Regulation 13 Manner of storage and location of farmyard manure storage facilitiesF1

Northern Ireland

(1)

~~Prior to field storage or land application farmyard manure should be stored in a midden which shall have adequate effluent collection facilities.~~

(2)

~~Farmyard manure may be stored in the field where land application will take place subject to a maximum limit of 180 days.~~

(3)

~~Where stored in a field, farmyard manure must not be stored in the same location of the field in consecutive years.~~

(4)

~~Farmyard manure must be stored in a compact heap and such heaps must not be placed within:~~

(a)

~~50m of lakes; or~~

(b)

~~20m of any waterway, including open areas of water, open field drains or any drain which has been backfilled to the surface with permeable material such as stone/aggregate; or~~

(c)

~~50m around a borehole, spring or well; or~~

(d)

~~250m from any borehole used for a public water supply; or~~

(e)

~~50m of exposed cavernous or karstified limestone features (such as swallow-holes and collapse features).~~

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Regulations revoked (1.1.2011) by The Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/411), regs. 1, 31(1)(a) (with reg. 29(1)(2))