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Background Recently the California Integrated Waste Management Board adopted final regulations concerning the handling, storage, and disposal of waste tires. These regulations are incorporated in Title 14, Division 7, Chapters 3 and 6, of the California Code of Regulations (Regulations). The Regulations state that a facility that stores, stockpiles, accumulates, or discards waste tires is considered a waste tire facility and, therefore, must be permitted under the Regulations. The Regulations stipulate that solid waste facilities permitted pursuant to Title 14 are exempt from obtaining a waste tire facility permit providing certain provisions are met. The practices employed at these sites are in compliance with all provisions set forth in the Regulations. The San Joaquin County Environmental Health Division, which serves as the Local Enforcement Agency (LEA) for the County, requested that the San Joaquin County Solid Waste Division (SJCSWD) submit a plan detailing the practices employed concerning waste tires at County -owned and/or operated solid waste facilities. This plan is submitted in response to that request. Purpose of Plan This plan details the handling, storage, and disposal practices employed by the San Joaquin County Solid Waste Division (SJCSWD) at all County -owned solid waste facilities. The existing County -owned solid waste facilities permitted under Title 14 include the North County Recycling Center and Sanitary Landfill, the Foothill Sanitary Landfill, the Corral Hollow Sanitary Landfill, and the Lovelace Transfer Station. County Site Practices As of January 1, 1993, waste tires as defined by the Regulations are no longer landfilled at any County -owned landfill. However, waste tires which are commingled with waste arriving in loads which comprise less than one-half of one per cent by weight of the load, or waste tires which arrive in self -haul loads where the waste tire(s) are not readily removable from the waste stream, are landfilled. It should be noted that the County, through its load checking program, makes every effort to screen waste tires from the waste stream. Waste tires received at all County -owned solid waste facilities are separated from the waste stream and stored at a designated area in a fully enclosed truck trailer. The trailer doors are kept closed and locked except while loading waste tires in the trailer, for safety as well as vector control purposes. Any excess waste tires are covered with impermeable tarps and stored in the designated waste tire storage area of the site.