Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part VII - Solid Waste › Subpart 2 - Recycling › Chapter 105 - Waste Tires › Section VII-10531 - Standards and Responsibilities of High Volume End Use Facilities

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. All owners
				  and/or operators of high volume end use facilities in Louisiana shall meet the
				  following requirements:
1. control ingress
				  and egress to the site through a means approved by the administrative
				  authority, with at least one entrance gate being a minimum of 20 feet
				  wide;
2. maintain a buffer zone of
				  100 feet. Waste tires and waste tire material shall not be placed in the buffer
				  zone. A reduction in this requirement shall be allowed only with permission, in
				  the form of a notarized affidavit, from all landowners having an ownership
				  interest in property located less than 100 feet from the facility. A copy of
				  the notarized affidavit(s) shall be placed in the conveyance records of the
				  parish or parishes in which the landowners properties are located;
3. prohibit open burning;
4. enter into a written agreement with the
				  local fire department regarding fire protection at the facility;
5. develop and implement a fire protection
				  and safety plan for the facility to ensure personnel protection and minimize
				  impact to the environment;
6.
				  provide suitable drainage structures or features to prevent or control standing
				  water in the waste tires, waste tire material, and associated storage
				  areas;
7. control all water
				  discharges, including stormwater runoff, from the site in accordance with
				  applicable state and federal rules and regulations;
8. maintain an acceptable and effective
				  disease vector control plan approved by the administrative authority;
9. maintain waste tires and waste tire
				  material in piles, the dimensions of which shall not exceed 10 feet in height,
				  20 feet in width, and 200 feet in length or in such dimensions as approved by
				  the administrative authority. All facilities shall provide, for approval by the
				  administrative authority, calculations and/or justification of the amount of
				  waste tires and/or waste tire material to be stored at the facility. At no time
				  shall the amount of material stored at the facility exceed the amount approved
				  by the administrative authority;
10. maintain lanes between piles of waste
				  tires or waste tire material a minimum width of 50 feet to allow access by
				  emergency vehicles and equipment;
11. ensure that lanes to and within the
				  facility be free of potholes and ruts and be designed and maintained to prevent
				  erosion;
12. specific projects
				  using whole waste tires and/or waste tire material shall meet the requirements
				  of LAC 33:VII.10532 and shall be submitted, in writing, to the administrative
				  authority for prior approval. High volume end use facilities shall have an
				  approved project in order to receive, store, or utilize waste tires and/or
				  waste tire material;
13. on a form
				  available on the departments website, all high volume end use facility owners
				  and/or operators shall submit a monthly report to the administrative authority,
				  which shall include a certified record of pounds of waste tire material, and/or
				  whole waste tires received and used in an approved end-market use
				  project;
14. all facilities shall
				  maintain, for a minimum of five years, a complete set of the following records:
a. documentation of compliance with the
				  approved storage limits;
b. copies
				  of waste tires and/or waste tire material manifests entering and/or exiting the
				  site of the approved project;
c.
				  copies of required monthly reports; and
d. any documents related to out-of-state
				  activity;
15. all
				  records shall be maintained at the facility and shall be made available for
				  audit and/or inspection during regular business hours.