# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/302 of 15 February 2017 establishing best available techniques (BAT) conclusions, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, for the intensive rearing of poultry or pigs (notified under document C(2017) 688) (Text with EEA relevance), Division BAT 14

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In order to reduce ammonia emissions to air from the storage of solid manure, BAT is to use one or a combination of the techniques given below.
A description of the techniques is given in Section 4.5.
Technique
Applicability
a
Reduce the ratio between the emitting surface area and the volume of the solid manure heap.
Generally applicable.
b
Cover solid manure heaps.
Generally applicable when solid manure is dried or pre-dried in animal housing. May not be applicable to not dried solid manure in case of frequent addition to the heap.
c
Store dried solid manure in a barn.
Generally applicable.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/302/annex/division/3/division/1/division/1.10/division/BAT+14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-302/annex/division-3/division-1/division-1.10/division-BAT+14
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