Regulation 21 Manner of storage of poultry litter or anaerobic digestate fibre and location of storage facilities

Northern Ireland

(1)

Prior to land application, poultry litter or anaerobic digestate fibre shall only be stored on a holding—

(a)

in a midden which shall have adequate effluent collection facilities;

(b)

where anaerobic digestate fibre is stored in open midden, it must be covered within 24 hours of storage; or

(c)

subject to paragraphs (2) to (6), in the field where land application will take place.

F1(2)

If poultry litter or anaerobic digestate fibre is to be stored in a field heap, the controller must inform the Department in such manner as it may require.

F2(3)

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(4)

Where stored in a field, poultry litter F3or anaerobic digestate fibre shall be stored in a compact heap and such heaps shall not be placed in the same location of the field in consecutive years or within—

(a)

100 metres of lakes;

(b)

40 metres 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 or aggregate;

(c)

50 metres around a borehole, spring or well;

(d)

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

(e)

50 metres of exposed, cavernous or katstified limestone features (such as swallow holes and collapse features).

(5)

Where stored in a field, land application of the poultry litter or anaerobic digestate fibre shall take place within 120 days from storage in that field, and the poultry litter or anaerobic digestate fibre heap shall not be placed where—

(a)

soil is waterlogged; or

(b)

the land is flooded or likely to flood.

(6)

Where stored in a field, poultry litter or anaerobic digestate fibre shall be covered with an impermeable membrane within 24 hours of storage.

(7)

This regulation applies to the location and storage of anaerobic digestate fibre from 1st January 2020.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 21(2) substituted (15.10.2019) by The Nutrient Action Programme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/183), regs. 1, 11(a)
F2: Reg. 21(3) omitted (15.10.2019) by virtue of The Nutrient Action Programme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/183), regs. 1, 11(b)
F3: Words in reg. 21(4) inserted (15.10.2019) by The Nutrient Action Programme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/183), regs. 1, 11(c)