Volume Two 3. Rural Environment Zone 3.3.31.6. When a pit is filled to within 0.5m of the original land surface, or is no longer used, the contents must be covered with soil to a depth of at least 0.5m. 3.3.32. Disposal of offal or a carcass into an offal pit. 3.3.32.1. The offal or carcass must be from pastoral agriculture, except intensive farming, undertaken on the same property. 3.3.32.2. Only offal or a carcass may be disposed of to an offal pit. 3.3.32.3. The disposal must not occur into or onto a Soil Sensitive Area identified as loess soils. 3.3.32.4. The offal pit must not be located within: (a) 50m of a bore unless the bore intercepts the confined layer of Riverlands FMU or the confined layer of the Wairau Aquifer FMU; (b) 20m of a river, lake, Significant Wetland, drainage channel or Drainage Channel Network; (c) 50m of any boundary of the property or a dwelling. 3.3.32.5. The offal pit must be located above the natural ground water level at all times. 3.3.32.6. The offal pit must be completely covered by an impermeable material at all times or otherwise designed to prevent the entry of surface runoff when not in use. 3.3.33. Making compost or silage in a pit or stack, or stockpiling agricultural solid waste. 3.3.33.1. The stack or stockpile must not be located on a Soil Sensitive Area identified as free-draining soils. 3.3.33.2. The pit must not be located on a Soil Sensitive Area identified as a free- draining soil or a loess soil. 3.3.33.3. The pit, stack or stockpile must not be located within: (a) 50m of a bore unless the bore intercepts the confined layer of Riverlands FMU or the confined layer of the Wairau Aquifer FMU; (b) 20m of a river, lake, Significant Wetland, drainage channel or Drainage Channel Network; (c) 10m of any boundary of any adjacent land in different ownership. 3.3.33.4. The pit or stack must be completely covered by an impermeable material when not in use. 3.3.33.5. There must be no runoff of leachate from the pit, stack or stockpile. 3.3.33.6. Surface run-off must not enter the pit, stack or stockpile. 3.3.34. Storage of compost not in a pit or stack. 3.3.34.1. The storage of compost must not occur within: (a) 50m of a bore unless the bore intercepts the confined layer of Riverlands FMU or the confined layer of the Wairau Aquifer FMU; (b) 20m of a river, lake, Significant Wetland, drainage channel or Drainage Channel Network; (c) 10m of any dwelling on any adjacent land in different ownership. 3 – 26