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The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 say that most discharges to surface and groundwater must have a permit. However, there are some exceptions given in the regulations, called exemptions. Exemptions are activities that do not need a permit, but some do need to be registered.
It will take about eight minutes to fill in this form. You will need to know the location for your exemption.
There is no charge for registering these exemptions.
You can find a full description of the water quality exemptions that require registration here:
Read about Tracer tests and remediation scheme exemptions (opens in new tab)Read about Cutting vegetation in inland freshwater exemptions (opens in new tab)
Alternatively, you can: