Anglian Water has been fined £1.6m after repeated sewage pollution incidents affected the River Brain in Essex over a six-week period in 2022. The Environment Agency said the pollution resulted from organisational failure, a faulty valve and missed warning signs, with untreated sewage discharged outside the company’s environmental permit.
The Environment Agency has updated guidance on licences and permissions for introducing, keeping or farming non-native fish, lobsters and crayfish. The page clarifies when Fish Health Inspectorate, Natural England and Natural Resources Wales permissions are needed, and notes that new digital application forms now replace older PDF versions.
The Environment Agency has updated guidance on pet cemeteries, setting out where they can be built, how they must be constructed, and the registration process with APHA. The guidance also clarifies planning permission requirements, burial depth and site conditions, and the rules for burying or spreading ash under a regulatory position statement in England and Wales.
The Environment Agency has updated its guidance on environmental permits for intensive pig and poultry farming, including changes to application steps, ammonia screening assessments and site inspection information. The guidance explains when a bespoke permit is required, the supporting documents needed, and the legal consequences of operating without a permit.
The Environment Agency sets out information and record-keeping requirements for intensive pig and poultry farming permits. It explains retention periods for records, reporting obligations including annual pollution inventory returns, and the need to notify the Agency immediately of incidents or permit breaches.
The Environment Agency has published guidance on compliance requirements for intensive pig and poultry farming permits, setting out appropriate measures to control pollution risks to air, land and water. The guidance explains how these standards relate to permit conditions, best available techniques, and other regulatory obligations, and applies to both new and existing farms.
The Environment Agency has published a form for varying a bespoke radioactive substances environmental permit on a nuclear site to add or amend disposal by case specific exemption. The notice explains that this exemption applies to low-risk waste and that applicants must also complete Parts RSR A and RSR F.
