California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 7 - Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery › Chapter 3 - Minimum Standards for Solid Waste Handling and Disposal › Article 5.5 - Waste Tire Storage and Disposal Standards › Section 17356 - Storage of Waste Tires Indoors

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Waste tires stored indoors shall be
				  stored in the manner prescribed in the subsections below, and pursuant to the
				  California Fire Code, Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, sections
				  3201.1 through
				  3210.1,
				  3403.1 through
				  3403.4 and
				  3409.1, which are hereby
				  incorporated by reference:
(1) Waste tires
				  stored adjacent to or along one wall shall not extend more than 25 feet from
				  such wall.
(2) Waste tire piles
				  shall not exceed 50 feet in width in any one direction. Where waste tires are
				  stored on-tread, standing side by side in rows, the dimension of the pile in
				  the direction of the wheel hole shall not be more than 50 feet.
(3) Waste tires shall not be stored in exits
				  or enclosures for stairways or ramps, or in boiler rooms, mechanical rooms, or
				  electrical equipment rooms.
(4)
				  Waste tires shall not be stored within 2 feet or less from the ceiling in
				  nonsprinklered areas of a building.
(5) Waste tires shall not be stored within 18
				  inches or less below sprinkler head deflectors in sprinklered areas of a
				  building.
(6) Where the top of the
				  storage of waste tires is greater than six feet in height waste tires shall be
				  stored in accordance with the following:
(A)
				  Waste tire facilities and solid waste facilities with an indoor storage area
				  between 500 square feet and 2,500 square feet shall maintain aisles with access
				  to exits and fire access doors in accordance with the following requirements:
(1) In sprinklered buildings aisles shall be
				  a minimum of 44 inches wide.
(2) In
				  nonsprinklered buildings aisles shall be a minimum of 96 inches wide.
(3) The required aisle width shall extend
				  from floor to ceiling.
(B) Waste tire facilities and solid waste
				  facilities with an indoor storage area exceeding 2,500 square feet shall
				  maintain aisles with access to exits and fire access doors in accordance with
				  the following requirements:
(1) In
				  nonsprinklered buildings aisles shall be a minimum of 96 inches wide.
(2) In sprinklered buildings where the waste
				  tire piles are accessible to the public aisles shall be a minimum of 96 inches
				  wide.
(3) In sprinklered buildings
				  where the waste tire piles are not accessible to the public aisles shall be a
				  minimum of 44 inches wide.
(4) The
				  required aisle width shall extend from floor to ceiling.
(C) For waste tire facilities or solid waste
				  facilities with a storage area of 500 square feet or less, the dimensions of
				  the waste tire piles shall not exceed 50 feet in any direction.
(D) For waste tire facilities or solid waste
				  facilities with a storage area greater than 500 square feet the dimensions of
				  the waste tire piles shall not exceed 50 feet in any direction, 30 feet in
				  height, and 75,000 cubic feet in volume.
(E) No waste tire facility or solid waste
				  facility shall store waste tires in an area greater than 500,000 square
				  feet.
(F) Waste tire facilities and
				  solid waste facilities with an indoor storage area greater than 500 square feet
				  shall be equipped with an automatic fire extinguishing system that has been
				  described by the operator in the fire safety plan required by section
				  17351(a).
(G) Waste tire facilities and solid waste
				  facilities with an indoor storage area greater than 2,500 square feet shall be
				  equipped with smoke and heat vents that have been described by the operator in
				  the fire safety plan required by section
				  17351(a).