As used in this chapter:
"Bagel cut" means to cut a tire in half
along its circumference.
"Baled tire " means a method of volume
reduction of waste tires, whereby whole or cut tires are compacted into a
bundle and then banded together to form a tire bale. Baled tires shall not be
considered processed tires and shall be defined as solid waste, unless they are
incorporated into an approved beneficial use project.
"Beneficial use " means the use or
application of waste tires or processed tires in a manner that provides a
benefit to an end user and that does not pose a threat to the environment or to
public health and safety. Use of waste tires or processed tires primarily as a
means for land disposal shall not be considered a beneficial use.
"Civil engineering application " means a
form of reusing waste tires, either whole or processed, in place of naturally
occurring materials in construction, so long as the waste tires provide a
defined engineering benefit.
"Crumb rubber" means a material derived by
reducing waste tires or other rubber into uniform granules of 3/8 inch or less,
with the inherent reinforcing materials such as steel and fiber removed along
with other contaminants.
"Cut tire " means a waste tire from which
the tire face, tread, or sidewall has been cut or removed for beneficial use. A
cut tire shall consist of pieces greater than 18 inches on any one side.
"Department" means Iowa department of
natural resources.
"End user " means an industry, utility,
business, entity, or individual that receives whole waste tires or processed
tires and uses them for a raw material in a manufactured product, for energy
recovery, or other beneficial use. A tire processor shall not be considered an
end user.
"Energy recovery" means the extraction of
the fuel or heat value from whole or processed tires through their controlled
combustion at a permitted utility or industry.
"Operator " means the individual,
corporation, or party that manages the daily work activities related to the
collection, storage, and processing of waste tires and processed tire materials
at a waste tire stockpile site or processing facility.
"Owner " means the individual, corporation,
or party that is the legal owner of the real estate where a waste tire
stockpile site or processing facility exists.
"Passenger tire equivalent" means a
conversion measurement that is used to estimate waste tire weights and volume
amounts and in which one passenger car tire with a rim diameter of 17 inches or
less is equal to 20 pounds. One cubic yard of volume shall contain 15 passenger
tire equivalents. Tires larger than a passenger car tire shall be evaluated for
volume using this conversion measurement.
"Permit" means a permit issued by the
department to establish, construct, modify, own, or operate a waste tire
storage or processing site.
"Processed tire " means a tire that has been
processed through grinding, shredding, or other means, thereby producing a
material that is readily suitable for marketing into product manufacturing,
energy recovery, or other beneficial reuse markets. Waste tires that have been
compacted, baled, cut, or shredded without a suitable market shall not be
considered processed tires and shall be regulated as solid waste.
"Processing" means producing or
manufacturing usable materials from waste tires.
"Processing site " means a site which is
used for the processing of waste tires and which is owned or operated by a tire
processor who has a permit for the site.
"Site " includes all contiguous parcels of
land under the ownership, management, or financial interest of an owner or
operator receiving a permit through this chapter. Public rights-of-way and
their easements shall not affect the continuity of a site for the purposes of
this chapter.
"Site of end use" means a site where
processed waste tires are recycled or reused in a beneficial manner authorized
by the department.
"Tire bale. " See"baled tire.
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"Tire casing" means a used and worn tire
that is suitable for the process of recapping. A tire casing stored for more
than one year without being recapped shall be considered a waste tire.
"Tire collector" means a permitted person or
business that owns or operates a site used for the storage, collection, or
deposit of more than 500 waste tires or an authorized vehicle recycler who is
licensed by the department of transportation pursuant to Iowa Code section
321H4.
and who owns or operates a site used for the storage, collection, or deposit of
more than 3,500 waste tires.
"Tire processor" means a permitted
individual or business that processes tires through grinding, shredding, or
other means, thereby producing a material that is readily suitable for
marketing into product manufacturing, energy recovery, or other beneficial
reuse markets. "Tire processor" does not mean a person who retreads tire
casings or who collects and stores tires.
"Used tire " means a tire that previously
has been on a vehicle but that retains suitable tread depth and is free of
damage or defects so that it may be safely returned to its original
purpose.
"Waste tire, " as defined in Iowa Code
section 455D. 11, means a tire that is no longer suitable for its originally
intended purpose due to wear, damage, or defect. This definition shall include
a tire mounted on a rim, but not on a vehicle. "Waste tire" does not include a
nonpneumatic tire.
"Waste tire hauler" means an individual or
business providing waste tire hauling and disposal services, in accordance with
Iowa Code section
9B1..
"Waste tire stockpile" means a site that is
used for the storage, collection, or deposit of waste tires or tire bales,
including indoor, outdoor, and underground storage.
