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The Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

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Manner of storage of farmyard manure and location of storage facilities

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17.—(1) Prior to land application, farmyard manure shall only be stored on a holding—

(a)in a midden which shall have adequate effluent collection facilities; or

(b)subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), in the field where land application will take place.

(2) Where stored in a field, farmyard manure 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)50 metres of lakes;

(b)20 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/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 karstified, limestone features (such as swallow-holes and collapse features).

(3) Where stored in a field, land application of the farmyard manure shall take place within 120 days from placement in that field, and the farmyard manure heap shall not be placed where—

(a)the soil is waterlogged; or

(b)the land is flooded or likely to flood.

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