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

Clinical waste additional guidance

Mining waste operations additional guidance

Fire prevention and management plans

Fire prevention and mitigation plan: waste management guidance

Technical guidance notes

Monitoring enclosed landfill flares

How to comply with your landspreading permit

How to surrender your environmental permit: additional guidance for landfill and other permanent deposits of waste

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.