Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
Title 132 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Chapter 14 - Waste Tires
Section 132-14-003

003.01 Beneficially reused in accordance with Section 006 of this chapter;

003.02 Processed into crumb rubber form and reused or recycled in manufactured products such as, but not limited to, products used for schools, playgrounds, and residential, lawn, and garden applications; or for use as rubber modified asphalt for road construction;

003.03 Used as tire-derived fuel in accordance with a permit issued under Title 129, Nebraska Air Quality Regulations;

003.04 Retreaded;

003.05 Processed into chip or shred form and used as drainage media in landfill construction or septic drain fields;

003.06 Used as raw material in steel making;

003.07 Processed into chip or shred form and used as alternative daily cover in a landfill in accordance with Chapter 3, 004.17B2;

003.08 Processed into chip or shred form for a civil engineering project if such project is designed and constructed by an engineer registered in compliance with the Engineers and Architects Regulation Act and prior approval for such project is obtained from the Department by the waste tire processor and the end user. The use of chips and/or shreds in civil engineering projects shall conform to the Material Characterization Test Methods and Construction Practices as contained within the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard Practice for Use of Scrap Tires in Civil Engineering Applications, D 6270-98, as incorporated herein by reference. Departmental approval is not necessary for chipped or shredded tire projects involving three thousand five hundred (3,500) or less PTE of waste tires if the Department receives notification of the project at least thirty (30) days prior to any construction of such project. The notification shall contain the following:

003.09 Accumulated in accordance with Section 001 of this chapter.