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The Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2008
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PART 7Storage of organic manure
Storage of organic manure
31. An occupier of a holding who stores any organic manure (other than slurry), or any bedding contaminated with any organic manure, must store it—
(a)in a vessel;
(b)in a covered building;
(c)on an impermeable surface; or
(d)in the case of solid manure that can be stacked in a free standing heap and that does not drain liquid from the material, on a temporary field site.
Temporary field sites
32.—(1) A temporary field site must not be—
(a)in a field liable to flooding or becoming waterlogged;
(b)within 50 metres of a spring, well or borehole or within 10m of surface water or a land drain (other than a sealed impermeable pipe);
(c)located in any single position for more than 12 consecutive months;
(d)located in the same place as an earlier one constructed within the last two years.
(2) Solid poultry manure that does not have bedding mixed into it and is stored on a temporary field site must be covered with an impermeable material.
Separation of slurry
33. Separation of slurry into its solid and liquid fractions must either be carried out mechanically or on an impermeable surface where the liquid fraction drains into a suitable receptacle.
Storage capacity
34.—(1) An occupier of a holding who keeps any of the animals specified in Schedule 1 must provide sufficient storage for all slurry produced on the holding during the storage period, and all poultry manure produced in a yard or building on the holding during the storage period.
(2) The volume of the manure produced by the animals on the holding must be calculated in accordance with Schedule 1.
(3) A slurry store must have the capacity to store, in addition to the manure, any rainfall, washings or other liquid that enters the vessel (either directly or indirectly) during the storage period.
(4) Storage facilities are not necessary for slurry or poultry manure—
(a)sent off the holding; or
(b)spread on land that has a low run-off risk (provided that this is done in accordance with the restrictions on spreading in these Regulations); but in this case storage facilities for an additional one week’s manure must be provided as a contingency measure in the event of spreading not being possible on some dates.
(5) For the purposes of this regulation the “storage period” (all dates inclusive) is—
(a)the period between 1st October and 1st April for pigs and poultry;
(b)the period between 1st October and 1st March in any other case.
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