Section 555.10. Eligible uses of waste tires.

 

(1)   Eligible uses. Uses of waste tires which are eligible for waste tire reimbursement grant funding include:

(a) Energy recovery, including combustion of whole tires, shredded tires or the combustible by-products of pyrolysis which are used to produce electricity, steam or heat.

(b) Pyrolysis of tires, including the production of combustible by-products or other salable products.

(c) Highway improvements, including the use of tire chips or crumb physically blended with another material such as asphalt.

(d) Recycling of waste tire strips, shreds or crumb to manufacture a new product. The new product may be produced by physical or chemical processes such as:

1. Weaving from strips of waste tires.

2. Stamping out products from the tire casing.

3. Physically or chemically bonding tire chips or crumb with another material to form a new product such as a mat.

(e) Other uses of waste tires which the department determines to have a market impact and which do not threaten the environment, public health or safety.

(2)   Noneligible uses. Uses of waste tires which are not eligible for waste tire reimbursement grants include:

(a) Land disposal, including use as a daily cover at landfills.

(b) Reuse as a vehicle tire.

(c) Retreading.

(d) Use of waste tires for erosion control or as a riprap material.

(e) Use of tire buffings generated during retreading operations.

(f) Use of whole or split tires for tire fences, barriers, dock and racetrack bumpers, ornamental planters, agricultural uses such as raised beds, playground equipment or such uses for which the user incurs little or no cost and does not take place within a market.

(g) Other uses of waste tires which in the department's opinion may threaten the environment, public health or safety.

History: Cr. Register, May, 1990, No. 413 , eff. 6-1-90 ; am. (1) (c), Register, May, 1995, No. 473 , eff. 6-1-95.