California Code of Regulations › Title 3 - Food and Agriculture › Division 4 - Plant Industry › Chapter 3 - Entomology and Plant Quarantine › Subchapter 1 - Apiaries › Article 2 - Construction and Operation of Licensed Wax-Salvage Plants › Section 2977 - Uniform Specifications for Plant Installations

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Plants which may be licensed in California to salvage
						wax, hives and appliances from diseased apiaries shall be constructed in
						accordance with the following uniform specifications:
(a) Local Restrictions. Plant installations
					 shall comply with all local ordinances, including those regarding building,
					 sanitation, and zoning.
(b) Floors
					 shall be of smooth finish concrete or other suitable water-tight material and
					 shall be sloped toward an adequate drainage outlet connected directly to a
					 settling tank.
(c) A sanitary cove
					 shall be provided at the junction of floor and walls.
(d) Walls and ceiling may be of any suitable
					 rigid material. All joints, cracks, and openings, including doors, windows and
					 vents, shall be made bee-tight.
(e)
					 Windows and vents shall be double screened with wire screen not less than 16
					 mesh to the inch, the screens not less than three inches apart.
(f) Vestibule. Any entrance to the enclosure
					 shall be provided with a vestibule which shall be not less than six feet in
					 length, either tightly walled or double screened in the same manner as
					 specified for windows and vents, and with a tightly fitted door at each
					 end.
(g) Doors shall be solid, or
					 double screened in the same manner as specified for windows and
					 vents.
(h) Vats shall be of durable
					 construction and shall be equipped with an adequate heating device or provided
					 with an adequate source of steam capable of maintaining water or lye water
					 solution at the boiling point continuously for the required period of time.
					 Each vat shall be provided with a drainage outlet connected directly to a
					 settling tank or as may be approved by the Director.
(i) Drainage from the floor or vats shall
					 flow directly into a settling tank and thence directly into a sewage disposal
					 system or a cesspool, except that the Director may prescribe other suitable
					 means of disposal for the lye water solution.
(j) Settling tanks for trapping wax and other
					 solids in waste water shall have adequate capacity to contain all drainage
					 water from all source connections during continuous operation of the plant.
					 Settling tanks located outside the enclosure shall be underground and tightly
					 covered or otherwise constructed in a manner that will make their contents
					 inaccessible to bees.
(k) Cesspools
					 shall have adequate capacity to contain all drainage water from all source
					 connections during continuous operation of the plant and shall be tightly
					 capped or covered.
(l) Drainage
					 connections located outside of the enclosure shall be watertight pipe and
					 permit no leaks or seepage of waste water accessible to bees.
(m) An incinerator or other adequate means of
					 completely disposing of contaminated material shall be provided to the
					 satisfaction of the Director.
(n)
					 Pallets shall be provided in the enclosure for handling of hives, appliances
					 and wax which have undergone treatment.
1.
						Editorial correction of NOTE filed 10-21-82 (Register 82, No. 43).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  407,
						  29032,
						  29192
						  and
						  29193,
						  Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections
						  29192
						  and
						  29193,
						  Food and Agricultural Code.