Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 848 - MANAGEMENT OF USED AND WASTE TIRES › Subpart A - GENERAL › Section 848.104 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
For the purposes of this Part, except as the context
				  otherwise clearly requires, the words and terms defined in this Section have
				  the meanings given in this Section. Words and terms not defined in this Section
				  have the meanings otherwise set forth in the Act and 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				  101.
"Act" means the Environmental Protection Act [415 ILCS 5
				  ].
"Agency" is the
Environmental
				  Protection Agency established by
the
Act.
[415 ILCS 5/3.105 ]
"Aisle" means an accessible clear space that is:
located indoors and between each storage pile and all other
				  storage piles, groups of storage piles, combustible materials, and indoor
				  activities at the site that present a risk of fire; and
maintained in a manner that provides for unobstructed storage
				  pile access, movement of equipment, visual inspection of storage piles, and
				  operations.
"Altered tire" means a used tire which has been
				  altered so that it is no longer capable of holding accumulations of water,
				  including, but not limited to, used tires that have been shredded, chopped,
				  drilled with holes sufficient to assure drainage, slit longitudinally and
				  stacked so as not to collect water, or wholly or partially filled with cement
				  or other material to prevent the accumulation of water. "Alteration" or
				  "altering" means action which produces an altered tire.
[415 ILCS
				  5/54.01 ]
"Converted tire" means a used tire which has been
				  manufactured into a usable commodity other than a tire. "Conversion" or
				  "Converting" means action which produces a converted tire. Usable products
				  manufactured from tires, which products themselves are capable of holding
				  accumulations of water, shall be deemed to be "converted" if they are stacked,
				  packaged, boxed, containerized or enclosed in such a manner as to preclude
				  exposure to precipitation prior to sale or conveyance.
[415 ILCS
				  5/54.02 ]
"Covered Tire" means a used tire located in a
				  building, vehicle or facility with a roof extending over the tire, or securely
				  located under a material so as to preclude exposure to precipitation.
[415 ILCS
				  5/54.03 ]
"Disposal" means the placement of used tires into or
				  on any land or water except as an integral part of systematic reuse or
				  conversion in the regular course of business.
[415 ILCS
				  5/54.04 ]
"Firebreak" means an accessible, clear space that is:
located outdoors and between each storage pile and all other
				  storage piles, groups of storage piles, buildings, property boundaries, trees,
				  combustible ground vegetation, combustible materials, and outdoor activities at
				  the site that present a risk of fire; and
maintained in a manner that provides for unobstructed storage
				  pile access, movement of equipment, visual inspection of storage piles, and
				  firefighting operations.
"Fully enclosed container" means a portable, hard-walled,
				  lockable receptacle that is impervious to precipitation and surface runoff.
				  "Fully enclosed container" does not include any container that is overfilled
				  and cannot, as a result, be locked.
"New tire" means a tire which has never been placed
				  on a vehicle wheel rim.
[415 ILCS 5/54.05 ]
"Passenger tire equivalent" or "PTE" is a conversion factor
				  for changing numbers of tires to weight. It is calculated by dividing the total
				  weight of passenger tires, in pounds, by 22.5 pounds (the average weight of
				  passenger and lightweight tires).
"Processing" means the altering, converting or
				  reprocessing of used or waste tires.
[415 ILCS
				  5/54.06 ]
"Recyclable tire" means a used tire which is free of
				  permanent physical damage and maintains sufficient tread depth to allow its use
				  through resale or repairing.
[415 ILCS
				  5/54.06(a) ]
"Reprocessed tire" means a used tire which has been
				  recapped, retreaded or regrooved and which has not been placed on a vehicle
				  wheel rim.
[415 ILCS 5/54.07 ]
"Retread" or "Retreading" means the process of attaching
				  tread to a tire carcass.
"Reused tire" means a used tire that is used again,
				  in part or as a whole, by being employed in a particular function or
				  application as an effective substitute for a commercial product or fuel without
				  having been converted.
[415 ILCS 5/54.08 ]
"Storage" means any accumulation of used tires that
				  does not constitute disposal. At a minimum, such an accumulation must be an
				  integral part of the systematic alteration, reuse, reprocessing or conversion
				  of the tire in the regular course of business.
[415 ILCS
				  5/54.09 ]
"Tire" means a hollow ring, made of rubber or similar
				  materials, which was manufactured for the purpose of being placed on the wheel
				  rim of a vehicle.
[415 ILCS 5/54.10 ]
"Tire carcass" means the internal part of a used tire
				  containing the plies, beads, and belts suitable for retread or
				  remanufacture.
[415 ILCS
				  5/54.10a ]
"Tire derived fuel" means a product made from used
				  tires to exact specifications of a system designed to accept a tire derived
				  fuel as a primary or supplemental fuel source.
[415 ILCS
				  5/54.10b ]
"Tire disposal site" means a site where used tires
				  have been disposed of other than a sanitary landfill permitted by the
				  Agency.
[415 ILCS 5/54.11 ]
"Tire retreading facility" means a facility that retreads an
				  average of at least 100 tires per operating day.
"Tire stamping and die cutting facility" means a facility
				  that stamps or die cuts an average of at least 100 tires per operating
				  day.
"Tire storage site" means a site where used tires are
				  stored or processed, other than:
the site at which the tires were separated from the
				  vehicle wheel rim;
the site where the used tires were accepted in trade
				  as part of a sale of new tires;
a site at which tires are sold at retail in the
				  regular course of business, and at which not more than 250 used tires are kept
				  at any time; or
a facility at which tires are sold at retail provided
				  that the facility maintains less than 1300 recyclable tires, 1300 tire
				  carcasses, and 1300 used tires on site and those tires are stored inside a
				  building so that they are prevented from accumulating water.
[415 ILCS
				  5/54.12 ]
"Tire storage unit" means a pile of tires or a group
				  of piles of tires at a storage site.
[415 ILCS
				  5/54.12a ]
"Tire transporter" means a person who transports used
				  or waste tires in a vehicle.
[415 ILCS
				  5/54.12b ]
"Two-inch-minus chips" means altered tires shredded or
				  processed into pieces having no individual dimension greater than 2
				  inches.
"Unit of local government" means a unit of local government
				  as defined in Article VII, Section 1 of the Illinois Constitution.
"Used tire" means a worn, damaged, or defective tire
				  that is not mounted on a vehicle and any portion of such a tire.
[415 ILCS
				  5/54.13 ]
"Vector" means arthropods, rats, mice, birds or other
				  animals capable of carrying disease-producing organisms to a human or animal
				  host. "Vector" does not include animals that transmit disease to humans only
				  when used as human food.
[415 ILCS
				  5/54.14 ]
"Vehicle" means every device in, upon or by which any
				  person or property is or may be transported or drawn, except devices moved by
				  human power or by animal power, devices used exclusively upon stationary rails
				  or tracks, and motorized wheelchairs.
[415 ILCS
				  5/54.15 ]
"Waste tire" means a used tire that has been disposed
				  of.
[415 ILCS 5/54.16
				  ]