Waste Tire Processing Facilities

Waste Tire Processing Facilities. A. (1) Except as provided in Rule 4.4(A)(2), a person must obtain a waste tire management permit from the Permit Board in order to operate a waste tire processing facility. The person normally required to obtain a permit shall be the owner or lessee of the operation. In order to obtain a permit, a person must complete an application supplied by the Department, and comply with the applicable requirements and regulations. A waste tire management permit shall be issued in accordance with the permit procedures for solid waste management permits in Rule 1.2 of the Mississippi Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management Regulations. (2) A person operating mobile waste tire processing equipment where such equipment is moved from site to site must obtain authorization from the Department in order to operate the processing equipment. The person normally required to obtain a permit shall be the owner or lessee of the equipment. In order to obtain authorization, a person must complete an application supplied by the Department, and comply with the applicable requirements and regulations. (3) A person operating a waste tire processing facility which is not an integral part of a solid waste landfill, waste tire disposal site, or waste tire recycling facility may obtain a permit only if the applicant is able to demonstrate with an executed contract or other document that the waste tires processed on site will be removed to a solid waste landfill, waste tire disposal site, waste tire recycling facility, or other site or facility approved by the Department. This requirement does not apply to persons operating mobile processing equipment in accordance with Rule 4.4(A)(2). B. The following are permissible methods of waste tire processing: (1) Slicing vertically, resulting in each waste tire being divided into at least two (2) approximately equal donut-shaped halves; (2) Chopping or cutting of the waste tire into a minimum of four (4) approximately equal pieces. (3) Shredding or chipping into multiple pieces; (4) Grinding into crumbs; (5) Other methods as approved by the Commission. C. Except for the conditions of Rules 4.3(A), (E) and (G) waste tire processing facilities shall comply with Rule 4.3 of these regulations for waste tire collection sites with regard to the storage of both waste and processed tires. D. A waste tire processing facility may not accept waste tires for processing if it has reached its waste tire storage limit. The waste tire storage limit for processing facilities shall be established by the Department on a site specific basis, and shall be no more than 7 times the daily through-put of the processing site. (In determining the daily through-put of the processing facility the person operating the site should take into consideration the average through-put capacity of the processing equipment as well as expected downtime of the equipment.) The waste tire storage limit may also be affected by site specific conditions such as amount of storage space available, local government laws or ordinances, the use of the surrounding properties, and other pertinent factors. The Department may consider requests for storage limits in excess of the general waste tire storage limit, if the person operating the facility can adequately demonstrate that the storage site will be maintained in a manner that will preclude mosquito breeding, harborage of rodents, and potential fire hazards. E. A waste tire processing facility may not exceed its processed tire storage limit. The processed tire storage limit shall be established by the Department on a site-specific basis. If the storage of processed tires is necessary for recycling or reuse of the subject material, the processed tire storage limit shall generally be 30 times the daily through-put of the processing facility. If the processed tires are destined for disposal, the processed tire storage limit shall, as a minimum not exceed 7 times the daily through-put of the facility. These processed tire storage limits may also be affected by the degree of processing that the tire has undergone, the manner of storage proposed, storage space available, local government laws or ordinances, the general land use of the surrounding properties, and other pertinent factors. The Department may consider requests for storage limits in excess of the general processed tire storage limits, if the person operating the facility can adequately demonstrate that the storage pile will be maintained in a manner that will preclude mosquito breeding, harborage of rodents, potential fire problems and that storage of the processed tires is necessary for recycling or reuse of the subject material.