Regulation 25 Storage capacity

United Kingdom

(1)

An occupier of a holding who keeps any animals specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 must provide sufficient storage—

(a)

for all slurry produced on the holding during the storage period, and

(b)

for all poultry manure produced in a yard or building on the holding during the storage period.

(2)

The volume of the manure produced by the animals on the holding must be calculated using the figures specified for the daily manure produced by each animal in column 2 of Schedule 1.

(3)

A slurry store must have the capacity to store, in addition to the manure, any rainfall, washings or other liquid that enters the vessel (either directly or indirectly) during the storage period.

(4)

Storage facilities are not necessary for slurry or poultry manure that the occupier intends will be—

(a)

sent off the holding, or

(b)

spread in accordance with these Regulations on land that has a low run-off risk.

(5)

But in a case within paragraph (4)(b), storage facilities for an additional one week’s manure must be provided as a contingency measure in the event of spreading not being possible on some dates.

(6)

This regulation does not apply to a new holding until the latest date on which a closed period under regulation 20 begins in relation to that holding (regardless of whether an exception under regulation 20(4) or 21 applies).

(7)

In this regulation, “storage period” means—

(a)

in the case of pigs and poultry, the period that begins with 1st October and ends with the following 1st April;

(b)

in any other case, the period that begins with 1st October and ends with the following 1st March.

(8)

For the purposes of this regulation, land has a “low run-off risk” if it—

(a)

has an average slope of less than 3 degrees,

(b)

does not have land drains (other than a sealed impermeable pipe), and

(c)

is at least 50 metres from a watercourse or conduit leading to a watercourse.