&EPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
SoW Waste and
Emergency Response
(OS-305)
EPA 530-B-93-001
April 1993
State
Scrap Tire
A Quick Reference Guide
Printed on paper that contains at feast SO percent recycled fib
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INTRODUCTION
Scrap tire management has become a serious concern over the past several
years. Every year, approximately 242 million scrap tires are generated in the U.S.
The majority of these are added to the 2 to 3 billion scrap tires already in
stockpiles across the country. Since the first scrap tire law was passed in 1985,
47 states have addressed scrap tire management through specific scrap tire laws
and regulations, or through state solid waste or transportation legislation.
The following matrix summarizes each state's scrap tire management
legislation and programs. It is intended to provide state regulators, as well as
members of industry, with a quick reference on state scrap tire regulations across
the country. The regulations summarized here address collecting, selling, hauling,
processing, storing, and disposing of scrap tires. The matrix also includes
information on market incentives, funding sources, special field tests or studies,
and innovative uses for scrap tires within each state.
For further information on scrap tire management, contact the EPA RCRA/
Superfund Hotline, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. EST. The
national toll-free number is (800) 424-9346. For the hearing impaired, the number
is TDD (800) 553-7672. The document, "Summary of Markets for Scrap Tires",
on scrap tire management (published October 1991, EPA/530-SW-90-074B) is
available through the Hotline or by writing: RCRA Information Center, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Solid Waste (OS-305), 401 M Street
SW, Washington, DC 20460. The full report, "Markets for Scrap Tires",
(EPA/530-SW-90-047A) is available from the National Technical Information
Service (NTIS), 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161, (703) 487-4600.
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ALABAMA
State Contact
Legislation & Regulations
Funding Sources
Collector. Seller, and Hauler Regulation*
Walter Nichols
Alabama .Department of
Environmental Management
(AOEM)
Solid Waste Section
1751 Congressman W.L Dickinson
Drive
Montgomery, Alabama 36130
205-271-7761
Alabama's Solid Waste Act was passed in May 1989.
State solid waste management plan expected to be completed in
1993.
A scrap tire program bill will be introduced in the 1993 legislative
session. The program will be administered by the Alabama
Department of Public Health (DPH). The proposed bill will:
- Place a $2/tire surcharge on new tire sales to fund scrap tire
collection, processing, and disposal;
- Reimburse scrap tire processors for processing scrap tires at a
rate of $0.95 per 26 pounds of tires;
- Require the DPH to identify unauthorized tire dump sites and
prepare an enforcement list;
- Require storage and processing facilities to provide evidence
of financial assurance for cleanup and closure; and
- Prohibit disposal of processed tires in landfills.
The ADEM has developed draft language for a scrap tire bill.
The bill will be introduced in 1993 and includes a $2 per trre
surcharge on the sale of new tires. The funds would be used to
establish collection sites, cover administrative costs, and fund
stockpile remediation. The bill also includes the establishment
of requirements for tire collection, storage, and disposal facilities.
The Department of Environmental
Management is preparing draft language
for a tire bill to be introduced in 1993
that includes provisions for a $1/tire
surcharge on tires to fund scrap tire
collection and disposal.
Not addressed.
Storage and Processor Regulation*
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
Facilities that process and/or
store tires must have a health
permit.
A manifest record showing origin
of tires delivered to site and
destination of tires leaving the
site, tire stacking dimensions,
separation distances and site
description is also required.
Disposal facilities must have a solid waste permit.
Not addressed.
One monofill for shredded tires is
permitted and operating.
In 1990, the state legislature required
that a study be performed to plan for
improved scrap tire management in the
state. A Tire Recycling Center was
established at Gladsden State
Community College in 1990 to conduct
this study, ft was completed in August
1991.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management in the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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ALASKA
State Contact
Glenn Milter
Alaska Department of
Environmental
Conservation
P.O. BoxO
Juneau, Alaska 99811-1800
907-465-5153
David WIgglesworth
Anchorage Office
907-563-6529
Tom Mows
Alaskan Department of
Transportation
5750 East Tudor
Anchorage, Alaska 99507
907-338-4200
UgWtion & Regulation*
No scrap tire legislation »t the present time.
Funding SOUTOM
Not addressed.
Co-lector, Setter, and Hauler Regulations
No specific regulations.
Storage and Processor Regulations.
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
Tire piles cannot exceed 500,000
tires.
Not addressed.
Recycling bill gives bidders' preference to
recycled products.
The Alaskan Department of Transportation was the
first In the United States to field test rubberized
asphalt.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News MW-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management in the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States. . .
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ARIZONA
State Contact
Daniel Zeller
Arizona Department of
Environmental Quality (DEO)
Solid Waste Unit
Office of Waste Programs
3033 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85012
602-207-4118
or
Tammy Shreeve
Arizona Department of
Environmental Quality
Waste Assessment
Office of Waste Programs
3033 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85012
602-207-4212
Legislation & Regulations
The Scrap Tire Law (HB 2687, Chapter 389}
was passed in July 1990 and took effect on
September 27,1990.
SB 1252, which took effect in September 1991,
amends the Scrap Tire Law.
HB 2144, which took effect September 30,
1992, also amends the Scrap Tire Law.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Storage and processing facilities
must obtain plan approval in
accordance with guidelines as a
solid waste facility.
Disposal Restrictions
As of January 1992, whole tires are banned
from disposal in landfills. Chopped or
shredded tires can be monofilled, but not
landfilled.
Rules were passed by the State's Regulatory
Review Council in November 1992 that affect
the disposal of scrap tires generated at mining
facilities. Burial of tires generated at mining
facilities will be permitted on-site for a period
of five years. Companies must report to the
DEO the number of tires buried and allow
inspection of tire disposal operations.
Scrap tire manifests are required for disposal
of tires at a collection site.
Funding Sources
A waste tire fund was established
in September 27,1990. Monies are
raised through a 2% sales tax (not
to exceed $2/tire) on the retail
sales of new tires.
Counties receive a share of the
waste tire fund based on the
number of vehicle registrations in
each county.
New car dealers can charge a
maximum of $1/tire at the sale of a
new car. New care dealers can
charge a greater amount if they
specify the dollar amount and its
purpose.
Market Incentives
The waste tire fund established in
1990 is used to provide funds to
counties for use in contracting with
private enterprises for waste tire
processing and/or collection
facilities.
Collector, Seller, and Hauler Regulations
• Retail tire sellers must accept waste tires from customers at the
point of transfer.
> Scrap tire collection sites must be approved as a solid waste
facility by the Department of Environmental Quality.
Scrap tire collection sites must require, and tire sellers must
show, a manifest for disposal of waste tires at the site.
DEQ registration and plan approval Is required for all collection
sites.
State-funded waste tire collection sites must accept up to five
tires per person per year from county residents with no fee
assessed. Also must accept waste tires from retail sellers of
new tires with no fee. However, if a county can demonstrate
that the funds it receives from the waste tire fund are
insufficient to manage its program, then the county may
charge a fee for disposal.
A county or private enterprise receiving a contract or grant for
tire management activities must provide at least one waste tire
collection site in the county and may not refuse to accept
waste tires from designated dealers.
Other Activities
Extensive field demonstrations and tests of rubberized asphalt
have been performed over the past twenty years by the City of
Phoenix.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update. January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management in the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States. ,T u
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ARKANSAS
State Contact
Legislation & Regulation*
Funding Sources
Coftctor, Setter, and Hauler RsouWfons
Susan Speake
Arkansas Department of Pollution
Control and Ecology
Solid Waste Division
P.O. Box 9583
Uttle Rock, Arkansas 72209
501-570-2856
Act 752 of 1991 establishes regional solid
waste management authorities and requires
authorities to provide collection centers for
tires.
Act 748 of 1991 provides for an Income tax
credit for equipment used exclusively to
reduce, reuse, or recycle solid waste.
Act 749, enacted In 1991, requires tire
regulations to be written. These regulations
were promulgated in July 1992. The Act
includes language regarding the hauling,
storage, and disposal of tires and requires
permits for these activities. The Act may be
amended in 1993 to include the implementa-
tion of a scrap tire manifest system and a
$1.50 fee on original equipment tires on new
cars.
As of July 1992, a $1.50/Ur« retail sales tax Is
collected. Monies collected are placed In the
Waste Tire Management Fund to provide
grants for tire cleanup, recycling, and the
establishment of waste tire collection centers.
The Tire Grant Program sets aside 10% of total
grant funds for special grants to districts for
the removal of tires from illegal disposal sites.
As of July 1991, there is a $1/tire fee on all
tires imported into Arkansas for disposal.
Permits are required for haulers of scrap tires
handling more than 25 tires per load.
Collection centers must be permitted.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
Storage sites with over 1,000 tires
must be permitted as a
processing facility.
As of July 1992, whole tires are banned from
landfills. Scrap tires can be landfilled if they
are cut, sliced, or shredded, or they can be
monofilled.
An income tax credit is available to businesses
engaged in the reduction, reuse, or recycling of
solid wastes.
A 10% price preference is given for the
purchase of retreads for state vehicles. K the
retread tires were produced In Arkansas, an
additional 1% price preference is added.
A 30% income tax credit is available to waste
management companies that invest in
equipment used to reduce, reuse, or recycle
solid waste, including scrap tires.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management in the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States. • •
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CALIFORNIA
State Contact
General: Bob Boughton
Research and Technology
Devebpment Division
Regulations and Permitting: Tom
Mteka
Permitting and Compliance Division
California Integrated Waste
Management Board (CIWMB)
8800 Cal Center Drive
Sacramento, California 95826
Boughton: 916-255-2417
Mteka: 916-255-2443
Legislation & Regulation*
SB 1322 was pasMd in 1989. It allows the Department of
General Services and the California Integrated Waste
Management Board (CIWMB) to promulgate regulations for state
purchase of retread tires and requires the use of retreads on
state vehicles (other than high-speed vehicles) after July 1,1991.
Under Assembly Bill 1843 (1989) the CIWMB is required to
develop a permit program for waste tire facilities; set up a tire
recycling program to reduce the landf tiling of whole tires; and
report to the legislature on the feasibility of using tires as a fuel
supplement in cement kilns, lumber operations, and other
Industrial processes. The permit program and recycling program
are still being developed and should be in place by early 1993.
The feasibility report has been completed.
CIWMB is drafting final regulations for minor and major tire
facilities. They are expected to be effective in 1993.
AB 1306 requires that the California Department of
Transportation (CalTrans), with CIWMB, review and modify all bid
specifications for paving materials to encourage use of recycled
materials, including scrap tires.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Effective July 1,1992, new major waste
tire facilities (over 5,000 stored tires)
must obtain a major waste facility permit
from the CIWMB. Permit requirements
include fire prevention, security and
vector control measures, tire pile size
and height limits, closure and pile
reduction plans.
In February 1992, the CIWMB issued
requirements for obtaining a minor
(under 3,000 tires) waste tire facility
permit.
Disposal Restrictions
Effective January 1,
1993, whole tires are
banned from landfills.
Market Incentives
Funding Sources
Effective July 1,1990, • $.25/tlre
disposal fee is collected on all used tires
left with a dealer or other retailer. The
fee generates $3 million annually for the
California Tire Recycling Management
Fund. The CIWMB is administering the
fund.
The CIWMB is in the process of
developing a grant and loan program to
encourage the recycling of tires. Grant
money is expected to be available by
mid-1993.
Collector, Seller, and Haider Regulations
No specific regulations.
A 5% purchase price preference is available for state
purchased products made from materials derived
from used tires.
The CIWMB has the authority to issue grants and
loans to qualified companies engaged in tire
recycling, reuse, recovery or reduction operations,
including tire shredding, crumb rubber production,
pyrolysis, and the manufacture of products from
scrap tires.
The CIWMB is mandated to designate market
development zones, and provide economic and
regulatory incentives to businesses within these
zones for producing end products made with no less
than 50% recycled material.
Other Activities
In early 1992, CIWMB completed a feasibility study on using
tires as a fuel supplement for cement kilns, lumber
operations, and other industrial processes.
The Department of General Services has given final approval
to an agreement between CIWMB and CalTrans to conduct
research on asphalt rubber and rubber-modified asphalt
concrete (RUMAC).
An agreement with CalTrans is being developed to provide
funds for the paving projects' maintenance using asphalt
rubber. CalTrans will provide long term reporting on th«
project.
The CIWMB is working on a demonstration project designed
to obtain operating data and emissions data from cement
kilns and blomass combustion units that burn scrap tire*.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management in the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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COLORADO
State Contact
LegWatfon & ReguMont
Funding Sources
Colttctof, StMtr, and H*U»M
Hegwtotton*
Paul Poultan
Solid Waste Program Unit
Colorado Department of Health
(DOM)
Hazardous Materials and Waste
Management Division
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, Colorado 60222-1530
303-692-3300
Solid waste regulations affecting scrap tire management became
effective in May 1988. These regulations govern the final
disposal of tires and regulate any site containing 10,000 or more
tires as a solid waste facility.
An enforcement program is In place.
HB 1208, introduced In February 1991, concerns the recycling of
motor products such as tires, batteries, etc. and would place a
$1/tlre surcharge on the retail sale of tires in Colorado, If passed.
HB 1231 has been Introduced, and if passed would affect tires as
follows:
- Place a $1/tire surcharge on retail sale of tires and on new
vehicle tires;
- Require tire pile site owners to register with Colorado DOH.
Colorado DOH would assess and permit piles; and
- Establish a grant fund for tire pile abatement and tire recycling
projects.
Neither HB 1206 nor HB 1231 passed in the 1992 legislative
session. Both bills are on hold until the implications of recently
passed Amendment One are understood. Amendment One may
require citizens' approval before a $1/tire surcharge can be
implemented, in which case nothing Is likely to happen with
these two bills until 1994.
Nothing to date. See "Legislation and
Regulations.
No specific regulations.
Storaoe and Processor Regulations
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
A facility is limited in the number
of tires it can accept to the
number it can process, store,
recycle, or dispose of in a year.
Storage requirements Include fire
control, security measures,
access roads, and proper solid
waste and environmental permits.
Safe storage is defined as
placing tires or tire shreds in
trenches and covering them with
sheets of plastic and dirt.
Noi addressed.
A 20% tax credit for racy-ding equipment
purchases.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News. Scrap Tire Management in the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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State Contact
Charles Atkins
Connecticut Department of
Environmental Protection
Waste Management Bureau
Waste Engineering and
Enforcement Division
165 Capital Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut 06106
203-566-5847
Legislation & Regulations
Guidelines for Rubber Tire Storage Areas
[1978-80].
Tires are managed as a special waste under
the Connecticut General Status, which became
effective February 1985.
The State Mandatory Recycling Act designates
tires as future recyclables.
Funding'Sources
Not addressed.
Collector, Seller, and Hauler Regulation*
Any tire handler must comply with the regulations
set out in the Connecticut General Status.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Tire storage facilities must be
licensed by the Department of
Environmental Protection.
Requirements include ground
water protection, environmental
health and safety provisions and
financial assurance.
Disposal Restrictions
Tires may be accepted at landfills until there
are sufficient facilities with tire recycling
capabilities in the state.
Market Incentives
State has a 10% price preference for products
made from recycled materials.
Other Activities
A 300 ton/day scrap tire-to-energy facility is now
operating in the Town of Sterling.
In 1991, tires began to be diverted from landfills to
a waste-to-energy facility in the state. The facility
operates in Sterling, CT and is burning
approximately 10 million tires annually.
r«ii» i 1
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
I*W* Mid'Year Updat8' •** 1992: ^P Tire
states, 1992 Legislative and
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DELAWARE
SUtt Contact
David Johnson
Delaware Department of Natural
Resources and Environmental
Control
Division of Air and Waste
Management
Solid Waste Management Branch
89 Kings Highway
P.O. Box 1401
Dover, Delaware 19903
302-739-3820
Legislation & Regulations
No scrap tiro legislation at the present time.
However, tires are being managed as either a
solid waste or recyclable material under
existing solid waste regulations.
Funding Sources
Not addressed,
Collector, Setter, and Hauler Regulations
Scrap tire haulers are not required to be permitted
or registered. Tire haulers are exempt from the
$300 fee for solid waste transporters.
Storage and Processor Regulations
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Not addressed.
Disposal Restrictions
Some landfills accept whole tires (with
restrictions) at a cost of $80 per ton.
Shredding or splitting scrap tires prior to
delivery to the landfill reduces the cost to $45
per ton.
Market Incentives
The State's Green Industries Initiative provides
tax Incentives and/or low Interest loans to
business and industry to use recycled materials
in manufacturing or to process recyclables. To
date, two loans have been given out under this
program, including one to a crumb rubber
operation.
Other Activities
Two county landfills contract mobile shredding
services. These counties used the shreds on a
limited basis in leachate drainage systems at the
landfills.
Currently working on diverting whole tires to a
waste-to-energy facility, and to crumb rubber
applications.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management In the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January-1993; and information from States. , t.
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FLORIDA
State Contact
Legislation & Regulation*;
Funding Sources
Collector, Seller, and Hauler Regulation*
Bill Parker
Department of Environmental
Regulation
Office of Solid Waste
Twin Towers Office Building
2000 Blair Stone Road
Tallahassee, Rorida 32399-2400
904-922-6104
SB 1192, enacted in 1988, is the Solid Waste
Act. Scrap tires are addressed by the Act.
Section 17-711 of the Florida Administrative
Code defines terms and contains rules for
handling and disposing of waste tires.
A $1/tire tax on the retail sale of tires.
Waste tire collectors must be registered with the
Department of Environmental Protection.
Collection centers must have a general permit.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
Waste tire sites must be closed
under a closure permit or located
at a permitted facility.
Processing or disposal facilities,
collection centers, and mobile
operators must have a general
permit.
Tires must be cut Into at least eight pieces
prior to landfilling.
Not addressed.
A Florida Department of Transportation research
study and a project on the feasibility of using
crumb rubber in asphalt for road resurfacing
material have been completed.
A common use of scrap tires is to use tire chips as
daily cover for landfills.
Several refuse fuel facilities and one cement kiln in
the state are burning tire chips.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992;.Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management in the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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GEORGIA
Stale Contact
Legislation & Regulations
Funding Source*
Collector. Setter, and Hauler Regulations
Denny Jackson
Scrap Tire Management Program
Environmental Protection Division
(EPD)
4244 International Parkway
Suite 100
Atlanta, Georgia 30354
404-362-2696
HB 1385, a recycling amendment to the
1990 State Solid Waste Management Act
that includes tires, was passed in May
1992.
Georgia's Waste Tire Committee and
regulators from the EPD have written
proposed carrier and generator rules
required by HB 1385. They were
promulgated In December 1992 and were
effective January 1993.
As of July 1,1992, there is a Si/tire
management fee on the sale of new
passenger and truck (ires. Monies
generated are used for grants/loans to
cities and counties for pile abatement
and enforcement, and for Innovative
technology development. Funds foi
grants and loans will not be available
until after July 1993.
HB 1385 requires generators of scrap tires to obtain an
identification number. Carriers must obtain permits including
financial assurance.
HB 1385 establishes a manifest/tracking system for scrap
tires.
Retail dealers must keep accurate records and report to the
EPD quarterly on the number of new replacement tires sold.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
No one may store more than 100
scrap tires anywhere in the state.
Exceptions include:
- Solid waste disposal sites with a
permit to store scrap tires prior
to disposal;
- tire retailers, if the number of
scrap tires stored is under 500;
- tire retreader with not more than
1,500 scrap tires, if the tires will
be retreaded;
- Auto salvage yards with not •
more than 500 scrap tires in
storage.
Storage and processing facilities
must comply with pile dimension
requirements.
Processors of scrap tires are not
required to have permits if 75% of
the incoming tires are recycled.
Effective January 1,1995, whole tires are
banned from landfills. Shredded or
chopped tires can be landfilled if no
other end markets are available.
A Recycling Market Development Council
has been established to determine what
needs to be done to facilitate
development and expansion of markets
for recovered materials, possibly
including scrap tires.
The EPD Is gathering information on the locations and
number of tires in unpermltted tire stockpiles in the state.
Criteria for scrap tire dump abatement will be developed in
1993.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management tn the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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HAWAII
State Contact
Legislation & Regulations
Funding Sources
Collector, Seller, and Hauler Regulation*
Gary Siu
Department of Health
Office of Solid Waste Management
Five Waterfront Plaza
Suite 250
500 Ala Moana Boulevard
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
808-586-4226
No scrap tire legislation at the present
time. However, the Office of Solid Waste
Management is planning to propose
either a ban on the disposal of tires in
landfills or a per tire tax on the retail sale
of tires during the January 1993
legislative session.
A $1.50/tire advance disposal fee that
failed in the 1992 legislature is expected
to be filed in the 1993 legislative session.
No specific regulations.
Storage and Processor Regulations Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
No specific regulations.
As of July 1, 1992, whole tires are
banned from landfills by the City and
County of Honolulu.
The Department of Accounting and
General Services has finalized (under
legislative direction) its procurement
rules and specifications. They include a
10% preference for products made with
recycled materials, including retread
tires. The rules will be promulgated by
mid-1993.
Honolulu City and County are implementing a scrap tire
management program including provisions for selling
shredded tires to Honolulu Power as fuel. An assessment on
tire sales is under consideration as a source of funds for the
program.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management in the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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IDAHO
Stale Contact
LegWatton & Rtgutettora
Funding Source*
Coltoctof, S*I»r, and Hauler
Regulation*
Todd Montgomery
Department of Health and Welfare
Division of Environmental Quality
(DEQ)
Water Quality Bureau
1410 North Hilton Street/Statehouse
Boise, Idaho B3720
208-334-0464
HB 3S2, passed in March 1991, addresses fees
from the sale of tires, acceptance of scrap
tires, collection sites, and disposal of scrap
tires.
As of August 1992, regulations were passed
that allow payment of funds from the Waste
Tire Grant account to retreaders to begin.
A $1/tire fee on the retail sale of motor vehicle tires is In place. The
fee Is paid to the Division of Environmental Quality for deposit on a
quarterly basis In the Waste Tire Grant account.
No specific regulations.
Tire sellers must accept a
number of scrap tires from
consumers for disposal/
recycling equal to the
number of ires sold/year.
Scrap tire collection sites
must register with the
DEQ.
Storape and Processor Regulations
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
An owner or operator of a waste
tire collection site must register
with the Division of Environmental
Quality and provide information
concerning the site's location and
size and the approximate number
of waste tires that are stored at the
site.
Disposal of tires at landfills and incineration
sites is banned (except as allowed under
permissible fuel uses), effective July 1,1993.
Beginning January 1,1993, tires must be
disposed at scrap tire collection sites.
Each county will establish a program
addressing waste tire disposal by October 1,
1992.
As of July 1,1992, the Division of Environmental Quality may establish
a program to make grants to counties or contract with private entities
to do any of the following, either individually or collectively:
- Contract for a waste tire processing facility service;
- Remove, or contract for the removal of, waste tires from county
landfills or removal of other existing unlawful tire piles in the state;
- Establish waste tire collection centers at solid waste disposal
facilities or waste tire processing facilities.
The Waste Tire Grant account:
- Provides a $0.10/tire credit to dealers for accounting/reporting
expenses;
• Provides end users of tires and tire derived materials a $20/ton
reimbursement for eligible uses, such as energy recovery,
shredding, soil erosion control, collision barriers, crumb rubber for
asphalt use or as a raw material for other products and hauling to
out-of-state processing facilities. To date, no funds have been
dispersed under this provision, which requires that companies
submit a proposal;
- Reimburses retraaders $1.00 for every tire they retread.
The Division of
Environmental Quality will
provide an annual report
to the Legislature on the
grant programs that
includes an examination of
the adequacy of the
funding.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update. January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management in the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States. .^^_____
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ILLINOIS
State Contact
Legislation & Regulations ''.
Funding Sources
Collector, Seller, and Hauler Regulations
Alan Justice
Department of Energy and
Natural Resources (DENR)
Office of'Recycling and Waste
Reduction
325 West Adams
Room 300
Springfield, Illinois 62704-1892
217-524-5454
HB 1085 (PA 86-452), enacted August 31,1989, amends the
Environmental Protection Act to create the Used Tire Management
Program. Financial assistance can be provided to local governments
for cleanup of tire piles, development of markets for tire-based
products, and regulations to control mosquito infestations in tire piles.
SB 989 (PA 87-727), enacted September 23,1991, further amends the
Environmental Protection Act by establishing a new fee on tires sold,
sets priorities for how monies generated are earmarked, requires tire
retailers to accept used tires for recycling, and requires the
development and implementation of a plan to eliminate large tire piles.
The Act also creates a waste management hierarchy for used tires
generated.
HB 1159 (PA 87-476) enacted September 13,1991, amends the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois by requiring the Illinois Department of
Central Management Services to develop and implement a program to
use retreads as replacement tires on state-owned vehicles whenever
possible.
SB 1768 (1992), pending final certification, will authorize retailers to
enter agreements with their suppliers to have the supplier remit the
$1/tire fee collected to the state.
As of January 1,1990, $.50 of each
vehicle title fee is deposited into a
Used Tire Management Fund.
Approximately $1.7 million is
generated annually. This source of
funding expires on December 31,
1994.
As of July 1,1992, any person
offering tires at retail sale in Illinois
must collect a fee of $1/tire sold
and delivered in the state. After
collection allowances are paid to
the retailer and the Illinois
Department of Revenue, $.80 of
each dollar is deposited into the
Used Tire Management Fund.
Approximately $8 to $10 million is
expected to be generated annually.
Rnal rules for licensing scrap tire
transporters were finalized in 1990.
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As of July 1,1992, any person offering
tires for retail sale must accept for
recycling one used tire for every tire
sold.
As of July 1,1992, any person offering
tires for retail sale in Illinois must post a
written notice that includes the
universal recycling symbol and the
following statement: "DO NOT put
used tires in the trash*; "Recycle your
used tires"; and "State law requires us
to accept used tires for recycling, in
exchange for new tires purchased."
Any retailer that collects used tires for
recycling under PA 87-727 may not
allow the tires to accumulate for a
period of more than 90 days.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
As of April 1991, scrap tire storage facilities were requested to
limit tire pile size, and assure that water does not accumulate in
tires. Site owners must maintain daily records of tires received
and/or processed.
Sites with more than 5,000 tires are required to have financial
assurance to cover the cost of site cleanup.
As of January 1992, processors are regulated. Provisions
include assuring that tires are processed in a manner that
prevents water accumulation.
As of January 1,1992, no one can operate a tire storage site
containing more than 50 used tires unless the site has been
registered with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
Registered sites must report the number of tires accumulated,
the status of vector control, and the actions to handle and
process the tires.
Effective July 1,1994,
whole tires will be
banned from landfills.
The Illinois DENR's Used Tire Recovery Program:
- awards a low interest loan to expand existing used tire
processing facilities in the state;
- funded five tire-derived fuel test burns in 1991;
- is making low interest loans available to fuel users to retrofit
existing equipment or make improvements to facilitate the use
of tire-derived fuel;
- conducted a test of passenger retread tires with the Illinois
State Police.
- conducted a test on rubber modified asphalt concrete in
conjunction with the Illinois Department of Transportation.
- is expanding its current guidelines to Include a more
comprehensive program with rebates, grants, and loans to
help develop markets for scrap tires.
A portion of the money generated from the $1/tire fee imposed
by PA 87-727 will be available to the Illinois DENR to provide
grants and loans for:
- assisting units of local government and private industry in
establishing facilities and programs to collect, process and use
scrap tires and tire-derived materials; and
- demonstrating the feasibility of innovative technologies and
applying these technologies at the recycling facilities.
A study was conducted by
the Department of Energy
and Natural Resources,
entitled "Illinois Scrap Tire
Management Study" and
published October 1989.
The Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency will
investigate the use of
alternative materials,
including shredded tire
material, to serve as a
daily cover at sanitary
landfills.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management In the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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INDIANA
State Contact
Legislation & ReguMont
Funding Sources
Collector. Seller, and Hauler Regulations
Timothy Hotz
Department of Environmental
Management (DEM)
Office of Solid and Hazardous
Waste
105 South Meridian Street
Indianapolis, Indiana
46206^015
317-232-7155
HB1391. signed into law March 1990, establishes regulations on the
disposal of lead acid batteries and waste tires.
HB 1056. an act amending HB 1391, was passed in 1990. When HB 1056
sunsetted, it was replaced by HB 1047, which requires that rules be written
on tire storage and transport. HB 1047 also extended the life of the Waste
Tire Task Force.
PL 19, passed In 1990, created the Waste Tire Management Fund and
established a price preference for recycled materials, including retread tires.
PL 236, passed In 1991, affects tire retailers, wholesalers, haulers, and
processors.
PL 88, passed in March 1992, sets up a registration system for storage of
waste tires.
The DEM issued interim guidelines for scrap tire cutting facility and storage
facility permits. The guidelines establish the number of tires that may be
stored at either cutting or storage facilities, sets forth fire protection/safety
requirements, on-site waste water requirements, mosquito control
requirements, and Identifies tire pile size requirements for whole and
processed tires. These guidelines remain in effect until the rules developed
'In accordance with HB 1047 are passed by the Solid Waste Management
Board. As of January 1993, the rules had been revised and were undmgoing
public review. It Is expected that the Board will act on the proposed rules
within the first six months of 1993.
The DEM's Waste Tire Task Force expects to make recommendations to the
state legislature on additional scrap tire management legislation for
introduction in 1993. ' . -
As of July 1991, a waste tire
management fund was created
to pay for cleaning up tire
dumps when the responsible
party is unknown or cannot
afford the cleanup. The fund Is
supported by permit fees from
waste tire storage sites,
additional appropriations, and
other fees as established by the
General Assembly.
Provisions and permit fee amounts have
been established for registering/
licensing scrap tire haulers.
Tire retailers are required to post a
notice in the establishment advising
customers that the retailer is required to
accept the customer's used tires for
recycling.
Retailers must retain one used tire for
each new tire sold.
A manifest form is required for shipment
of scrap tires from a generator to a
disposal or processing facility.
AtftfAfiA And I
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
A permit is required for scrap tire storage facilities.
Waste tire cutting facilities are defined in PL 236 and requirements are
set forth for operating a facility. Waste tire cutting facilities are not
required to obtain permits as long as they shred tires only.
Provisions and permit fee amounts have been established for
registering/licensing other processing facilities.
The amount of time retailers and wholesalers can retain whole tires is
limited.
Individual landfills are
allowed to restrict the
disposal of tires.
A10% price preference for state purchases of
supplies that meet recycled content requirements.
The Waste Tire Task Force, which Is working to
develop marketing strategies and incentives for
dealing with tire piles, meets once a month. The
Task Force recently made 10 recommendations to
the legislature, Including a tire tax and the use of
retread tires on state agency vehicles.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management in the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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IOWA
State Contact
Legislation & Regulations
Funding Sources
Collector, Seller, and Hauler Regulations
Brian Tormey
bwa Department of Natural
Resources (ONR)
Waste Management Division
900 East Grand Avenue
Henry A. Wallace Bldg.
Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0034
515-281-8382
House Rle 753, the Waste Management
and Recycling Act, was passed in 1989.
A portion of the Act addresses waste tire
disposal.
House Rle 706, Registration of Waste
Tire Haulers, was passed in 1990.
House Rle 2475, An Act Relating to
Waste Tire Management, was passed in
1992. The Act set up a one year waste
tire collection pilot program, which runs
from July 1, 1992 to June 30,1993. The
program has $515,000 in funding and
involves 19 counties. Waste tires must
be collected at no charge and may not
be landfilled. The program is intended
to encourage the creative reuse and
recycling of tires.
DNR's 1993 legislative proposal package
includes a recommendation that a
financial program be established through
a surcharge applied at the time of new
vehicle registration and title transfer.
HF 706 requires that waste tire haulers register with, and
obtain a certificate of registration from the Secretary of State's
Corporation's Division Office. A $10,000 surety bond is
required of each hauler to be registered. "Waste tire hauler"
means a person who transports for hire more than 40 waste
tires in a single load for commercial purposes.
Haulers are liable for any costs associated with Improper
disposal of tires.
Generators of scrap tires must contract with a registered
hauler for removal of scrap tires.
Transporters of scrap tires for final land disposal are required
to dispose of the tires at permitted sanitary disposal facilities.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
HF 2475 established permitting
requirements for waste tire storage
and processing facilities. The
requirements, which will include a
permit fee and a financial
assurance instrument, apply to
facilities with more than 500 tires.
The rules for implementing the
permit program are still being
developed.
As of July 1, 1991, disposal of whole tires
in landfills is banned. Tires must be
processed by, at a minimum, shredding,
cutting, or chopping into pieces that are
no longer than 18 inches on any side.
Disposers of scrap tires must contract
with a registered hauler for removal of
waste tires.
The Landfill Alternatives Grant Program
(passed as part of the 1987 Iowa Ground
Water Protection Act) provides funding
for source reduction and recycling
projects. Since 1988, five projects for
scrap tire management have received
funding. The Grant Program is funded
by a tonnage fee, a surcharge on all
wastes, paid in addition to a tipping fee,
at landfills.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources prepared a study
entitled "Waste Tire Abatement in towa: A Study to the
General Assembly" published in January 1991. The report
recommended:
- waste tire haulers be registered and bonded;
- the use of tire-derived fuel at the state's three public
universities;
- local governments use tire chips as a leachate collection
medium in landfills;
- a financial mechanism to fund the program. Preferred
method is a vehicle registration surcharge; and
- a modified "bounty" system for local governments for tire
pile cleanups.
The University of towa has been using shredc^d tires in its
boilers for the past 3 years. The towa DNR is working to
encourage other institutions to do the same.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management in the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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KANSAS
SUte Contact
Legislation & Regulations
Funding Source*
CoKectof, SiN«f, and Hauler ReguttMons
Joe Cronln
Kansas Department of Health and
Environmont
Bureau of Waste Management
Forbes Reid. Building 740
Topeka, Kansas 66620
913-296-1667
SB 310,arecycling bill, was signed Into law in
June 1990. Regulations for waste tire
processing facilities, collectors, and collection
canters went Into effect on July 1,1992.
An excise tax of $.50 on the retail sale of new
tires. An estimated $1.3 million per yew In tire
fund revenues will be used for grants to local
governments and program administration.
The Waste Tire Management Fund was
established in 1990 to provide grants to cities
and counties for scrap tire recycling,
management, collection, and disposal
operations; and to enforce laws relating to
collection and disposal fees.
Collectors, haulers, and processors we required to
have permits and provide financial assurance.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentive*
Other Activities
Permit requirements for waste tire
processing facilities, collectors,
and collection centers include
zoning and site plans, a
management/operation plan for
the site containing information on
the number of tires to be
processed, type of processing to
be used, a contingency plan for
fire or other emergencies, proof of
ownership of site, a closure plan,
financial assurance, pile size
limitations, and site operation
standards.
As of July 1,1990, whole tires are banned from
disposal in landfills.
Tires, if cut sufficiently small, may be disposed
of in landfills.
Tires may be disposed only in permitted
disposal facilities.
The first municipal grants Issued through the
Waste Tire Management Fund are expected to
be awarded In 1993.
Income tax credits are available to businesses
for the purchase of equipment to manufacture
products using recycled feedstocks.
Whole tires may be used as part of a proven and
approved leachate collection system.
Cut tire chips may be used as daily landfill cover
material.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update. January 19S2; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update. July 1992; Scrap Tire News. Scrap Tire Management In the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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KENTUCKY
State Contact
legislation & Regulations
Funding Sources
Collector, Seller, und Hauler Regulation*
Charles Peters
Department of Environmental Protection
Division of Waste Management
14 Reilly Road
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
502-564-6716
Randy Johann
Kentuckian Regional Planning and
Development Agency
11520 Commonwealth Drive
Louisville, Kentucky 40299
502-266-6084
HB 32, passed in April 1990, specifically
addresses the storage and processing of
scrap tires.
A $1/tire tax on the retail sale of tires.
A waste tire trust fund was established for
cleanup of tire piles, to fund loan and grant
programs, to develop uses for waste tire
material, and to fund collection and storage
programs. Application requirements for the
grant and loan programs have been
established.
No specific regulations.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives:
Other Activities
Tire piles with more than 100 waste tires
must be registered with the Department
of Environmental Protection.
Tire piles cannot contain more than 500
tires.
Tires must be stored so that they do not
accumulate water.
Only tires "rendered suitable for disposal*
may be disposed of in landfills. This
means tires must be cut.
Not addressed.
The Kentuckian Regional Ranning and
Development Agency coordinated an effort to
enact a flow control ordinance for tires. All tires
generated in nine counties would have had to be
sent to a local cement plant to be burned for fuel.
The ordinance was not passed and there Is no
regional collection system, however, the cement
plant is burning tires. '
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management in the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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LOUISIANA
Sut§ Contact
Michael Vrtnce
Louisiana Department of
Environmental Quality
Office of Solid and Hazardous
Waste
P.O. Box 82178
Baton Rouge. Louisiana 70684-2178
504-765-0249
Legislation & RegtMton*
Act 185, a solid waste recycling and reduction
law affecting scrap tire*, was passed in 1969,
and became effective January 20,1992.
The Department of Environmental Quality
formulated regulations for scrap tire recycling
In accordance with Act 185. Revisions to these
regulations are expected to be promulgated in
early 1993. The current regulations Include:
- manifest and reporting requirements;
- site notification requirements;
- permitting requirements for transporters
and waste tire collection, storage,
recycling and disposal sites;
- outdoor/indoor storage requirements;
- tire dealer responsibilities; and
- provisions for a $2/tire fee on retail sal*.
Funding Sources
As of January 1992, a waste ire management
fund pays for clean up of tire piles where the
responsible party Is unknown or cannot afford
cleanup costs. Source of funding Is permit
fees from tire transporters,
collection/processing facilities.
A $2/tire fee on retail sales became effective
February 1992.
CoWtctor, Sefftr, and Hauler Regulations
• Permit feet have been established for tire haulers.
collectors, and processors.
• Tire retailers are required to post a notice in their
establishment advising customers that the retailer
is required to accept the customer's used tires for
recycling.
• Customers are required to pay the disposal fee
whether they leave the waste tire or take it with
them.
• Retailers must retain one used tire for each new
tire sold.
• The period of time over which collection/
processing facilities can retain whole tires Is
limited.
Storage and Processor Regulations
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• As of January 1990, tires must go
to a permitted recycling or solid
waste disposal facility or to waste
tire collection sites,
• Permit fees have been established
for processors.
Disposal Restrictions
As of January 1,1991, whole tires cannot be
disposed in landfills. They must be cut or
shredded prior to disposal. s
Market Incentives
A 5% price preference for State purchase of
supplies that meet recycled content
requirements.
Tax credits equal to 20% of the cost of
recycling equipment may be used to process
recyclables or to manufacture materials using
recycled feedstock.
Other Activities
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update. Jury 1992; Scrap Tire Ktaws. Scrap Tlr. Management In tto Stat... 1992 Ugislatfv. and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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KENTUCKY
State Contact
Charles Peters
Department of Environmental Protection
Division of Waste Management
14 Reilly Road
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
502-564-6716
Randy Johann
Kentuckian Regional Planning and
Development Agency
11520 Commonwealth Drive
Louisville, Kentucky 40299
502-266-6084
Legislation & Regulations
HB 32, passed in April 1990, specifically
addresses the storage and processing of
scrap tires.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Tire piles with more than 100 waste tires
must be registered with the Department
of Environmental Protection.
Tire piles cannot contain more than 500
tires.
Tires must be stored so that they do not
accumulate water.
Funding Sources
A $1/tire tax on the retail sale of tires.
A waste tire trust fund was established for
cleanup of tire piles, to fund loan and grant
programs, to develop uses for waste tire
material, and to fund collection and storage
programs. Application requirements for the
grant and loan programs have been
established.
Colteotor, Seller,und Hauler RegufaHonr
No specific regulations.
Disposal Restrictions
Only tires 'rendered suitable for disposal"
may be disposed of in landfills. This
means tires must be cut.
Market Incentives
Not addressed.
Other Activities
The Kentuckian Regional Planning and
Development Agency coordinated an effort to
enact a flow control ordinance for tires. All tires
generated in nine counties would have had to be
sent to a local cement plant to be burned for fuel.
The ordinance was not passed and there is no
regional collection system, however, the cement
plant is burning tires.
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LOUISIANA
Cottector, Se»*r, and H»«t»r Regulation*
Michael Vince
Louisiana Department of
Environmental Quality
Office of Solid and Hazardous
Waste
P.O. Box 82178
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70884-2178
504-7650249
Act 185, a aoltd wast* recycling and reduction
law affecting scrap tires, was passed in 1989,
and became effective January 20,1992.
Th« Department of Environmental Quality
formulated regulations for scrap tire recycling
In accordance with Act 185. Revisions to these
regulations are expected to be promulgated in
early 1993. The current regulations include:
- manifest and reporting requirements;
- site notification requirements;
- permitting requirements for transporters
and waste tire collection, storage,
recycling and disposal sites;
- outdoor/Indoor storage requirements;
- tire dealer responsibilities; and
- provisions for a $2/tire fee on retail sale.
At of January 1992,« waste tiro management
fund pays for clean up of tire piles where the
responsible party is unknown or cannot afford
cleanup costs. Source of funding is permit
fees from tire transporters,
collection/processing facilities.
. A $2/tire fee on retail sales became effective
February 1992.
. Permit fees have been established for fire haulers,
collectors, and processors,
• Tire retailers are required to post a notice In their
establishment advising customers that the retailer
Is required to accept the customer's used tires for
recycling.
• Customers are required to pay the disposal fee
whether they leave the waste tire or take it with
them.
• Retailers must retain one used tire for each new
tire sold.
• The period of time over which collection/
processing facilities can retain whole tires is
limited.
Storage and Processor Regulations
As of January 1990, tires must go
to a permitted recycling or solid
waste disposal facility or to waste
tire collection sites.
Permit fees have been established
for processors.
As of January 1,1991, whole tires cannot be
disposed in landfills. They must be cut or
shredded prior to disposal.
A 5% price preference for State purchase of
supplies that meet recycled content
requirements.
• Tax credits equal to 20% of the cost of
recycling equipment may be used to process
recyclable* or to manufacture materials using
recycled feedstock.
Source: Scrap Tire ^ Fourth Annul Dative Update. J^u^y 1992; Scrap Tire N*. Mid-Year Update. Ju* 1992; Scrap Tire f*ws. Scrap Tir*
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
State,. 1992 I***. and
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State Contact
Legislation & Regulations
Funding Sources
Collector, Seller, «nd Hauler Regulations
General: Cliff Eliason
Enforcement: Terry McGovern/
Brent McCarthy
Department of Environmental
Protection (DEP)
Bureau of Hazardous Materials and
Solid Waste Control
State House Station 17
Augusta, Maine 04333
207-287-2651
Recycling: Jody Harris
Maine Waste Management Agency
Office of Waste Reduction and
. Recycling
State House, Station 154
Augusta, Maine 04333
207-289-5300
LD 1431, passed in 1989, established a funding
source for scrap tire management activities, rt
went into effect January 1990.
Chapter 406 of the State Solid Waste
Management Plan contains requirements for
proper storage or disposal of scrap tires and
the licensing of storage and processing
facilities. The rules that apply to tire storage
facilities include provisions for surface and
ground-water protection.
The Tire Stockpile Abatement Law, enacted in
1991, gives DEP authority to investigate
uncontrolled tire stockpiles, gives enforcement
authority to DEP to require owners/operators of
such sites to clean up the sites, and contains
provisions concerning assignment of liability
and state authority to recover funds.
A $1/tire advance disposal fee paid on the
retail sale will fund tire pile cleanup and scrap
tire recycling grant and loan programs.
As of April 1,1991, scrap tire haulers are required
to be licensed, meet manifest requirements, and
show financial responsibility.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
A permit is required if tire storage
area is greater than 10,000 square
feet.
Permit requirements decrease for
storage areas less than 10,000
square feet. Exemptions are
possible for short-term storage and
for temporary use of portable tire
shredders.
All scrap tire storage facilities are
covered under state solid waste
processing and disposal
regulations, and have the same
siting restrictions.
A permit is required for scrap tire
processing facilities.
Not addressed.
The state requires the purchase of recycled
materials if it is feasible and environmentally
sound. This includes retread tires, chipped
tires for road fill, and rubberized asphalt.
The state's loan program will provide up to
$50,000 to a company or entity to start a
recycling company or purchase recycling
equipment.
Tax credits allow firms to deduct 30% of the
cost of recycling equipment from their
business taxes.
A grant program provides funding to
municipalities for capital equipment to start or
expand recycling programs.
A report by the Department of Transportation
(DOT) was submitted to the legislature in March
1990. The subject was the use of ground tire
rubber as an additive to asphalt concrete.
A DOT recycling project was established. It
included a comprehensive review of feasible
alternatives for using recyclable materials in
construction. Ground rubber from tires was one
of several materials specifically identified in the
study.
Maine's three tire-derived fuel processors have
been licensed pursuant to Chapter 406 of the
regulations. A pulp and paper mill Kas been
licensed to burn 30,000 tons per year of tire-
derived fuel.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management in the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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MARYLAND
State Contact
UflWaUon & Regulations
Funding Sources
Collector, S*ltw, and Bawftr Regulations
Muhamud Masood
Department of the Environment
Hazardous and Solid Waste
Management Administration
2500 Bfoenlng Highway
Building 40
Baltimore, Maryland 21224
41fJ-631-3315
Larry Walsh
Maryland Environmental Services
Department of Natural Resources
410-974-7254
An emergency scrap tire law. the Scrap Tire
Storage and Disposal Act, was passed in 1989
and took effect Immediately.
HB 1202, the Scrap Tire Management Law, was
enacted on May 24,1991. ft regulates the
proper disposal of scrap tires; established
licenses for scrap tire haulers, recyclers, and
disposers; and set a fee of $1 on the sale of
new tires to fund used tire cleanup and
recycling fund.
Storage, Collection, Transferring, Hauling,
Recycling, and Processing of Scrap Tires
Regulations (COMAR 26.08.04) were published
in the Maryland Register in June 1992.
Maryland's Scrap Used Tire Cleanup and
Recycling Fund is created through loan
authorization and state budget appropriations.
As of February 1,1992, the state has a tire
recycling fee of up to $1 to be collected by retail
tire dealers on the sale of a new tire in the state,
Including new tires sold as part of a new or
used vehicle. Dealers keep 1.2% of the gross
amount of the fee collected and give the
remainder to the Comptroller of the Treasury,
which transfers these fees to the Used Tire
Cleanup and Recycling Fund.
The Used Tire Cleanup and Recycling Fund is
used for:
- Cleaning up existing stockpiles of used tires;
- Establishing a tire recycling system;
- Assisting tire recycling projects;
- Providing financial assistance to recycling
companies; and
- Providing public education.
A* of July 1,1992, all scrap tire haulers
and collection fadlitin must b« licensed
by the Department of the Environment
See Disposal Restrictions.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Tire dealers, recyclers, and other tire
collectors cannot store scrap tires unless
they prove that they will have a market
for ths tires within 90 days, either by
showing contracts for materials or
otherwise documenting the firm's efforts
to secure markets.
Effective July 1,1992, all scrap tire
recyclers must be licensed by the
Department of the Environment.
Facilities that use tires for fuel may only
be approved/licensed if no other options
for returning tires to the marketplace for
reuse exist.
Disposal Restrictions
Tires banned from all Maryland landfills after
January 1,1994.
H dealers, reeyelws, or collectors do not satisfy
the requirements for selling or disposing of the
tires, they are required to use a state-approved
disposal system. The law allows the Secretary
of the Environment to take remedial action
and/or remove tires at any site if he
determines disposal may be carried out
improperly or in a way that threatens the
environment
Market Incentives
State has a 5% price preference for products
containing recycled materials.
Maryland Environmental Service Scrap Tire
Management Program to date includes:
- Retreaded Tire Utilization Pilot Project;
- Remanufactured Tire Demonstration
Project;
- Promoting the use of tire chips as a
supplemental fuel in cement kilns;
- Researching the use of scrap tires in
asphalt and in composting;
- Catalog of products issued to promote use
of products manufactured of scrap tire
material;
- Tire reef project.
Other Activities
The Department of Natural Resources'
Maryland Environmental Service (MES) is
responsible for developing the statewide
tire recycling system. This includes
establishing regional collection centers and
haulers. The MES is also setting up
demonstration programs and distributing
money from the Used Tire Cleanup and
Recycling Fund.
State completed a market study for
recyclables, including tires, in 1990.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management In the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, Januasy 1993; and information from States. '
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MASSACHUSETTS
State Contact
Legislation & Regulations .
Funding Sources
Collator. S«ll«r( and Haiilej Regulations
Jamie Doucett
Department of Environmental
Protection
Division of Solid Waste
One Winter Street, 4th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02108
617-292-5868
An Act to Protect the Environment and Public
Health by Proper Disposal of Certain
Automotive Wastes was reintroduced in 1992,
attached to an omnibus recycling bill. A
similar tire bill could be introduced in 1993.
The Solid Waste Management Facility
Regulations require that storage, collection,
processing, and disposal sites meet permit
criteria, such as proof of ownership; site
location, topography, and wetlands impact; site
and pile dimensions; number of tires received
and processed; fire prevention plans; and
security measures.
Not addressed.
Massachusetts DEP does not regulate solid waste
haulers.
Scrap tire collection facilities are exempt from
solid waste regulations if the facility can
demonstrate that the tires are being recycled or
reused,
Collection sites must meet permit criteria.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
Storage and processing facilities
are regulated as handling
facilities, and must meet
permitting criteria.
Processing facilities are exempt
from solid waste regulations if the
facility can demonstrate that the
tires are being recycled or
reused.
As of December 31, 1991, whole tires are
banned from disposal in landfills. Tires must
be shredded prior to disposal in landfills. •
Disposal sites must meet permit criteria.
A 1988 Executive Order established 10%
purchasing preference for buying recycled
products or goods with recycled content.
Initially targeted at paper, plastic, aluminum,
and compost; the Executive Order allows a
broader list at discretion of purchasing agent.
A feasibility study was performed that investigated
burning tire chips with coal In coal-fired power
plants. The study found limited potential due to
the cost of retrofitting power plants.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management in the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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MICHIGAN
State Contact
LegWatfon & Regulations
Funding Sources
Collector, Sfllter, and HtufK Reg-utatfons
Kyle CruM
Department of Natural Rasources
(DNR)
Technical Services Section
P.O. Box 30241
Lansing, Michigan 48909
517-335-4757
HB 5339 was enacted in 1990. It is an
amendment to the Michigan Vehicle Code
(1990 PA 148).
HB 4068, a Scrap Tire Regulatory Act, was
passed in 1990 (1990 PA 133, effective January
1,1991).
A criminal statute provides for fines up to
$10/tire, 90 days In jail, and 100 hours of
community service. An increased criminal
enforcement effort is planned for non-
complying operations.
A $.50/tire disposal surcharge on each
certificate of vehicle title. Monies from the
surcharge are deposited In the Scrap Tire
Regulatory Fund, established to clean up scrap
tire piles on public land and pay for
Implementing and enforcing scrap tire
regulations.
Haulers must be registered in order to haul scrap
tires.
All scrap tire collection sites must register with the
Department of Natural Resources and pay a
$200/year registration fee.
Uncovered tire collection site* with more than 500
tires are regulated.
Tire retailers must use registered scrap tire haulers
for removal of their tires.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
Tires must not be stored in piles
greater than 15 feet in height, with
horizontal dimensions no greater
than 200 by 40 feet with 20 foot
spacing between.
Tires must not be stored within 20
feet of the property line or within
60 feet of a building or structure.
Tires must be covered, shredded,
or sprayed to limit potential of
mosquito breeding.
Surety bond required for outside
storage of tires to assure removal.
Sites with an accumulation over
100,000 tires must operate as
processors by at least shredding
the tires.
Tires may be landfilled at facilities licensed
under the Solid Waste Management Act, 1978
PA 641 as amended, or stored in compliance
with Act 133 (see Storage and Processor
Regulations).
A 10% price preference is available for recycled
products.
The Department of Commerce administers a
Resource Recovery Loan Program, a no
interest, negotiable-term loan program for
businesses that reuse or recycle materials.
The DNR administers a grant program for
recycling projects initiated and administered by
the public or private sector.
A tire clean-up program is expected to be
operating by Spring of 1993. It will provide
matching grants for clean-up of state/ municipal
lands and will require that tires be recycled.
Sources: Swap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, Jury 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management In the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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State Contact
Legislation & Regulations -
Funding Sources
Collector, Seller, and Hauler Regulations
Tom Newman
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Waste Tire Management Program
520 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, Minnesota 55155
612-296-7170
The Scrap Tire Law was passed in 1984.
A $4 tax on vehicle title transfers. The fee
generates about $4 million/year in revenue, of
which about $2.6 million goes to fund a
stockpile cleanup program and a grant/loan
program for companies recycling, reusing, or
processing tires. Funding for this program
ends in 1994.
Transporter ID requirements and enforcement
policies have been established and implemented.
Tire retailers must accept as many scrap tires
from a customer as tires are sold to that
customer.
Tire retailers may charge a disposal fee.
Tire retailers may store up to 500 scrap tires
without a storage permit.
Tire retailers are required to use only scrap tire
transporters that have a valid ID number from the
state.
Storage and Processor Regulation*
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
Landfills are exempt from scrap
tire storage permits if they store no
more than 10,000 waste tires.
Permitted transfer facilities are
allowed to temporarily store and
transfer up to 10,000 scrap tires.
Permitted processing facilities can
temporarily store, for processing,
up to 70,000 scrap tires.
Permitted storage facilities can
store up to 500,000 scrap tires.
All facilities must provide financial
assurance to ensure dean closure.
Tires are banned from disposal In landfills.
New revisions to the Minnesota Pollution
Control Agency's waste tire grant and loan
rules provide money to help companies
manufacture products Incorporating scrap tires.
Since 1990, Minnesota has awarded about
$340,000 in grants and loans to Minnesota
businesses and government organizations to
help develop markets for recycled scrap tire
products.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is
assisting businesses and organizations to
develop innovative products, such as athletic
surfaces and oil-spill cleanup material made
from crumb rubber.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency published
a study on leachate from the disposal of tires in
1990.
Minnesota Department of Transportation and the
University of Minnesota are testing rubberized
asphalt.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management In the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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MISSISSIPPI
State Contact
Ugf tlation & Regulations
Funding Source*
CoWector, SeW*r, amd H»ottr ReguWon*
Mwk Williams
Department of Environmental
Quality
Office of Pollution Control
Division of Solid Waste
Management
P.O. Box 10385
Jackson, Mississippi 39289
601-961-5171
SB 2935, a bill addressing the disposal of batteries,
tires, and household hazardous waste, was passed In
1991.
Scrap tire transportation regulations were adopted
December 19,1991 and became effective in 1992.
Scrap tire management regulations were finalized
and adopted In August 1992. The regulations
include requirements for collection sites, processing
facilities, and disposal sites; and financial
responsibility requirements for agriculture, erosion
control, or other alternative uses of scrap tires.
SB 2985 may be amended in 1993 to reduce county
governments' scrap tire management obligation.
This would mean a reduction in funds available to
counties. The original bill forced counties to develop
a scrap tire management system for all scrap tires
generated in the county. Only four of 82 counties
have some type of system in place. Commercial
businesses are filling the scrap tire management
need adequately so the counties do not need to be
as involved as was mandated in the original bill.
A $1/tlre fee on the retail sale of tires.
Scrap tire grant regulations became
effective July 1,1992. Regulations
address the eligibility and allocation of
funds from the Environmental Protection
Trust Fund. Counties and regional solid
waste disposal authorities are eligible for
50% of the monies In the fund for
planning and storage, processing, and/or
disposal.
As of January 1,1992, scrap tire haulers mutt be
registered with the state.
Tires may be deposited only at authorized collodion,
processing or disposal points.
Transportation of tires must btt certified by using state
manifest forms and keeping records of transportation.
A scrap tire collection site permit must be obtained if
storing more than 500 tires or more than 100 for more
than 90 days.
As of January 1,1992, scrap tire haulers/ collectors,
generators and processors must maintain manifest
records of the numbers of tires generated from a facility,
transported and processed, reused or disposed.
Storage and Processor
Regulations
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
Coiieciion, processing, and
disposal sites must obtain
authorization to operate from
State DEO.
Draft regulations have been
released for public
comment.
Processors must maintain
manifest records of the
numbers of tires generated
from a facility; transported
and processed, reused or .
disposed..
Tires rnusi be shredueu prior to ianufliiing.
Fifty percent of uie EnvifoniTionial
Protection Trust Fund is allocated for
manufacturing incentive grants, research
and demonstration projects, pile
abatement, and administrative activities.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management in the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January'1993; and information from States.
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State Contact
Legislation & Regulations*
Funding Sources
Collector, Seller, «nd Hauler Regulations
Tom Newman
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Waste Tire Management Program
520 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, Minnesota 55155
612-296-7170
The Scrap Tire Law was passed in 1984.
A $4 tax on vehicle title transfers. The fee
generates about $4 million/year in revenue, of
which about $2.6 million goes to fund a
stockpile cleanup program and a grant/loan
program for companies recycling, reusing, or
processing tires. Funding for this program
ends in 1994.
Transporter ID requirements and enforcement
policies have been established and implemented.
Tire retailers must accept as many scrap tires
from a customer as tires are sold to that
customer.
Tire retailers may charge a disposal fee.
Tire retailers may store up to 500 scrap tires
without a storage permit.
Tire retailers are required to use only scrap tire
transporters that have a valid ID number from the
state.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
Landfills are exempt from scrap
tire storage permits If they store no
more than 10,000 waste tires.
Permitted transfer facilities are
allowed to temporarily store and
transfer up to 10,000 scrap tires.
Permitted processing facilities can
temporarily store, for processing,
up to 70,000 scrap tires.
Permitted storage facilities can
store up to 500,000 scrap tires.
All facilities must provide financial
assurance to ensure dean closure.
Tires are banned from disposal In landfills.
New revisions to the Minnesota Pollution
Control Agency's waste tire grant and loan
rules provide money to help companies
manufacture products incorporating scrap tires.
Since 1990, Minnesota has awarded about
$340,000 in grants and loans to Minnesota
businesses and government organizations to
help develop markets for recycled scrap tire
products.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is
assisting businesses and organizations to
develop innovative products, such as athletic
surfaces and oil-spill cleanup material made
from crumb rubber.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency published
a study on leachate from the disposal of tires in
1990.
Minnesota Department of Transportation and the
University of Minnesota are testing rubberized
asphatt.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management in the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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MISSISSIPPI
State Contact
Legislation & Regulation*
Funding Sources
Cotlecter, S*Ww, and Hauler ReouWon*
Mark Williams
Department of Environmental
Quality
Office of Pollution Control
Division of Solid Waste
Management
P.O. Box 10385
Jackson, Mississippi 39289
601-961-5171
SB 2985, • bill addressing the disposal of batteries,
tires, and household hazardous waste, was passed In
1991.
Scrap tire transportation regulations were adopted
December 19,1991 and became effective in 1992.
Scrap tire management regulations were finalized
and adopted In August 1992. The regulations
include requirements for collection sites, processing
facilities, and disposal sites; and financial
responsibility requirements for agriculture, erosion
control, or other alternative uses of scrap tires.
SB 2985 may be amended in 1993 to reduce county
governments' scrap tire management obligation.
This would mean a reduction In funds available to
counties. The original bill forced counties to develop
• scrap tire management system for all scrap tires
generated in the county. Only four of 82 counties
have some type of system in place. Commercial
businesses are filling the scrap tire management •
need adequately so the counties do not need to be
as involved as was mandated in the original bill.
A $1/tire fee on the retail sale of tires.
Scrap ire grant regulations became
effective July 1,1992. Regulations
address the eligibility and allocation of
funds from the Environmental Protection
Trust Fund. Counties and regional solid
waste disposal authorities are eligible for
50% of the monies in the fund for
planning and storage, processing, and/or
disposal.
As of January 1,1992, scrap tire haulers must be
registered with the state.
Tires may be dopotlted only at authorized collection,
processing or disposal points.
Transportation of tires must b« certified by using state
manifest forms and keeping records of transportation.
A scrap tire collection site permit must be obtained if
storing more than 500 tires .or more than 100 for more
than 90 days.
As of January 1,1992, scrap tire haulers/ collectors,
generators and processors must maintain manifest
records of the numbers of tires generated from • facility,
transported and processed, reused or disposed.
Storage and Processor
Regulations
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
Collection, processing, and
disposal sites must obtain
authorization to operate from
State DEO.
Draft regulations have been
released for public
comment.
Processors must maintain
manifest records of the
numbers of tires generated
from a facility; transported
and processed, reused or .
disposed-
Tires must be sfifeuusd prior to ianufiiiing.
Fifty percent of the Environmental
Protection Trust Fund is allocated for
manufacturing incentive grants, research
and demonstration projects, pile
abatement, and administrative activities.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management in the States, 19192 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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MISSOURI
State Contact
Legislation & Regulations
Funding Sources
Collector, Seller, and Hauler Regulation*
Kate Walker
Department of Natural Resources
Waste Management Program
P.O. Box 176
Jefferson City, Missouri. 65102
314-751-3176
SB 530, an omnibus solid waste
bill passed in August 1990,
Includes provisions for regulating
tires.
HB 438, passed in August 1990,
establishes purchase preferences.
Waste tire rules, CSR 804.010,10
CSR 894.020,10 CSR 804.030,
and 10 CSR 894.040 became
effective July 8,1991.
A $.50/tire tax on retail sales of
new tires (no fee collected for tires
from off-the-road vehicles). The
funds collected are to be used to
dean up tire dump sites and for
grants for end users of waste tires.
Waste tire haulers who carry more than 25 tires per load must
obtain a permit.
Tire dealers can use only permitted haulers and must keep
records of where their tires go.
A hauler that has a first-stage hauler permit must have applied
for a second-stage permit by December 1,1991. A waste tire
hauler that did not obtain a first-stage waste tire hauler permit
in 1991 must apply for and obtain a second-stage waste tire
hauler permit from the department. The second-stage hauler
permit requires an annual $100 permit fee.
A business that hauls its own tires in vehicles driven by its
own employees is not required to obtain a permit.
A waste tire hauler must keep records of the number of tires
collected, the number of tires delivered, and basic information
about the facility accepting the tires.
Tire dealers must keep records of the number of waste tires
collected and basic information about the hauler accepting
the waste tires.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
Sites that store more than 500 tires for more
than 30 days must obtain a permit from the
Department of Natural Resources. Sites that
obtained a first-stage tire site permit in 1991
must have applied for a second-stage waste
tire site permit by January 1,1992. A site that
did not obtain a first-stage waste tire site
permit in 1991 must obtain a second-stage
permit prior to accepting over 500 waste tires.
A facility that stores fewer than 500 whole, cut,
chipped, or shredded waste tires does not
need to obtain a permit, but must conform to
storage and record-keeping requirements.
As of January 1,1991, whole tires
are banned from disposal in
landfills.
Tire tax funds are expected to be
available to provide grants to
businesses for demonstration
projects, for capital expenditures,
for using tires as a fuel or in a •
product, and for removal and
cleanup of tires from illegal piles.
Purchase preferences of 10% for
products that use recovered
materials, including retread tires.
An advisory council on waste tires was established to assist in
the development of waste tire rules and grant criteria.
The State Department of Transportation is conducting
demonstration projects using recovered rubber from waste
tires as surfacing material, structural material, sub-base
material and fill consistent with standard engineering
practices.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992;' Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management in the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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MONTANA
State Contact
Legislation & Regulations
Funding Sources
CoJtector, Setter, and Hauler Regulation*
Jon Diliwd
Department of Health and
Environmental Sciences
Bureau of Solid and Hazardous
Wast*
836 Front Strwt
Helena, Montana 59620
406-444-1430
Scrap tire* are regulated under the Montana
Solid Waste Management Act and the Montana
Motor Vehicle Recycling and Disposal Act and
the associated administrative rules. Both Acts
were passed In 1977.
Not addressed.
Collection sites must be Mcensed as a solid waste
management facility.
Collected or stored scrap tires must be shielded
from public view.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Disposal Restriction*
Market incentives
Other Activities
Scrap tire collection/storage
facilities must be permitted and
licensed as solid waste
management facilities.
»
Collected or stored scrap tires
must be shielded from public view.
Tires are currently accepted at landfills.
Some landfills are beginning to charge
differential fees for whole versus split tires.
A 25% tax credit is available to businesses for
the purchase of recycling and processing
equipment.
Income tax credits are available to individuals
and corporations procuring recycled products.
State is instructed to purchase recycled
products whenever possible, but it is not a
mandate.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, Juiy 1992; Scrap Tire News. Scrap Tire Management in in* States. 1882 Ufi&fiiiw and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast. January 1993; and information from States.
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NEBRASKA
State Contact
Legislation & Regulations
Funding Sources
Collector, Seller, and Hauler Regulations
Ms. Dannie Gearing
Department of Environmental Control
Land Quality Division
P.O. Box 98922
Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-8922
402-471-4210
IB 163, a waste reduction and recycling bill
addressing scrap tire management, was
passed in April 1990.
LB 1257, the Integrated Solid Waste
Management Act, was passed in 1992.
As of October 1990, there is a $1/tire fee on the retail
sale of new tires. The fee also applies to new car
sales. Proceeds from the fee are deposited in the
Waste Reduction and Recycling Incentive Fund. The
funds are used to underwrite costs of state recycling
programs.
LB 1257 requires a $1.25/ton disposal fee on waste
disposed of at permitted solid waste disposal
facilities. Fifty percent of the fee is remitted to the
Waste Reduction and .Recycling Incentive Fund for
grant awards.
As of July 1991, a fee is assessed on businesses in
the state with retail sales of tangible personal
property. Businesses with sales of at least $30,000
but less than $199,000 are assessed an annual fee of
$25. Businesses with sales over $200,000 are
assessed an annual fee of $50.
No specific regulations.
Storage and Processor Regulations
• No specific regulations.
Disposal Restrictions
• Effective September 1, 1995, tires are banned
from disposal in landfills unless processed in a
manner approved by the Department of
Environmental Control.
Market Incentives
• Grant funding is available to Nebraska political
subdivisions for market development for recyclable
materials.
Other Activities
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire Naws, Scrap Tire Management in the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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NEVADA
State ConUct
Legislation & Regulations
Funding Sources
Cotlectof, SeiK, wd Hauler Reg'Utattorw
David Emnrm
Division of Environmental Protection
(NDEP)
Bureau of Waste Management
123 West Nye Lane
Carson City, Nevada 89710
702-687-5872
AB 320, pasted In 1991, requires NOEP to
adopt regulations governing tire disposal and
develop a plan for managing waste tires.
Permitting regulations for haulers, processors,
and storage facilities will be drafted by Spring
1993.
The regulations being drafted pursuant to AB
320 will focus on restricting disposal of whole
tires (e.g., requiring that tires be cut prior to
landfllling).
AB 320 requires a $1/tlre surcharge on new
tires sold at retail. For 15 months, revenue
goes to the account for recycling and Is used
to fund recycling and solid waste management
programs. After this time, the funds will go to
the state highway fund to develop projects that
Incorporate tires In highway use.
No specific regulations.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
No specific regulations.
Effective January 1,1992, tires are banned
from disposal In landfills unless no alternative
is available. •
Any plan to dispose of quantities of
commercial scrap tires requires review and
approval by the designated solid waste
management authority.
The regulations being drafted pursuant to AB
320 will focus on restricting disposal of whole
tires (e.g., requiring that tires be cut prior to
landfilling).
A 10% price preference is given for recycled
products manufactured in Nevada.
A 5% price preference is given to all other
recycled products.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News Sr.»p Tire Management in the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January, 1993; and information from States. , ,
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NEW HAMPSHIRE
State Contact
legislation & Regulations
Funding Sources
Collector, Selkwr, and Hauler Regulation*
Sharon Yergean
Now Hampshire Department of
Environmental Services
Waste Management Division
6 Hazen Drive
Concord, New Hampshire 03301
603-271-2901
Automotive Waste Disposal Law (H8 332-FN-A,
Chapter 89-263) was passed in 1989.
Solid Waste District Law (RSA 149-M:13I)
requires towns/districts to provide sites or
access to sites for disposal of residents' tires.
Two bills being prepared for introduction are:
- A bill "Relative to a Waste Tire
Management Program and Establishing a
Preference for Rubber Asphalt Paving;"
- A bill "Relative to the Collection of
Automotive Wastes."
Towns are authorized to collect fees for the
collection and disposal of town motor vehicle
wastes including tires, batteries, and used oil.
Towns may request the Office of State
Planning to increase the town's fees if they
prove insufficient to fund proper management
of motor vehicle wastes under existing
conditions.
The transportation of tires, either whole or
shredded, is required to be accomplished in such
a manner as to prevent tire pieces or whole tires
from blowing or falling onto the roadways.
The Office of State Planning is required to
maintain and distribute to the state's towns, a
current list of approved contractors for collection
and disposal of motor vehicle wastes.
Storage and Processor. Regulations;-
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
Outdoor storage of tires at
collection sites must be in
accordance with height, width, fire
lane, and barm specifications.
Tires must be cut prior to landfilling.
Tires may be disposed by one of the following
methods:
(a) Scrap tires may only be disposed in a
permitted facility after being shredded,
filled, or split to prevent creeping.
(b) No processing of scrap tires is required at
facilities that are capable of processing
whole tires.
Not addressed.
A committee to study the development of a State
Waste Tire Management Program was
established. The committee was required to
identify and study the reuse of waste tires for
asphalt aggregate, water mains and other uses.
The final report, issued in February 1992, found
that ample markets for waste tires exist in the
state.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Upoate, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management in the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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NEW JERSEY
Slala Contact
Legislation & Regulations
Funding Sources
Collector, S*lltr, and H*uJ»r Regulation*
Steve RfnaMI
Department of Environmental
Protection and Energy (NJDEPE)
Division of Solid Waste Management
Office of Recycling CN414
Trenton, New Jersey 06625-0414
609-5304208
The Statewide Mandatory Recycling Act,
passed In 1997, addresses tire management.
Regulations at NJAC 7:26A address solid waste
recycling and contain provisions relating to
scrap tire recycling.
Not addressed.
Transporters hauling solid waste mutt bo
registered with the state if the solid waste Is
destined for disposal.
Transporters hauling source-separated materials
(e.g., tires) for recycling need not register.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
Facilities that recycle tires are
regulated as a recycling facility
through an approval process,
rather than as a solid waste facility
through a permitting process.
Regulations regarding scrap tire
processors and storage of scrap
tires were adopted November 18,
1991, as part of general solid
waste recycling regulations.
Guidance regarding on-site
management practices is being
developed to minimize and control
the potential hazards associated
with scrap tire stockpiles.
Tires must be taken to permitted solid waste
facilities or approved tire recycling facilities.
Tires qualify for municipal tonnage grant
credits.
Industries purchasing new recycling equipment
may receive a 50% tax credit against their state
corporation business taxes.
Industries purchasing new recycling equipment
may be eligible for low interest loans.
NJDEPE is currently drafting a rule to exempt
facilities that make artificial reefs from scrap
tires from the recycling facility approval
process.
The state's Department of Transportation
completed a demonstration project using tire-
derived materials for road construction.
Retread passenger tires are being tested on the
state's fleet vehicles.
Recent Federal legislation designated $1 million
from the United States Environmental Protection
Agency to be transferred to the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection and
Energy to develop a model program to dean up
and recycle scrap tires. It specified that the
program's facility is to be located in New Jersey.
A special project to locate and characterize major
scrap tire piles throughout the state is in progress
under the direction of the New Jersey
Environmental Prosecutor.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, Juiy 1992; Scrap Tire News, Swap Tire Managamsnt in ths Stetss, 1832 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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NEW MEXICO
State Contact
Philip Westen
Environment Department
Solid Waste Bureau
1190 St. Francis Drive
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502
505-827-2892
Legislation & Regulations
A waste tire bill has been drafted by the New Mexico Senate and
will be introduced in both houses of the state legislature during
the 1993 session. Provisions include:
- a $1.25/tire fee on the retail sale of new tires;
- a ban on landfilling of whole tires;
- approval for shredded tires to be used as landfill cover; and
- funds provided to counties to establish tire recycling
programs and fund a State Department of Transportation
study of road construction and highway maintenance
projects incorporating waste tire rubber.
Funding Sources
Not addressed.
Collector, Seller/and Hauler Regulations
• No specific regulations.
Storage and Processor Regulations
No specific regulations.
Disposal Restrictions
Not addressed.
Market Incentives
A 5% price preference is provided
for products containing recycled
content procured by state
agencies.
Other ActtvfttM
Split tires are used to contain landfill cell
liners at the City of Albuquerque landfill.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management in the States 1992 Legislative and
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NEW YORK
Stati Contact
Legislation & Regulations
Funding Sources
I Coltaotor. StMw, and l-Uutar Reputations
B«n Pfereon
Division of Solid Waits
Department of Environmental
Conservation (DEC)
50 Wolf Road
Albany, New York 12233-4015
518457-7337
State Regulations for Solid Waste regulate scrap tire storage and
processing facilities.
An amendment to Chapter 226 (Section 27-0303) of the Environmental
Conservation Law, passed In 1990, designated commercial scrap tires
as a regulated waste. Commercial waste tires are defined as waste
tires that «r« transported for a fee for the purpose of reuse, recycling,
or disposal.
DEC Is reviewing scrap tire regulations contained in Part 360 of the
Statis Solid Waste Management Act. Revised rules are expected to
include surety bond requirements for scrap tire facilities and an
allowance for used tires versus waste tires in the regulatory language.
These rules are expected to become final by the end of 1993.
A Scrap Tire Utilization and Management Act was Introduced in 1992
and will be refiled in 1993. Provisions include:
- a $2/tire surcharge on new vehicle tires;
- a requirement that the Department of Transportation use rubber
modified asphalt concrete in 50% of paving projects;
- a requirement that the Department of Environmental Conservation
develop regulations for stockpile cleanup .and management; and
- a request to the Department of Economic Development to build a
state tire recycling program.
Restriction on Disposal of Recyclables was introduced in 1992 and will
be reintroduced in 1993. The bill would direct DEC to establish
regulations to restrict burial or incineration of recyclable materials.
Whole tires are one of the recyclable materials identified.
A $5/tlre fee for funding various
environmental programs, which
was included In the Governor's
1992-93 Executive Budget, was
defeated. The 1993-94 budget
Includes the fee, but the final
budget is not complete.
Transporters of commercial waste tires
must register with the DEC.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
Storage requirements cover tire
pile dimensions and fire controls.
Processor regulations establish
standards for tire shredding.
Not addressed.
The Department of Economic
Development administers low-
interest loan and grant programs
for tire recycling.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management In the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States. , ,
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NORTH CAROLINA
State Contact
Ernest Lawrence
Department of Environment, Health,
and Natural Resources (DEHNR)
Solid Waste Section
P.O. Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
919-7334692
Initiation & Regulator*
SB 111, passed in 1989, requires each county
to provide a place for disposal of scrap tires.
Funding Sources
• As of January 1,1990, a 1% tax on new tire
sales was levied.
• Counties are allowed to impose tipping fees for
tires if the sales tax fails to generate adequate
funding for scrap tire management.
Collector, Seller, and Hauler Regulations
Scrap tire haulers must register with the Solid
Waste Section of the DEHNR and obtain a hauler
identification number.
Counties must provide a site for tire collection.
Collection sites require permit from Solid Waste
Section of DEHNR.
Storage and Processor Regulations
The number of scrap tires stored
at a scrap tire collection site must
not exceed the stated number of
scrap tires shipped off-site per
month plus the stated number of
scrap tires disposed of on-site per
month. At no time can more than
60,000 scrap tires be stored.
Disposal Restrictions
Tires must be shredded or sliced prior to
landfilling.
Market Incentives
Not addressed.
Other Activities
North Carolina Department of Transportation is
evaluating the use of tires in constructing retaining
walls and the use of crumb rubber in asphalt.
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NORTH DAKOTA
Collector, S»»tr, and HauJsr H»fluJ»tk>n«
Steve Tillotson
State Department of Health
Division of Waste Management
P.O. Box 5520
Bismarck, North Dakota 58502-5520
701-221-5166
Solid Waste Management rules have been
adopted and went into effect December 1,1992.
The rules address scrap tire storage.
A portion of the state's $2/new vehicle sale fee
for cleanup of abandoned vehicles may be
used to clean up tire piles.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Tire piles of more than 800 tires
must be in compliance with
regulations governing pile
dimensions, control of access, fire
control, and run-on/run-off control
systems. •
Tire piles of more than 800 tires
must have a solid waste
management permit.
• Tire piles with a base area
exceeding 10,000 square feet must
comply with liner requirements.
Disposal Restrictions
Not addressed.
Market Incentives
^==s=
Not addressed.
Source.: Scrap Tire New. Fourth Annual u»M» Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update. Jury 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire M«,.g.mem in ih. State,, 1982 UghM* «d
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States. ( ,
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OHIO
State Contact
Natalie Farber
Ohio Environmental Protection
Agency
Division of Solid and Hazardous
Waste Management
1800 Watermark Drive
P.O. Box 1049
Columbus, Ohio 43266-0149
614-644-3135
Legislation & Regulations
• State Solid Waste Law (HB 592) became
effective in June 1988. It defines waste tires as
a solid waste.
• The State Solid Waste Management Plan,
adopted in June 1989, addresses scrap tire
management.
Ohio EPA finalized Draft Rules for Storage of
Scrap Tires that became effective August 1991.
The Ohio Tire Recycling and Recovery Act (SB
115 and HB 293), originally introduced in 1990,
will be reintroduced in 1993. The Act would:
- regulate tire storage and disposal, require
licensing of scrap tire transporters,
collectors, and processors; and
- set up a system to track waste tires from
collection through disposal.
Funding Sources
Not addressed.
Collector,Seltor, ^Hauler RtguJitfonif:
No specific regulations.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Rules on storage of scrap tires
specify pile dimension limits,
prohibit open burning near tire
piles, and require fire lanes, vector
control, and pile covering at tire
storage sites.
Disposal Restrictions
Effective January 1,1993, tires must be cut or
shredded prior to disposal in sanitary landfills.
Effective January 1,1995. tires will only be
accepted at tire monofills (shredded) or at
"legitimate" recycling facilities.
Market Incentives
Not addressed.
Other Activities
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OKLAHOMA
Stfltt Contact
GI«n Wheat
Solid Waste Management Service - 0206
Oklahoma State Department of Health
1000 NE Tenth Street
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73117-1299
405-271-7159
Laghlatton & Regulations
Oklahoma Waste Tire Recycling Act was
enacted July 1,1969.
63 OS, Section 11-2324 addresses scrap tire
management.
Funding Sources
A $1/tire surcharge on new tire sales Is In
effect Monies from the surcharge are
deposited in the Waste Tiro Indemnity Fund to
help eliminate stockpiles of tires and to
promote recycling by reimbursing facilities that
process scrap tires.
Cotttctof. Seller, and Hmtof Btg-utaHona
• Tire haulers and transporters are not
regulated.
• Collectors of more than 50 tires must
be permitted by State Department of
Health.
Storage and Processor Regulations
A site storing, collecting, or disposing of more
than 50 tires must be permitted by the State
Department of Health. This does not apply to
tire manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers, or
retreaders who store 2,500 or fewer used tires.
Processors must be permitted by the
Oklahoma State Department of Health and
must document that at least 25% of the tires
processed came from illegal tire dumps
identified by the Oklahoma State Department
of Health to participate in the state's
reimbursement programs.
Tires must be cut before being disposed in a
landfill.
Oklahoma State Department of Health
permitted waste tire processing facilities are
eligible for reimbursement at a rate of $.50/tire,
if they demonstrate that 25% of the tires
processed at their facility are from designated
illegal tire dumps.
Oklahoma State Department of Health
permitted waste tire processing facilities are
eligible for an additional $.35/tire
reimbursement if they demonstrate that their
facility is providing pickup and transportation
of waste tires from each and every county of
the state on a regular basis.
Sources: Scrap Tirs News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management in the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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OREGON
State Contact
Angela Schrock
Brad Price
Department of Environmental Quality
Hazardous and Solid Waste Division
811 SW Sixth Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97204
Schrock: 503-229-6912
Price: 503-229-6792
Storage and Processor Regulations
A facility that stores more than 99 tires
on-site must have a storage site permit,
unless they have been granted a
beneficial use permit by DEQ.
Retreading facilities that have more than
3,000 tires on-site must have a storage
permit.
Legislation & Regulations
HB 2022 Waste Tire Law, passed in 1987 and
enacted in January 1988, set up a self-funded
comprehensive program for waste tires. The Law
regulates the transportation, storage, and landfilling
of waste tires.
SB 66, passed in 1991, effective July 1, 1991,
banned disposal of tires at landfills.
HB 2246, passed 1991:
- extended tire fee to October 1,1992;
- extended reimbursement for use of scrap tires to
June 30, 1993;
- gives DEQ authority to regulate tire product piles;
- expedited abatements; and
- restricted carrier permit requirement to those who
haul for hire.
Funding Sources
A $1/tire disposal tax on the sale of new tires. The
monies were used to clean up tire piles. Tire fee
ended October 1, 1992.
Collector, Seller, and Hauler
Regulations
Anyone transporting more than
4 tires commercially must be
licensed with DEQ.
Tire dealers with more than
1,500 scrap tires on-slte must
have storage permit.
Generators are allowed to haul
scrap tires generated at their
facility without a permit but they
must maintain documentation of
their disposal.
Disposal Restriction*
As of July 1,1991, tires are banned from landfills.
Market Incentives
The tire disposal tax Is used to promote the use of
waste tires by subsidizing markets for waste tires or
chips.
In January 1990, the Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality established a demonstration
program allowing a higher subsidy ($.01/lb is the
established subsidy) for uses of waste tires that do
not yet have an established market in the state. The
program includes:
- two rubber modified paving projects, approved
and completed in 1990;
- a project conducted by the Oregon State
Highway Division using tire chips as a light fill;
- demonstration projects conducted by the
Department of Environmental Quality and the
Metropolitan Service District to test rubber from
waste tires in paving projects using generic
specifications for rubber modified asphalt
concrete suitable to Oregon's climate and
paving practices;
- burning tire-derived fuel in two paper mills and
one cement kiln;
- using Oregon produced tire-derived fuel in three
out-of-state cement kilns:
Other Activities
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PENNSYLVANIA
Sute Contact
UgisJitton & Ragulation*
Funding Sources
Collector, Seller, and Htuler Regulations
Jay Ort
Department of Wasts Management
P.O. Box 2063
Fulton Building
Hwrisburg. Pennsylvania 17105-2063
717-787-7381
Existing tiro regulations were adopted under
the Solid Waste Management Act of 1960.
Residual waste regulation became effective in
1992.
A regulatory change in 1992 redeslgnated tires
as a residual waste rather than a municipal
solid waste when scrap tires are used as fuel at
cement kilns.
A $1/tire fee on new tire sales was
established In 1992, under the Recycling
and Banning Act of 1988. These monies
have been redirected to fund mats
transit systems In the state.
No specific regulations.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Oftposa! Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
There Is an interim storage policy for tires.
Current requirements include access control, hazard
prevention, nuisance control, record-keeping,
reporting, and site closure. Isolation distances are
required between piles.
Limits set on pile size, height and width.
Processing facilities that have markets other than
landfills for tires or tire-derived materials are
permitted-by-rule under the new designation and are
not required to have additional solid waste permits.
Storage of scrap tires for over one year is
considered disposal and issubject to permit
requirements, including pile size, fire lanes, and
placement.
Not addressed.
A 5% price preference for state purchase
of supplies that meet recycled content
requirements.
A $1 million Environmental Technology
Fund offers low interest loans for
recycling research and development
projects and for funding new recycling
equipment.
Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation is planning six rubber-
modified asphalt paving projects for
1993 in conjunction with the Federal
Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA)
legislation.
The state has a year-old policy that
suggests the use of whole tires over a
landfill cover system to mitigate the
problem of tires floating in landfills.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management In the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1393; and information from States.
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RHODE ISLAND
State Contact
Legislation & Regulations
Funding Sources
Collator, Seller, and tauter
. Regulations
Janet Keller
Office of Environmental Coordination
83 Park Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
401-277-3434
Adam Marks
Central Landfill
65 Shun Pike
Johnson, Rhode Island 02919
401-942-1430
RIGL 37-15.1, "Hard-to-Dispose Material -
Control and Recycling* applies to scrap tires.
Solid waste management facility regulations
apply to tire dumps and regulate size of piles,
fire control measures, etc.
RIGL 23-63 "Vehicle Tire Storage and
Recycling," enacted in 1992, establishes a $5
deposit on each new vehicle tire purchased
and provides for a full refund to the consumer
upon return of used tires. This deposit system
is effective January 1,1993.
As of January 1,1990, a $.50/tire tax on new tire sales was imposed.
Revenues are deposited in a "Hard-to-Dispose Material Account" along
with monies from surcharges on other "hard-to-dispose" wastes
included in the bill. The state generates $3 million/year from the fees
to fund educational and technical assistance programs for collection,
marketing, recycling, reuse, reduction, and safe disposal of "hard-to-
dispose materials;" to establish grant and research programs; to
survey, track, and monitor hard-to-dispose materials; and to establish
regional collection centers for hard-to-dispose materials.
Tire recyclers are assessed an initial license fee of $50 and an annual
renewal fee of $25.
Effective January 1,1993, the Rhode Island Port Authority must
establish a tire site remediation account funded by an additional
$0.75/tire tax on new tire sales.
Ninety percent of the funds in the tire remediation account will be
used for the cleanup, recycling, and disposal of existing tire piles; 10%
will be used to assist municipalities with collection and proper
disposal of waste tires.
No specific regulations.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
Facilities storing more than 400
tires must obtain a license from
the Department of Environmental
Management.
Tire recycling or recovery
businesses must be licensed by
the Department of Environmental
Management.
Disposal of scrap tires is restricted to one of
three methods:
- facilities operated by the State Solid
Waste .Management Corporation;
- licensed privately-operated tire storage,
recycling, or recovery facilities; or
- transport to an out-of-state recycling
facility.
Burning of scrap tires within the state is
banned.
Exporting tires for burning as fuel outside the
state and within 30 miles of any reservoir
watershed for Rhode Island can occur only
after the DEM receives written assurance that
the burning facility meets all applicable state
and Federal pollution control standards.
The Hard-to-Dispose Material Account will fund educational and
technical assistance programs for collection, marketing, recycling,
reuse, reduction, and safe disposal of hard-to-dispose materials,
including scrap tires.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management In the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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SOUTH CAROLINA
State Contact
Current Legislation & Regulation*
Funding Sources
Collector, Setter, and Htuter Regulations
John Ohlandt
Charleston County Health
Department
334 Calhoun Street
Charleston, South Carolina 29401
803-724-5970-W-F
or
John Ohlandt
South Carolina Department of Health
and Environmental Control
Environmental Quality Control Office
803-740-1590 - M&T
South Carolina's Solid Waste Policy and Management Act
of 1991 (SB 388 and HB 3096) contains provisions for a
$2/tire tax on the sale of new tires that became effective in
November 1991:
- $.06 of the tax will be retained by the dealers;
- $1.50/tire will go to counties, based on the number of
vehicles registered in the county, to fund collection,
recycling and/or disposal systems; and
- $.44 will go Into the Waste Tire Grant Trust Fund. For
3 years after the effective date, these monies must be
used exclusively to fund grants to counties or regions
to pay for the cost of disposal of accumulated waste
tires, after which the monies may be used for research
and development of alternatives to the landfilling of
tires.
The Act establishes a 10-member Waste Tire Committee.
The Act requires state and county solid waste plans to
include a section on waste tires.
Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC)
is required to establish regulations for
permitting/registering collectors, processors, haulers, and
disposers of waste tires. These regulations should be
promulgated in early 1993.
The state Imposes a $1,50/Ure tax on tire
purchases.
Retailers and wholesalers may be funded
$1/tire for each tire delivered to a permitted
waste tire disposal facility.
Provides for deposit of the remaining $0.50/tlre
of the tire fee In a Waste Tire Grant Trust Fund.
Prohibits counties from charging additional
disposal fees except for oversize and out-of-
state tires.
Counties tire required to establish
waste tire collection sites within 12
months of promulgation of
regulations.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
The Department of Health and
Environmental Control currently
has mandatory guidelines for
scrap tire storage.
Requires owners and operators of
waste tire sites to notify the South
Carolina Department of Hearth and
Environmental Control of the site's
location, size, and number of tires
accumulated.
Bans whole waste tires from disposal at
landfills.
Not addressed.
Sources: Scrap Tirs News Fourth Annual Lagislativa Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tirs News, Scrap Tire Management in ths States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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SOUTH DAKOTA
Statt Contact
Tarry Keller
Department of Environment and
Natural Resources (DENR)
Office of Solid Waste
Foss Building
319 South Coteau
c/o 523 East Capital
Pierre, South Dakota 57501
605-773-3153
Legislation & Regulations
Scrap tire law was passed and became
effective July 1, 1992.
DENR is required to prepare a scrap tire study
for the legislature by January 1,1993. The
Department will develop regulations based on
the study findings.
Until new regulations are developed, tires are
managed under the state's revised solid waste
regulations effective July 1990. Rules were
phased in between July 1990 and July 1992.
Funding Sources
A $0.25/tire per vehicle registration fee (not to
exceed $1/vehicle). Fees are remitted to state
to develop a grant fund for tire recycling end
uses. Burning tires in waste-to-energy units
does not qualify for grant funds.
Collator, Sf Ita, WKJ Hmitor Regulation*
No specific regulations.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Storage facilities must have a general
permit (similar to that required of a solid
waste facility).
Tire handlers may accumulate up to
100,000 tires annually before removal.
Accumulated tires must be removed
annually.
Disposal Restrictions
• Tires must be cut into at least four pieces prior
to landfilling.
• Open burning of tires is prohibited except in
areas with populations less than 5,000.
Market Incentives
=====
Not addressed.
Office of Waste Management and South
Dakota DOT are working to develop
specifications for asphalt rubber.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management in the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review; 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States. «B«I«IVO «NU
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TENNESSEE
Stats Contact
Legislation & Regulations
Funding Sources
Coltttctor, Satlsr, and Hauler Bagulationt
Don Manning
Department of Environment and
Conservation
Division of Solid Waste Assistance
401 Church Street
14th Floor
Nashville, Tennessee 37243-3538
615-532-0076
State Solid Waste Management Planning Act
(HB 1252) was passed in 1991. It requires the
Department of Environment and Conservation
to purchase two mobile shredders and operate
them throughout the state to process
segregated and temporarily stored tires at
landfills, or for the DEC to contract with a
shredding service.
Several bills relating to scrap tires were
Introduced in 1992, but none were passed.
Several may be reintroduced in the next
legislative session.
Fees on waste disposal ($0 B5/tire) and new
tiro sales ($1.00/tire) effective October 1991.
State of Tennessee collects all fees.
Prohibits counties from imposing additional
disposal fees or surcharges on tires.
By January 1995, each county must establish at
least one waste tire collection site.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
Not addressed.
Effective January 1,1995, whole tires will be
banned from disposal in landfills.
Not addressed.
Under the provisions of the law, the DEC has
contracted with a private shredding service to
process tires at county collection sites. The
program is expected to begin in 1993.
The Tennessee Valley is completing a tdf test burn
and expects to begin burning the fuel in late 1993.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management in the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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TEXAS
State Contact
Legislation & Regulation*
Funding Sources :-
Colltctor, Seltor, and Hauler Regulation*
Jennifer Sidnell
Mark Mintz
Waste Tire Program
Texas Water Commission
P.O. Box 13087
Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711
Sidnell: 512-371-6445
Mintz: 512-371-6424
Jefferson Grimes
Texas State Department of
Transportation
Materials and Tests Division
125 East 11th Street
Austin Texas 78701
512-463-8662
SB 1516, passed in 1989, addresses scrap tire
management.
SB 1340, passed in 1991, provides for a scrap tire
recycling program and cleanup of old tire dumps.
Health and Safety Code, Title S, Subchapter P
(V.C.S.) Waste Tire Recycling Program, passed in
1991, establishes the program and regulations on the
recycling of scrap tires in the state.
Article 66741-1 (Roads, Bridges, and Ferries - Title
116) (V.C.S.), authorizes the government to give bid
preference to bidders using rubberized asphalt
paving processed by an in-state facility.
Article 6016, Section 3.211 (V.C.S.) allows the
purchasing commission to give preference to
rubberized asphalt paving made from scrap tires by
an in-state facility.
As of January 1, 1992, a $2 waste tire
recycling fee applied to each new tire
purchase is collected and deposited in
the Waste Tire Recycling Fund to pay for
tire dump cleanup and recycling. A
Waste Tire Recycling Fund was created
to pay for cleaning up tire dumps when
the responsible party is unknown or
cannot afford the cleanup. Effective April
1, 1992, $0.85/per tire (approximately 18
Ibs. of shredded tires.) will be paid from
the Fund to the processors (shredders)
who clean up tire dumps and get tires
from wholesalers and retailers on a
specific percent basis.
Haulers must be registered by the state.
All scrap tire generators (tire wholesalers, retailers
and certain fleet operators) must obtain an
identification number.
Transporters can charge limited disposal fees on
tires they deliver to processors who are receiving
reimbursements from the Waste Tire Recycling
Fund.
Tire dealers who are required to collect waste tire
recycling fees may retain 2-1/2 cents from each
fee the dealer collects.
Tire transporters must be registered with the Texas
Water Commission.
Storage arid Processor Regulation*
Disposal Restrictions X
Market Incentives
Other Activities
ff more than 100 scrap tires are stored at a single
site, they must be processed (cut or shredded).
If over 500 scrap tires are stored on public or private
property, the site must be registered with the state,
and have a site identification number.
If less than 500 whole tires are stored at a site, the
site must have a site Identification number.
Processors and shredders (mobile or stationary)
must be registered with the Texas Water
Commission.
All storage sites will be given an identification
number. This includes illegal dump sites.
Processors who participate in the tire dump cleanup
program have to pick up tires from wholesalers and
retailers at no charge to them,
For reimbursement, processors must remove 25% of
the tires they shred from sites on the Priority
Enforcement List.
All tires must be split, quartered, or
shredded before disposal.
Processors who participate in the Waste
Tire Recycling Fund program to cleanup
tire dumps must not dispose of the
shredded tires in a landfill but must take
them to a recycling, reuse or energy
recovery facility.
The Texas Water Commission will
maintain a Priority Enforcement List for
the tire dumps in the state.
A 15% price preference for the use of
rubber in state funded asphalt paving
projects.
Revising application and annual report
forms for transporters, processors, and
storage sites.
Establishing work group with local, county,
and state government representatives to
develop individualized management plans
for scrap tire piles.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management in the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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UTAH
State Contact
Legislation & Regulation*
Funding Sources
Collector, Selltr, and Hauler Regulation*
Dorothy Adams
Salt Lake City County Health
Department
Sanitation and Safety Bureau
610 South 200 East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
801-534-4523
SB 5. passed in May 1990, established a per
tire graduated tax.
Local health departments have authority over
the management of waste tires.
Two new waste tire bills that would amend the
1990 Waste Tiro Bill have been introduced
before the 1993 Legislative session. The main
difference between the two bills is the amount
of reimbursement from the waste tire fund for
which recyclers would be eligible.
As of July 1,1990, there Is a per tire graduated
tax on all tire sales Including new car sales.
Monies will be deposited in a recycling fund.
Tax Includes:
- $1/tiro up to 14 inches in diameter;
- $1.50/tire 15 to 19 inches; or
- $2/tire 19 to 26 inches.
All haulers and collectors must keep records
illustrating how many tires are picked up, how
many tires are disposed of and where. Licenses
can be suspended if companies are not in
compliance.
All haulers and collectors must be licensed.
Salt Lake City regulates scrap tire collection
through a manifest system.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
All storage and processing
facilities have to be licensed
through Health Department.
Facilities storing more than 1,000
tires are required to furnish bonds,
comply with local zoning and fire
ordinances, and are strictly limited
as to how many tires can be
stored at any one time. The
Health Department enforces a
manifest system to regulate tire
collection.
Not addressed.
Recyclers (end users) can receive up to
$20/ton for the use of tire-derived materials in
manufactured products and in TDF. The end
user incentive is administered through local
health departments.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management in the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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VERMONT
State Contact
legislation & Regulation*
Funding Sources
Collector, Seller, «nd Hauler Regulation*
Eldon Morrison
Agency of Natural Resources
Department of Environmental
Conservation
Solid Waste Management Division
103 South Main Street
Laundry Building
Waterbury, Vermont 05671-0407
802-244-7831
Act 286, passed in June 1990, addresses scrap
tire management.
The State Solid Waste Management Program,
published In 1989, requires the state to
develop and propose a disposal/deposit
charge on tires at a rate high enough to
encourage the return of tires to dealers and to
fund scrap tire management programs. The
program also recommends that the state
investigate the feasibility of a mobile tire
shredding operation and the potential for using
rubber asphalt on state roads.
Loans are available to businesses for
processing, converting, and manufacturing.
No specific regulations.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
No specific regulations.
As of January 1,1992, all tires are banned from
disposal in landfills.
Landfills will be allowed to continue accepting
tires if the facility functions as a tire recycling
facility or a transfer station.
A 5% price preference is authorized for
products containing recycled materials.
A higher price preference is allowed if state
entities that will use the product agree on the
higher price.
Market development grants are provided to the
private sector for the development of new
products that may stimulate in-state demand
for recyclable materials.
The Agency of Transportation has used tire chips
in one project for slope stabilization and has done
some experimental work using asphalt rubber
surface treatment. Tires have also been allowed
to be used for riverbank and slope stabilization
work in several areas, but only above low water
level elevations and where environmental
concerns are minimal.
A study was Commissioned entitled "A Report on
the Use of Shredded Scrap Tires in On-Site
Sewage Disposal Systems.* Effective in 1992, the
state approved the use of tire chips in place of
crushed stone In septic systems that have a pre-
approved design that includes a monitoring
system.
The state will approve the use of whole tires for
retaining walls on a case-by-case basis.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management in the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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VIRGINIA
State Contact
UgMttion & Regulation*
Funding Sources
Collector, Seller, and HtuJtr Rjgutotiona
Man La*siter
Department of Waste Management
Division of Litter Control and
Recycling
101 North 14th Street
James Monroe Building, 11th Boor
Richmond, Virginia 23219
804-371-0044
The Waste Tire Act was passed In 1969.
legislation directed the Department of
Waste Management to create a Used Tire
Management Advisory Committee to
make recommendations on scrap tire
management.
Demonttratkm of the state's overall
Scrap Tire Management Ran began In
1992. Components of the plan are
Increased enforcement, assistance to
local governments, and the market
assistance demonstration.
As of January 1.1990, a $.50/t!re
disposal fee Is Imposed on new tire
sales. The money Is deposited in a
Waste Tire Fund. The tax sunsets on
December 31,1994.
No specific regulations.
Storaae and Processor Regulations
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
•' Tire piles at recycling sites may
not exceed 1,000 tires without a
permit.
As of July 1,1992, whole tires are
banned from landfills.
The Waste Tire Act established a 10% tax
credit for recycling equipment.
Retreading equipment is eligible; tdf is
not.
In January 1993, Virginia will begin
demonstrating market assistance
methods in various parts of the state.
The Advisory Committee and Department of Waste
Management are developing a management program
including a state subsidized test burn of tire-derived fuel
combined with coal, and a network of tire collection centers.
The state has also subsidized a test burn of whole tires at a
cement kiln.
The state expects to establish two state funded collection
centers by the end of 1992.
A Stockpile Action Plan has been developed to address the
management of 400 piles containing on estimated 25 to 50
million tires.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legisiative Update, January 1392; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire Nsws, Scrap Tire Management In the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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WASHINGTON
State Contact
Currant Legislation & Regulations
Funding Sources
Collector, Seller, and Hauler Regulations
Dale Clark
Department of Ecology (DOE)
Waste Reduction, Recycling and
Utter Control Program
Mail Stop PV-11
CHympia. Washington 98504-8711
206-459-6258
HB 1671, the "Waste Not Washington"
Act passed in July of 1989, provides for
funding of tire programs.
Washington Advisory Code 173-304-420
addresses storage of scrap tires.
A $1/tire fee on the retail sale of new
tires for five years was established. The
funds may be used for:
- grants to local governments for
removal of tire piles and
enforcement;
- information and education;
- marketing studies;
- contracts by the state.
Approximately $3 million per year is
collected through the fee.
Haulers must pay a $250/year license fee and must document
delivery of scrap tires under provisions of the current scrap
tire law.
Storage and Processor Regulations
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
A permit from the local jurisdiction
is necessary for tire piles of more
than 800 tires.
Storage yard owners must develop
site plans with local fire
departments for fire control.
Storage yard owners must comply
with size and enclosure
requirements.
Site owners must document
delivery of scrap tires.
The state's new combustor rules limit the
number of tons of solid waste that can
be burned In incinerators or industrial
boilers that are not solid waste
combustion facilities to 12 tons/day.
These rules apply to tire fuels and equal
SO tires/hour.
The State can issue grants to local
governments for enforcement or dean-up
of tire piles.
A Waste Tire Advisory Committee was formed to implement
the Waste Not Washington Act and to help formulate policy.
The DOE Is ranking tire piles across the state, bused on
environmental health and safety factors, and developing a list
of qualified contractors to removu and manage the tires:
The Clean Washington Center is providing technical support
for the design and development of new mixing equipment for
asphaH-rubber applications and to rubber products
manufacturers to develop purchase specifications for recycled
rubber products.
The Clean Washington Center Is working With DOE and Pierce
County officials to develop Innovative strategies for the clean-
up of a large tire pile.
The Clean Washington Center is providing cooperative
support to DOE and the State Highway Administration
Research Program in evaluating the performance of different
types of rubberized asphalt pavements compared t;
conventional asphalt.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management In the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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WEST VIRGINIA
State Contact
Paul Benodun
Division of Natural Resources
Solid Waste Management
1356 Hansford Street
Charleston, Wast Virginia 25301
304-558-6350
LegMatton & Regulation*
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October 1991 Sp«daJ Section. SB 18 •
Chapter 20, Artldo 11, Section 8. effective June
1,1993 bans th« disposal of waste tires in
landfills, kiclntratton of solid waste, including
tires, Is prohibited until May 1,1993 except for
"pilot" projects.
Not addressed.
CoKector, Settw, and Htutar Regulation*
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Reg«lat»d by Wttt Virginia PubMc S«rvk»
Haultra must be permitted.
Storage and Processor Regulations
No more than 1,000 tires can b«
stored unless a facility Is
permitted.
Stationary processing facilities
must be permitted. Mobile
shredders are not required to have
a permit.
Storage at processing facilities Is
limited to are piles of whole tires,
and no more than 9 piles of
shredded tires, each pile
measuring no more than 200 feet
by 50 feet by 15 feet.
Tires must be split/cut or shredded prior to
landfilling. Shreds must then be dispersed In
the workface of the fill with other wastes.
Alternate burial plans for non-cut or whole tires
will be approved If the plan assures that the
tires will stay burled.
Effective June 1,1993 bans the disposal of
waste tires in landfills. Incineration of solid
waste, including tires, Is prohibited until May 1,
1993 except for "pilot" projects.
Not addressed.
• Shredded Urea may be used as landfill dally cover
or In the landfill liner as a (eachate drainage.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update. January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1332; Scrap Tl. N-* Scrap Tire Management In the States, 1992 U***. «d
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from Slates,
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WISCONSIN
State Contact
Legislation & Regulation*
Funding Sources
Collector, Seller, and Hauler Regulations
Paul Koziar
Department of Natural Resources
Bureau of Solid and Hazardous
Waste Management
P.O. Box 7921
Madison, Wisconsin 53707
608-267-9388
Dennis Pippin
Southern District Headquarters
3911 Rsh Hatchery Road
Fitchburg, Wisconsin 53711
608-275-3331
AB 481, passed in 1987, established a
tire fee.
Act 355, passed in 1990, addresses scrap
tire recycling programs and landfill bans.
Since May 1,1988, there is a $2/tiro fee
on new vehicle titles. The fee generates
approximately $3 million annually.
Funds are deposited in the Waste Tire
Reimbursement Grant Program.
• All waste collectors, transporters, storage and processing
facilities must be licensed.
Storage and Processor Regulation*
Disposal Restrictions
Market Incentives
Other Activities
AII waste collectors, transporters,
storage and processing facilities
must be licensed.
Proof of financial responsibility
for stored tires.
• Effective January 1,1995, tires must be
cut before being disposed of in landfills.
The Waste Tire Reimbursement Grant
Program Is designed to financially assist
the cost of developing or operating
certain types of waste tire reuse, and
provides eligible companies with a
$20/ton (or $.01/lb) reimbursement for
use of waste tire material for energy
recovery, construction or in the
manufacture of products. $750,000 set
aside annually.
The State's Waste Tire Management or Recovery Grant
Program is intended to research new uses and expand existing
uses of scrap tires. It has funded the following projects:
- air emission testing to evaluate air emissions resulting
from the combustion of waste tires with coal and wood
waste;
- testing fly ash and bottom ash resulting from combustion
of waste tires and wood;
- environmental assessment of air emissions for the
proposed waste tire medical waste incinerator;
- testing combustion technology;
- investigating fuel feed system designs to accommodate
combustion of waste tire material in fluidized bed boilers;
• testing the development of various rubber products, such
as bed liners for pick-up trucks;
- testing leaching characteristics of shredded waste tires;
• constructing roads using rubberized asphalt; and
- develop pilot waste storage facility.
The state's waste tire cleanup program Is intended to clean up
nuisance waste tire stockpiles:
- $2 million set aside annually to dean up 2 million tires p«r
year; and
• cost recovery from responsible parties.
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tire News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management In the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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WYOMING
State Contact
LegWitlon & Rtgulatfon*
Funding Sources
Collector, SeVtr, and Bfcutw RegwtalSorts
Timothy Unk
Department of Environmental Quality
Solid Waste Management Program
122 West 25th Street
Herschler Building, 4th floor
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002
307-777-7752
H6 213, passed In 1969, amends the Solid
Waste Management Act for sottd waste storage
and treatment facilities. It established bonding
and location requirements and a permitting
system for solid waste facilities, and limits the
accumulation of waste, Including tires, prior to
disposal.
Not addressed.
Levels are set for the number of tire* that can
be stored at retail storet, collection centers, and
landfills without obtaining a permit.
Storage and Processor Regulations
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Levels are set for the number of
tires that can be stored at retail
stores, collection centers, and
landfills without obtaining a
permit.
Landfills must have a permit to
store more than 5,000 whole tires.
Regulations establish bonding and
location requirements and a
permitting system for solid waste
facilities. (Tires are defined as a
solid waste.)
Disposal Restrictions
Not addressed.
Market Incentives
Not addressed.
Other Activities
Sources: Scrap Tire News Fourth Annual Legislative Update, January 1992; Scrap Tir* News Mid-Year Update, July 1992; Scrap Tire News, Scrap Tire Management In the States, 1992 Legislative and
Regulatory Review: 1993 Forecast, January 1993; and information from States.
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