Storage capacity requirements
 61.6 (1) An agricultural operation to which this Part applies shall have, on the farm unit where the dairy operation is located, a permanent nutrient storage facility or a combination of such facilities that is capable of containing at least all of the milking centre washwater generated or received in the course of the operation during a period of 240 days. O. Reg. 338/09, s. 45. (2) The storage capacity required by subsection (1) is in addition to the storage capacity required by any other provisions of this Regulation. O. Reg. 338/09, s. 45. (3) Subsection (1) does not apply if an agreement described in subsection 36 (1), entered into by a broker and the person who owns or controls the agricultural operation, is in force and the following conditions are satisfied: 1. In accordance with the agreement, the person sends some of the milking centre washwater generated or received in the course of the operation to the broker. 2. The broker has sufficient storage capacity available for milking centre washwater received from that person so that the person and the broker, together, have storage facilities that are capable of containing at least all of the milking centre washwater generated or received in the course of the operation during a period of 240 days. O. Reg. 338/09, s. 45. (4) Subsection (1) does not apply if the operation has a nutrient management plan that provides for the land application of milking centre washwater and the following conditions are satisfied: 1. The milking centre washwater storage capacity of the dairy operation is at least equal to the capacity that the plan requires. 2. The plan provides for the land application, on a schedule of times that eliminates the need for storing milking centre washwater on the farm unit for 240 days, of all the milking centre washwater generated or received in the course of the operation during a period of 240 days. O. Reg. 338/09, s. 45. (5) Subsection (1) does not apply if the operation does not have a nutrient management plan but has an application schedule for the land application of the milking centre washwater generated or received in the course of the operation, and the following conditions are satisfied: 1. The application schedule is consistent with the requirements of Part VI. 2. The application schedule is consistent with the requirements of subsection 92 (2) as if the milking centre washwater were manure or anaerobic digestion output. 3. The milking centre washwater storage capacity of the dairy operation is at least equal to the storage capacity based on the application schedule. 4. The owner or operator keeps a record of the application schedule and the dates on which milking centre washwater is actually applied.  The record shows how the applications were carried out in accordance with Part VI, and is maintained in accordance with sections 112 and 113. O. Reg. 338/09, s. 45. (6) Subsection (1) does not apply if the following conditions are satisfied: 1. Some of the milking centre washwater generated or received in the course of the operation is treated in accordance with section 61.9. 2. The dairy operation has sufficient storage capacity to store the amount of milking centre washwater that is generated or received in the course of the operation during a period of 240 days and is not treated. O. Reg. 338/09, s. 45. (7) Subsection (1) does not apply if the following conditions are satisfied: 1. The dairy operation has a nutrient management strategy that provides for the use or transfer of some or all of the milking centre washwater that is generated or received in the course of the operation by a means that eliminates the need for storing the nutrients on the farm unit for 240 days. 2. The storage capacity of the operation is at least equal to the storage capacity that the strategy requires. O. Reg. 338/09, s. 45.