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Danish local authorities’ inspections of legislation implementing the Nitrates Directive

Danish local authorities’ inspections of legislation implementing the Nitrates Directive . Anette Dodensig Pedersen, agronomist. IMPEL Malta 1-4 October 2013. Controlling the implementation of the Nitrates Directive.

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Danish local authorities’ inspections of legislation implementing the Nitrates Directive

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  1. Danish local authorities’ inspections of legislation implementing the Nitrates Directive Anette Dodensig Pedersen, agronomist IMPEL Malta 1-4 October 2013

  2. Controlling the implementation of the Nitrates Directive • In Denmark controlling of the legislation that implements the Nitrates Directive is shared between the Ministry of Agriculture and the local councils of the municipalities. • The Ministry of Agriculture controls for example fertilizer accounts and catch crops and administrates cross-compliance. The councils of the Danish municipalities are the supervisory authority for environmental inspections on agricultural farms. • The municipalities’ inspections include for example capacity of manure storages, construction of manure and silage storages, application periods for manure and other restrictions when applying manure. Where cross-compliance applies, the municipalities are responsible for the inspections and must report infringements to the Ministry of Agriculture. • The municipalities must inspect all livestock farms of more than 3 Livestock Units regularly. Larger livestock farms (app. > 75 Livestock Units) are inspected about every 3rd year, smaller livestock farms about every 6th year. IMPEL Malta 1-4 October 2013

  3. Capacity of manurestorage • Control • The farmer is responsible for submitting an updatedcalculation of storagecapacity to the localcouncil, when changes are made that influence the capacity. • Standard form for calculating the capacityis available from the Danish Agricultural Advisory Service (http://www.vfl.dk/English/NyEnglishsite.htm) • In addition, the capacity is calculatedautomaticallyafter an inspectionwhenthe inspectorenters information from the inspection in the municipality’scasework system. • Rulesaboutstoragecapacity - Livestock Manure Order, Section 9 • The storage capacity must correspond to at least 6 months' supply. • Sufficient capacity will normally correspond to at least 9 months' supply. • The requirement can be fulfilled by delivery for storage on another property or delivery to common biogas plants etc. Written agreement is necessary as documentation. • Supply is calculated as the quantity of livestock manure produced during the period in question on the basis of the animals being stabled, together with quantities otherwise supplied to the facility, including washing water and silage effluent. IMPEL Malta 1-4 October 2013

  4. Excerpt from standard form for calculatingstoragecapacity (The standard form is not available in English) IMPEL Malta 1-4 October 2013

  5. Construction of slurry tanks • Control • Authorised inspection scheme to create a technically sufficient basis for the local council’s decision on whether slurry tanks comply with the requirements in the Livestock Manure Order. • Slurry tanks shall be inspected at least every 10th year (every 5th year for slurry tanks close to watercourses or lakes). • At the inspection the slurry tank’s strength and leak-tightness is estimated. • The farmer makes the appointment with the inspector and pays for the inspection (approx. 500 €). • The farmer’s insurance for the slurry tank will usually demand, that the mandatory control of slurry tanks has been completed in due time. • Rules about construction of slurry tanks – Livestock Manure Order, Section 18 • Slurry tanks shall be made of durable materials that are impermeable to moisture. • Slurry tanks shall be appropriately dimensioned in relation to capacity to resist the impacts of stirring, covering and emptying. • The local council shall order remedial measures, or possibly forbid operation of a slurry tank, if the supervisory authority finds a likely risk of a container cracking, rupturing or similar. • Stricter rules apply when a slurry tank is located where malfunctions or accidents may entail serious damage to water supply facilities, watercourses, lakes larger than 100 m² or coastal waters. IMPEL Malta 1-4 October 2013

  6. Inspection of slurry tanks Digging to the bottom of the slurry tank The slurry tank needs to be accessible for inspection Brokenreinforcementcable Checking reinforcement cables after digging IMPEL Malta 1-4 October 2013

  7. Manure spreading Livestock Manure Order, Sections 27 - 30 • Detailed and highlytechnicalrulesabout: • Closedspreading periods • (depending on type of manure, crop and precipitation) • Methods of application • Incorporation • Areas, wheremanuremay not beapplied (e.g. frozen, sloping, nearsurfacewaterbodies) • Controllingcompliance with theserules is difficult for the supervisoryauthority. • Oftenonlycontrolledwhenneighboursmake a complaint. • Thematiccampaign at certain times of the yearmaybe a method of more active and targetedcontrols of manurespreading. • To a highextent, complianceprobablydepends on the farmers’ owninterest in utilizing as big a proportion as possible of the nutrients in the manure as fertilizer. IMPEL Malta 1-4 October 2013

  8. Excerpt from the Livestock Manure Order Closed periods for manurespreading IMPEL Malta 1-4 October 2013

  9. Topics for the discussion could be… • Considering the practical possibilities of controlling regulation as a part of the implementation. • Creating new regulation (for example about procedures or monitoring equipment) to ease the supervisory authority’s control on the existing regulation. IMPEL Malta 1-4 October 2013

  10. Strandgade 29 DK-1401 Copenhagen K Denmark Phone: +45 72 54 40 00 E-mail: mst@mst.dk www.mst.dk Anette Dodensig Pedersen andpe@mst.dk IMPEL Malta 1-4 October 2013

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