The Environment Agency proposes to change standard rules for:

• water discharges
• materials recovery and recycling
• waste electrical and electronic equipment
• storage of electrical insulating oils
• metal recovery / scrap metal
• onshore oil and gas exploration and mining
• clarification on distances from springs, wells or boreholes

We would like your views on the proposed changes relevant to you.

We’ll use your responses to help develop the changes to the standard rules sets. We aim to publish the revised standard rules sets in October 2018.

The standard rules permits are an efficient way of regulating for operators and the Environment Agency, as well as protecting the environment from pollution.

The Environment Agency wants to work with the biowaste treatment sector to contribute to the government’s:

• 25 Year Environment Plan
• Clean Growth Strategy
• Clean Air Strategy

We want to make sure that any amendments made to the permitting of biowaste facilities:

• benefits society
• reduces environmental risk
• are affordable

We’re asking for evidence to gather views about the permitting framework and some areas of the available guidance.

We’ll use your responses to help inform changes to our permit conditions and standard rules requirements.

The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for the abstraction and impoundment of water.

These notices explain:

• what the application is about
• which Environment Agency offices you can visit to see the application documents on the public register
• when you need to comment by

The Environment Agency consult the public on certain applications for the abstraction and impoundment of water.

These notices explain:

• what the application is about
• which Environment Agency offices you can visit to see the application documents on the public register
• when you need to comment by