Publications

Guidance on Marine Licensing Application Fees and Payments from 1st April 2012

Responsibility for an animal includes having an understanding of the specific health and welfare needs of the animal and having the appropriate knowledge and skills to care for the animal.

This paper details the procedures for translating the definitions of good groundwater chemical status into an operational classification system.

This paper provides the detailed procedures for the translation of the definitions of good groundwater quantitative status outlined in Annex V of the WFD into an operational classification system.

Guidance from Drinking Water Inspectorate for Northern Ireland on the requirements for reporting of events associated with regulation 37 (6 and 7) of The Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

Water Management Unit guidance note on carrying out a Water Framework Directive assessment on Environmental Impact Assessment developments

When geotechnical approval is required developers should contact the local DfI Roads Divisional headquarters. A guidance leaflet provides information for developers and designers on managing geotechnical risk. 

Guidance for District Councils on Sections 31 to 35 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.

This guidance document has been written for operators
who have applied for a licence to abstract groundwater.
 

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs  (DAERA) has published this guidance to explain to keepers the system adopted in Northern Ireland for the registration of pig holdings, and the identification and movement of pigs.

A quick reference guide highlighting key points for the rules for the registration of pig holdings and identification and movement of pigs.

This document provides a sample of a pig movement book (PM1) that should be completed every time you move pigs between separate holdings. It is not required when moving pigs to other premises within your holding.

Guidance on Part 5 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.

Guidance on Nuisance Parking and Abandoned Vehicles Legislation.

Guidance to District Councils on Part 6, Chapter 1 (Alarm Notification Areas) of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.

Guidance to District Councils on Part 6, Chapter 2 (Amendments to the Noise Act 1996) of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.

Code of practice on odour nuisance from sewage treatment works.

These guidelines have been developed by the Department of the Environment to provide guidance and information about cigarette litter prevention.

Guidance for district councils that are using, or plan to use, the fixed penalty notice powers in the Litter (Northern Ireland) Order 1994; the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978; the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (Northern Ireland)

A Water Management Unit guidance note on road schemes and the protection of the water environment .