La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § VII-10516

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024

Section VII-10516 - Annual Agreements with Waste Tire Processors

A. Standard permitted waste tire processors may apply to the administrative authority for funding to assist them with waste tire processing and marketing costs. To be eligible for payment, the processor shall enter into an agreement with the administrative authority. The agreement shall be renewed annually and is subject to review at any time by the administrative authority. After review, the administrative authority may, for cause, suspend, revoke, and/or modify the agreement by giving the processor a 60 day written notice of its intent to take the intended action, and allowing the processor an opportunity to demonstrate why the intended action should not be taken.

B. Maximum Payments to Processors

1. The agreement shall contain a provision regarding the amount and requirements for payment. Provided the terms and conditions of the agreement are met, standard permitted processors shall be paid a minimum of seven and a half cents per pound of whole waste tires and/or waste tire material that is recycled or that reaches an approved end-market use project in accordance with LAC 33:VII.10535.F.

2. To be eligible for payment from the waste tire management fund, standard permitted processors shall apply and obtain approval from the administrative authority to market whole waste tires and/or waste tire material. The processor shall submit request(s) on a form available from the administrative authority and shall include all of the requirements of LAC 33:VII.10525.D.

C. The agreement shall contain provisions regarding the submission of reports by the processor to the administrative authority, including but not limited to:

1. waste tire facility reports and application for payment;

2. generator manifests in accordance with LAC 33:VII.10534.B;

3. processor manifests in accordance with LAC 33:VII.10534.C;

4. monthly collection center reports;

5. unmanifested waste tire logs;

6. Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry certified scale-weight tickets including gross, tare, and net weights; and

7. any other documentation requested by the administrative authority.

D. The agreement shall contain provisions requiring standard permitted processors to comply with LAC 33:VII.10534.

E. The agreement shall contain provisions requiring the standard permitted processor to submit an annual report on all approved end-market use projects to the administrative authority. This report is due no later than January 31 of each year for the previous years activities, and shall identify approved projects, the amount of all waste tires and/or waste tire material used in each approved project within the last year, and the date of completion of each project, if applicable.

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § VII-10516

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Solid and Hazardous Waste, Solid Waste Division, LR 18:39 (January 1992), amended LR 20:1001 (September 1994), amended by the Office of Environmental Assessment, Environmental Planning Division, LR 26:2776 (December 2000), LR 27:830 (June 2001), amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Affairs Division, LR 31:2502 (October 2005), LR 33:2158 (October 2007), amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Division, LR 42252 (2/1/2016).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2411-2422.