2006 Code of Virginia § 10.1-1422.4 - Partial reimbursement for waste tires; eligibility; promulgation of regulations

10.1-1422.4. Partial reimbursement for waste tires; eligibility;promulgation of regulations.

A. The intent of the partial reimbursement of costs under this section is topromote the use of waste tires by enhancing markets for waste tires or chipsor similar materials.

B. Any person who (i) purchases waste tires generated in Virginia and whouses the tires or chips or similar materials for resource recovery or otherappropriate uses as established by regulation may apply for partialreimbursement of the cost of purchasing the tires or chips or similarmaterials or (ii) uses but does not purchase waste tires or chips or similarmaterials for resource recovery or other appropriate uses as established byregulation may apply for a reimbursement of part of the cost of such use.

C. To be eligible for the reimbursement (i) the waste tires or chips orsimilar materials shall be generated in Virginia, and (ii) the user of thewaste tires shall be the end user of the waste tires or chips or similarmaterials. The end user does not have to be located in Virginia.

D. Reimbursements from the Waste Tire Trust Fund shall be made at leastquarterly.

E. The Board shall promulgate regulations necessary to carry out theprovisions of this section. The regulations shall include, but not be limitedto:

1. Defining the types of uses eligible for partial reimbursement;

2. Establishing procedures for applying for and processing of reimbursements;and

3. Establishing the amount of reimbursement.

F. For the purposes of this section "end user" means (i) for resourcerecovery, the person who utilizes the heat content or other forms of energyfrom the incineration or pyrolysis of waste tires, chips or similar materialsand (ii) for other eligible uses of waste tires, the last person who uses thetires, chips, or similar materials to make a product with economic value. Ifthe waste tire is processed by more than one person in becoming a product,the end user is the last person to use the tire as a tire, as tire chips, oras similar material. A person who produces tire chips or similar materialsand gives or sells them to another person to use is not an end user.

(1993, c. 211; 1997, c. 627.)