Illinois Administrative Code
Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part 848 - MANAGEMENT OF USED AND WASTE TIRES
Subpart B - MANAGEMENT STANDARDS
Section 848.202 - Requirements
Universal Citation: 35 IL Admin Code ยง 848.202
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) Owners and operators of any site at which more than 50 used or waste tires are located at any one time must comply with the following requirements:
1) No used or waste tires shall be placed or
accumulated outside of a building or fully enclosed container, unless the used
or waste tires are placed on or accumulated in a storage pile that is separated
from:
A) all other storage piles by a
firebreak that is not less than 40 feet wide;
B) all buildings, whether on or off site, by
a firebreak that is not less than 50 feet wide;
C) all of the site's property boundaries by a
firebreak that is not less than 50 feet wide;
D) all outdoor activities at the site that
present a risk of fire by a firebreak that is not less than 250 feet
wide;
E) all trees by a firebreak
that is not less than 100 feet wide;
F) all grass, weeds, brush, and combustible
ground vegetation by a firebreak that is not less than 40 feet wide;
and
G) any combustible material not
listed in this subsection (a)(1) by a firebreak that is not less than 40 feet
wide.
2) No used or
waste tires shall be placed or accumulated outside of a building or fully
enclosed container, unless they are placed on or accumulated in a storage pile
that:
A) is no more than 10 feet high by 50
feet wide by 100 feet long; and
B)
has no side slope angle that exceeds 60 degrees from horizontal.
3) No used or waste tires shall be
placed or accumulated on site unless they are drained of water and prevented
from accumulating water thereafter.
4) If more than 20 used or waste tires are
accepted at the site from a vehicle that fails to display the placard required
under Subpart F, the owner or operator of the site must collect the following
information and forward it to the Agency within 5 business days after accepting
the tires:
A) the name, address, and driver's
license number of the person driving the vehicle;
B) the license plate number and vehicle
identification number (VIN) of the vehicle; and
C) any available information about the
sources of the tires being accepted.
5) No used or waste tires shall be placed or
accumulated on site in any area where the grade of the ground surface exceeds
two percent slope, unless the used or waste tires are stored within a berm or
other structure that satisfies the requirements of subsection
(c)(1)(C).
6) All activities at the
site that present a risk of fire must be conducted either:
A) within a building and in accordance with
Section
848.204(c)(4);
or
B) outdoors and separated from
all used or waste tires by at least 250 feet.
b) In addition to the requirements set forth in subsection (a), owners and operators of any site at which more than 60 tons of used or waste tires are located at any one time must comply with the following requirements.
1) The contingency
planning and emergency response requirements of Section
848.203
must be met.
2) The recordkeeping
and reporting requirements of Subpart C must be met.
3) A tire storage plan that is designed to
ensure compliance with the requirements of this Section must be developed for
the site and must be adhered to at all times. A copy of the plan must be
maintained on site and must be made available at the site for inspection and
photocopying by the Agency during normal business hours.
c) In addition to the requirements set forth in subsections (a) and (b), owners and operators of any site at which more than 125 tons of used or waste tires are located at any one time must comply with the following requirements:
1) No used or
waste tires shall be placed or accumulated outside of a building or fully
enclosed container, unless:
A) the used or
waste tires are stored in an area completely surrounded by fencing that is:
i) at least 6 feet high; and
ii) in good repair;
B) the entrances to the area where the used
or waste tires are located are controlled at all times by an attendant, locked
entrances, television monitors, controlled roadway access or other equivalent
mechanisms;
C) the used or waste
tires are completely surrounded by an earthen berm or another walled,
impermeable, aboveground structure that is:
i) not less than 2 feet in height;
ii) capable of containing runoff resulting
from tire fires; and
iii) crossed
by a stabilized roadway at not fewer than 2 points of access that are
sufficiently separated from one another to provide 2 independent means of
ingress and egress during fire conditions; and
D) one or more stabilized roadways provide
firefighting personnel and equipment access to all portions of the tire storage
area.
2) No used or
waste tires shall be placed or accumulated within 250 feet horizontally of the
ground surface directly beneath any electrical power line that has a voltage in
excess of 750 volts or that supplies power to a fire emergency
system.
3) The perimeter of each
group of storage piles at the site must be separated at all times from the
perimeter of all other groups of storage piles at the site by a firebreak of at
least 75 feet. No group of storage piles may be composed of more than 3
individual storage piles, and no storage pile in such a group may have
dimensions greater than those described in subsection (a)(2).
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