Regulation 10 Temporary storage of solid manure

Scotland

(1)

Solid manure may be temporarily stored on land otherwise than in accordance with regulation 9 immediately prior to being applied to land but must not be stored–

(a)

in any field heap for more than 12 consecutive months; or

(b)

on the site of any previous field heap unless at least 24 months have passed since the site was last cleared.

F1(2)

No field heap may be located—

(a)

within 10 metres of any body of surface water;

(b)

within 50 metres of any well, borehole or similar work sunk into underground strata for the purpose of providing a water supply;

(c)

on any area of land that—

(i)

slopes down toward a body of surface water; and

(ii)

has a slope of 12 degrees or more;

(d)

in any area identified on the risk assessment map prepared under regulation 5(4) as being of high risk to the water environment; or

(e)

in any other location where there is a significant risk of nitrogen from the field heap entering a body of surface water.

(3)

Any solid poultry manure that is not mixed with bedding material stored under this regulation must be covered by a waterproof covering.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 10(2) substituted (15.5.2013) by The Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/123), regs. 1(2), 5(2)