Section 250-RICR-140-05-5.2 - Waste Tire Storage and Recycling Facility Operating StandardsA. General Information This rule has been prepared pursuant to, and under the authority of, R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 23-63.
B. Applicability 1. This rule applies to all persons engaged in the used tire recycling or recovery business within the State that store or have designs to store in excess of four hundred tires. a. Existing waste tire storage facilities shall comply with the provisions of these rules in accordance with § 1.10 of this Subchapter.b. An application for a license to operate an existing Waste Tire Recycling Facility must satisfy the requirements of § 5.1 of this Part and must also contain a plan and time frame for modifying the existing facility to comply with this rule.C. Waste Tire Storage 1. Storage of waste tires must meet the following requirements:a. Whole tire piles must not exceed 20 feet in height. Horizontal dimensions of waste tire piles at the base of the pile must not exceed 200 feet in length and 50 feet in width.b. Waste tire piles must have a minimum separation distance of 50 feet between piles, and between a pile and buildings and other structures.c. Waste tire piles must have a minimum separation distance of 200 feet from property lines.d. The facility must not store waste tires in excess of the quantity for which the facility is licensed.e. Tires that are chipped or shredded into 8-inch diameter pieces or smaller may be stored in piles not exceeding 200 feet in length, 150 feet in width, and 20 feet in height.f. Waste tires may not be stored in excess of 6 months. For the purpose of complying with this rule, a facility must be able to demonstrate that, on a throughput basis, it is processing 75 percent of the total amount of tires on site within a six (6) month period, or for each six (6) month period the facility is in operation.D. Sorting of Waste Tires Tires must be unmounted. Any solid waste resulting from facility operation must be stored in Department approved areas until removed from the facility. Facilities that remove and recover rims may store mounted tires in a manner approved by the Department and only for a time approved by the Department.
E. Processing of Waste Tires1. All waste tire-recycling facilities are required to chip, pulverize or process all waste tires within a Department approved time frame.2. A description of the facility's tire reduction/processing techniques must be included in the facility's operating plan.F. Fire Prevention and Control 1. Approved roads to the facility and access roads within the facility must be constructed for all weather conditions and must be maintained in passable condition at all times to allow for access by fire fighting and emergency response equipment.2. The facility must be maintained free from weeds, trees, and vegetation which may restrict access to or operations of the facility.3. The facility must be constructed to prevent the uncontrolled collection and pooling of water on the facility.4. Waste tire facilities must have, at a minimum, a soil stockpile with approximately 2000 cubic yards of soil available for each 4 acres of storage, and fully charged large capacity carbon dioxide or dry chemical fire extinguishers located in strategically placed enclosures throughout the entire facility in quantities as deemed necessary in the operating plan.5. Waste tire piles must have access to a water supply, such that any part of the storage pile can be reached by using not more than 500 feet of hose, or a distance that is approved by the local firefighting company.6. Waste tire piles must be accessible on all sides to fire fighting and emergency response equipment.7. Due to the specific fire hazard that tires represent, all Waste Tire Storage and Recycling Facilities are required to provide surety or insurance in an amount sufficient to cover the cost of handling the worst-case contingency identified in the contingency plan, or closure of the facility at its maximum capacity (whichever is greater).G. Vector Control 1. Waste tire piles must be maintained in a manner which limits mosquito breeding potential and other vectors. Methods of acceptable vector control may include one or more of the following: a. Covering by plastic sheets or other impermeable barriers, other than soil, to prevent the accumulation of precipitation.b. Chemical treating to eliminate vector breeding provided all chemical treatment programs used as part of the vector control plan first receive Department approval.c. Mechanical tire size reduction into pieces no larger than eight inches in diameter, with storage in piles, per §§ 5.2(C) and (D) of this Part that allows complete water drainage.d. Other methods that may be approved by the Mosquito Abatement Board.H. Security Plan Facilities must be enclosed by a woven wire, chain-link or other acceptable fence material, at least six feet in height. Access must be controlled by lockable gates. Fences must be a minimum distance of two hundred (200) feet from tire piles and tire processing areas.
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