Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 567 - Environmental Protection Commission › Title VIII - Solid Waste Management and Disposal › Chapter 117 - Waste Tire Management › Rule 567-117.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
As used in this chapter:
"Bagel cut"
means to cut a tire in half
				  along its circumference.
"Baled tire "
means a method of volume
				  reduction of waste tires, whereby whole or cut tires are compacted into a
				  bundle and then banded together to form a tire bale. Baled tires shall not be
				  considered processed tires and shall be defined as solid waste, unless they are
				  incorporated into an approved beneficial use project.
"Beneficial use "
means the use or
				  application of waste tires or processed tires in a manner that provides a
				  benefit to an end user and that does not pose a threat to the environment or to
				  public health and safety. Use of waste tires or processed tires primarily as a
				  means for land disposal shall not be considered a beneficial use.
"Civil engineering application "
means a
				  form of reusing waste tires, either whole or processed, in place of naturally
				  occurring materials in construction, so long as the waste tires provide a
				  defined engineering benefit.
"Crumb rubber"
means a material derived by
				  reducing waste tires or other rubber into uniform granules of 3/8 inch or less,
				  with the inherent reinforcing materials such as steel and fiber removed along
				  with other contaminants.
"Cut tire "
means a waste tire from which
				  the tire face, tread, or sidewall has been cut or removed for beneficial use. A
				  cut tire shall consist of pieces greater than 18 inches on any one side.
"Department"
means Iowa department of
				  natural resources.
"End user "
means an industry, utility,
				  business, entity, or individual that receives whole waste tires or processed
				  tires and uses them for a raw material in a manufactured product, for energy
				  recovery, or other beneficial use. A tire processor shall not be considered an
				  end user.
"Energy recovery"
means the extraction of
				  the fuel or heat value from whole or processed tires through their controlled
				  combustion at a permitted utility or industry.
"Operator "
means the individual,
				  corporation, or party that manages the daily work activities related to the
				  collection, storage, and processing of waste tires and processed tire materials
				  at a waste tire stockpile site or processing facility.
"Owner "
means the individual, corporation,
				  or party that is the legal owner of the real estate where a waste tire
				  stockpile site or processing facility exists.
"Passenger tire equivalent"
means a
				  conversion measurement that is used to estimate waste tire weights and volume
				  amounts and in which one passenger car tire with a rim diameter of 17 inches or
				  less is equal to 20 pounds. One cubic yard of volume shall contain 15 passenger
				  tire equivalents. Tires larger than a passenger car tire shall be evaluated for
				  volume using this conversion measurement.
"Permit"
means a permit issued by the
				  department to establish, construct, modify, own, or operate a waste tire
				  storage or processing site.
"Processed tire "
means a tire that has been
				  processed through grinding, shredding, or other means, thereby producing a
				  material that is readily suitable for marketing into product manufacturing,
				  energy recovery, or other beneficial reuse markets. Waste tires that have been
				  compacted, baled, cut, or shredded without a suitable market shall not be
				  considered processed tires and shall be regulated as solid waste.
"Processing"
means producing or
				  manufacturing usable materials from waste tires.
"Processing site "
means a site which is
				  used for the processing of waste tires and which is owned or operated by a tire
				  processor who has a permit for the site.
"Site "
includes all contiguous parcels of
				  land under the ownership, management, or financial interest of an owner or
				  operator receiving a permit through this chapter. Public rights-of-way and
				  their easements shall not affect the continuity of a site for the purposes of
				  this chapter.
"Site of end use"
means a site where
				  processed waste tires are recycled or reused in a beneficial manner authorized
				  by the department.
"Tire bale. "
See
"baled tire.
				  "
"Tire casing"
means a used and worn tire
				  that is suitable for the process of recapping. A tire casing stored for more
				  than one year without being recapped shall be considered a waste tire.
"Tire collector"
means a permitted person or
				  business that owns or operates a site used for the storage, collection, or
				  deposit of more than 500 waste tires or an authorized vehicle recycler who is
				  licensed by the department of transportation pursuant to Iowa Code section
				  321H4.
				  and who owns or operates a site used for the storage, collection, or deposit of
				  more than 3,500 waste tires.
"Tire processor"
means a permitted
				  individual or business that processes tires through grinding, shredding, or
				  other means, thereby producing a material that is readily suitable for
				  marketing into product manufacturing, energy recovery, or other beneficial
				  reuse markets. "Tire processor" does not mean a person who retreads tire
				  casings or who collects and stores tires.
"Used tire "
means a tire that previously
				  has been on a vehicle but that retains suitable tread depth and is free of
				  damage or defects so that it may be safely returned to its original
				  purpose.
"Waste tire, "
as defined in Iowa Code
				  section 455D. 11, means a tire that is no longer suitable for its originally
				  intended purpose due to wear, damage, or defect. This definition shall include
				  a tire mounted on a rim, but not on a vehicle. "Waste tire" does not include a
				  nonpneumatic tire.
"Waste tire hauler"
means an individual or
				  business providing waste tire hauling and disposal services, in accordance with
				  Iowa Code section
				  9B1..
"Waste tire stockpile"
means a site that is
				  used for the storage, collection, or deposit of waste tires or tire bales,
				  including indoor, outdoor, and underground storage.