Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources § NR 258.03 - Definitions
The following definitions are applicable to terms used in this chapter. Definitions of other terms and meanings of abbreviations are set forth in ch. 205
(1) "Slaughterhouse " means a plant
that slaughters animals and has as its main product fresh meat as
whole, half or quarter carcasses or smaller meat cuts.
(2) "Complex slaughterhouse " means
a slaughterhouse that accomplishes extensive byproduct processing,
usually at least 3 of such operations as rendering, paunch and
viscera handling, blood processing, hide processing, or hair
processing.
(3) "Simple
slaughterhouse " means a slaughterhouse which accomplishes very
limited byproduct processing, if any, usually no more than 2 of such
operations as rendering, paunch and viscera handling, blood
processing, hide processing, or hair processing.
(4) "Packinghouse " means a plant
that both slaughters animals and subsequently processes carcasses
into cured, smoked, canned or other prepared meat products.
(5) "High-processing packinghouse "
means a packinghouse which processes both animals slaughtered at the
site and additional carcasses from outside sources.
(6) "Low-processing packinghouse "
means a packinghouse that processes no more than the total animals
killed at that plant, normally processing less than the total
kill.
(7) "Small
processor " means an operation that produces up to 6000 pounds per day
of any type or combination of finished products.
(8) "Meat cutter " means an
operation which fabricates, cuts, or otherwise produces fresh meat
cuts and related finished products from livestock carcasses at rates
greater than 6000 pounds per day.
(9) "Sausage and luncheon meat
processor " means an operation which cuts fresh meats, grinds, mixes,
seasons, smokes, or otherwise produces finished products such as
sausage, bologna, and luncheon meats at rates greater than 6000
pounds per day.
(10) "Ham
processor " means an operation which manufactures hams alone or in
combination with other finished products at rates greater than 6000
pounds per day.
(11)
"Canned meat processor " means an operation which prepares and cans
meats such as stew, sandwich spreads, or similar products alone or in
combination with other finished products at rates greater than 6000
pounds per day.
(12)
"Renderer " means an independent or off-site rendering operation
conducted separate from a slaughterhouse , packinghouse, or poultry
dressing or processing plant which manufactures at rates greater than
75,000 pounds per day meat meal, tankage, animal fats or oils,
grease, and tallow, and may cure cattle hides, but excluding marine
oils, fish meal, and fish oils.
(13) "LWK " means live weight killed
and is the total weight of the total number of animals slaughtered
during the time to which the effluent limitations apply, i.e., during
any one day or any period of 30 consecutive days.
(14) "ELWK " means equivalent live
weight killed and is the total weight of the total number of animals
slaughtered at locations other than the slaughterhouse or
packinghouse, which animals provide hides, blood viscera or
renderable materials for processing at that slaughterhouse , in
addition to those derived from animals slaughtered on site.
(15) "Oil and grease " means those
components of process wastewater amenable to measurement by the
methods approved for oil and grease listed in ch. NR 219.
Note: Pursuant to s. 299.11(4) (c), Stats., sub. (15) is shown as amended eff. 6-29-21 by CR 17-046. Prior to 6-29-21 it reads:
(15)
"Oil and grease " means those components of process wastewater
amenable to measurement by the method described in "Methods for
Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes," 1971, EPA, Analytical quality
Control Laboratory, page 217. Copies of this publication are
available for inspection at the office of the department of natural
resources, the secretary of state's office, and the office of the
legislative reference bureau, and may be obtained for personal use
from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing
Office, Washington, D.C., 20460.
(16) "Raw material " or "RM" means
for a renderer the basic input materials composed of animal and
poultry trimmings, bones, meat scraps, dead animals, feathers and
related usable byproducts.
(17) "Tallow " means a product made
from beef cattle or sheep fat that has a melting point of 40° C
or greater.
(18)
"Tankage " means dried animal byproduct residues used in
feedstuffs.
(19)
"Finished product " means as appropriate;
(a) For a small processor such
final manufactured products as fresh meat cuts, hams, bacon or other
smoked meats, sausage, luncheon meats, stew, canned meats, or related
products,
(b) For a meat
cutter such final manufactured products as meat cuts including but
not limited to steaks, roasts, chops, or boneless meats.
(c) For a sausage and luncheon meat
processor such final manufactured products as fresh meat cuts
including steaks, roast, chops, or boneless meats, bacon or other
smoked meats (except hams) such as sausage, bologna or other luncheon
meats, or related products except canned meats,
(d) For a ham processor such final
manufactured products as fresh meat cuts including steaks, roasts,
chops, or boneless meat, smoked or cured hams, bacon, or other smoked
meats, sausage, bologna or other luncheon meats except canned meats,
or
(e) For a canned meat
processor such final manufactured products as fresh meat cuts,
including steaks, roasts, chops, or boneless meat, hams, bacon, or
other smoked meats, sausage, bologna, or other luncheon meats, stews,
sandwich spread, or other canned meats.
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