002.02   COMPOSTING means the biological decomposition of livestock carcasses under controlled conditions to a state where storage, handling, and land application can be achieved without adversely affecting the environment.

002.03   COMPOSTING FACILITY means the facility and area located on the premises where the livestock died, which are used for composting, storing composting materials, and compost.

002.04   DISEASE VECTOR means, but is not limited to, rodents, flies, mosquitos, or other pests capable of transmitting diseases to animals.

002.05   LEACHATE means liquid which is produced by the decomposition of livestock carcasses during the composting process, which seeps from the compost pile.

002.06   LIVESTOCK CARCASSES means the dead bodies of cattle, swine, sheep, horses, mules, goats, domesticated cervine animals, ratite birds, and poultry, weighing up to 600 pounds, or the parts thereof.

003.02   Livestock carcasses shall be composted on the premises where they died.

003.03   The owner or operator of each composting facility which composts livestock carcasses shall design and construct a composting facility to meet the following requirements:

003.03A   Composting surface and drainage.

003.03A(1)   Storm water run-on shall be prevented from entering the composting facility by the use of berms or other physical barriers;

003.03A(2)   Leachate control shall be provided wherever leachate is generated;

003.03A(3)   The composting area shall be graded to prevent ponding of liquids;

003.03A(4)   The surface of the composting area shall be constructed of materials capable of supporting all equipment used and preventing infiltration of leachate;

003.03A(5)   The composting facility shall be constructed to adequately facilitate the composting process; and

003.03A(6)   The composting facility shall be constructed and operated so inclement weather will not cause excessive leachate or runoff.

003.03B   Composting facility roads shall be constructed to allow all-weather access for managing the composting facility.

003.03C   The composting facility shall have the capacity of storing the following materials:

003.03C(1)   The materials being processed;

003.03C(2)   The finished compost material, not to exceed 12 months' production; and

003.03C(3)   Carbon material to be used in the compost process.

004.02   Ensure that livestock carcasses are not visible from public roads or habitable structures;

004.03   Protect the facility from scavenging by animals;

004.04   Begin processing all livestock carcasses within twenty-four (24) hours after their death;

004.05   Keep livestock carcasses in the composting facility on the premises where the livestock died until completely composted before spreading on land; and

04.06   Remove all finished compost within twelve (12) months of the completion of the compost process.

005.02   Dispose of all materials still in the composting process, by a method approved by the Department of Agriculture; and

005.03   Clean and disinfect, with an approved bacteriological/viralcidal agent, all containers, equipment, machines, floors, and site surfaces which have been in contact with dead livestock or compost material.