Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 567 - Environmental Protection Commission › Title VIII - Solid Waste Management and Disposal › Chapter 117 - Waste Tire Management › Rule 567-117.6 - Waste Tire Processing Facility Permits and Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Waste tire processing facility
				permit.
a. Any business or
				individual operating a tire processing facility shall obtain a waste tire
				processing permit prior to commencing such operations. The permit shall be
				issued directly to the owner and operator of the company that will be operating
				the tire processing facility.
b.
				Facilities that accept waste tires to cut, grind, or compact only for final
				disposal at a permitted sanitary disposal project shall be required to obtain a
				waste tire processing permit in accordance with these rules. Such facilities
				shall not store any cut or shredded waste tire materials for more than 30
				days.
c. Businesses or individuals
				operating mobile waste tire processing equipment shall be required to obtain a
				waste tire processing permit. The permit shall authorize the operator to
				provide waste tire processing services statewide; however, mobile operations
				shall not be allowed to store any processed or whole waste tires at any
				facility or site owned or operated by the permittee unless specifically
				authorized within the permit.
d.
				Businesses or individuals who cut, grind, or compact for disposal waste tires
				generated directly from operations at their own on-site manufacturing operation
				or service facility shall not be required to obtain a waste tire processing
				permit provided that all waste tire materials processed on site are disposed of
				at least every 30 days at a permitted facility and no more than 500 waste tires
				are processed monthly.
e.
				Processing permits shall have an annual fee of $850, payable to the department
				upon the application for a permit, and due annually beginning each July 1
				thereafter at the rate of $850. Permit fees shall not be prorated. The permit
				shall be valid for a period of three years from date of issuance. Failure to
				remit the annual renewal fee shall be cause for the department to revoke the
				permit.
f. A permitted processing
				facility shall have a site closure plan. The plan shall describe the actions
				that would be taken to properly dispose of all waste tire materials, in whole
				or processed form, at the site 30 days prior to any intent to discontinue
				operations at the site so that, upon discontinuance of the operation, no
				violations of waste tire or solid waste disposal laws and regulations will
				exist.
g. A permitted processing
				facility shall have an emergency response and remedial action plan, developed
				and implemented according to applicable provisions of 567-102.16 (455B). The
				plan shall be developed with the input and review of the local fire department
				and local emergency management coordinator. The applicant shall provide
				documentation that an opportunity for such input and review has been received
				by these local authorities.
h. A
				permitted processing facility shall obtain financial assurance in accordance
				with rule 117.7(455B,455D), as necessary.
i. Application for a processing permit must
				be made on a form provided by the department and must include, at a minimum,
				the following:
(1) The name, address, and
				telephone number of the individual who directly owns the tire processing
				facility.
(2) The name, address,
				and telephone number of the operator of the processing facility, if different
				from the owner of the tire processing facility.
(3) The type of processing operations to be
				conducted at the facility, including descriptions of processing equipment and
				its hourly capacity, operating hours of the facility, and types of processed
				tire materials to be produced.
(4)
				A scaled map showing all areas proposed for waste tire storage and processing
				operations, all property boundaries of the site, and the location of all
				buildings and major improvements on the site and within 300 feet of the
				property boundary.
(5) A site
				closure plan, as referenced in 117.6(1)
"f."
(6) An emergency response and remedial action
				plan, as referenced in 117.6(1)
"g."
(7) A certified check for $850 made payable
				to the Department of Natural Resources.
(8) A financial assurance instrument in
				compliance with rule 117.7(455B,455D).