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2021 Kentucky Revised Statutes
Chapter 224 - Environmental protection
Subchapter 224.50 - Other Specific Types of Waste
224.50-855 Waste Tire Working Group -- Members -- Meetings -- Duties.

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 224.50-855 (2021)
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224.50-855 Waste Tire Working Group -- Members -- Meetings -- Duties. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) The Waste Tire Working Group is hereby established and shall be attached to the cabinet for administrative purposes and staff support. The Waste Tire Working Group shall have the following eight (8) members: (a) The director of the Division of Waste Management or his or her designee who shall be an ex officio member and also serve as chair; (b) The manager of the Recycling and Local Assistance Branch within the Division of Waste Management or his or her designee who shall be an ex officio member; (c) One (1) representative of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, to be selected by the Commissioner of Agriculture and appointed by the Governor for an initial term of two (2) years and who may be reappointed; (d) Two (2) representatives of the Solid Waste Coordinators of Kentucky selected by the Solid Waste Coordinators of Kentucky and appointed by the Governor for an initial term of three (3) years and who may be reappointed; (e) One (1) county judge/executive appointed by the Governor from a list of three (3) nominees submitted by the Kentucky County Judge/Executive Association for an initial term of three (3) years and who may be reappointed; (f) One (1) mayor of a Kentucky city appointed by the Governor from a list of three (3) nominees submitted by the Kentucky League of Cities; and (g) One (1) representative of private industry engaged in the business of retail tire sales appointed by the Governor for an initial term of three (3) years and who may be reappointed. The members of the Waste Tire Working Group identified in paragraphs (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g) of subsection (2) of this section shall receive travel-related expenses but no salary as compensation. The first meeting of the Waste Tire Working Group shall be no later than August 15, 2011. The working group shall meet at least twice a year or more frequently at the call of the chair. The Waste Tire Working Group shall: (a) Provide advice and input to the cabinet regarding: 1. The administration and implementation of alternative methods for controlling the local accumulation of waste tires; 2. Developing the concept of a core fee for waste tires; 3. Improving the manifest system that tracks tires from point of sale to point of disposal; 4. Developing ways to assist local governments with direct grants for waste tire disposal; and 5. Developing an informational fact sheet on proper waste tire disposal under KRS 224.50-868(3) and (8) to be made available on the cabinet's Web site and available in print upon request; (b) (c) Serve as an advisory body to the cabinet in the development of a formula that the cabinet will use to apportion the money in the waste tire trust fund established by KRS 224.50-880 for crumb rubber grants, tire amnesties, and tire-derived fuel, and to return a portion of the waste tire funds to local governments during Commonwealth Cleanup Week for waste tire disposal; and Provide advice and input to the cabinet on the data development and preparation of the waste tire report mandated under KRS 224.50-872. Effective: April 15, 2020 History: Amended 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 91, sec. 30, effective April 15, 2020. -- Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 114, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2012. -- Created 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 34, sec. 1, effective June 8, 2011.
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