# UK EA EPR Industrial Permit Portfolio Status Monitor (`plym-actor-factory/uk-ea-epr-industrial-permit-portfolio-status-monitor`) Actor

Watch UK Environment Agency EPR industrial installations Permit Numbers (EPR/…) and emit typed APPEARED/DROPPED/HOLDER\_CHANGED events from official registration.json. Not waste-carrier twin; not a national dump billed as rows.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/plym-actor-factory/uk-ea-epr-industrial-permit-portfolio-status-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [Daniel Witney](https://apify.com/plym-actor-factory) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, AI, Business
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## Pricing

from $20.00 / 1,000 epr permit status event delivereds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## UK EA EPR Industrial Permit Portfolio Status Monitor

Watch a **book of UK Environment Agency EPR industrial installations Permit Numbers (`EPR/…`)** and emit typed portfolio events when a permit appears, drops, or changes holder (plus optional attribute signals) on the official public-register `registration.json`.

**Not** a waste-carrier licence twin (`nerolabs/uk-waste-carrier-monitor` is a different regime). **Not** a waste-operations twin. **Not** a Companies House twin. **Not** a national EA dump billed as rows.

### What you get

| Event | Meaning |
|-------|---------|
| `APPEARED` / `DROPPED` | Present ↔ absent on industrial-installations `registration.json` (membership = status for this regime) |
| `HOLDER_CHANGED` | Permit holder name changed |
| `PRIMARY_ACTIVITY_CHANGED` | Optional attributes — primary activity comment changed |
| `LOCAL_AUTHORITY_CHANGED` | Optional — local authority label changed |
| `SITE_CHANGED` | Optional — site address / postcode changed |
| `REGISTRATION_DATE_CHANGED` | Optional — registration date changed |
| `DOCUMENT_URL_CHANGED` | Optional — permit document URL changed |
| `RUN_STATUS` | Non-billable health row (always on success) |

### Source

- Official EA public register (industrial installations): https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/industrial-installations/registration.json
- Search UI: https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/view/search-industrial-installations
- API reference: https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/view/api-reference
- No API key. Licence: **Environment Agency Conditional Licence**.
- **Honest lag:** public-register snapshot (API marked Beta; cache headers often ~10h). Not real-time CAR forms, not variation workflow mailers, not waste-carrier registrations.

### Pricing (PPE)

- Charge event: `epr-permit-status-event-delivered`
- Target: **$0.02 / event** (~$20 / 1k) + **$0.00005** actor start
- `RUN_STATUS`, baselines, duplicates, filtered rows: **$0**

### Default input (Store-safe)

`sourceMode=fixture` (default) succeeds with a non-billable `RUN_STATUS` and **does not** emit fabricated permit events unless `emitFixtureDemoEvents=true`.

Production: set `sourceMode=live` and provide your EPR Permit Number watchlist.

### Who this is for

- Industrial / IPPC installation portfolio ops tracking own or counterparty EA EPR books
- Environmental due-diligence and lender KYB teams watching permits leave the installations register
- Regulatory intelligence analysts who need watchlist events, not a national dump

### Limitations (honest)

- Industrial-installations `registration.json` membership + holder / primary activity / LA / site fields only
- **No explicit revocation status field** in the JSON — revoked/surrendered permits typically **drop** from the published set (use `DROPPED`)
- Public-register snapshot lag (honest; not CAR/variation mailers)
- First observation per EPR Permit Number stores baseline only (no charge)
- **Do not conflate** with EA waste-carrier or waste-operations registers

### Legal

Environment Agency public register open data (Conditional Licence). Cite Environment Agency + retrieval date. Default fields are public registration identity data.

# Actor input Schema

## `permitNumbers` (type: `array`):

UK Environment Agency EPR industrial installations Permit Numbers to monitor against official registration.json (e.g. EPR/JP3237MQ). Exact match after normalize. Invalid entries skipped with no charge. Not waste-carrier; not a national dump bill.

## `registrationNumbers` (type: `array`):

Optional alias for permitNumbers — same EPR/… keys, merged into the watchlist.

## `eprNumbers` (type: `array`):

Optional alias for permitNumbers — same EPR/… keys.

## `signalGroups` (type: `array`):

Which change groups to evaluate: directory (APPEARED/DROPPED), status (HOLDER\_CHANGED), attributes (PRIMARY\_ACTIVITY/LOCAL\_AUTHORITY/SITE/REGISTRATION\_DATE/DOCUMENT\_URL). Default: directory+status.

## `maxRunSeconds` (type: `integer`):

Wall-clock budget (registration.json paginated download + watchlist diff).

## `maxEvents` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many unique change events are delivered (does not include RUN\_STATUS).

## `resumeFromCheckpoint` (type: `boolean`):

If true, resume EPR permit snapshots and seen event\_uids from the default Key-Value Store.

## `sourceMode` (type: `string`):

fixture = Store/CI health default (no network; RUN\_STATUS only unless emitFixtureDemoEvents=true). live = official EA industrial-installations registration.json (no API key; public-register snapshot lag).

## `emitFixtureDemoEvents` (type: `boolean`):

When sourceMode=fixture, if true push fabricated change events from local fixtures. Default false so Store daily auto-tests never emit fake EPR events or charge epr-permit-status-event-delivered.

## `asOfHint` (type: `string`):

Optional as\_of label for events / RUN\_STATUS. Defaults to response Date/Last-Modified when present.

## `maxTotalChargeUsd` (type: `number`):

Optional soft budget hint for delivered change events.

## `eprRegistrationJsonUrl` (type: `string`):

Optional override for the official EA industrial-installations registration.json URL.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "permitNumbers": [
    "EPR/JP3237MQ",
    "EPR/QP3634FB",
    "EPR/PP3636DS"
  ],
  "signalGroups": [
    "directory",
    "status"
  ],
  "maxRunSeconds": 180,
  "maxEvents": 500,
  "resumeFromCheckpoint": true,
  "sourceMode": "fixture",
  "emitFixtureDemoEvents": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `OUTPUT` (type: `string`):

JSON summary: delivered, charged, runStatus, checkpoint, stats, EA EPR industrial installations coverage limits

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("plym-actor-factory/uk-ea-epr-industrial-permit-portfolio-status-monitor").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("plym-actor-factory/uk-ea-epr-industrial-permit-portfolio-status-monitor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call plym-actor-factory/uk-ea-epr-industrial-permit-portfolio-status-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,plym-actor-factory/uk-ea-epr-industrial-permit-portfolio-status-monitor"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/4QZAKJtaQC8eXuGzL/builds/swjUFovzd7nGcg4lv/openapi.json