Current through Register Vol. 24, December 22, 2023
(1) Each licensed
alternative livestock farm must have a department-approved quarantine facility
within its perimeter fence or submit a quarantine action plan to the department
that guarantees the licensee unlimited access to an approved quarantine
facility on another licensed alternative livestock farm within the state of
Montana.
(2) Approval for expansion
of an alternative livestock farm shall not be granted by the Department of
Fish, Wildlife and Parks until the licensee receives department approval of the
quarantine facility and handling facilities.
(3) A licensee applying for an expansion of
an alternative livestock farm shall submit the following to the department and
the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks at the time the application is
submitted to the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks:
(a) design plans for the applicant's
alternative livestock farm catch pen and handling facilities required under ARM
32.4.801;
(b) detailed design specifications for a
quarantine facility on the property owned or leased by the applicant and
identified on the alternative livestock farm license application; or
(c) a quarantine plan for the quarantine of
animals at an approved quarantine facility located on another licensed
alternative livestock farm (host). This plan must include:
(i) recognition that animals must meet all
inspection, transportation and testing requirements prior to
movement;
(ii) a signed statement
from the alternative livestock farm licensee (host) who is allowing the
applicant unrestricted use of his quarantine facility. This statement must
define the period of time for which the applicant/licensee has permission to
use the quarantine facility; and
(iii) if the alternative livestock farm
licensee (host) revokes the privilege to use his quarantine facility, or if the
privilege is consensual for a defined period of time which has expired, the
applicant/licensee has 30 days to design his own facilities and submit the
plans to the department for approval. The applicant/licensee must construct the
facility within 90 days of department approval of the
plans.
(4)
Design specifications for a quarantine facility shall include all measured
dimensions of the proposed facility (heights and perimeters) and shall include
the location and materials for fences, location of any shelters, feeding or
water sources, location of the quarantine facility within the licensed
alternative livestock farm property, streams, slopes of property, gates, and
access to holding facilities. The specifications for a quarantine facility must
meet the following:
(a) a requirement for
fencing to extend upward 8 feet from the ground level and meet one of the
following criteria:
(i) a solid wall;
and
(ii) a required separation
distance of greater than 14 feet between the animals placed under quarantine
and all other animals, including public wildlife. This can be accomplished by:
(A) construction of double fences, greater
than 14 feet apart; or
(B) creation
of a quarantine pen utilizing vacated surrounding pens to create the separation
distance required in (4)(a)(ii). No pen surrounding the quarantine pen may be
utilized for any purpose during the quarantine period.
(b) provisions for
confined animals that include the humane holding and care of the quarantined
animals for an extended period of time and include provisions for the
following:
(i) feeding facilities isolated
from contact by any other animals;
(ii) water available at all times and
isolated from contact by any other animals; and
(iii) shelter provided for the animals.
(c) the quarantine pen
must meet the following:
(i) it must be
located on relatively flat ground in order to prevent egress or ingress of
animals. If built on a slope, the department may require additional measures be
taken to prevent ingress or egress;
(ii) fecal wastes and water must not drain
from the quarantine pen to any other pens or area of the alternative livestock
farm, or into an area outside the alternative livestock farm where wildlife,
animals, livestock, or people could come into contact with such wastes. The
department may require additional measures be implemented to prevent run off
from the quarantine pen into state waters; and
(iii) The quarantine pen may not include any
surface water body of state waters within its boundary.
(d) The facility shall include a means to
move the animals from the quarantine facility to the handling
facility.
(5) The state
veterinarian may require additional modifications to the quarantine facility as
determined necessary.
(6) The
department may waive requirements on a site specific basis if it is determined
the conditions of quarantine are not compromised by granting the
waiver.
NEW, 1999 MAR p. 136,
Eff. 1/15/99; AMD, 2010 MAR p. 2974, Eff. 12/24/10; AMD,
2019
MAR p. 2380, Eff.
12/28/2019
AUTH:
81-2-102,
81-2-103,
87-4-422,
MCA IMP:
81-2-102,
81-2-103,
87-4-422,
MCA