Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-29-29 - Waste tire processing and disposal standards

(a) Any person may dispose of waste tires by landfilling, if the waste tires meet the criteria specified for the landfill disposal of waste tires in K.S.A. 65-3424a, and amendments thereto.

(b) The processing of waste tires for landfill disposal, as required by K.S.A. 65-3424a and amendments thereto, shall be accomplished by any of the following means:

(1) Shredding;

(2) cutting in half along the circumference;

(3) cutting into at least four parts, with no part being greater than 13 of the original tire size;

(4) chipping;

(5) crumbing;

(6) baling in a manner that reduces the volume of the waste tires by at least 50%; or

(7) using an equivalent volume-reduction process that has received prior approval, in writing, from the secretary.

(c) Any person may process waste tires by burning, incineration, or other combustion process, including use as an alternative fuel, if the person performs all of the following:

(1) Obtains a waste tire processing facility permit or a mobile waste tire processor permit from the secretary;

(2) conducts the burning, incineration, or other combustion process in compliance with the Kansas air quality act, K.S.A. 65-3001 et seq. and amendments thereto, and its implementing regulations in article 19; and

(3) handles all residue from the burning, incineration, or other combustion process by either or both of the following means:

(A) Disposal at a landfill permitted for disposal of the residue; or

(B) recycling.

Notes

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-29-29

Authorized by K.S.A. 65-3424h; implementing K.S.A. 2006 Supp. 65-3424a; effective, T-28-4-27-92, April 27, 1992; effective June 8, 1992; amended Sept. 12, 1997; amended March 22, 2002; amended Oct. 26, 2007.