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Beneficial Reuse of Waste Tires Title 14 California Code of Regulations § 17346(f) For the purposes of this Article and Article 5.5 of this Chapter, disposal and storage of waste tires does not include the beneficial reuse of waste tires as the Board may determine on a case-by-case basis. (1) Beneficial reuse of altered waste tires is permitted provided the beneficial use does not pose a threat to public health, safety and the environment. (2) In order to qualify as a beneficial use, the proposed use must employ one or more of the engineering properties of waste tires and provide equal or superior performance or lower cost relative to conventional technologies and the proposed use must be approved in writing by a registered civil engineer. (3) An application to determine if a project is considered a beneficial reuse must be made in writing to the EA and the Board. The EA and the Board will evaluate the proposed project under the criteria set forth in subsections 17346(f)(1) and (2) and will independently determine and notify the applicant whether the proposed project constitutes a beneficial reuse of altered waste tires within ninety (90) days from their receipt of the application. What the applicant must do to gain approval: 1) Have the proposed project designed by a civil engineer registered in the state of California 2) Obtain written approvals of the proposed use from the appropriate local agencies including but not limited to the following: a.) Local Planning Department b.) Local Fire Department c.) Local Vector Control Authority 3) Submit to the California Integrated Waste Management Board the proposed project with all local approvals and a description and time line detailing how the project will be carried out. What we do when we receive an application for Beneficial Reuse: Once we receive the project proposal and applicable approvals we will complete our review within 90 days. Approval includes the following: 1) Permitting staff review submittal and request project design review by Closure and Remediation staff engineers 2) Acceptable applications have all local approvals and contain sound beneficial reuse design plans that are stamped by a CA registered civil engineer 3) For acceptable applications, the permitting staff prepares a memo providing a summary of staff analysis and the proposed project for the SWD Deputy Director. An approval letter, with specific conditions for the project is prepared for DD signature and sent out to the proponent. 4) Unacceptable proposals will be rejected in writing delineating why the project was not considered a beneficial reuse.