The Nitrate Pollution Prevention (Wales) Regulations 2008

Made: 6 December 2008

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales: 9 December 2008

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 3

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PART 1 — Introduction

Citation

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Application

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Coming into force

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Transitional measures for holdings not previously in a nitrate-vulnerable zone

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Meaning of “polluted water”

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Interpretation

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PART 2 — Designation of nitrate vulnerable zones

Designation of nitrate vulnerable zones

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Application for a declaration

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Proceedings before the appointed person

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Effect of findings made by the appointed person

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Review of nitrate vulnerable zones

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PART 3 — Limiting the application of organic manure

Application of livestock manure — total nitrogen limit for the whole holding

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Spreading organic manure — nitrogen limits per hectare

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PART 4 — Crop requirements

Planning the spreading of nitrogen fertiliser

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Additional information to be recorded during the year

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Total nitrogen spread on a holding

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Calculating the amount of nitrogen available for crop uptake from livestock manure

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PART 5 — Controlling the spreading of nitrogen fertiliser

Risk maps

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When to spread fertiliser

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Spreading manufactured fertiliser near surface water

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Spreading organic manure near surface water, boreholes, springs or wells

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Controlling how nitrogen fertiliser is spread

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Incorporating organic manure into the ground

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PART 6 — Closed periods for spreading nitrogen fertiliser

Meaning of “organic manure with high readily available nitrogen”

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Closed periods for spreading organic manure with high readily available nitrogen

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Exemptions: crops sown before 15 September

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Exemptions for organic holdings

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Restrictions following the closed period

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Times in which spreading manufactured nitrogen fertiliser is prohibited

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Defence

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PART 7 — Storage of organic manure

Storage of organic manure

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Temporary field sites

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Separation of slurry

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Storage capacity

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PART 8 — Calculations and records

Recording the size of the holding

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Records relating to storage of manure during the storage period

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Annual records relating to storage

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Record of nitrogen produced by animals on the holding

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Livestock manure brought on to or sent off the holding

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Sampling and analysis

40

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Records of crops sown

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Records of spreading nitrogen fertiliser

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Subsequent records

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Keeping of advice

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Duration of records

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PART 9 — Review

Monitoring and review

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Public participation

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PART 10 — Enforcement

Offences and penalties

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Enforcement

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Revocations

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SCHEDULE 1 — Amount of manure, nitrogen and phosphate produced by grazing livestock and non-grazing livestock

Weight	Daily manure produced by each animal (litres)	Daily nitrogen produced by each animal (grams)
From 7kg and less than 13kg:	1.3	4.1
From 13kg and less than 31kg:	2	14.2
From 31kg and less than 66kg—
dry fed:	3.7	24
liquid fed:	7.1	24
From 66 kg and—
intended for slaughter—
dry fed:	5.1	33
liquid fed:	10	33
sows intended for breeding that have not yet had their first litter:	5.6	38
sows (including litters up to 7 kg) fed on a diet supplemented with synthetic amino acids:	10.9	44
sows (including litters up to 7 kg) fed on a diet without synthetic amino acids:	10.9	49
breeding boars from 66kg up to 150kg:	5.1	33
breeding boars, from 150kg:	8.7	48
¹ Castrated males	¹ Castrated males	¹ Castrated males
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Category	Daily manure produced by each animal (litres)	Daily nitrogen produced by each animal (grams)
Calfs (all categories) up to 3 months:	7	23
Dairy cows—
From 3 months and less than 13 months:	20	95
From 13 months up to first calf:	40	167
After first calf and—
annual milk yield more than 9000 litres:	64	315
annual milk yield between 6000 to 9000 litres:	53	276
annual milk yield less than 6000 litres:	42	211
Beef cows or steers ¹ —
From 3 months and less than 13 months:	20	91
From 13 months and less than 25 months:	26	137
From 25 months—
females or steers for slaughter:	32	137
females for breeding—
weighing 500 kg or less:	32	167
weighing more than 500 kg:	45	227
Bulls
Non—breeding, 3 months and over:	26	148
Breeding—
from 3 months and less than 25 months:	26	137
from 25 months:	26	132
¹ In the case of an ewe, this figure includes one or more suckled lambs until the lambs are aged six months.	¹ In the case of an ewe, this figure includes one or more suckled lambs until the lambs are aged six months.	¹ In the case of an ewe, this figure includes one or more suckled lambs until the lambs are aged six months.
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Category	Daily manure produced by each animal (litres)	Daily nitrogen produced by each animal (grams)
From 6 months up to 9 months old:	1.8	5.5
From 9 months old to first lambing, first tupping or slaughter:	1.8	3.9
After lambing or tupping¹ —
weight less than 60 kg:	3.3	21
weight over 60 kg:	5	33
Category	Daily manure produced by each animal (litres)	Daily nitrogen produced by each animal (grams)
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Goats	3.5	41
Deer—
breeding:	5.0	42
other:	3.5	33
Horses	24	58
Note: all figures for poultry include litter	Note: all figures for poultry include litter	Note: all figures for poultry include litter
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Category	Daily manure produced by each animal (kilograms)	Daily nitrogen produced by each animal (grams)
Chickens used for production of eggs for human consumption—
less than 17 weeks:	0.04	0.64
from 17 weeks (caged):	0.12	1.13
from 17 weeks (not caged):	0.12	1.5
Chickens raised for meat:0.06	1.06
Chickens raised for breeding—
less than 25 weeks:	0.04	0.86
from 25 weeks:	0.12	2.02
Turkeys—
male:	0.16	3.74
female:	0.12	2.83
Ducks:	0.10	2.48
Ostriches:	1.6	3.83

SCHEDULE 2 — Calculating nitrogen in manure

PART 1 — Standard table

Manure other than slurry	Total nitrogen in each tonne (kg)
Manure other than slurry from—
cattle:	6
pigs:	7
sheep:	7
ducks:	6.5
horses:	7
goats:	6
Manure from laying hens:	19
Manure from turkeys or broiler chickens:	30
Slurry	Total nitrogen in each cubic metre (kg)
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Cattle:	2.6
Pigs:	3.6
Separated cattle slurry (liquid fraction)—
strainer box:	1.5
weeping wall:	2
mechanical separator:	3
Separated cattle slurry (solid fraction):	4
Separated pig slurry (liquid fraction):	3.6
Separated pig slurry (solid fraction):	5
Dirty water:	0.5

PART 2 — Sampling and analysis

Slurry

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Solid manures

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SCHEDULE 3 — Permitted crops for the closed period

¹ Nitrogen must not be spread on to these crops after 31 October.	¹ Nitrogen must not be spread on to these crops after 31 October.
² An additional 50 kg of nitrogen per hectare may be spread every four weeks during the closed period up to the date of harvest.	² An additional 50 kg of nitrogen per hectare may be spread every four weeks during the closed period up to the date of harvest.
³ A maximum of 40 kg of nitrogen per hectare may be spread at any one time.	³ A maximum of 40 kg of nitrogen per hectare may be spread at any one time.
Crop	Maximum nitrogen rate (kg/hectare)
Oilseed rape, winter¹	30
Asparagus	50
Brassica²	100
Grass¹³	80
Over-wintered salad onions	40
Parsley	40
Bulb onions	40

Signed

Jane Davidson — Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing, one of the Welsh Ministers — 2008-12-06

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: See S.I. 2001/2555 for the designation conferred upon the National Assembly for Wales. By virtue of section 59 of, and paragraph 28(1) of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006, that designation is now vested in the Welsh Ministers.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1996/888.

[^f00004]: S. I. 2002/2297 (W. 226).

[^f00005]: OJ No. L330, 5.12.1998, p. 32.

[^f00006]: OJ No. L375, 31.12. 1991, p. 1 as amended by Regulation (EC) 1882/2003 (OJ No. L284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

[^f00007]: 1981 c. 69.

[^f00008]: OJ No. L160, 26.6.1999, p. 80.

[^f00009]: OJ No. L277, 21.10.2005, p. 1.

[^f00010]: The Advisory Committee on Organic Standards is a non-executive, non departmental public body that approves organic inspection bodies.

[^f00011]: The scheme is administered by Basis Registration Ltd, and a list of qualified persons is available from them on request or at their website, www.basis-reg.com.

[^f00012]: S. I. 1996/888.

[^f00013]: S. I. 1998/1202.

[^f00014]: S. I. 2002/2297 (W. 226).

[^f00015]: S. I. 2006/1289.

Maximum Nitrogen

Notes	Notes	Notes
¹ An additional 80 kg per hectare is permitted to all crops grown in fields if the current or previous crop has had straw or paper sludge applied to it.	¹ An additional 80 kg per hectare is permitted to all crops grown in fields if the current or previous crop has had straw or paper sludge applied to it.	¹ An additional 80 kg per hectare is permitted to all crops grown in fields if the current or previous crop has had straw or paper sludge applied to it.
² An additional 20 kg per hectare is permitted on fields with shallow soil (other than shallow soils over sandstone).	² An additional 20 kg per hectare is permitted on fields with shallow soil (other than shallow soils over sandstone).	² An additional 20 kg per hectare is permitted on fields with shallow soil (other than shallow soils over sandstone).
³ An additional 20 kg per hectare is permitted for every tonne that the expected yield exceeds the standard yield.	³ An additional 20 kg per hectare is permitted for every tonne that the expected yield exceeds the standard yield.	³ An additional 20 kg per hectare is permitted for every tonne that the expected yield exceeds the standard yield.
⁴ An additional 40 kg per hectare is permitted to milling wheat varieties.	⁴ An additional 40 kg per hectare is permitted to milling wheat varieties.	⁴ An additional 40 kg per hectare is permitted to milling wheat varieties.
⁵ This is inclusive of any nitrogen that is applied as an exemption to the closed period for manufactured nitrogen fertiliser. The permitted amount may be increased by up to 30 kg per hectare for every half tonne that expected yield exceeds the standard yield.	⁵ This is inclusive of any nitrogen that is applied as an exemption to the closed period for manufactured nitrogen fertiliser. The permitted amount may be increased by up to 30 kg per hectare for every half tonne that expected yield exceeds the standard yield.	⁵ This is inclusive of any nitrogen that is applied as an exemption to the closed period for manufactured nitrogen fertiliser. The permitted amount may be increased by up to 30 kg per hectare for every half tonne that expected yield exceeds the standard yield.
⁶ An additional 40 kg per hectare is permitted to grass that is cut at least three times a year. From 1 January 2012 the permitted amount of nitrogen drops to 300 kg per hectare.	⁶ An additional 40 kg per hectare is permitted to grass that is cut at least three times a year. From 1 January 2012 the permitted amount of nitrogen drops to 300 kg per hectare.	⁶ An additional 40 kg per hectare is permitted to grass that is cut at least three times a year. From 1 January 2012 the permitted amount of nitrogen drops to 300 kg per hectare.
Crop	Permitted amount of nitrogen (kg)¹	Standard yield(tonne/ha)
Autumn or early winter sown wheat	220²³⁴	8.0
Spring-sown wheat	180³⁴	7.0
Winter barley	180²³	6.5
Spring barley	150³	5.5
Winter oilseed rape	250⁵	3.5
Sugar beet	120	n/a
Potatoes	270	n/a
Forage maize	150	n/a
Field beans	0	n/a
Peas	0	n/a
Grass	330⁶	n/a

Calculating the amount of nitrogen available for crop uptake from livestock manure

Available percentage

Type of livestock manure	Amount of nitrogen available for crop uptake in the growing season in which it is spread	Amount of nitrogen available for crop uptake in the growing season in which it is spread
	Until 1 January 2012	From 1 January 2012
Cattle slurry	20%	35%
Pig slurry	25%	45%
Poultry manure	20%	30%
Other livestock manure	10%	10%

The closed period

Soil type	Grassland	Tillage land
Sandy or shallow soil	1 September to 31 December	1 August to 31 December
All other soils	15 October to 15 January	1 October to 15 January

Exemptions: crops sown before 15 September

Exemptions for organic holdings

Restrictions following the closed period

Times in which spreading manufactured nitrogen fertiliser is prohibited

Defence

Editorial notes

[^key-f2c02b6a66ebe274956d27d36a8a39e0]: Regulations revoked (25.10.2013) by The Nitrate Pollution Prevention (Wales) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2506), reg. 51

PART 3A — Derogation

Application for a derogation

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Appeal against refusal of a derogation application

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Proceedings of the derogation application appeals panel

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Effect of derogation application appeals panel findings

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Derogated holdings

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Spreading manufactured nitrogen fertiliser near surface water

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SCHEDULE 4 — Derogated holdings

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Derogation from the measures governing the limit on application of livestock manure

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Planning the spreading of phosphate fertiliser

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Soil sampling and analysis

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Additional information to be recorded during the year

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Risk maps

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Maintaining the derogated holding as a grassland holding

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Closed period for ploughing grass on the derogated holding

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Sowing of crops following grass on the derogated holding

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Crop rotation on the derogated holding

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Recording the size of the derogated holding

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Records relating to storage of manure during the storage period

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Record of nitrogen and phosphate produced by animals

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Livestock manure intended to be brought on to or sent off the derogated holding

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Records of crops sown

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Records of spreading phosphate fertiliser

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Recording the date of ploughing

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Fertilisation accounts

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Appeals

Effect of a determination made by the appointed person

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