14 CAR § 21-807. Composting/incinerating toilets

(a)(1) A composting toilet is a device specifically designed to retain and process body wastes and, in some cases, household garbage by biological degradation. (2)(A) The process may be either thermophilic or mesophilic, depending on the design of the toilet. (B) Thermophilic devices are normally smaller and require some type of energy input to maintain the desired temperature. (C) Mesophilic devices rely on the heat produced by the biological process to maintain the required temperature. (3) Whether or not a device can accept household garbage is dependent on product design and intended use. (4)(A) An incinerating toilet is a device designed to reduce body wastes, both urine and feces, to an ash residue. (B) The type of energy used to incinerate wastes is dependent upon the design of the device used. (b)(1) Only premanufactured composting or incinerating toilets authorized by the Department of Health shall be utilized in the onsite wastewater system. (2) Under National Sanitation Foundation standard 41, composting and incinerating devices shall be evaluated by an American National Standards Institute-approved laboratory. (c) Wastewater, exclusive of urine and feces, produced by the structure served by a composting/incinerating toilet shall be renovated or disposed of in accordance with 14 CAR § 21-701 et seq., or 14 CAR § 21-801 et seq. (d) The stabilized compost from a composting toilet shall be buried onsite or deposited in an approved sanitary landfill. (e) The ash from an incinerating toilet requires no special handling since any pathogen would be destroyed in the incineration process.