management Agreements and Experimental Schemes |
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| View | Environment (Wales) Act 2016 Factsheet: Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystems Duty |
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| View | Environment (Wales) Act 2016 Factsheet: Sustainable Management of Natural Resources |
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| View | Environment (Wales) Act 2016 Factsheet: Sustainable Management of Natural Resources Delivery Framework |
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WRAS Documents |
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| View | Storage of preheated domestic water and possible growth of Legionella Bacteria |
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| View | Information for Installation of Ion Exchange Water Softeners for Systems Supplying Water for Domestic Purposes |
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| View | Looking after water in your home |
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| View | Water and Waste Water Treatment Works |
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| View | Type BA Device - Verifiable Backflow Preventer with Reduced Pressure Zone (RPZ Valve) |
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| View | The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations and Byelaws: What are they and how do they affect you? |
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| View | Conservation of Water |
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| View | Reclaimed Water Systems |
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| View | Cold Water Storage Cisterns - Design Recommendations for Mains Supply Inlets |
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| View | Report of the Expert Group on the Risk of Contamination of the Public Water Supply by Backflow |
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| View | Information for Operating Plumbing Systems for the Supply of Water for Domestic Purposes to Ships in Ports |
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| View | Information for Operating Plumbing Systems for the Supply of Water for Domestic Purposes to Boats in Marinas |
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| View | The Use of Public Water Supplies in Railway Premises |
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| View | Agricultural Premises |
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| View | Holiday and Residential Parks |
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| View | Recreation and Sports Grounds |
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| View | Stables and similar premises including livery yards, riding schools, race courses and show arenas |
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| View | Solders & Fluxes |
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| View | Keeping Water Safe in Premises |
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| View | Local Authorities risk assessment of plumbing in private premises |
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| View | Conditions for the provision, use and maintenance in marinas of quayside taps with check valves and hoses for filling boats with water for domestic purposes |
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| View | Commissioning Plumbing Systems |
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| View | Alternative Water Systems |
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| View | Advice regarding the risk of scalding caused by failure of electric immersion water heaters |
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| View | Type BA Device – Verifiable Backflow Preventer with Reduced Pressure Zone (RPZ Valve) |
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| View | Backflow Risk Advice - Schools, Colleges and Higher Education Establishments |
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| View | Water Regulations - What are they and how do they affect you? |
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| View | Information on Notification of Proposed Plumbing Work |
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| View | Information Note: Schedule 2: paragraph 7 explained |
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| View | Design and installation guidance: light cowl or shroud to protect wholesome water from light ingress |
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| View | Information for water suppliers, plumbing installers, landlords and householders |
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| View | Information on the use of EDPM flexible rubber hoses |
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| View | Prevention of the risk of backflow in the design of domestic bathrooms |
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| View | Backflow Protection for water supplies to construction sites |
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| View | Categorisation of the fluid category of risk - coastal seawater |
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| View | Cold water services: storage cisterns - general design & installation requirements |
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| View | Information for installation of DC devices at caravan and camping sites |
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| View | Guidance for the use of DC Devices at Caravan and Camping Sites |
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| View | Warning to Caravan and Park Home Owners and Site Managers |
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| View | Pipe identification information note |
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