Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
Title 132 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Chapter 14 - Waste Tires
Section 132-14-001 - Disposal of waste tires
Universal Citation: 132 NE Admin Rules and Regs ch 14 ยง 001
Current through March 20, 2024
Land disposal of recyclable waste tires in any form is prohibited.
001.01 For purposes of this Title, nonrecyclable tire means a press-on solid tire, a solid pneumatic shaped tire, or a foam pneumatic tire and may be land disposed at a permitted landfill.
001.02 No person shall accumulate more than five hundred (500) passenger tire equivalents (PTE) of waste tires for more than one (1) year; except:
001.02A Waste Tire Processor or Recycler. A
waste tire processor or recycler may accumulate more than five hundred (500)
PTE in a calendar year for the purpose of reusing, recycling or shipping the
waste tires out of state. However, the amount of tire material reused, recycled
or shipped out of state must equal at least seventy-five percent (75 %) by
weight of such material accumulated by January 1st
of that calendar year. Failure to reuse, recycle or ship out of state
seventy-five percent (75%) of such material in one (1) calendar year shall be
deemed speculative accumulation or disposal and is prohibited. Written
documentation that verifies seventy-five percent (75%) of waste tire material
was reused, recycled or shipped out of state within one (1) calendar year rests
with the person accumulating the waste tires.
001.02B Tire Retailer. A tire retailer may
accumulate more than five hundred (500) PTE of waste tires for less than one
(1) year for the purpose of transporting the waste tires offsite for reuse,
recycling, or shipment out of state.
001.02C Permitted Solid Waste Disposal Area.
A permitted solid waste disposal area may accumulate more than five hundred
(500) PTE of waste tires for less than one (1) year for the purpose of
transporting the waste tires offsite for reuse, recycling, or shipment out of
state.
001.02D Other Collector. Any
person may accumulate more than five hundred (500) PTE of waste tires for the
purpose of transporting the waste tires offsite for reuse, recycling, or
shipment out of state provided the waste tire material is accumulated in no
more than two (2) containers for less than one (1) year.
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