# The Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Regulation 14: Manner of storage and location of poultry litter storage facilities

Extent: N.I.

(1) Poultry litter may be stored in a field or midden where land application will take place subject to a maximum limit of 180 days.
(2) Where poultry litter is stored in a midden it shall have adequate effluent collection facilities prior to field storage or land application.
(3) Where stored in a field, poultry litter must be stored in a compact heap but not in the same location of a field in consecutive years and must be covered with an impermeable membrane within 24 hours of placement in a field.
(4) Compact heaps of poultry litter 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 public water supply; or
(e) 50m of exposed cavernous or karstified limestone features (such as swallow-holes and collapse features).
(5) In this regulation, poultry litter means a mixture of bedding material and poultry manure arising from the housing of poultry and with a dry matter content not less than 55%.
(6) This regulation will apply from the operative date of these Regulations until 31 December 2010.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/489/regulation/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/nitrates-action-programme-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-14
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