The Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Manner of storage and location of farmyard manure storage facilities

13.—(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).