Section 21.61.12. Disposal plant specifications.

No place shall be deemed suitable or sanitary for disposing of the bodies of dead animals unless it conforms to the following specifications:

       61.12(1) The building must be provided with concrete or cement floors or some other nonabsorbent material and provided with good drainage and be thoroughly sanitary.

       61.12(2) All cooking vats or tanks shall be airtight; except where proper escapes or vents are required for live steam used in cooking.

       61.12(3) Steam shall be so disposed of as not to cause unnecessary annoyance or create a nuisance.

       61.12(4) Such place shall be so situated, arranged and conducted as not to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property of the citizens of this state.

       61.12(5) No liquid wastes, either from the process or from washings, shall be discharged into any stream, watercourse or on the surface of the ground.

       61.12(6) All sewage from washing of floors, wagons, trucks, and all liquid wastes from the rendering process shall be disposed of by:

        a.           Evaporation.

        b.           Sterilized by boiling.

        c.           Through a series of septic tanks proven adequate to handle and render nonpathogenic the quantity of material discharged at maximum capacity of the plant. The disposal plan for carrying out the above process shall be submitted to the department for approval before it is installed.

This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections 167.11 and 167.12.