Nitrates Action Programme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. No. 231 of 2012).

Subject

Land & soil, Water

Keyword

Fertilizers/nutrients Transport/storage Farming Soil pollution/quality Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Agricultural development Pollution control Freshwater pollution Offences/penalties

Geographical area

Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe

Abstract

These Regulations amend the Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 in regard to the manner of storage of poultry litter and location of storage facilities. They require the doubling of the distances between temporary poultry litter field heaps and surface water features as well as requiring an authorisation for an individual field heap. They also ensure that poultry litter field heaps are not placed on soil that is water logged or in a location that is flooded or likely to flood. Other amendments concern: record-keeping by a controller; an appeal procedure where an application for an authorisation for temporary storage of poultry litter in a field heap is refused by the Department of the Environment; offences; and values for nitrogen excretion rates and total nitrogen content of slurry.

Full text

English

Website

www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Amends

Phosphorus (Use in Agriculture) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. No. 488 of 2007).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2006

Keyword: Fertilizers/nutrients, Organic waste, Plant production, Freshwater pollution, Effluent waste water/discharge, Pollution control

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. No. 411 of 2010).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2010

Keyword: Farming, Soil pollution/quality, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Agricultural development, Fertilizers/nutrients, Transport/storage, Plant production, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX