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How the Environment Agency assesses and scores compliance for:

• abstraction and impounding licences
• discharges to surface water and groundwater permits
• radioactive substances activities permits
• waste operations and installations permits

These guides include:

• 6 principles which explain how the Environment Agency assesses and scores permit compliance
• an explanation of what happens after a compliance assessment
• an explanation of how the Environment Agency uses the results of an assessment, including how this affects subsistence charges for waste operations and installations