West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 61 - Agriculture › Title 61 - LEGISLATIVE RULE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Series 61-01C - Disposal Of Dead Poultry › Section 61-1C-2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
2.1. "Backyard
				poultry flocks" means a group of poultry, in numbers less than 3000 at one
				time, for the purpose of sale of the poultry or the eggs produced from the
				poultry, or the raising or keeping of gamebirds. The disposal of poultry
				mortality from backyard flocks due to flock depopulation, abnormal death
				losses, or a catastrophic disease outbreak shall conform to this
				rule.
2.2. "Burial" means interment
				of mortality below the natural surface of the ground. The West Virginia
				Department of Agriculture, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and the
				West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection shall approve the criteria
				and the burial site for poultry mortality. The burial site location shall be
				situated to prevent the contamination of ground and surface waters.
2.3. A "Composter" is a roofed structure with
				an impervious floor, and with treatment areas made of wood, designed for
				composting organic materials.
2.4.
				"Composting" means a natural process in which beneficial microbes reduce
				organic waste (poultry mortality) into a biologically safe by-product which is
				capable of being recycled in the agriculture industry.
2.5. "Dead poultry" and "poultry mortality"
				means all poultry, excluding those intentionally slaughtered, which die as a
				result of disease, injury or of natural causes.
2.6. "Emergency Situations" means situations
				which involve mass mortality due to flock depopulation, abnormal death losses
				or a catastrophic disease outbreak.
2.7. "Incinerator" means a firebox
				constructed of masonry or metal in which poultry mortality is completely burned
				to ashes by the use of fuel.
2.8.
				"Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, or institution
				which engages in the raising or keeping of poultry for commercial purposes. A
				person is further defined as the grower of the poultry regardless of the
				ownership of the poultry.
2.9.
				"Poultry" means all chickens, ducks, turkeys, or other domestic fowl.
2.10. "Raising or keeping of
				poultry for commercial purposes" means the growing of a flock of 3000 or more
				poultry at one time for the purpose of sale of the poultry or the eggs produced
				from the poultry.
2.11. "Rendering"
				means the treatment of poultry mortality by steam treatment or by cooking at a
				commercial rendering plant, for a sufficient time to effectively destroy the
				product for human food purposes and to preclude dissemination of disease
				through consumption by animals.
2.12. "Sanitary Landfill" means a solid waste
				disposal site permitted or approved by the West Virginia Department of
				Environmental Protection. Poultry mortality intended for disposal in a sanitary
				landfill shall be delivered to the landfill within 24 hours of death or be
				refrigerated below 40 degrees Fahrenheit pending delivery. All persons shall
				hold all poultry mortality in a container that is leak proof, fly proof, and
				pet and wild animal proof.