(B)
Storage. Unless otherwise authorized by the director,
any person storing scrap tires prior to final placement or construction for a
beneficial use project shall be deemed a nuisance, a hazard to public health or
safety, or a fire hazard unless the storage meets the following:
(1)
For fire
prevention, scrap tires are stored in the following manner:
(a)
Individual scrap
tire storage piles do not exceed two thousand five hundred square feet in
area.
(b)
A minimum isolation distance of fifty feet is
maintained from possible ignition sources.
(c)
Scrap tire
handling areas, storage areas, and fire breaks are free of combustible
materials and obstructions.
(d)
For inside
storage, scrap tires are stored in a manner that ensures the following:
(i)
An aisle width of
at least eight feet between scrap tire storage piles.
(ii)
A clearance
distance of at least eighteen inches from the top of the scrap tire storage
piles to sprinkler deflectors.
(iii)
A clearance
distance of at least three feet from the top of the scrap tire storage piles to
roof structures.
(iv)
A clearance distance of at least three feet from the
top of the scrap tire storage piles to heaters, ducts, and flues, or in
accordance with the clearance distances recommended by the equipment
manufacturer.
(e)
For outside storage, in a manner that ensures the
following:
(i)
Scrap tires are not located under the following:
(a)
Bridges.
(b)
Elevated
trestles, roadways, or railroads.
(c)
Electrical power
lines having a voltage in excess of seven hundred fifty volts or that supply
power to fire emergency systems.
(ii)
Scrap tire
storage piles are no greater than eight feet high.
(iii)
Fire breaks
meet the specifications of rule
3745-580-07 of the
Administrative Code.
(f)
For portable
containers, scrap tires are stored in a manner that ensures the following
minimum isolation distances from buildings and structures:
(i)
One hundred feet
from buildings and structures not owned or leased by the property owner or the
applicant.
(ii)
Fifteen feet from buildings and structures owned or
leased by the property owner or the applicant.
(2)
Amount
and duration of storage. The amount of scrap tires stored and duration of scrap
tire storage for a scrap tire beneficial use project meets the following
criteria:
(a)
Unless a limit is specified in rule
3745-580-801 of the
Administrative Code or through an authorization from the director, any amount
of scrap tires can be stored at the beneficial use site for less than thirty
days prior to final placement in the beneficial use project.
(b)
For beneficial
use projects that may take thirty or more days to construct, the temporary
storage of scrap tires does not exceed one thousand five hundred whole scrap
tires, the equivalent amount of scrap tire shreds, or the amount of scrap tires
planned to be used in a thirty day period, whichever is less.
(3)
Is
conducted in a manner where legitimate products generated at a scrap tire
recovery facility are not speculatively accumulated or open
dumped.
