11 Miss. Code. R. 4-4.5 - Waste Tire Disposal Sites

A. A person must obtain a permit from the Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board or from the Board's designee in order to operate a waste tire disposal site as described in Rule 1 .2 of the Mississippi Nonhazardous Waste Management Regulations, subject to the provisions of Section 17-17-407 of the Mississippi Code Annotated. The person norma lly required to obtain a permit shall be the owner or operator of the facility. In order to obtain a permit, a person must complete an application supplied by the Department and comply with the applicable requirements and regulations.

B. Persons who operate permitted solid waste landfills, approved rubbish disposal sites and/or approved waste tire monofills shall not accept whole waste tires for disposal. Processed tires which meet or exceed the conditions of Rule 4.4(B) of these regulations may be disposed of at said facilities as per the conditions of the Mississippi Nonhazardous Waste Management Regulations. Existing rubbish landfills which intend to accept processed tires must request authorization from the Department to accept said materials. This request must include, at a minimum, a description of the processed form in which the tires will be landfilled, the estimated amounts and sources of the tires, and a description of how the tires will be managed at the site.

C. Persons who operate permitted solid waste landfills or rubbish sites may establish waste tire collection sites or waste tire processing facilities at or adjacent to said facilities subject to the conditions of Rules 4.3 and 4.4 of these regulations, the conditions of the Mississippi Nonhazardous Waste Management Regulations, and the conditions of the subject landfill facility's operating permit.

D. Persons who operate landfill sites at which tires are monofilled or disposed of with rubbish materials shall comply with the following operational conditions:

(1) The active waste disposal area shall be covered with 6 inches of dirt at least every two weeks. This cover frequency may be increased or decreased by the Department contingent upon such site specific conditions as the degree of processing that the waste tires have undergone, the availability of cover dirt, the site's performance history and other pertinent factors.

(2) Adequate fire prevention measures shall be taken at the site including notification of the local fire protection authorities and maintenance of an adequate dirt stockpile adjacent to the active disposal area as a fire extinguishment measure.

E. Persons who operate incineration units, pyrolysis systems and other air emissions equipment which propose to burn processed tires shall comply with Rules 4.3(B),(C),(I),(J),(N) and (P), and 4.4(E) of these regulations regarding the storage of processed tires. Said facilities which burn whole waste tires shall comply with all of Rule 4.3, except Rule 4.3(E), and shall comply with Rule 4.4(D) of these regulations.

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11 Miss. Code. R. 4-4.5

Miss. Code Ann. §§ 17-17-1, et seq., 17-17-201, et seq., 17-17-401, et seq., 49-2-9(1)(b), 49-17-17(i), 49-17-1, et seq., and 49-2-1, et seq.