New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 9 - SOLID WASTE › Part 20 - RECYCLING, ILLEGAL DUMPING AND SCRAP TIRE MANAGEMENT › Section 20.9.20.37 - REQUIREMENTS FOR STORAGE OF SCRAP TIRES AND TIRE DERIVED PRODUCT BY TIRE RECYCLING AND STORAGE FACILITIES AND FOR TEMPORARY STORAGE BY CIVIL ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. A
				scrap tire storage site shall be designed, constructed, and operated so that
				the health, welfare and safety of operators, haulers, and others who may
				utilize the site are maintained.
B.
				Outdoor storage of scrap tires shall not be located within the right of way of
				any electric power lines and in no event within 20 feet on either side of an
				electric power line.
C. Open
				burning is prohibited at all tire storage sites. Smoking shall be allowed only
				in designated areas.
D. Scrap tire
				piles or stacks of tire bales shall be no greater than 10 feet in height, nor
				shall the pile or stack be more than 50 feet wide by 100 feet long.
E. There shall be a minimum separation of 40
				feet between outdoor scrap tire piles, bale stacks, and other stored materials.
				This 40 foot space shall be designated as a fire lane that totally encircles
				the tire piles and shall be maintained as an all-weather road.
F. Outdoor storage piles and bale stacks must
				be separated from grass and weeds by a minimum of 40 feet and from brush and
				forested areas including pinon and juniper by a minimum of 100 feet.
G. When there are more than three (3) outdoor
				storage piles of scrap tires or scrap tire bales that are 10 feet high by 50
				feet wide by 100 feet long, the separation between the groups shall be at least
				75 feet wide.
H. Tires shall not be
				stored under bridges, elevated trestles, elevated roadways, or elevated
				railroads.
I. When the bulk volume
				of scrap tires will be more than 20,000 cubic feet, a firmly anchored fence
				that is at least six feet high or other method of security that has been
				approved by the local fire authority is required.
J. All gates to the outdoor storage piles of
				scrap tires shall be locked when the facility is not staffed.
K. All gateways, fire breaks and separation
				lanes shall be free of obstructions at all times.
L. The scrap tire storage site shall have
				fire extinguishers that are in compliance with the local fire code.
M. Each site permitted as a tire recycling or
				storage facility shall conspicuously display at each entrance a sign at least 1
				1/2 feet by 2 1/2 feet in size with clear, legible letters stating the name of
				the scrap tire storage site using the, name, location, and physical address of
				the site, the tire recycling or storage facility permit number, the hours of
				operation and emergency telephone numbers.
N. The facility must have suitable structures
				or features to prevent surface water run-on from surrounding areas as well as
				preventing surface runoff from leaving the facility.
O. The scrap tire storage site shall be
				designed, constructed and maintained in accordance with all local building
				codes, fire codes, and other applicable local codes and regulations including
				litter and nuisance codes.
P. An
				adequate means of suppression or extinguishing fires shall be
				provided.