Section 329IAC15-3-17. Waste tire management requirements

   (a) The owner or operator of a waste tire storage site or a waste tire processing operation shall operate that waste tire storage site or a waste tire processing operation in compliance with this section at all times.

  (b) All wastewater from the waste tire storage site or waste tire processing operation must be discharged in accordance with the rules of the water pollution control board at 327 IAC 5 and 327 IAC 15. If wastewater is discharged to an on-site system, the system must be approved in accordance with the rules of the Indiana state department of health at 410 IAC 6-10.

  (c) The waste tire storage site or waste tire processing operation must not do any of the following:

(1) Pose a threat to human health or the environment.

(2) Create a nuisance.

  (d) Access to the waste tire storage site or waste tire processing operation must be allowed only when operating personnel are on duty. Access by persons who are not employees must be supervised at all times by the owner, the operator, or an employee of the waste tire storage site or waste tire processing operation.

  (e) Subsection (d) does not apply to persons employed or contracted by federal, state, or local government agencies.

  (f) The waste tire storage site or waste tire processing operation must maintain the following at the waste tire storage site or waste tire processing operation:

(1) A first aid kit.

(2) Fire extinguishing equipment that complies with the Indiana Fire Code as adopted by the fire prevention and building safety commission at 675 IAC 22.

(3) A telephone or other communication system capable of contacting the fire department and other emergency services.

  (g) Salvaging must not:

(1) interfere with the operation of the waste tire storage site or waste tire processing operation; or

(2) create a nuisance or a health hazard.

  (h) The owner or operator of a waste tire storage site or waste tire processing operation shall take all actions required to do the following:

(1) Prevent the breeding of mosquitoes.

(2) Control any mosquito population.

  (i) The owner or operator of a waste tire storage site or a waste tire processing operation must not accept waste tires from a waste tire transporter that is not registered with the department in accordance with this article.

  (j) The owner or operator of a waste tire storage site or waste tire processing operation shall prevent water from accumulating in waste tires by doing all of the following:

(1) Waste tires must be drained:

(A) on the day of receipt; and

(B) as necessary thereafter to prevent accumulation of water in the waste tires.

(2) Within seven (7) days after receipt, whole waste tires must be:

(A) altered or modified so that the tire cannot hold water by:

(i) shredding;

(ii) chopping;

(iii) drilling with holes and stacking to assure drainage; or

(iv) slitting longitudinally and stacking so the tires will not collect water;

(B) covered; or

(C) otherwise prevented from accumulating water.

(3) Waste tires must not be stored in areas of standing water.

  (k) The owner or operator of a waste tire storage site shall only use a waste tire processing operation that is registered under this article to process waste tires at the waste tire storage site.

  (l) Retailers and other sources of waste tires shall only use waste tire processing operations that are registered under this article to process waste tires they generate. (Solid Waste Management Division; 329 IAC 15-3-17; filed Oct 10, 2000, 3:10 p.m.: 24 IR 322; filed Nov 30, 2006, 4:16 p.m.: 20061227-IR-329050168FRA; readopted filed Jul 18, 2012, 2:26 p.m.: 20120815-IR-329120206BFA)