Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Chapter 3745-580 - Scrap tire
Section 3745-580-04 - General obligations for any person generating, storing, or in possession of scrap tires

(A) Unless otherwise excluded by rule 3745-580-105 of the Administrative Code, no person generating, storing, or possessing scrap tires shall cause or allow more than ten scrap tires to be transported by any person who is not registered as a scrap tire transporter. All scrap tire shipments subject to this rule shall be documented on shipping papers completed in accordance with rule 3745-580-06 of the Administrative Code.

(B) No person shall dispose of scrap tires by open dumping or open burning.

(C) Unless otherwise excluded by rule 3745-580-205, 3745-580-305, or 3745-580-405 of the Administrative Code, no person shall store, possess, or process more than one hundred scrap tires without first obtaining a permit to install or registration certificate as applicable and a license to operate. Failure to obtain proper authorization constitutes open dumping.

(D) No person generating, storing, or possessing one hundred or fewer scrap tires shall store the tires in trailers, vehicles, or buildings, or on the ground in such a manner that causes a nuisance or a hazard to public health or safety. Management of scrap tires in such a manner constitutes open dumping.

(E) Remediation of a site where more than one hundred scrap tires have been consumed in a fire shall be conducted in accordance with rule 3745-580-31 of the Administrative Code.

(F) Unless otherwise excluded by rule 3745-580-805 of the Administrative Code, no person generating, storing, or possessing more than one hundred scrap tires shall use the scrap tires in a beneficial manner unless the beneficial use is authorized in accordance with rule 3745-580-801 or 3745-580-802 of the Administrative Code.

(G) No person owning or operating a junk yard licensed under Chapter 4737. of the Revised Code or a motor vehicle salvage dealer licensed under Chapter 4738. of the Revised Code shall allow the amount of scrap tires placed in a vehicle designated for disposal to exceed the number of tires designed to be installed on the vehicle during manufacture, including one spare, tire prior to the vehicle being crushed, shredded, sheared, or baled.