Pennsylvania
PA Dead Animal Act, Title 7 SB
Chapter 105 Disposal of Dead Domestic Animals
and Animal Waste Subpart B
105.1 General authority. The Department shall
have the authority and the duty to cause the
sanitary and safe disposal of dead domestic
animals, domestic animal products and domestic
animal parts, tissues, excrement and other
wastes to prevent the spread of transmissible
diseases or dangerous transmissible diseases
or the spread of contamination by hazardous
substances. This subchapter shall not apply
to the disposal of carcasses of domestic animals
slaughtered for human food nor to the premises
or the rendering operations on the premises
of a licensed slaughter establishment subject
to official Federal or State inspection, provided
that such inspection includes inspection of
the rendering operations. S2351
105.2 Requirements for disposal of dead domestic
animals and animal waste.
A. The following requirements shall be met
regarding the disposal of the bodies of dead
domestic animals: S2352 (a)
I. Persons owning or possessing domestic animals
that they know to have died of dangerous transmissible
disease shall report the occurrence of the
disease to the Department and dispose of the
domestic animals under the supervision and
instruction of the Department.
II. Persons caring for or owning domestic
animals that have died shall prevent exposure
of the carcasses of such dead domestic animals
to other living animals, domestic animals and
the public and shall dispose of the carcass
within forty-eight (48) hours after the domestic
animal dies. Disposal shall be accomplished
in accordance with the requirements of this
chapter.
III. Dead domestic animals, parts of dead
domestic animals, offal and animal Waste may
not be transported on public highways for any
purpose unless such materials are transported
in a manner that precludes contamination of
the environment or danger to animal or public
health.
105.3 Dead animal disposal methods shall be
in accordance with the following requirements;
A. Burial of dead domestic animals, parts
of dead domestic animals and animal products
shall be in accordance with the following requirements.
I. Burial of dead animals shall not result
in contamination of ground water by substances
hazardous to animal or human health or the
environment -
II. Burial of dead animals shall not permit
access of vermin, scavengers or other potential
vectors of disease. Burial shall include a
cover of sufficient depth and character to
prevent exposure of the dead animals by burrowing
or digging by animals, subsidence or eruption
~s a result of decomposition -
III. Burial shall be in accordance with local
ordinances and regulations of the Department
of Environmental Protection.
B. Disposal of dead domestic animals, parts
of dead domestic and animal products by incineration
shall be acceptable when the result is an ash
free of substances hazardous to animal health,
human health or the environment.
C. Disposal of dead domestic animals, parts
of dead domestic animals and animal products
by composting shall be acceptable under the
following conditions:
I. Compost ingredients shall not contain material
suspect of, exposed to, or contaminated with
dangerous transmissible disease agents or hazardous
substance unless expressly approved by the
Department.
II. Composting shall be conducted in a structure
that permits the following conditions:
a. The Compost process shall not be adversely
affected by weather.
b. Compost product shall contain no intact
dead animal tissue other than bone or intelligent
fragments.
c. The compost process temperature is monitored
to assure that temperature! time requirements
for optimum biodegradation are met. (One hundred
fifty degrees Fahrenheit (150F) for thirty
(30) minutes or more.)
d. Compost material is mixed to assure uniform
temparature/time reaction.
IV. Dead domestic animals, parts of dead domestic
animals, offal and animal waste shall be disposed
of only in accordance with qne of the following
methods or a method hereafter approved by the
Department:
i. Burial in accordance with regulations governing
water quality
ii- Incineration in accordance with regulations
governing air quality.
iii. Processing by rendering, fermenting,
composting or other method according to procedures
and product safety standards established by
the Department.
V. Dead domestic animals parts of dead domestic
animals, animal products and animal waste may
be temporarily stored under refrigeration and,
or in leak and odor proof containers until
disposed according to the requirements of the
Chapter 103.
B. Importation restricted. No dead domestic
animal, offal or parts of dead domestic animals
may be transported into this Commonwealth unless
transported directly to d diagnostic laboratory
or consigned and delivered to a dead domestic
animal disposal plant licensed by the Department,
S2352 (c)
C. Feeding restricted. ~o uncooked dead animal
or uncooked dead domestic animal parts, including
offal of any description, shall be fed to domestic
animals unless processed in accordance with
regulations adopted by the Department. ~2352
(b)
D. Disposal of animal waste. Animal waste known
or suspected to have been exposed to a dangerous
transmissible disease or hazardous substance
shall be disposed of in accordance with regulations
attendant to this chapter. S2353
E. Disposal of dead domestic anima1s, parts
of dead domestic animals, animal products and
animal waste including excrement shall be in
accordance with, in addition to the requirements
of this Chapter 103, the Nutrient Management
Act, regulations of the Department of Enviromental
Protection, the United States Environmental
Protection Agency, and local ordinances -
F. Dead domestic animals, parts of dead domestic
animal products and animal waste quarantined
by the Department shall be handled and disposed
only in accordance with the quarantine requirements. |
