Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024
A. Dead swine disposal shall be done as
specified in the approved Animal Facility Management Plan. The Dead Swine
Disposal Plan shall include the following:
1.
Primary Method for the handling and disposal of normal mortality on the
farm.
2. Alternate Method for the
handling and disposal of excessive mortality at the facility. The normal method
of disposal may not be sufficient to handle an excessive mortality situation.
Each producer shall have a Department-approved emergency or alternate method to
dispose of excessive mortality. Excessive mortality burial sites shall be
preapproved by the Department prior to utilization.
B. Burial.
1. Burial pits may be utilized for emergency
conditions, as determined by the Department, when the primary method of
disposal is not sufficient to handle excessive mortality.
2. Burial pits shall not be located in the
100-year floodplain.
3. Soil type
shall be evaluated for leaching potential.
4. Burial pits shall not be located or
utilized on sites that are in areas that may adversely impact surface or
groundwater quality or further impact impaired water bodies.
5. The bottom of the burial pit may not be
within 2 feet of the seasonal high groundwater table.
6. No burial site shall be allowed to flood
with surface water.
7. Swine placed
in a burial site shall be covered daily with sufficient cover (6 inches per day
minimum) to prohibit exhumation by feral animals.
8. When full, the burial site shall be
properly capped (minimum 2 feet) and grassed to prohibit erosion.
9. Proposed burial pit sites shall be
approved by the Department. The Department may conduct a geologic review of the
proposed site prior to approval.
10. The Department may require any new or
existing producers to utilize another method of dead swine disposal if burial
is not managed according to the Dead Swine Disposal Plan or repeated violations
of these burial requirements occur or adverse impact to surface or groundwater
is determined to exist.
11. The
Department may require groundwater monitoring for dead animal burial pits on a
case-by-case basis. The Department shall consider all of the facts including,
but not limited to, the following: depth to the seasonal high water table;
aquifer vulnerability; proximity to a State Approved Source Water Protection
Area; groundwater use in the area; distance to adjacent surface waters; number
of dead animals buried; and frequency of burial in the area.
C. Incinerators.
1. For facilities proposing an incinerator
for dead swine disposal, either a permit for the air emissions shall be
obtained from the Department's Bureau of Air Quality before the incinerator can
be built or the following criteria shall be met in order to qualify for an
exemption from an air permit:
a. The emission
of particulate matter shall be less than 1 pound per hour at the maximum rated
capacity.
b. The incinerator shall
be a package incinerator that meets the requirements from the Department's
Bureau of Air Quality; and
c. The
incinerator shall not exceed an opacity limit of ten percent (10%).
2. Incinerators used for dead
swine disposal shall be properly operated and maintained. Operation shall be as
specified in the owner's manual provided with the incinerator. The owner's
manual shall be kept on site and made available to Department personnel upon
request.
3. The use of the
incinerator to dispose of waste oil, hazardous waste, or any other waste
chemical is prohibited. The use of the incinerator shall be limited to dead
swine disposal only unless otherwise approved by the Department's Bureau of Air
Quality.
D. Composters
used for dead swine disposal shall be designed by a professional engineer or an
NRCS representative and operated in accordance with the approved Animal
Facility Management Plan. Packaged composters shall be approved on a
case-by-case basis.
E. Disposal of
dead swine in a municipal solid waste landfill shall be in accordance with
R.61-107.19.
F. Disposal of swine
carcasses or body parts into manure lagoons, treatment systems, storage ponds,
Waters of the State, ephemeral and intermittent streams, ditches, and swales is
prohibited.
G. Disposal of animal
carcasses or body parts by rendering shall be approved by the Department and
include a signed contract with the rendering company.
H. Other methods of dead animal disposal that
are not addressed in this regulation may be proposed in the Dead Animal
Disposal Plan.
