Guidance to help you comply with your environmental permit
Our Sector Guidance Notes (SGNs) aim to provide operators and our regulatory officers with advice on indicative standards of operation and environmental performance, relevant to the industrial sector concerned.
Technical Guidance Notes (TGNs) describe the standards and measures you must use to control the most common risks of pollution from your activity. They are vital to help you understand how to comply with the conditions or rules of your permit.
How to comply with your permit
How to comply with your environmental permit guidance
Surface treatment of metals and plastics by electrolytic and chemical processes additional guidance
Clinical waste additional guidance
Mining waste operations additional guidance
Intensive farming additional guidance
Fire prevention and management plans
Fire prevention and mitigation plan: waste management guidance
Technical guidance notes
Sampling requirements for stack emission monitoring
Monitoring of discharges to water and sewer
Monitoring enclosed landfill flares
How to comply with your landspreading permit
CHP ready guidance for combustion and energy from waste power plants
Monitoring of stack gas emissions from medium combustion plants and specified generators
Specified generator TB screening tool
Environment Agency guidance
There are links out to the Environment Agency guidance on Gov.uk, and other supporting guidance which we are continuing to follow, including:
Monitoring of particulate matter in ambient air around waste facilities
Landfill sector technical guidance
Treating waste to thermal desorption
There are also many industry guidance documents that may help you to understand standards, and put appropriate measures in place to control your activities and prevent pollution.