Indiana Administrative Code
Title 329 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DIVISION
Article 15 - WASTE TIRE MANAGEMENT
Rule 3 - Waste Tire Storage Sites and Waste Tire Processing Operations
Section 3-17 - Waste tire operational requirements

Universal Citation: 329 IN Admin Code 3-17

Current through September 18, 2024

Authority: IC 13-19-3-1; IC 13-20-13-11; IC 13-20-13-1.5

Affected: IC 13-20-14-4; IC 13-30-2; IC 36-9-30

Sec. 17.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (j) for a mobile waste tire processing operation, the owner or operator of a waste tire storage site or a waste tire processing operation shall, at all times, operate the storage site or processing operation in compliance with:

(1) this section; and

(2) Chapter 34 of the 2012 International Fire Code, First Printing*, as amended by 675 IAC 22-2.5-27.

(b) All wastewater from the waste tire storage site or waste tire processing operation must be discharged in accordance with 327 IAC 5 and 327 IAC 15. If wastewater is discharged to an on-site system, the system must be approved by the Indiana department of health [sic, Indiana department of health] in accordance with 410 IAC 6-10.1.

(c) The owner or operator of a waste tire storage site or waste tire processing operation may not do any of the following:

(1) Pose a threat to human health or the environment.

(2) Create a nuisance.

(d) Access to the waste tire storage site or waste tire processing operation is allowed only when operating personnel are on duty and must be controlled by the use of gates, fences, video camera surveillance, or other appropriate means of access.

(e) The owner or operator of the waste tire storage site or waste tire processing operation shall maintain the following at the storage site or processing operation:

(1) A first aid kit.

(2) Fire extinguishing equipment that:
(A) complies with the Indiana Fire Code at 675 IAC 22*;

(B) is accessible at the storage site or processing operation; and

(C) is in the immediate vicinity of processing operations while processing waste tires.

(3) A telephone or other communication system capable of being used to contact the fire department and other emergency services.

(f) Salvaging may not:

(1) interfere with the operation of the waste tire storage site or waste tire processing operation; or

(2) create a nuisance or a health hazard.

(g) The owner or operator of a waste tire storage site or waste tire processing operation shall take all necessary actions to:

(1) prevent the breeding of mosquitoes and other disease vectors; and

(2) control any population of mosquitoes and other disease vectors.

(h) The owner or operator of a waste tire storage site or waste tire processing operation shall prevent water from accumulating in waste tires by doing all of the following:

(1) Waste tires must be drained:
(A) on the day of receipt; and

(B) as necessary thereafter to prevent accumulation of water in the waste tires.

(2) Within seven (7) days after receipt, whole waste tires must be:
(A) altered or modified so that the tire cannot hold water;

(B) covered; or

(C) otherwise prevented from accumulating water.

(3) Waste tires must not be stored in areas of standing water.

(i) The owner or operator of a waste tire storage site shall only use a waste tire processing operation that has a valid certificate of registration under this article.

(j) The owner or operator of a mobile waste tire processing operation shall only comply with subsections (c), (d), and (e) at each location where:

(1) waste tire processing occurs; and

(2) waste tires are accumulated for processing.

(k) The owner or operator of a waste tire storage site or waste tire processing operation shall calculate the number of stored PTEs in accordance with the requirements of section 20.5 of this rule.

*This document is incorporated by reference. Copies of the document may be obtained from the International Code Council, Inc., 4051 West Flossmoor Road, Country Club Hills, IL 60478, or are available for review at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Legal Counsel, Indiana Government Center North, 100 North Senate Avenue, Thirteenth Floor, Indianapolis, IN 46204.

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