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Waste Tire Enforcement Policy on Collection, 14, CCR 17425.717 Fully enclosed, licensed road transportable containers: Tires are considered to be in the "collection"process, as opposed to "storage,"when they are temporarily (less than 90 days) placed in fully enclosed, licensed road transportable containers. Operators storing waste or used tires in cargo boxes, seatrains, drop-off boxes or any other types of fully enclosed movable containers do not meet the collection definition unless those containers are stored on a licensed road transportable trailer. What is Fully Enclosed? Fully enclosed trailers can include open top truck trailers that use tarps to fully enclose the trailers when they are not in the loading and unloading process. If tarps are used, they should be water tight allowing no infiltration of water or vectors. Enforcement staff will determine whether or not the tarping method or tarp type is adequate to fully enclose the trailer. Tires stored in open top trailers overnight must be tarped. How do we determine if the fully enclosed road transportable containers are licensed? Check to make sure that the license is for the current year regardless of the state in which the vehicle is registered. If it is not obvious from the license plate, ask the operator to show the paperwork. If the vehicle, trailer does not have the current year registration in one state or another, it does not meet the definition of a collection. Can Tire Dealers and auto dismantlers have 1,500 waste tires plus fully enclosed truck trailers that qualify as collection stored at their site with out incurring violations? No. 1,500 waste tires is the limit. Storing over 1,500 waste tires at these facility types is considered a violation. Are collection operators required to notify the Board regarding their operations? Yes. Waste Tire Haulers are can only transport waste or used tires to facilities or locations that are legally authorized, PRC 42951(b). The Board must verify that a facility meets the definition of Collection prior to authorizing them to receive tires. The operator of an existing Collection Facility or a proposed Collection Facility should contact the Board in writing describing their operations and how they meet the definition described in 14 CCR 17225.717. The operator must also provide operator information (name, phone, mailing address) & owner information(name, phone, mailing address) and the facility address. Upon receiving such notification, staff will visit the facility to verify that the facility qualifies as a Collection Facility. If the operation is still in the conceptual stages, staff will review the notification to determine if the proposed operation meets the collection definition. For the facilities which are not yet operating, an inspection will be completed at a later date, after the facility is up and running. Once the inspection or review is completed and the facility is determined to meet the collection definition, staff shall assign a SWIS number and enter the activity type as a Collection Facility and Regulatory Status as excluded with an inspection frequency of 30 months. Once entered into SWIS, the waste tire hauler will be able to verify that the facility or location is authorized to receive waste or used tires. How often should we inspect a Collection Facility? The Collection facility should be inspected at least every 30 months. This does not prohibit more frequent inspections as determined necessary by the inspector on a case-by-case bases. s:WT management Branch/P&E/Collection Enforcement Policy I