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Responsibilities for visitors to the countryside and those who manage the land.
Your guide to enjoying our parks and waterways, coast and countryside.…
Advice for land managers to help visitors follow the Countryside Code.…
How a competent authority must decide if a plan or project proposal that affects a European site can go ahead.
Find out if and by when you need to apply for a medium combustion plant directive (MCPD) environmental permit to meet air quality requirements.
When the MCP is exempt from meeting emission limit values (ELVs), which ELVs apply and the deadlines for meeting them.
The types of permit available, how much they cost and how to apply for your environmental permit.
Find out if and by when you need to apply for a specified generator environmental permit to meet air quality requirements.
If you operate a medium combustion plant (MCP) or a generator, find out if you need to meet MCP and/or specified generator regulations.
Radioactive substances regulation guidance on the management of the generation and disposal of radioactive waste during the decommissioning of nuclear facilities.
From 1 October 2024, more materials facilities will need to sample and report their waste. Sampling and reporting will be more detailed and more frequent under the amended regulations.
The water industry is producing strategic drainage and wastewater plans to maintain, improve, and extend robust and resilient drainage and wastewater systems.
The emission limit values (ELVs) and air quality standards specified generators must meet, including the deadlines for complying.
This MID explains how to use 'BS 4142 Method for rating and assessing industrial and commercial sound' when monitoring sound for an environmental permit.
Sheep dip is a hazardous substance – follow this code to reduce the risk of groundwater pollution when you use, store and dispose of dip.
For water companies in England and Wales to use for developing their water resources management plan. Also relevant to those producing regional plans.
Competent authorities must take action to help protect, conserve and restore the protected habitats and species of European sites.
When you get a Special Nature Conservation Order (SNCO) and how to challenge it, what a stop notice means, and get consent for restricted activities that affect European sites.
This guidance explains the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) process for organisations who want to submit a nuclear power plant design for assessment.
The monitoring, record keeping and reporting you must do and how you’ll be regulated.
Guidance on how to do detailed air quality modelling for specified generators.
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