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3.—(1) These Regulations amend the Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(1) in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (3).
(2) For regulation 14 substitute—
14.—(1) Poultry litter may be stored in a field or midden where land application will take place subject to a maximum limit of 180 days.
(2) Where poultry litter is stored in a midden it shall have adequate effluent collection facilities prior to field storage or land application.
(3) Where stored in a field, poultry litter must be stored in a compact heap but not in the same location of a field in consecutive years and must be covered with an impermeable membrane within 24 hours of placement in a field.
(4) Compact heaps of poultry litter 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 public water supply; or
(e)50m of exposed cavernous or karstified limestone features (such as swallow-holes and collapse features).
(5) In this regulation, poultry litter means a mixture of bedding material and poultry manure arising from the housing of poultry and with a dry matter content not less than 55%.
(6) This regulation will apply from the operative date of these Regulations until 31 December 2010.”
(3) In regulation 16(1), insert “(e) the quantity of poultry litter stored in a field or midden prior to land application in accordance with regulation 14.”
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