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The Nutrient Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019
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PART 3 Prevention of water pollution from the application of fertilisers
8.Requirements as to the manner of land application of fertiliser to any agricultural land
9.General measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser
10.Measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser to grassland
11.Measures governing the limits on land application of nitrogen fertiliser to land other than grassland
12.Measures governing the application of anaerobic digestate
13.Measures governing the limits on the land application of chemical phosphorus fertiliser
14.Measures governing the limits on land application of organic manures with a high proportion of phosphorus
15.Measures governing the location of supplementary feeding sites and livestock drinking points
17.General obligations as to storage facilities for livestock manure and silage effluent
18.Obligations as to livestock manure storage capacity on pig and poultry enterprises
20.Manner of storage of farmyard manure and location of storage facilities
21.Manner of storage of poultry litter or anaerobic digestate fibre and location of storage facilities
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Risk assessment for fertiliser application to steeply sloping land
2.The taking of soil samples and the analysis for phosphorus...
4.Time of sampling: Sampling every fourth year shall be satisfactory...
5.Depth of sampling: Grassland shall be sampled to a depth...
8.Air-drying and grinding soil: The entire soil sample shall be...
9.Soil analysis for Olsen extractable phosphorus: The measure of phosphorus...
10.Classification of soil analysis results into indices: The Olsen extractable...
Requirement for slurry storage systems
1.The requirements which have to be satisfied in relation to...
5.(1) Any facilities used for the temporary storage of slurry...
6.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the capacity of storage facilities...
8.The slurry storage tank and any effluent tank, channels, pipes...
9.Where the walls of the slurry tank are not impermeable,...
10.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), where the slurry storage tank,...
12.Any slurry storage tank constructed, substantially enlarged or substantially reconstructed...
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