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FormsInstructions for Notification of Used and Waste Tire ActivityIllinois State law requires that individuals who have over 50 used or waste tires accumulated on their property must NOTIFY the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA). Complete the attached form for this Notification. If you have been assigned an Illinois EPA ten-digit site number then include this number on the attached form.Included in the definition of a "tire storage site" are exemptions that allow tire retailers to accumulate up to 250 tires (these used tires may be stored uncovered and outside, provided they do not accumulate water) or 1300 used tires (i.e., tires off rims and stored inside a building or trailer with no chance of water accumulation) without being subject to the annual registration requirements. If you store used tires and never accumulate more than 250 used tires; or if you store your used tires within a building or a trailer so that the tires are dry and never accumulate more than 1300 used tires, you may qualify for the exemption. If your operation meets these limits then: Pursuant to Section 55.8 of the Environmental Protection Act, any person selling new or used tires at retail or offering new or used tires for retail sale in Illinois must:
TIRE TRANSPORTERS Individuals who haul more than 20 used or waste tires at one time must register with the Illinois EPA as a tire transporter. Only vehicles that are registered with Illinois EPA may transport loads of more than 20 used or waste tires within Illinois. Those who generate used tires must have their tires hauled in a registered vehicle. For more information on tire hauling regulations contact Illinois EPA (see contact information below). DEFINITIONS "Disposal" means placement of used tires into or on any land or water except as an integral part of systematic reuse or conversion in the regular course of business. "Processing" means the altering, converting or reprocessing of used or waste tires. "Recyclable tire" means a used tire which is free of permanent physical damage and maintains sufficient tread depth to allow its use through resale or repairing. "Reprocessed tire" means a used tire which has been recapped, retreaded or regrooved and which has not been placed on a vehicle wheel rim. "Storage" means any accumulation of used tires that does not constitute disposal. At a minimum, such an accumulation must be an integral part of the systematic alteration, reuse, reprocessing or conversion of the tires in the regular course of business. "Tire carcass" means the internal part of a used tire containing the plies, beads, and belts suitable for retread or remanufacture. "Tire Storage Site" means a site where used tires are stored or processed, other than (1) the site at which the tires were separated from the vehicle wheel rim, (2) the site where the used tires were accepted in trade as part of a sale of new tires, or (3) a site at which both new and used tires are sold at retail in the regular course of business, and at which not more than 250 used tires are kept at any time OR (4) a facility at which tires are sold at retail provided that the facility maintains less then 1300 recyclable tires, 1300 tire carcasses, and 1300 used tires on site and those tires are stored inside a building or so that they are prevented from accumulating water. "Used tire" means a worn, damaged, or defective tire which is not mounted on a vehicle. "Waste tire" means a used tire that has been disposed of. ILLINOIS EPA CONTACT: If you have any questions or want copies of the rules governing used and waste tires call us at 217/785-8604 or write us Illinois EPA at: Illinois EPA Bureau of Land Used Tire Unit 1021 North Grand Avenue East P.O. Box 19276, Springfield, IL 62794-9276 |
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