Owners of stables housing horses or ponies must clean and remove waste
from the stable and turnouts at least once each day and dispose of it in accordance
with the approved site and management plan.
A.
Owners of stables must dispose of the solid and liquid waste
removed from the stable in accordance with the site and management plan approved
by the Board of Health or its designee. Such site and management plan must
demonstrate the elimination of health hazards by including, without limitation,
the following:
(1)
A plan that realistically accounts for disposition of all of
the waste produced by removal or composting or a combination (the Board may,
but need not, consider spreading on a crop or pasture) based on:
(a)
The number of horses;
(b)
Waste produced at an assumed rate of 2.5 cubic feet of waste
and bedding per day per 1,000 pounds of animal (unless another rate is established);
(c)
The acreage owned by the licensee, its characteristics and the
acreage and characteristics of surrounding properties;
(d)
The location of storage and composting facilities on the stable
owner’s property so as to eliminate health hazards and minimize odors
to surrounding properties;
(2)
Containment or storage of waste material prior to removal or
composting in a manner which:
B.
Waste containment areas must be located at least 50 feet from
property lines unless greater distances are necessary to eliminate health
hazards and minimize odors outside the stable owner’s property. The
Board may require additional measures when, in its opinion, they are required
to eliminate health hazards or minimize odors, provided that the Board may
not effectively deny a stable license based on the elimination of all impacts
from odors alone.
