Prevention of Pollution
8.1 Reference should be made to the "Prevention of
Pollution from Agricultural Activity: A Code of Good
Practice" for details as to how applicants should avoid
causing pollution. Adherence to the Code is necessary to
comply with the General Environmental Conditions.
8.2 If advisers encounter pollution problems on
farms or crofts for which they are drawing up Environmental
Audits, the potential applicant would be required to
address the pollution problem and thereafter proceed with
the RSS application but, if unwilling to do so, he/she
would not be allowed to enter the Scheme.
8.3 The Control of Pollution (Silage, Slurry and
Agricultural Fuel Oil)(Scotland) Regulations 1999 set
minimum standards for installations used for the storage of
such substances. Installations that are new, substantially
enlarged or substantially reconstructed since the
Regulations came into force are covered by them. For
installations in existence before this, SEPA may serve
notice, if there is a significant pollution risk, requiring
work to be carried out on these so that they meet some or
all of the standards applied to new installations. This
means for example that existing slurry storage facilities
of less than 6 months capacity would not constitute a
problem unless pollution was occurring or there was a
significant risk of this. However, the absence of silage
effluent collection facilities would obviously require
immediate action to be taken.
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