New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 9 - SOLID WASTE
Part 20 - RECYCLING, ILLEGAL DUMPING AND SCRAP TIRE MANAGEMENT
Section 20.9.20.43 - OPERATING REQUIREMENTS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS USING SCRAP TIRES FOR LAND RECLAMATION
Universal Citation: 20 NM Admin Code 20.9.20.43
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Undisturbed land shall not be excavated for the purpose of filling the same land with a mixture of scrap tires and debris or soil. Any borrow area, hole or other disturbed land area to be used for a land reclamation project must have existed before the project, and it must have been excavated or soil removed for a purpose other than for the burial of tires or tire pieces.
B. Any person holding a permit for a civil engineering application using scrap tires for land reclamation shall:
(1) not adversely affect human health, public
safety or the environment, either during fill operations or after the
reclamation protect is completed;
(2) not create a public nuisance;
(3) place scrap tires below ground mixed in a
proportion no greater than 33% scrap tires by volume with soil suitable as fill
material and compact and grade the structure in a manner that will prevent
erosion;
(4) maintain a written
operating record and retain manifests in compliance with 20.9.20.48 -
20.9.20.50 NMAC during the filling process; and
(5) not store scrap tires on the ground
surface without burial and mixing with inert material for a period longer than
one week.
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