OAR 340-064-0110
Reimbursements to Users of Waste Tires and Cleanup Funds for Tire Storage Sites: Uses of Waste Tires Eligible for Reimbursement
(1)
Uses of waste tires which may be eligible for the reimbursement include:(a)
Energy recovery. Energy recovery shall include:(A)
Burning of whole or chipped tires as tire-derived fuel. The tire-derived fuel shall be burned only in boilers which have submitted test burn data to the Department and whose air quality permits are not violated by burning tire-derived fuel in the quantities for which reimbursement is requested. If the fuel is burned out-of-state, such burning shall be eligible for the reimbursement only if it does not cause an air quality permit issued by the competent out-of-state authority to be violated;(B)
Incineration or pyrolysis of whole tires or tire chips to produce electricity or process heat or steam, either for use on-site, or for sale.(b)
Other eligible uses. Other eligible uses shall include:(A)
Pyrolysis of tires to produce combustible hydrocarbons and other salable products;(B)
Use of tire chips as road bed base and the like;(C)
Recycling of waste tire strips, chips, shreds, or crumbs to manufacture a new product. The new product may be produced by physical or chemical processes such as:(i)
Weaving from strips of waste tires;(ii)
Stamping out products from the tire casing;(iii)
Physically blending tire chips with another material such as asphalt;(iv)
Physically or chemically bonding tire chips or crumbs with another material to form a new product such as tire chocks.(D)
Use of whole tires:(i)
In artificial fishing reefs in nonocean waters of this state, pursuant to OAR 340-046, and subject to review by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife;(ii)
For the manufacture of new products which have a market value such as buoys.(2)
If a proposed use of waste tires would in the Department’s opinion cause environmental, safety or health hazards, the Department may disallow the partial reimbursement. An example of a health hazard would be use of tire chips for playground cover without removing the steel shreds.(3)
The following uses are not considered appropriate for use of the reimbursement, and shall not be eligible for the reimbursement:(a)
Reuse as a vehicle tire;(b)
Retreading;(c)
Use of tires as riprap;(d)
Use of whole or split tires for erosion control or retaining walls;(e)
Use of whole or split tires for tire fences, barriers, dock and racetrack bumpers, ornamental planters, agricultural uses such as raised beds, or other uses in which the user incurs little or no cost, the use is of limited economic value, and the use does not take place within a market;(f)
Use of tire buffings.
Source:
Rule 340-064-0110 — Reimbursements to Users of Waste Tires and Cleanup Funds for Tire Storage Sites: Uses of Waste Tires Eligible for Reimbursement, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=340-064-0110.