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The making and storage of silage in bales or bulk bags

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This General Binding Rule (GBR) applies to the making and storage of silage in bales or bulk bags.

Authorisation level

General Binding Rule (GBR)

Rules

The making and storage of silage in bales or bulk bags is covered by General Binding Rules. If you intend to carry out this activity, and you comply with the rules set out below, your activity will be authorised. You don’t need to apply to SEPA for an authorisation.

If you carry out an activity under this authorisation you must comply with the rules. It is an offence if you do not comply with the rules.

If you cannot comply with the rules, you will need a different type of authorisation.

General Binding Rule (GBR) for the making and storage of silage in bales or bulk bags

  1. The bales or bulk bags must not be stored, opened, or unwrapped within 10 metres of any—

    1. river, burn, ditch or loch, as measured from the top of the bank,
    2. wetland,
    3. transitional water or coastal water, as measured from the shoreline, or
    4. opening into a surface water drain which silage effluent could enter if it were to escape,

  2. the bulk bags must—

    1. have an impermeable membrane,
    2. be resealed when not in use, to prevent the escape of silage effluent,
    3. incorporate a facility to enable the removal of any excess effluent without spillage,
    4. be situated on a firm level surface,

  3. the bales must be wrapped and sealed into impermeable membranes or enclosed in impermeable bags.

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