Donogh McCarthy Farm Page 1 of 30 Organics and Land Services Donogh McCarthy Farm NMP Document No: DMC10/03/2016 CURRENT ISSUE Issue No: 3 Date: 10/03/2016 Reason for Issue: 2016 NMP Client Approval (if required) Sign-Off Originator Checker Approver Print Name JP CK CK Signature Date PREVIOUS ISSUES (Type Names) Issue No. Date Originator Checker Approver Client Reason for Issue For inspection purposes only. Consent of copyright owner required for any other use. EPA Export 11-08-2017:02:54:05
I have completed Fertiliser Plans (Nutrients Management Plans) for the farm reference 15 (as per Attachment 2) to receive organic fertiliser from Newmarket Co-Op site, Industrial Emissions Licence Register Number P0793-02 during 2016. These Fertiliser Plans comply with the requirements of the European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations, 2014 (S.I. No. 31 of 2014). In my professional opinion, organic fertiliser may be used to fertilise any of those farmlands, and the application of organic fertiliser from the licensable site to any of those lands in a quantity identified in the Fertiliser Plan and manner that complies with the requirements of the Code of Practice and Buffer Zones of Industrial Emissions licence Reg. No. P0793-02, and European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations, S.I No. 31 of 2014 will not cause, and is not likely to cause, significant environmental pollution. Signed ________________________ John Porter 10/03/2016
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Attachment 2: Summary Table/Customer List
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1.0 FARM DESCRIPTION
1.1 General description of the farm
Donogh McCarthy’s farm is located at Lemonfield, Crecora, Co. Limerick.
1.2 Spreadlands and exclusion areas
The landbank area is outlined in the ordnance survey map (scale 1:50,000) as shown overleaf in Figure 1. See detailed mapping (scale 1:10,560) in Figure 2 overleaf of the land parcels on the farm:
The farmland boundary is enclosed by blue lines
The land parcels are enclosed by red lines
The buffer zones where landspreading of WWTP sludge is not permitted as per “31 of 2014 “European communities (good agricultural practice for protection of waters) regulations 2014 are indicated by the yellow lines/areas.
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2015 Nitrates Statement
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Figure 1: Map showing location (outlined in blue) of the farmlands
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Location: Lemonfield, Crecora, Co. Limerick
Figure 2: Map showing field parcels and buffer zones where land spreading of sludge is not permitted (scale 1:10,560)
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2.0 HYDROGEOLOGY ASSESSMENT
A study was undertaken for the farm using detailed GSI mapping from the GSI website
http://spatial.dcenr.gov.ie/imf/imf.jsp?site=Groundwater to assess the distribution of
aquifers, groundwater vulnerability and source protection areas. The groundwater
protection responses provides a recommendation regarding the landspreading of sludge
based on the aquifer type, source protection area result and groundwater vulnerability in
that particular area. Information collected from the GSI website is summarised overleaf.
A walk over survey of the farmlands was also undertaken in accordance with the Agency
guidance note on the Landspreading of Organic Waste; Guidance on Groundwater
Vulnerability Assessment of Land. The results of the walk over survey show the areas of
lands (i.e. buffer zones) where landspreading of sludge is not permitted as highlighted in
the yellow shaded areas as shown in Figure 2.
Summary of the Hydrogeology Assessment for the farm:
Aquifer Type: Locally (LI) Aquifer
Source protection area Inner/Outer?: No
Groundwater vulnerability: High
Response Matrix for the farm: R1 Landspreading acceptable subject to normal good practice.
Outcome from summary: o Landspreading is acceptable subject to normal good practice.
Soil analyses for the lands are shown in appendix III.
3.2 Summary of farm activities
Farm activities: Tillage Total area: 11.13 Ha Usable area: 11.13 Ha
3.3 Grassland Stocking Rate
The Stocking rates for the farm are displayed below;
Whole farm stocking rate (including grassland and tillage): 0.00 kg/N/ha
Grassland Stocking Rate: 0.00 kg/N/ha
3.4 Nutrient management plan (NMP) 2016
The nutrient management plan (NMP) as shown overleaf is prepared using S.I. 31 of 2014 European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2014 (Nitrates Directive) recommendations for phosphorus and nitrogen fertiliser. The NMP calculations are based on the phosphorus and nitrogen crop fertiliser requirements, an analysis of the WWTP sludge to be applied by landspreading and the soil analyses for the farmlands. The average concentration of the P and N in the Newmarket Co-Op WWTP sludge is approximately 2.25 kg/t of Phosphorus and 7.02 kg/t of Nitrogen. The sludge analysis is given in Appendix II of this NMP. Nitrogen is taken at 40% availability on all soils, and Phosphorus at 50% availability on P Index 1 & 2 soils, and 100% on P Index 3 & 4 soils as per SI 31 of 2014. A total of 445.03 tonnes of WWTP sludge can be recycled at the farm across the identified land parcels, as shown in Table.
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Figure 3: NMP Calculations
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4.0 APPENDICES
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Appendix I: Hydrogeology Assessment
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Hydrogeology Assessment
A study was undertaken for the farm using detailed GSI mapping from the GSI website
http://spatial.dcenr.gov.ie/GeologicalSurvey/Groundwater/index.html to assess the
distribution of aquifers, groundwater vulnerability and source protection areas. The
groundwater protection responses provides a recommendation regarding the
landspreading of sludge based on the aquifer type, source protection area result and
groundwater vulnerability in that particular area. Information collected from the GSI
website is summarised overleaf.
A walk over survey of the farmlands was also undertaken in accordance with the Agency
guidance note on the Landspreading of Organic Waste; Guidance on Groundwater
Aquifer: An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, silt, or clay) from which groundwater can be usefully extracted using water well.
Aquifer type on the farm: Locally important (Li) & Regionally Important (Rkd)
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Source protection area: This is an area around a groundwater source that is divided into two sub areas: The inner protection area (SI) and the outer protection area (SO). The SI is designed to protect the source against the effects of human activities that may have an immediate effect on the source in particular in relation to microbiological pollution. It is defined by a 100-day time of travel (TOT) from any point below the water table to the source. The SO covers the complete catchment area or the zone of contribution (ZOC) of the groundwater source. It is defined as the area required to support an abstraction from long-term groundwater recharge.
Source protection area on the farm: No (not applicable)
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Groundwater vulnerability: A term used to represent the intrinsic geological and hydrogeological characteristics that determine the ease with which groundwater may be contaminated by human activities, for example the landspreading of sludge.
A few small areas of extreme vulnerability and exposed rock/karst are located within the farm boundaries. These areas are NOT to be landspread. Most of the farm is classified as high vulnerability.
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Groundwater protection response: This is the integration of the aquifer categories, source protection areas and the associated vulnerability rating to give a groundwater protection response /result which determines the different potentially polluting activities.
R1 Acceptable, subject to normal good practice.
R2¹ Acceptable subject to a maximum organic nitrogen load (including that deposited by grazing animals) not exceeding 170 kg/hectare/yr.
R3¹ Not generally acceptable, unless a consistent minimum thickness of 1 m of soil and subsoil can be demonstrated.
R3² Not generally acceptable, unless a consistent minimum thickness of 2 m of soil and subsoil can be demonstrated.
R3³ Not generally acceptable, unless it is shown that there are no alternative areas available and detailed evidence is provided to show that contamination will not take place. (No spreading will be allowed within a 50 m radius of a groundwater source.)
R4 Not acceptable.
Groundwater protection responses: GSI response matrix for landspreading
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Karst Features: Topographical features as a result of karstification (solution of limestone), such as turloughs, swallow holes and caves etc.
There are no significant karst features loacated on the farm.
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