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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1967
To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide for a scrap tire
management and recovery program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 4, 1993
Mr. SLATTERY (for himself, Mr. MCMILLAN, and Mr. SAWYER) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide for a
scrap tire management and recovery program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tire Recycling and
Recovery Act of 1991’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States generates approximately
250 million waste tires each year, which is slightly
less than 1 tire per person each year.
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(2) The United States dumps or stores between
2 and 3 billion waste tires in piles across the coun-
try.
(3) These tire piles can pose a significant threat
to human health and the environment. Improper
management of these piles can create breeding habi-
tats for mosquitoes and rodents or can result in fires
that release toxic fumes.
(4) Scrap tires are a valuable resource that can
be reused, recycled, or recovered in a wide variety of
ways that are beneficial to the environment and to
society, including producing rubberized asphalt road
and highway pavement; manufacturing reclaimed or
ground rubber materials into products such as floor
mats, carpet backing, molded goods, or railroad
crossings; retreading tires; using whole tires to build
artificial reefs or breakwaters to enhance fish habi-
tats; using tires for defense and other government
needs; and recovering energy from tires.
(5) Environmentally sound and responsible
techniques must be employed to ensure proper dis-
posal of scrap tires that are not recycled, reused, or
recovered.
(6) Due to the lack of developed markets, tire
piles have not been significantly reduced despite the
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fact that environmentally sound and responsible
techniques exist currently. Marketplace incentives
must be provided to stimulate the elimination of
these tire piles through recycling, reuse, and recov-
ery, especially for situations in which no immediate
recycling, reuse, or recovery markets exist.
(7) States have begun to recognize and address
the problems surrounding scrap tire disposal. More
than thirty-five States have established waste tire re-
cycling programs and disposal requirements.
(8) Given the variability in size and scope of the
scrap tire problem on a region-to-region basis, indi-
vidual States or groups of States promise to be the
best laboratories for innovative, diverse, and effective
solutions to the problem.
(9) While recognizing that many States have
worked to address the scrap tire problem, a Federal-
State partnership is necessary to ensure that current
and future scrap tires are recovered, reused, recy-
cled, or disposed of in a manner which is most bene-
ficial to the environment and to society. Such a pro-
gram will enhance current State efforts by providing
essential Federal guidance and financial assistance
for the elimination of scrap tire piles. Such a pro-
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gram will also assist States in promoting markets
for disposal of future scrap tires.
(10) The Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency requires additional statutory au-
thority to establish appropriate State management
plans and provide incentives for recycling, recovery,
and reuse of scrap tires. Furthermore, additional
Federal financial assistance is needed to provide eco-
nomic incentives to encourage reduction of scrap tire
piles in an environmentally responsible manner and
to develop markets for the disposal of future scrap
tires.
SEC. 3. SCRAP TIRE MANAGEMENT AND RECOVERY PRO-
GRAM.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
PROGRAM.—The Solid
Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end the following new subtitle:
‘‘Subtitle K—Scrap Tire Manage-
ment and Recovery Program
‘‘SEC. 12001. OBJECTIVES.
‘‘The objectives of this subtitle are to provide tem-
porary Federal incentives to eliminate current scrap tire
piles and future scrap tires through productive and envi-
ronmentally sound methods, including recycling, recovery,
and reuse. Further, consistent with the overall objectives
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of this Act, all future scrap tires are to be managed by
the States through programs that will manage and mini-
mize the buildup of scrap tire piles in the future. Such
objectives are to be accomplished through Federally ap-
proved programs developed by individual States or groups
of States.
‘‘SEC. 12002. STATE TIRE PLANS: SUBMISSION AND AP-
PROVAL.
‘‘(a) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 18 months after
the date of the enactment of the Tire Recycling and Re-
covery Act of 1991, a State shall submit to the Adminis-
trator a scrap tire management plan (hereinafter referred
to as a ‘State tire plan’) that meets the requirements of
this subtitle.
‘‘(b) APPROVAL.—Not later than 60 days after the
Administrator receives a State tire plan submitted under
subsection (a), the Administrator shall approve of dis-
approve the plan. The Administrator shall approve the
State tire plan if the Administrator determines that—
‘‘(1) the plan meets the requirements of section
12003; and
‘‘(2) the plan contains provisions for the revi-
sion of such plan, after notice and public hearing, in
any case in which the Administrator determines
that—
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‘‘(A) revised regulations concerning mini-
mum requirements have been promulgated and
the State’s plan is not in compliance with such
revised regulations;
‘‘(B) information has become available that
demonstrates the inadequacy of the plan to ef-
fectuate the purposes of this subtitle; or
‘‘(C) revision is otherwise necessary.
‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—Each State with an ap-
proved State tire plan shall implement the plan in accord-
ance with the schedule contained in the plan.
‘‘(d) GUIDELINES AND MODEL PLAN.—(1) Not later
than 3 months after the date of the enactment of the Tire
Recycling and Recovery Act of 1991, the Administrator
shall convene a forum of Federal, State, and local authori-
ties and other experts in the field of scrap tire manage-
ment to discuss the minimum Federal requirements of this
subtitle, the development and implementation of State tire
plans, and the guidelines and model plan to be developed
by the Administrator to assist the States in complying
with this subtitle.
‘‘(2) Not later than 12 months after the date of the
enactment of the Tire Recycling and Recovery Act of
1991, and after consultation with the Federal, State, and
local authorities and experts convened pursuant to para-
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graph (1), the Administrator shall issue and distribute to
States guidelines and a model plan to assist States in the
development and implementation of State tire plans.
‘‘(3) In issuing guidelines under this subsection, the
Administrator shall consider the following:
‘‘(A) The varying regional, geologic, hydrologic,
climatic, and other circumstances under which dif-
ferent scrap tire management practices are appro-
priate.
‘‘(B) The characteristics and conditions of ex-
isting scrap tire piles and collection sites, including
an estimation of present and future capacity.
‘‘(C) Population density, distribution, and pro-
jected growth in areas near existing piles.
‘‘(D) The type and availability of transportation
from existing piles.
‘‘(E) The location and availability of industrial
boilers, kilns, or electric generation facilities that
may be able to use scrap tires for energy recovery.
‘‘(F) The types of recycling, reuse, and recovery
facilities that are most appropriate and viable to the
particular area.
‘‘(G) Potentially available new and additional
markets for recovered scrap tires.
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‘‘(e) REVIEW OF PLANS.—The Administrator shall
review approved State tire plans and may conduct an audit
of any such plan from time to time. If the Administrator
determines that revisions or corrections are necessary to
bring a plan into compliance with the minimum require-
ments of section 12003, the Administrator shall, after no-
tice and opportunity for public hearing, withdraw approval
of the plan. Such withdrawal of approval shall cease to
be effective upon the Administrator’s determination that
such plan complies with minimum Federal requirements.
‘‘(f) EPA AUTHORITY TO PROMULGATE AND IMPLE-
MENT TIRE PLANS.—In the case of any State that has
not submitted a State tire plan by the deadline in sub-
section (a), the Administrator shall promulgate a State
plan for the State and implement such plan within the
State.
‘‘(g) RELATIONSHIP
TO EXISTING ACTIVITIES.—
Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to prevent or
affect any current activities respecting scrap tire manage-
ment (including the elimination of scrap tire piles) unless
such activities are inconsistent with a State tire plan ap-
proved by the Administrator under this section.
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‘‘SEC. 12003. STATE TIRE PLANS: MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.
‘‘In order to be approved under section 12002, each
State tire plan shall comply with the following require-
ments:
‘‘(1) REDUCTION AND ELIMINATION OF EXIST-
ING SCRAP TIRE PILES.—The plan must address the
reduction and elimination of existing scrap tire piles
that contain more than 3,000 scrap tires and must
meet the following minimum requirements:
‘‘(A) It shall identify existing scrap tire
collection sites as determined by the survey con-
ducted by the State as required under section
12004, estimate present and future capacity of
each site and the number of tires at each site
on January 1, 1993, and assess the health and
environmental status of each site.
‘‘(B) It shall provide for a system under
which tires in existing scrap tire piles can be
separated, identified, or distinguished from new
scrap tires.
‘‘(C) It shall provide for the elimination of
existing scrap tire piles through recycling, re-
covery, or reuse of scrap tires, and if there are
no immediate recycling, recovery, or reuse mar-
kets for the scrap tires, then it shall provide for
environmentally sound disposal of such piles.
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‘‘(D) It shall have as its goal the elimi-
nation, by January 1, 2005, of all existing
scrap tire piles within the State, as determined
by the survey conducted by the State as re-
quired under section 12004.
‘‘(E) It shall identify the responsibilities of
State, local, and regional authorities in the im-
plementation of the plan, the proposed distribu-
tion of Federal funds to the authorities respon-
sible for development and implementation of the
plan, means for coordinating regional planning
under the plan, and means for considering the
interests and views of adjacent States.
‘‘(F) It shall prohibit public authorities
from implementing scrap tire management pro-
grams that are inconsistent with Federal re-
quirements and the State tire plan.
‘‘(G) It shall provide a detailed breakdown
of estimated costs of implementing the plan,
and shall specify a method for cost recovery
from, or cost sharing with, existing owners of
piles.
‘‘(H) It shall encourage the environ-
mentally sound recycling of scrap tires through
all available means, including using scrap tires
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in the production of paving materials, the con-
struction of roadbeds, tire retreading, or energy
recovery; using reclaimed or ground rubber ma-
terials as floor mats, carpet backing, molded
goods, or railroad crossings; and using whole
tires to build artificial reefs or breakwaters to
enhance fish habitats.
‘‘(2) CURRENT
AND
FUTURE
DISPOSAL
OF
SCRAP TIRES.—The plan must address current and
future disposal and recycling, recovery, and reuse of
scrap tires and must meet the following minimum
requirements:
‘‘(A) It shall prohibit the permanent dis-
posal of new scrap in landfills, monocells, or
monofills, except that disposal of shredded tire
material in landfills, monocells, or monofills
shall be allowed in the absence of a higher use
for such tires.
‘‘(B) It shall require that scrap tire collec-
tion sites at which no fee is charged for the ac-
ceptance of scrap tires be available in the State
in a number of sufficient to accommodate the
amount of scrap tires expected to be generated
in the State annually.
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‘‘(H) It shall prohibit public authorities
from implementing scrap tire management pro-
grams that are inconsistent with Federal re-
quirements and the State tire plan.
‘‘(I) It shall encourage the environmentally
sound recycling of scrap tires through all avail-
able means, including using scrap tires in the
production of paving materials, the construction
of roadbeds, tire retreading, or energy recovery;
using reclaimed or ground rubber materials as
floor mats, carpet backing, molded goods, or
railroad crossings; and using whole tires to
build artificial reefs or breakwaters to enhance
fish habitats.
‘‘(3) PERMITS.—The plan must provide for a
regulatory scheme under which States are required
to issue permits to owners or operators of scrap tire
collection sites and persons who process, collect,
store (as described in paragraph (2)(D)), transport,
dispose of, recycle, recover, or reuse scrap tires. The
plan shall require that, in order for a person to be
issued a permit, the person must meet all applicable
provisions contained in the State plan and in section
12005. The permitting requirements shall not apply
to any of the persons exempted by the Administrator
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from the requirements of section 12005, pursuant to
subsection (b) of that section.
‘‘SEC. 12004. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may provide
financial assistance to States in accordance with this sec-
tion for purposes of conducting surveys of current scrap
tire piles, developing State tire plans under sections 12002
and 12003, and implementing those tire plans.
‘‘(b) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 12 months after
the date of the enactment of the Tire Recycling and Re-
covery Act of 1991, the Administrator shall issue guide-
lines, after consultation with appropriate Federal, State,
and local authorities, setting forth an equitable formula
for distribution of financial assistance under this section.
The formula shall provide a preference to applicants that
have shown substantial progress in eliminating scrap tire
piles, and should be based on some or all of the following
factors:
‘‘(1) Number of tires generated.
‘‘(2) Population.
‘‘(3) Magnitude and severity of the scrap tire
problem.
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—(1) To qualify for financial as-
sistance under this section, a State shall submit to the
Administrator an application at such time, in such man-
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ner, and containing such information as the Administrator
prescribes in the guidelines under paragraph (1). The ap-
plication must be submitted not later than 18 months
after the date of the enactment of the Tire Recycling and
Recovery Act of 1991, and shall contain, at a minimum,
the following:
‘‘(A) A proposed schedule for conducting sur-
veys and submitting a State tire plan to the Admin-
istrator.
‘‘(B) A list of each scrap tire pile in the State
that the State estimates contains more than 3,000
scrap tires. The list shall include the location and
ownership of each such pile.
‘‘(C) A plan for conducting surveys within 6
months after receipt of financial assistance of the lo-
cation, size, and characteristics of all scrap tire piles
existing in the State on January 1, 1993, that con-
tain more than 3,000 scrap tires. The surveys shall
determine the location, size characteristics, together
with a description of any health or environmental
hazards existing at each site.
‘‘(D) An identification of the State agency re-
sponsible for developing the State tire plan.
‘‘(E) An estimate of the cost of conducting the
surveys and developing the State tire plan and the
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amount of Federal financial assistance being sought
for such purposes.
‘‘(F) A description and copies of all scrap tire
pile inventories previously conducted by the State.
‘‘(G) A description of all scrap tire disposal, re-
covery, reuse, and recycling programs and activities
that the State has conducted, together with an esti-
mation of the costs and benefits of such programs
or activities.
‘‘(2) In the guidelines issued under this subsection
the Administrator shall allow States to apply for financial
assistance individually or in conjunction with neighboring
States.
‘‘(d) APPROVAL OF APPLICATION.—Not later than 60
days after the Administrator receives an application for
financial assistance from a State under this section, the
Administrator shall approve or disapprove the application.
The Administrator shall approve the application if the Ad-
ministrator determines that the application meets the re-
quirements of subsection (c).
‘‘(e) ASSISTANCE PENDING APPROVAL OF APPLICA-
TION.—At the discretion of the Administrator, financial
assistance may be provided for ongoing State activities
conducted during the period beginning on the date of ap-
plication for financial assistance under this section and
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ending on the date of approval of a State tire plan, if such
activities are consistent with the subsequently approved
State tire plan.
‘‘(f) AUDIT.—For purposes of assessing the accuracy
of a survey conducted by a State using assistance provided
under this section, the Administrator may audit the survey
if the Administrator considers an audit necessary.
‘‘(g) OVERSIGHT.—The Administrator may oversee
the use of financial assistance provided under this section
for purposes of ensuring that the assistance is used for
the purposes for which it was intended.
‘‘SEC. 12005. PROHIBITIONS.
‘‘(a) PROHIBITIONS.—The following prohibitions
shall take effect 24 months after the date of the enactment
of the Tire Recycling and Recovery Act of 1991:
‘‘(1) DISPOSAL.—It shall be unlawful to dispose
of scrap tires in a landfill, monocell, or monofill, ex-
cept that disposal of shredded tire material in land-
fills, monocell, or monofills shall be allowed in the
absence of a higher use of such tires.
‘‘(2) OPERATION OF COLLECTION SITES.—(A)
It shall be unlawful to operate a collection site ex-
cept in compliance with regulations promulgated by
the Administrator under this paragraph with respect
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to conditions applicable to scrap tire piles (including
piles containing shredded tire material).
‘‘(B) The regulations shall address, at a mini-
mum, the following:
‘‘(i) The maximum number of feet that the
height, base, and length of scrap tire piles may
be.
‘‘(ii) The distance that must be maintained
between scrap tire piles.
‘‘(iii) The distance that must be main-
tained between scrap tire piles and the perim-
eter of the collection site property and any
building.
‘‘(iv) The manner in which scrap tires
must be maintained to minimize mosquito
breeding.
‘‘(v) The accessibility of scrap tire piles to
firefighting equipment, and the maintenance of
roads approaching such piles.
‘‘(vi) The size of scrap tire piles that shall
be surrounded by a berm sufficient to contain
any liquid that may be discharged as the result
of fire or firefighting efforts.
‘‘(vii) The size of scrap tire piles that shall
be completely enclosed behind fencing.
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‘‘(viii) Such other matters as the Adminis-
trator determines necessary to protect human
health and the environment, including fire pre-
vention requirements.
‘‘(C) The regulations also shall require an
owner or operator of a collection site containing
more than 3,000 scrap tires to prepare and maintain
an emergency plan to respond to any fire or other
event which may release pollutants or contaminants
from such site.
‘‘(3) STORAGE AT COLLECTION SITES.—It shall
be unlawful to store more than 3,000 scrap tires for
more than 60 days at collection sites, unless such
storage is necessary for implementation of a specific
project for further reuse, recovery, or recycling and
only continues for a reasonable period of time.
‘‘(4) COMMINGLING.—It shall be unlawful for
any person to commingle new scrap tires with exist-
ing scrap tire piles.
‘‘(5) PERMITS.—Beginning 12 months after the
effective date of any State tire plan approved or pro-
mulgated by the Administrator under this subtitle, it
shall be unlawful for any person to—
‘‘(A) transfer control over any scrap tires
for transportation to a collection site to any
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person other than a person operating under a
permit as a tire transporter;
‘‘(B) operate or maintain a scrap tire pile
or collection site, or deliver to or receive scrap
tires for storage or disposal at a collection site,
unless—
‘‘(i) the person is in compliance with
a permit for the collection site issued by a
State with an approval tire plan; or
‘‘(ii) the person has applied for a per-
mit for the collection site from a State
with an approved tire plan, the application
has not yet been approved, and the person
is in compliance with the expected require-
ments of the permit.
‘‘(b) EXEMPTIONS.—(1) The Administrator may by
regulation exempt any of the following persons from any
requirement of this section, if such exemption is not incon-
sistent with the goals and requirements of this subtitle and
no threat of an adverse effect on human health or the envi-
ronment will result from such exemption:
‘‘(A) A tire retailer that stores fewer than
3,000 scrap tires at any collection site where new
tires are sold or installed.
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‘‘(B) A tire retreader that stores fewer than
3,000 scrap tires or a quantity of scrap tires equal
to the number to be retreaded over a 30-day period,
whichever is greater, at any collection site where
tires are retreaded.
‘‘(C) A business that removes tires from vehi-
cles and stores fewer than 3,000 scrap tires at any
collection site where such removals occur.
‘‘(D) A solid scrap disposal facility that stores
fewer than 3,000 scrap tires for future processing or
disposal which has already received a permit under
a State solid scrap program imposing conditions and
requirements to protect human health and the envi-
ronment comparable to those imposed by this sub-
title.
‘‘(E) Any person who stores or uses scrap tires
for a marine or agricultural purpose if such scrap
tires are used for such purpose within 6 months
after the date the tire is removed from use, unless
storage for such purpose is necessary for longer than
6 months and the storage continues only for a rea-
sonable period of time.
‘‘(F) A transporter of new and used tires to the
manufacturer for warranty adjustment.
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‘‘(G) A tire manufacturing finishing center or
tire adjustment center that stores fewer than 4,000
tires on the business premises.
‘‘(2) The Administrator is authorized to impose alter-
native requirements, including requirements for fire pre-
vention and disease control, and may include such require-
ments in the minimum requirements under section 12003
as a condition for any exemption or partial exemption
under this subsection
‘‘SEC. 12006. ENFORCEMENT.
‘‘(a) COMPLIANCE ORDERS.—(1) Whenever on the
basis of any information the Administrator determines
that any person has violated, or is in violation of, any re-
quirement or prohibition in effect under this subtitle (in-
cluding any requirement or prohibition in effect under reg-
ulations under this subtitle), the Administrator may issue
an order (A) assessing a civil penalty for any past or cur-
rent violation, (B) requiring compliance immediately or
within a specified time period, or (C) both, or the Adminis-
trator may commence a civil action in the United States
district court in the district in which the violation occurred
for appropriate relief, including a temporary or permanent
injunction. Any order issued pursuant to this subsection
shall state with reasonable specificity the nature of the vio-
lation.
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‘‘(2) Any penalty assessed in an order under this sub-
section shall not exceed $25,000 per day of noncompliance
for each violation of a requirement or prohibition in effect
under this subtitle. In assessing such a penalty, the Ad-
ministrator shall take into account the seriousness of the
violation, any good faith efforts to comply with applicable
requirements, and the ability of the violator to pay.
‘‘(3) Any order issued under this subsection shall be-
come final unless, not later than 30 days after issuance
of the order, the persons named in the order request a
public hearing. Upon such request, the Administrator shall
promptly conduct a public hearing. In connection with any
proceeding under this subsection, the Administrator may
issue subpoenas for the production of relevant papers,
books, and documents, and may promulgate rules for dis-
covery procedures.
‘‘(4) In the case of a final order under this subsection
requiring compliance with any requirement of or regula-
tion under this subtitle, if a violator, without sufficient
cause, fails to comply within the time specified in an order,
the Administrator may assess a civil penalty of not more
than $25,000 for each day of continued noncompliance
with the order.
‘‘(b) CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—Any person who—
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‘‘(1) knowingly violates the requirements of or
regulations under this subtitle; or
‘‘(2) knowingly omits material information or
makes any false material statement or representa-
tion in any record, report, or other document filed,
maintained, or used for purposes of compliance with
this subtitle or regulations under this subtitle
shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more
than $50,000 for each day of violation, or imprisonment
not to exceed two years, or both. If the conviction is for
a violation committed after a first conviction of such per-
son under this subsection, the maximum punishment shall
be doubled with respect to both the fine and imprison-
ment.
‘‘(c) CIVIL PENALTIES.—Any person who violates
any requirement of or regulation under this subtitle shall
be liable to the United States for a civil penalty in an
amount not to exceed $25,000 for each such violation.
Each day of violation shall, for purposes of this section,
constitute a separate violation.
‘‘SEC. 12007. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS.
‘‘(a) PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES.—Not later than
24 months after the date of the enactment of the Tire
Recycling and Recovery Act of 1991, the Administrator,
in consultation with the head of each appropriate depart-
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‘‘SEC. 12008. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘For purposes of this subtitle:
‘‘(1) The term ‘scrap tire’ means a tire that is
no longer usable for its original purpose because of
wear, damage, or defect.
‘‘(2) The term ‘new scrap tires’ means all scrap
tires removed from vehicles, or otherwise generated,
in a State after the effective date of the State tire
plan approved or promulgated by the Administrator
for that State under this subtitle.
‘‘(3) The term ‘scrap tire piles’ means scrap
tires which are stored outdoors at collection sites.
‘‘(4) The term ‘collection site’ means a location
in which scrap tires may be brought by a scrap tire
transporter for the purpose of storage or disposal.
‘‘(5) The term ‘energy recovery’, with respect to
scrap tires, means a process in which energy is re-
covered from controlled combustion of whole or
shredded scrap tires.
‘‘(6) The term ‘environmentally sound’ means
the disposition or application of a scrap tire in a
manner that will result in no threat of an adverse
effect on human health or the environment.
‘‘(7) The term ‘monocell’ means a section of a
landfill in which only tires are placed.
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‘‘(8) The term ‘monofills’ means a landfill used
exclusively for the storage of shredded, chipped, or
otherwise mechanically processed tires in the
ground.
‘‘(9) The term ‘rubberized asphalt’ includes as-
phalt paving mixes which incorporate rubber recov-
ered from scrap tires either in the asphalt cement or
in the aggregate used to make asphalt concrete, and
also includes surface treatments, interlayers, and
crack sealants.
‘‘(10) The term ‘shredded tire material’ means
tire material resulting from tire shredding that pro-
duces pieces 4 square inches or less in size that do
not hold water when stored in piles.
‘‘SEC. 12009. REPORT.
‘‘Not later than 5 years after the date of the enact-
ment of the Tire Recycling and Recovery Act of 1991, the
Administrator shall submit to Congress a report on the
implementation of this subtitle and the effectiveness of
achieving the objectives of this subtitle. The report shall
include such recommendations as the Administrator con-
siders appropriate.’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table
of contents for the Solid Waste Disposal Act (contained
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in section 1001 of such Act) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘SUBTITLE K—SCRAP TIRE MANAGEMENT AND RECOVERY PROGRAM
‘‘Sec. 12001. Objectives.
‘‘Sec. 12002. State tire plans: submission and approval.
‘‘Sec. 12003. State tire plans: minimum requirements.
‘‘Sec. 12004. Financial assistance.
‘‘Sec. 12005. Prohibitions.
‘‘Sec. 12006. Enforcement.
‘‘Sec. 12007. Federal government requirements.
‘‘Sec. 12008. Definitions.
‘‘Sec. 12009. Report.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 2004
of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6914) is here-
by repealed.
(2) The table of contents in section 1001 of such Act
is amended by striking out the item relating to section
2004.
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