The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs intends to make the following Statutory Rule entitled the "The Nitrates Action Programme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018", which is due to come into operation on 1 March 2018.

The Draft Statutory Rule shows amendments to the Nitrates Action Programme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014. Its purpose is to update (i) Nitrogen and Phosphorus excretion rates for poultry and (ii) Total Nitrogen and Phosphorus contents of fertilisers and proportion of total phosphorus to total nitrogen in regards to pig slurries, poultry manures and some farmyard and miscellaneous manures.

Copies of the Draft Rule may be viewed online at www.daera-ni.gov.uk/consultations. If you have any comments on the content of these Regulations please make these in writing to Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Nitrate Action Programme Amendment Regulations, Room 652, Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast, BT4 3SB; or E-mail: Leanne.McGrath@daera-ni.gov.uk, no later than 31 January 2018.