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Health Jurisdiction
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The study and recommendations may address topics that include:
(1) the siting of locations where green burials are permitted;
(2) the minimum distance a green burial location must have from groundwater, surface water, and drinking water;
(3) the minimum depth at which a body buried via green burial must be buried, the minimum soil depth below the body, and the minimum soil depth covering the body;
(4) the maximum density of green burial interments in a green burial location;
(5) procedures used by individuals who come in direct contact with a body awaiting green burial to minimize the risk of infectious disease transmission from the body;
(6) methods to temporarily inhibit decomposition of an unembalmed body awaiting green burial;
(7) the time period within which an unembalmed body awaiting green burial must be buried or held in a manner that delays decomposition; and
(8) use of natural organic reduction of a human body.
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