15A NCAC 18C .1104      DISPOSAL OF CARCASSES

The carcass of any dead animal found within the watershed area of an unfiltered community water system shall be buried by the owner or person in charge of the animal and by the person owning or in charge of the land upon which the animal dies with a covering of at least three feet of earth, or the carcass shall be burned, or removed from the watershed and buried as required by G.S. 106‑403.  In no case shall dead animals be placed in the reservoir or the tributaries of an unfiltered community water system.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 130A‑315; 130A‑320; P.L. 93‑523;

Eff. January 1, 1977;

Readopted Eff. December 5, 1977;

Amended Eff. September 1, 1979;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. November 23, 2015.