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Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality
Scrap Tire Management
Joel C. Anderson, Regional Director
San Angelo and San Antonio
TCEQ Organizational Structure
Field Operations Regional Areas
 North Central
and West Texas
Area
 Central Texas
Area
 Coastal and East
Texas Area
Border and
Permian Basin Area
General Used/Scrap Tire Information
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The TCEQ oversees the collection, processing, storage, and
recycling of over 32 million discarded tires annually.
Type of Disposal
STUs
% of Total
Land Reclamation
using tires
7,559,232
23.3%
Crumb Rubber
1,218,530
3.7%
TDF (Tire derived
fuel)
17,325,682
53.3%
Septic/Leachate
Liner
16,385
0.1%
Landfill
3,349,955
10.3%
Beneficial Use
3,017,632
9.3%
TOTAL
32,487,989
100%
Scrap Tire Management in Texas
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30 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) 328 “WASTE
MINIMIZATION AND RECYCLING”
• Subchapter F, Management of Used and Scrap Tires
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Registration of
• Generators
• Storage Sites (>500/2,000 scrap tires)
• Scrap Tire Facilities (Processors)
• Transportation Facilities (Stored >30 days)
• Transporters (collects and transports)
Manifest System (cradle to grave)
Health and Safety Code, SW Disposal Act, 361.112
Scrap Tire Management
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Types of Registrations
• Generators – 12,000 Registered Facilities
• Transporters – 500 Registered Facilities
• Scrap Tire Facilities – 80 Registered Facilities
• Tire Storage Facilities – 14 Registered Facilities
• Transportation Facilities – 2 Registered Facilities
• LRPUT – 8 Active Registered Projects
Generator
“Entity that is an automotive dismantler, or is a whole new or used tire
retailer, wholesaler, manufacturer, recapper, or retreader.”
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Stores more than 500 tires - must register
▪ Good used tires must be sorted, marked, classified, and
arranged in an organized manner for sale to the
consumer.
Stores less than 500 tires - do not have to register
Generators.......
▸ May transport between businesses or to an authorized
facility without transporter registration
▸ Must comply with manifesting requirements
Transporter
“An entity that collects and transports used or
scrap tires to an authorized facility. “
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Must comply with manifest requirements
Identification must be properly displayed on sides and rear
of trailers and trucks
Annual Reporting requirements
Scrap Tire Facility
“A facility that processes, conducts energy recovery,
or recycles used or scrap tires or tires pieces.”
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Definition: Processing - The extraction of materials from
or the transfer, volume reduction, conversion to energy or
separation and preparation of solid waste for reuse or
disposal.
Processors can store no more than 500 on the ground or
no more than 2000 in Trailers – or must obtain storage
site authorization
Energy Recovery
• Uses whole scrap tires or tire pieces for alternative fuel
source
• Requires Fire Marshal approval
• Can be considered for 30-day supply authorization
Tire Storage Facility
“A facility that stores more than 500 used or scrap tires or tire pieces on the
ground or more than 2,000 used or scrap tires or tire pieces in enclosed,
lockable containers.”
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Engineering certification required;
Fire Marshal approval required for fire protection system
and all-weather roads;
Adequate fire protection required - water storage ponds,
fire hydrants, equipment, etc.;
40 foot space encircling piles and buildings;
Financial Assurance required;
Transportation Facility
“A facility such as a marine terminal, rail yard, or trucking facility where scrap
tires or tire pieces may be stored for periods longer than 30 consecutive
calendar days.”
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Specific Guidelines
• Engineer Requirements
• Financial Assurance Requirements
• Fire Marshal Notification
• Local Authority Authorization
Manifest System Requirements
• Transporter shall complete the information on the manifest pertaining
to the transporter name, registration number, driver’s license
number, and the state where the license was issued.
• The transporter shall record the number and location of all whole
used or scrap tires removed from the load and delivered.
• Transporter shall maintain a manifest record of each individual
collection and delivery.
• If the transporter removed, for beneficial reuse, tires from an
individually manifested load, the transporter shall make note of this
on the manifest.
• A generator shall obtain the completed manifest within 60 days after
the scrap tires or tires pieces have been transported off-site by the
transporter.
• The generator shall notify the TCEQ if a transporter or end use
facility fails to complete the manifest, alters information on the
manifest, or fails to return the manifest three months after the off-site
transportation of the used or scrap tires or tire pieces.
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Scrap Tire Final Disposition
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9 Land Reclamation Projects Using Tires
(LRPUT)
11 Energy Recovery Facilities
• TXI used 70,000 tires
• CEMEX used 2.9 million
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1 Recycler
104 Processors
Proposed crumb rubber site with potential to use 11
millions pounds per year
Land Reclamation Project Using Tires
(LRPUT)
“A project to fill, rehabilitate, improve and/or restore already excavated, deteriorated,
or disturbed land “
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Uses no more than 50% by volume of tires pieces along
with inert fill material, for the purpose of restoring the
land to its approximate natural grade to prepare to
reclaim the land;
Engineering certification required;
Fire Marshal notification documentation required;
Local authority authorizations required.
Projects Involving Beneficial Use of
Used or Scrap Tires
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Erosion control
Houses
Fences
Bullet back stops at Gun Shooting Range
Playground Equipment
Sporting Equipment
Mulch
Currently 14 million tires located
in 18 UNAUTHORIZED sites. All
sites have greater than 50,000
tires, with 4 having 1 million plus.
Countless other sites are located
throughout the State.
Safe Tire,
San Antonio,
2004
5 million tires
2012
2 million tires
Safe Tire
Midland
2012
5 million tires
Methods for Dealing with
Unauthorized Sites
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Notice of Violation
Notice of Enforcement
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Referral to the Attorney General
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Supplemental Environmental Projects
Special Project Money
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Current Tire Investigations
Complaint Driven
Scrap Tire Coordinator
Kendra Houston
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Scrap Tire Management Registration Coordinator
2309 Gravel Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76118
817-588-5817
E-mail
kendra.houston@tceq.texas.gov
Joel Anderson, Regional Director
San Angelo, San Antonio
210-490-3096
Joel.anderson@tceq.texas.gov