ID:
policies-77
Name:
The Action Programme for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2008
Issuing organisation:
Scotland
Geographical Scope:
Scotland
Type:
Legistrative
Scientific domain:
chemistry, and biology
Type of water:
Surface water, groundwater, wastewater
Water management focus:
Mangement, Monitoring
Parameter change rate assumption:
Nitrogen, Nitrate
Description:
These Regulations apply to farms in nitrate vulnerable zones and require occupiers to maintain manure, slurry, silage effluent, and fertiliser management and storage plans. Annual nitrogen from livestock manure must not exceed 170 kg per hectare of utilisable agricultural land. Organic manure application is prohibited within 10 m of surface waters and 50 m of wells or boreholes used for water supply.
Status:
Effective
Effect Date:
1st-Jan-2009 Amended 15th-may-2013
Resource:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/298/contents
Recommendations:
The fram must have (i) Fertiliser and manure management plan, (ii) Storgae of livestock manure and silage effluent plan (iii) Storage of livestock manure and silage effluent plan (iv) Storage of slurry from housed pigs and housed cattle and manure from housed poultry plan, (v) Storage of livestock manure (other than slurry), (vi) Temporary storage of solid manure. In any year the total nitrogen in livestock manure applied to the utilisable agricultural land area of the whole farm, whether directly by an animal or by spreading, must not exceed 170 kg per hectare (“ha”) of that area. Application of organic manure Organic manure must not be applied to any land which is situated within– (a)10 metres of any surface water; or (b)50 metres of any well, borehole or similar work sunk into underground strata for the purposes of any water supply.
