Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part VII - Solid Waste › Subpart 2 - Recycling › Chapter 105 - Waste Tires › Section VII-10517 - Standard Waste Tire Processor Permit Applications

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Each applicant requesting a standard
				  permit for a waste tire processing facility shall complete the permit
				  application and submit it to the administrative authority. In addition, the
				  standards in LAC 33:VII.10525 shall be incorporated into the appropriate
				  application requirements. The permit application shall include:
1. the name, address, and phone number of the
				  applicant;
2. the name and phone
				  number of the facility contact, if different from the applicant;
3. the name and phone number of a contact
				  person in case of an emergency, if different from the individual specified in
				  Paragraph A.2 of this Section;
4.
				  the business mailing address, including city, state, parish, and zip
				  code;
5. the location and address
				  of the processing facility;
6. the
				  business telephone number;
7. the
				  federal identification number and state tax identification number;
8. a site master plan, including property
				  lines, buildings, facilities, excavations, drainage, roads, and other
				  components of the processor site employed;
9. a copy of written notification to the
				  appropriate local governing authority, stating that the site is to be used as a
				  waste tire processing facility;
10.
				  written documentation from the appropriate local governing authority, stating
				  that the facility is in compliance with local zoning and permitting
				  requirements;
11. written
				  documentation from the property owner granting approval for use of property as
				  a waste tire processing facility, if property owner is other than
				  applicant;
12. proof of publication
				  of Notice of Intent to submit an application for a standard waste tire
				  processing facility permit;
13. a
				  letter of compliance and certification of premises and buildings from the state
				  fire marshal;
14. an operational
				  plan addressing the following:
a. facility
				  access and security;
b. waste tire
				  acceptance plan to count, record, and monitor incoming quantities of waste
				  tires;
c. method to control water
				  run-on/runoff;
d. days and hours of
				  operation;
e. waste tire storage
				  method in detail:
i. dimensions of waste tire
				  piles;
ii. maximum number of waste
				  tires and volume of waste tire material to be stored at any one time;
iii.  width of fire lanes;
iv. method of storage to exclude standing
				  water;
v. type of access roads;
				  and
vi. emergency control plans in
				  case of fire or accident, etc.;
f. a detailed description of the waste tire
				  processing method to be used, including daily capacity and technical support to
				  determine daily capacity, such as the processing capacity of the limiting piece
				  of processing equipment;
g. site
				  grounds maintenance and disease vector control to minimize vector-breeding
				  areas and animal attraction:
i. controlling
				  fly, mosquito, and other insect emergence and entrance;
ii. controlling rodent burrowing for food or
				  harborage; and
iii. controlling
				  bird and animal attraction;
h. buffer zones; and
i. method to control and/or treat any process
				  water;
15. evidence of
				  commercial general liability insurance in the amount of no less than $1 million
				  applicable to on-site and off-site liability provided by an insurer who is
				  admitted, authorized, or eligible to conduct insurance business in
				  Louisiana;
16. site closure plan to
				  assure clean closure. The closure plan must be submitted as a separate section
				  with each application to ensure clean closure, and include the following:
a. the method to be used and steps necessary
				  for closing the facility;
b. the
				  estimated cost of closure of the facility, based on the cost of hiring a third
				  party to close the facility at the point in the facilitys operating life when
				  the extent and manner of its operation would make closure the most
				  expensive;
c. the maximum inventory
				  of whole waste tires and waste tire material on-site at any one time over the
				  active life of the facility;
d. a
				  schedule for completing all activities necessary for closure; and
e. the sequence of final closure as
				  applicable;
17. site
				  closure financial assurance fund;
18. plans, specifications, and operations
				  represented and described in the permit application or permit modifications
				  shall be prepared under the supervision of and certified by a professional
				  engineer licensed in the state of Louisiana;
19. a signed legal certification that all
				  information provided in the application is true and correct with the knowledge
				  of the possibility of punishment under the law for false information;
20. date and signature of responsible
				  official;
21. name of authorized
				  agent for service of process, if applicable; and
22. required information regarding facility
				  site assessments as follows:
a. a discussion
				  demonstrating that the potential and real adverse environmental effects of the
				  facility have been avoided to the maximum extent possible;
b. a cost-benefit analysis demonstrating that
				  the social and economic benefits of the facility outweigh the
				  environmental-impact costs;
c. a
				  discussion and description of possible alternative projects that would offer
				  more protection to the environment without unduly curtailing non-environmental
				  benefits;
d. a discussion of
				  possible alternative sites that would offer more protection to the environment
				  without unduly curtailing non-environmental benefits; and
e. a discussion and description of the
				  mitigating measures which would offer more protection to the environment than
				  the facility, as proposed, without unduly curtailing non-environmental
				  benefits.