The Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011

50.—(1) The mixing of ash from the incineration of pig or poultry carcasses at its place of production with manure for the treatment of land as specified in sub-paragraph (2).

(2) The treatment of land used for agriculture with agricultural waste resulting in benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement, if—

(a) the waste consists of ash from the incineration of pig or poultry carcasses, or such ash mixed with manure in reliance on the exemption in sub-paragraph (1);

(b) the land is at the place of production of the ash;

(c) the land is at least—

(i) 10 metres from any inland or coastal waters;

(ii) 50 metres from any well, borehole or similar work sunk into underground strata for the purpose of any water supply other than a domestic water supply; and

(iii) 250 metres from any well, borehole or similar work sunk into underground strata for the purpose of any domestic water supply;

(d) at the start of and throughout the treatment—

(i) the land has not been frozen for 12 or more hours during the preceding 24 hours; and

(ii) the land is not waterlogged, flooded or snow-covered;

(e) the activity is carried out in accordance with any requirement imposed by or under the Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2008(1);

(f) where the waste consists only of ash from the incineration of pig or poultry carcasses, it is incorporated into the soil as soon as possible; and

(g) the total quantity of ash incorporated into the soil does not exceed 150 kilograms per hectare in any period of 12 months.

(3) The secure storage of not more than 100 tonnes of waste intended to be used for the treatment of land in reliance on the exemption in sub-paragraph (2).

(4) In this paragraph, “domestic water supply” has the meaning given by paragraph 7(5).

(1)

S.S.I. 2008/298, as amended by S.S.I. 2008/394 and S.S.I. 2009/447.