2016 Mississippi Code
Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities
Chapter 17 - Solid Wastes Disposal
Disposal of Waste Tires and Lead Acid Batteries; Right-Way-to-Throw-Away Program (§§ 17-17-401 - 17-17-445)
§ 17-17-405. Provision to department of information regarding waste tire collection sites; maintenance of unauthorized waste tire collection or disposal sites; disposal of waste tires at unauthorized sites; closure of sites upon cessation of operations

(1) Owners and operators of any waste tire collection site shall provide the department with information concerning the site's location, size and approximate number of waste tires that have been accumulated at the site. The department shall promptly provide that information to the chancery clerk of the county in which the site is located.

(2) It is unlawful for any person to maintain a waste tire collection site or a waste tire disposal site unless the site is authorized by the department or permitted by the permit board. It is unlawful for any person to dispose of waste tires in the state unless the waste tires are disposed at an authorized waste tire collection site, a waste tire collection center, waste tire processing site or a waste tire disposal site.

(3) Each operator of a waste tire collection site in operation or accepting waste tires after January 1, 1991, shall ensure that the area is properly closed upon cessation of operations. The department may require that a closure plan be submitted with the application for authorization. The closure plan, as approved by the department, shall include at least the following:

(a) A description of how and when the area will be closed; and

(b) The method of final disposition of any waste tires remaining on the site at the time notice of closure is given to the department.

(4) The operator shall notify the department at least ninety (90) days before the date the operator expects closure to begin. No waste tires may be received by the waste tire collection site after the date closure is to begin.

(5) If the operator of a waste tire collection site fails to properly implement the closure plan, the commission shall order the operator to implement that plan, and take other steps under Section 17-17-29 to assure the proper closure of the site.