LOUISIANA SCRAP TIRE BRIEFING SHEET

STATE REGULATIONS
Act 185, (1989) a solid waste recycling and reduction law, established scrap tire fee and provided:

· tires must go to permitted recycling, or solid waste disposal or waste tire collection sites;
· tires must be cut or shredded prior to landfill disposal; and
· the Department of Environmental Quality has power to write regulations for used, scrap and waste tire recycling in accordance with Act 185.

Waste tire regulations initially effective January 1992 and revised in 1994 require:

· manifest and reporting requirements;
· site notification requirements; licensing requirements for transporters, waste tire collection, storage, recycling and disposal sites;
· outdoor/indoor storage requirements;
· tire dealer responsibilities;
· provision for a $2/tire tax on retail sale;
· use of Waste Tire Management Fund to reimburse processors and marketers, and for research, market development, and stock pile cleanup;

In 2003, the Louisiana House and Senate both passed competing bills designed to create inter-department coordination in developing markets. The Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Economic Development would receive five percent of the fees collected from the waste tire fund to help develop markets. The bill died when the 2003 session ended in June, 2003.

MAJOR MARKETS
Two pulp mills have conducted tests of TDF. Processors are rebated $0.85 per 20 lb. of shredded tires; marketing payment of $ 0.15 per 20 lb. available if material used as raw material, product or fuel.

STATE CONTACT
Tony Case
Louisiana Dept. of Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 4303
Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4303
Phone: (225) 219-3865
E-mail: tony.case@la.gov
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