Kentucky Statutes 224.50-860 – Requirements for person registered as an accumulator, transporter, or processor
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A person required to register as an accumulator, transporter, or processor of waste tires shall:
(1) Manage the waste tires in accordance with the registration approved by the cabinet; (2) Manage the waste tires in accordance with environmental performance standards
established by the cabinet for waste sites or facilities;
(3) Store waste tires in a manner that allows fire fighting equipment access to the waste tires;
(4) Establish fire breaks to prevent the spread of fire;
(5) Prevent mosquito infestations and entrapment of water in the waste tires;
(6) Store waste tires stored outdoors in closed containers, in adjacent covered areas, or in windrows no greater than twenty-five (25) feet wide, ten (10) feet high, and seventy-five (75) feet long, with at least fifty (50) feet of open, unoccupied ground between windrows;
(7) Unless the waste tires are stored in buildings, in adjacent covered areas, or closed containers, store them no closer than:
(a) Thirty (30) feet from a utility easement, property line, or highway right-of- way;
(b) Two hundred fifty (250) feet from a residence; or
(c) Two hundred fifty (250) feet from a karst feature, surface water of the
Commonwealth, or unplugged water well;
(8) Store waste tires on a surface with a grade of five percent (5%) or less which is free of vegetation and other flammable materials;
(9) Display a permanent sign legible at one hundred (100) feet which identifies the name, address, and emergency telephone number of the person with the registration, the hours of operation, and the cabinet’s emergency telephone number;
(10) Comply with the recordkeeping system established by KRS § 224.50-874; and
(11) Transfer waste tires only to a person who presents a letter from the cabinet approving a registration issued under KRS § 224.50-858 or a copy of a solid waste disposal facility permit issued by the cabinet.
Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 529, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1998.
(1) Manage the waste tires in accordance with the registration approved by the cabinet; (2) Manage the waste tires in accordance with environmental performance standards
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 224.50-860
- Cabinet: means the Energy and Environment Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 224.1-010
- Disposal: means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any waste into or on any land or water so that such waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters, including ground waters. See Kentucky Statutes 224.1-010
- Waste: means :
(a) "Solid waste" means any garbage, refuse, sludge, and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining (excluding coal mining wastes, coal mining by-products, refuse, and overburden), agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include those materials including, but not limited to, sand, soil, rock, gravel, or bridge debris extracted as part of a public road construction project funded wholly or in part with state funds, recovered material, post-use polymers or recovered feedstocks, tire-derived fuel, special wastes as designated by KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 224.1-010
established by the cabinet for waste sites or facilities;
(3) Store waste tires in a manner that allows fire fighting equipment access to the waste tires;
(4) Establish fire breaks to prevent the spread of fire;
(5) Prevent mosquito infestations and entrapment of water in the waste tires;
(6) Store waste tires stored outdoors in closed containers, in adjacent covered areas, or in windrows no greater than twenty-five (25) feet wide, ten (10) feet high, and seventy-five (75) feet long, with at least fifty (50) feet of open, unoccupied ground between windrows;
(7) Unless the waste tires are stored in buildings, in adjacent covered areas, or closed containers, store them no closer than:
(a) Thirty (30) feet from a utility easement, property line, or highway right-of- way;
(b) Two hundred fifty (250) feet from a residence; or
(c) Two hundred fifty (250) feet from a karst feature, surface water of the
Commonwealth, or unplugged water well;
(8) Store waste tires on a surface with a grade of five percent (5%) or less which is free of vegetation and other flammable materials;
(9) Display a permanent sign legible at one hundred (100) feet which identifies the name, address, and emergency telephone number of the person with the registration, the hours of operation, and the cabinet’s emergency telephone number;
(10) Comply with the recordkeeping system established by KRS § 224.50-874; and
(11) Transfer waste tires only to a person who presents a letter from the cabinet approving a registration issued under KRS § 224.50-858 or a copy of a solid waste disposal facility permit issued by the cabinet.
Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 529, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1998.