Alabama Administrative Code › Title 335 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT › LAND DIVISION - SCRAP TIRE PROGRAM › Chapter 335-4-4 - MANAGEMENT OF TIRE MATERIALS › Section 335-4-4-.02 - Storage Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
Indoor Storage
. The amount of tire materials that may
				be stored indoors shall not exceed the number of scrap tires or weight of
				processed tire material that can be processed or utilized in a thirty-day
				period. The facility shall process or utilize tire materials on a first-in,
				first-used basis. ADEM shall approve the amount of tire materials that may be
				stored indoors when it issues a facility registration or permit. A Vector
				Control Plan is required if tire materials containing water are stored
				indoors.
(2)
Outdoor
				Storage
. The amount of tire materials that may be stored outdoors
				shall not exceed the number of scrap tires or weight of processed tire material
				that can be processed or utilized in a thirty-day period. The facility shall
				process or utilize tire materials on a first-in, first-used basis. ADEM shall
				approve the amount of tire materials that may be stored outdoors when it issues
				a facility registration or permit. All scrap tire facilities that store scrap
				tires or processed tire material outdoors shall comply with the following
				technical and operational standards:
(a) Tire
				materials shall not be stored in the 100-year flood plain, in coastal beaches
				or dunes, or within 200 feet of a wetland or waters of the state as these terms
				are defined in ADEM Admin. Code 335-13, unless otherwise approved by
				ADEM.
(b) The maximum dimensions of
				a tire materials pile shall not exceed:
1. A
				width of fifty (50) feet.
2. A
				length of 200 feet.
3. An area of
				10,000 square feet.
4. A height of
				fifteen (15) feet for whole tires or nine (9) feet for processed tire material,
				unless measures are provided that assures maximum temperature shall not exceed
				300° Fahrenheit at a point in the pile.
(c) For piles of tire materials capable of
				holding water, a Vector Control Plan shall be prepared.
(d) A facility shall arrange for fire
				protection.
1. If a facility does not provide
				its own fire protection, the facility shall make arrangements with public or
				private emergency response personnel that are capable of providing an adequate
				fire protection system. Documentation of this arrangement shall be submitted to
				ADEM.
2. The facility shall provide
				a letter to ADEM from the fire department or fire marshal within whose
				jurisdiction the facility is located stating that they have reviewed and
				approved the fire protection system or plan.
(e) An Emergency Response Plan shall be
				developed prior to initial receipt of tire materials and updated at least
				annually or upon changes in the operation. The Plan shall contain the
				following:
1. A list of names and telephone
				numbers of persons to be contacted in case of a fire, accident or other
				emergency. Communication equipment sufficient to ensure notification of
				applicable agencies in case of an emergency shall be maintained at the facility
				and described in the Plan.
2. A
				list of emergency response equipment, its location, and how it shall be
				utilized.
3. Procedures to contain
				and dispose of tire fire residue.
4. A list of other materials stored on-site
				that may accelerate or expand a fire, to include location and other necessary
				precautions to take with these materials.
(f) A 100-foot wide fire lane shall be placed
				around the perimeter of tire materials piles, and 50-foot fire lanes shall be
				placed between individual tire materials piles, unless otherwise approved by
				ADEM. Access to the fire lane shall be unobstructed at all times. Potentially
				flammable vegetation shall be removed if growing within the fire
				lane.
(g) A berm or other features
				shall be constructed around tire materials piles to contain liquid runoff from
				a tire fire.
(h) No operations or
				activities involving open flames shall be conducted within twenty-five (25)
				feet of a tire materials pile.
(i)
				Adequate access controls, to include fences, gates, or other means, shall be
				provided to minimize entrance by unauthorized persons.
(j) An attendant, operator, or some
				authorized person shall be present at all times when the facility is operating.
Author:
James L. Bryant