Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 52, December 26, 2024
(a) Outdoor
storage of waste tires, used tires, or both.
(1) The requirements in this regulation for
outdoor storage of tires shall not apply to tires stored in trailers or covered
containers.
(2) Each person
storing the tires shall meet the pest control standards specified in K.A.R.
28-29-29b.
(b) Outdoor
storage of more than 500 used tires, 500 waste tires, or 500 used and waste
tires. Each person storing the tires shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Locate the tires outside all wetlands;
(2) store tires that have been or
will be stored for more than 30 days by one or more of the following means:
(C) storing on tread; and
(3) limit the size of each storage
area to less than the following dimensions:
(B) 5,000 square feet in area; and
(c) Outdoor storage of 1,500 or
more used tires, waste tires, or used and waste tires. Each person storing the
tires shall meet the requirements of subsection (b) of this regulation and the
following requirements:
(1) Locate each
storage area at least 60 feet from each building;
(2) provide access to each storage area for
fire-fighting equipment by either of the following means:
(A) Developing a 50-foot wide fire lane
around the perimeter of each storage area. The person storing the tires shall
maintain the fire lane and an approach and access road to each storage area,
which shall be passable for any fire-fighting vehicle at all times; or
(B) obtaining certification from
the local fire department stating that there is adequate access to each storage
area for fire-fighting equipment;
(3) prohibit all activities involving the use
of open flames, smoking materials, and other ignition sources within 25 feet of
each storage area;
(4) maintain
all vegetation within 100 feet of each storage area in a manner that minimizes
fire hazard.
(d)
Outdoor storage of processed waste tires. The requirements in this regulation
for the outdoor storage of processed waste tires shall not apply to processed
waste tires stored in trailers or covered containers.
(1) Each person storing processed waste tires
in an amount equal to or greater than the amount derived from 500 passenger
tire equivalents shall store the processed waste tires according to the
requirements in paragraphs (b)(1) and (b)(3) of this regulation, replacing the
term "tire" with "processed waste tires."
(2) Each person storing processed waste tires
in an amount equal to or greater than the amount derived from 1,500 passenger
tire equivalents shall store the processed waste tires according to the
requirements in paragraph (d)(1) and in paragraphs (c)(1) through (c)(4) of
this regulation, replacing the term "tire" with "processed waste tires."
(e) Removal of
contamination. If pyrolytic oil from a tire fire is released into the
environment, each person storing the tires or the processed waste tires shall
remove the oil and contaminated soil in accordance with the solid and hazardous
waste regulations in articles 29 and 31 governing the removal, transportation,
and disposal of the material.
(f)
Closure of storage sites. When a storage site for waste tires, used tires, or
processed waste tires closes, each person storing the tires or processed waste
tires shall perform the following:
(1) Remove
all waste tires and processed waste tires in accordance with the tire
management standards of
K.S.A.
65-3424 et seq., and amendments thereto, and
the requirements of K.A.R. 28-29-28 through K.A.R. 28-29-33; and
(2) remove all other solid waste to a
permitted solid waste disposal area.
