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The Environmental Permitting Regulations (England and Wales) 2010, cover water discharges and groundwater activities, radioactive substances, waste, mining waste and installations. They also include provision for a number of Directives including Batteries.
If you already have a consent to discharge, groundwater permit, radioactive substances authorisation or registration it automatically became an environmental permit on 6 April 2010. You do not need to reapply and we will not reissue your permit. Your permit will contain the same conditions as before.
If you are applying for a permit for Radioactive Substances Activities on a nuclear site or for the on-site burial of low level radioactive waste please refer to our Nuclear Sector pages:
For radioactive substances activities on all other premises, please refer to our radioactive substances users pages:
You may occasionally see reference to out of date terms for the way that we regulate. We aim to update these but, until this happens, please assume that we mean environmental permitting.
Find out if your facility requires an environmental permit or whether you need to register an exemption.
Check if your waste activity is exempt and find out how to register the exemption with us.
Check if your water activity is exempt and find out how to register the exemption with us.
Guidance to help you complete your application and to comply with your environmental permit / exemption.
Find out how to make a application for a new permit or make changes to (vary), transfer or surrender your permit.
Find out how we consult with the public and relevant organisations on applications for permits.
We publicise applications for new bespoke permits, and certain changes to those, on our website, so the public have an opportunity to comment on them.
