2011 Kentucky Revised Statutes Subchapter 50 Other Specific Types of Waste 224.50.856 Disposal of waste tires -- Exceptions -- Use of tire-derived fuel -- Accumulation of waste tires -- Transportation.
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224.50-856 Disposal of waste tires -- Exceptions -- Use of tire-derived fuel -Accumulation of waste tires -- Transportation.
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No person shall engage in disposal of waste tires in Kentucky except by transfer to a
permitted solid waste disposal facility and except as follows:
(a) 1.
If transferred to a contained landfill, the waste tires shall be processed to
prevent the entrapment of air or water;
2.
If transferred to a residual landfill, the waste tires shall be rendered
suitable for disposal in a landfill and the landfill shall accept only waste
tires for disposal; or
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If transferred to an incinerator or to any facility for use as a fuel, the
incinerator or other facility shall be permitted in accordance with KRS
224.20-110 and 224.40-310 to allow the burning of waste tires and shall
have received a local determination related to the waste tires in
accordance with KRS 224.40-315(1); and
(b) Facilities proposing to use tire-derived fuel, as that term is defined in KRS
224.01-010(54), as a fuel or for other energy recovery, shall not be required to
receive a local determination related to the tire-derived fuel use under KRS
224.40-315(1). The Division of Air Quality shall provide for public notice and
an opportunity for comment on any application seeking approval for use of
tire-derived fuel.
No person shall accumulate more than twenty-five (25) waste tires in Kentucky at a
time for processing, by baling, chopping, recycling, shredding, or other means of
changing their shape, size, or chemical content without meeting the requirements of
the waste tire program. For processing which had been approved by the cabinet
before July 15, 1998, the person who had received the approval shall register within
forty-five (45) days of July 15, 1998.
No person shall transport more than fifty (50) waste tires in Kentucky at a time,
either in one (1) vehicle or more than one (1) vehicle managed by or operated under
contract with that person, without meeting the requirements of the waste tire
program, unless transported in accordance with subsection (5) of this section.
No person shall accumulate more than one hundred (100) waste tires in Kentucky at
a time without meeting the requirements of the waste tire program, unless exempted
by KRS 224.50-854 or accumulated in accordance with subsection (5) or (6) of this
section. For accumulations of more than one hundred (100) tires not accumulated in
accordance with subsection (5) or (6) of this section and existing on July 15, 1998,
the person who has accumulated the tires shall register within forty-five (45) days of
July 15, 1998.
A person making retail sales of new motor vehicle tires in Kentucky may
accumulate up to one thousand (1,000) waste tires at the place where retail sales are
made without registering as an accumulator as required by KRS 224.50-858, if the
waste tires are stored in accordance with the requirements of KRS 224.50-860(3),
(5), (6), (7), and (8), and stored on-site in a building, in an adjacent covered area, or
closed container where public access is prohibited after business hours. The retailer
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may transport the waste tires it accumulates at the place where retail sales are made
without registering as a transporter as required by KRS 224.50-858 if the waste tires
will remain in the retailer's possession until they reach their destination.
An automotive recycling dealer in Kentucky who is licensed by the Transportation
Cabinet pursuant to KRS 190.010 to 190.080 may accumulate up to one thousand
(1,000) waste tires at the place where automotive recycling is done without
registering as an accumulator as required by KRS 224.50-858 if the waste tires are
stored in accordance with KRS 224.50-860(2) to (11) and stored on-site in a
building, in an adjacent covered area, or closed container where public access is
prohibited after business hours.
Effective: June 26, 2007
History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 30, sec. 2, effective June 26, 2007. -- Created
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 529, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1998.
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