SECTION 328.63. Scrap Tire Facility Requirements

(a) Applicability. This section applies to owners or operators of facilities that process, conduct energy recovery or recycle used or scrap tires or tire pieces.

(b) Storage site registration requirement. The applicant shall obtain a scrap tire storage site registration in accordance with §328.60 of this title (relating to Scrap Tire Storage Site Registration) if the applicant seeking registration for a scrap tire facility:

(1) intends to have more than a 30 calendar day supply of tires at the facility site; or

(2) is solely a scrap tire processing facility with no recycling or energy recovery conducted on-site and intends to store in excess of 500 used or scrap tires (or weight equivalent tire pieces or any combination thereof) on the ground or 2,000 used or scrap tires (or weight equivalent tire pieces or any combination thereof) in trailers.

(c) Scrap tire facility registration requirements. Scrap tire facilities shall register their operation with the executive director in accordance with §328.55 of this title (relating to Registration Requirements) before starting operations. An application for registration shall be made on a form provided by the executive director upon request. In addition to the General Registration requirements, the following registration information must be provided to the executive director.

(1) Persons that process, conduct energy recovery or recycle used or scrap tires or tire pieces shall submit an application for a registration number from the executive director for the operation of the scrap tire facility.

(2) The application for registration shall be prepared and signed by the applicant. The application shall identify the use of the tires (e.g., the product to be made and the end use market), and shall include information necessary for the executive director to make an evaluation of the proposed operation.

(3) The application for registration of a scrap tire facility shall be submitted in triplicate either in writing or through an electronic reporting system as allowed by the executive director.

(4) Data presented in support of an initial or renewal application for a scrap tire facility shall consist of the following information:

(A) an application form provided by the executive director and location map(s) pursuant to §328.60 of this title;

(B) the maximum amount of tires (in pounds) that will be on the scrap tire facility at any given time;

(C) the amount of tires necessary to provide a 30 calendar day raw material supply for the proposed recycling process;

(D) the storage method (piles on the ground, piles inside a building or enclosure, or totally enclosed and lockable containers that are locked during non-operational hours);

(E) the product to be manufactured and the end use market;

(F) a property owner affidavit on a form provided by the executive director pursuant to §328.60 of this title; and

(G) a list of all other applicable federal, state, and local permits and/or registrations with the associated numbers;

(5) Persons that conduct energy recovery shall obtain all other applicable authorizations (i.e., permits and/or registrations) necessary for conducting tire related activities before submitting an application for registration as a scrap tire facility.

(d) General requirements.

(1) The owner or operator shall mail a copy of the notification documents and attachments to the appropriate mayor and county judge if the proposed project is to be located within the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a city; or the appropriate county judge if the proposed project is to be located within an unincorporated area of a county; to the appropriate regional council of government; and, to the appropriate local fire authority. Proof of mailing shall be provided in the form of return receipts for registered mail.

(2) Where local ordinances require controls and records more stringent than the requirements of this subchapter, scrap tire facility operators shall use those criteria to satisfy commission requirements under this section. Prior to authorizing a scrap tire facility, the executive director shall consider any timely written notification by a local government with jurisdiction over a proposed facility that is provided to the executive director that the proposed facility does not comply with local requirements related to managing scrap tires and protecting public health and the environment. Such notice shall include adequate documentation of noncompliance at the proposed facility. The executive director shall determine whether any documentation of noncompliance submitted is adequate. The executive director shall disregard a notice of noncompliance if a court with jurisdiction over a local government's decision determines that an application complies with local requirements. Local governments shall be allowed 45 days after an applicant mails notice to mail its reply to the executive director.

(3) Stockpiles of used or scrap tires or tire pieces at the processing location that are awaiting splitting, quartering, shredding, processing, or recycling shall be monitored for vector control and appropriate vector control measures shall be applied when needed, but in no event less than once every two weeks.

(4) If a scrap tire facility does not intend to provide its own fire fighting personnel or system, the facility shall make arrangements with public or private emergency response personnel that are capable of complying with applicable fire and building codes. Prior to authorizing a scrap tire facility, the executive director shall consider any timely written notification by a local fire authority with jurisdiction over a proposed facility that is provided to the executive director that the proposed facility does not comply with local requirements relating to fire protection. Such notice shall include adequate documentation of the noncompliance at the proposed facility. The executive director shall determine whether any documentation of noncompliance submitted is adequate. The executive director shall disregard such notice if a court with jurisdiction over a local fire authority's decision determines that an application complies with local requirements. Local fire authority officials shall be allowed 45 days after an applicant mails notice to mail its reply to the executive director.

(5) The owner or operator of the scrap tire facility shall operate the vehicles and equipment to prevent nuisances or disturbances to adjacent landowners.

(6) A scrap tire facility operator shall submit to the executive director an annual summary of facility activities from January 1 through December 31 of each calendar year, showing the number and type of scrap tires received, amount by weight of tires shredded, processed, burned for energy recovery or recycled, and the amount by weight of tire pieces removed from the facility. If the tire pieces were delivered to an end user, the annual report shall include the name of the end user, type of end user and the date of delivery to the end user. The annual report shall be submitted no later than March 1 of the year following the end of the reporting period. The report shall be prepared on a form provided by the executive director.

(7) The term "local government" as used in this section is defined in Texas Health and Safety Code, §361.003(17).

Source Note: The provisions of this §328.63 adopted to be effective September 5, 1999, 24 TexReg 6761; amended to be effective October 7, 2010, 35 TexReg 8965