# 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 15

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

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.
Technique
Applicability
a
Store dried solid manure in a barn.
Generally applicable
b
Use a concrete silo for storage of solid manure.
Generally applicable.
c
Store solid manure on solid impermeable floor equipped with a drainage system and a collection tank for the run-off.
Generally applicable.
d
Select a storage facility with a sufficient capacity to hold the solid manure during periods in which landspreading is not possible.
Generally applicable.
e
Store 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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/302/annex/division/3/division/1/division/1.10/division/BAT+15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-302/annex/division-3/division-1/division-1.10/division-BAT+15
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