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Division BAT 15

United Kingdom

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In order to prevent, or where that is not practicable, to reduce emissions to soil and water from the storage of solid manure, BAT is to use a combination of the techniques given below in the following order of priority.

A description of the techniques is given in Section 4.5.

Techniquef1 Applicability
aStore dried solid manure in a barn.Generally applicable
bUse a concrete silo for storage of solid manure.Generally applicable.
cStore solid manure on solid impermeable floor equipped with a drainage system and a collection tank for the run-off.Generally applicable.
dSelect a storage facility with a sufficient capacity to hold the solid manure during periods in which landspreading is not possible.Generally applicable.
eStore solid manure in field heaps placed away from surface and/or underground watercourses which liquid run-off might enter.Only applicable to temporary field heaps which change location each year.

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A description of the techniques is given in Section 4.5.