The Environment Agency has updated its guidance on environmental permits for radioactive substances regulation at nuclear sites, including new sections on case-specific exemptions and related variation forms. The update also clarifies when a permit may be needed for mobile radioactive apparatus used away from a nuclear site and refreshes contact information.
The Environment Agency has updated its Waste Exports Control Tool to correct discrepancies, fix lookup functionality and reflect changes to the Basel Convention. The update also adds new waste codes for WEEE-related waste, removes usability of older codes, and aligns the tool with SI 785/2021 and related international waste shipment controls.
The Environment Agency has published the Hampshire Avon Diffuse Water Pollution Plan, setting out coordinated action to reduce phosphorus and nitrogen pollution across the River Avon catchment. The plan targets a 47% reduction in phosphorus loading versus 2009 levels and identifies agriculture and urban land as the main sources, with measures extending to land managers, water companies and other permitted dischargers.
The Environment Agency has published guidance on meeting the operations requirements for intensive pig and poultry farming permits. It sets out limits on animal numbers and site boundaries, and explains when permit variations are needed for changes such as additional housing or expanded boundaries. The guidance also covers diet and nutrition planning to reduce nitrogen, phosphorus and ammonia emissions, alongside annual emissions reporting requirements.
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 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.
The Environment Agency has updated Regulatory Position Statement (RPS) 382 on abstraction outside the authorised period for filling existing water storage reservoirs. The clarification confirms that licence holders must still comply with any stated abstraction rate, and that water abstracted under the RPS will not count towards the annual authorised volume in the licence.
The Environment Agency sets out management requirements for intensive pig and poultry farming permits, centred on a written management system to identify and reduce pollution risks. The guidance covers environmental policy, site security, maintenance, accident planning, staff training and climate change adaptation, with an emphasis on keeping records and reviewing plans regularly.
