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t Tuesday, May 11, 1999 would let statespect �ellegal Iles of tires Board to petition administrative lion waste tires every year." a piece of machinery sparked a Proponents say law could have hearing officers instead of the Waste board spokesman John fire Aug. 7, Frith said. courts to get authority to enter Frith said his agency began Frith said the board wouldn't private tire dumps without the enforcement action against tire- have been able to start an imme- prevented huge blaze near Tracy owners' permission. pile owner Silas Fred Royster in diate cleanup even if Bower's bill "This will shave six to 12 1994, but Royster contended the had been law, but inspectors By Jim Sam Valley. months off the process of getting waste board's rules didn't apply to could have ordered Royster to Capitol Bureau Chief The Royster tire fire is still access to illegal tire piles, and the him because the county had install fire-supression equipment SACRAMENTO — State waste burning, and state lawmakers waste board estimates that five to issued a use permit for his tire or make other changes to reduce managers fought for years to gain took action Monday to ensure 10 illegal California tire piles will dump before the Legislature the Cre risk access to inspect the Royster Tire that delayed inspections don't be cleaned up much quicker as a enacted the 1989 law that gave The bill would speed enforce- Co. site near Tracy, but they failed result in any more blazes. The result of this measure," Bowen the board authority to regulate ment action by taking it out of to get a court order before the Senate voted 27-12 to approve a said. "There are about 20 million waste piles. While fighting the courts, Bowen said. Civil , pile of 8 million tires caught fire bill by Sen. Debra Bowen, D- waste tires just sitting in legal and Roystees appeals, the rants ca waste board actions n gain inspection war- n take 18 months to a in August and sent a plume of Marina del Rey, that would allow illegal dumps all across California, got the court's permission to , black smoke over the Central the Integrated Waste Management and we generate another 30 mil- make only one inspection before Please see TIRES,82