Ohio s Scrap Tire Program

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1 Rubber Pavements Association How to Cut Cost with Asphalt Rubber Workshop September 15, 2009 Ohio s Scrap Tire Program Presented by: Bob Large Ohio EPA Division of Solid and Infectious Waste Management

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4 16 Years of Success ( ) Overview Scrap Tire Recycling Excellent Recycling Rate Disposal at an All Time Low Scrap Tire Cleanups The BIG ONEs Are Done Many Small Ones to Cleanup Why Regulate Scrap Tires Fires Mosquitoes 4

5 Ohio s Scrap Tire Recycling

6 Cleanup PTEs and Active Cleanup Sites per Year for Ohio

7 Many Small Scrap Tire Cleanup Sites Remain 7

8 Comparison of Cleanup PTEs to Annual Generation PTEs for Ohio (Millions of PTEs) Annual PTEs Average Annual Cleanup PTEs Average Cleanup Recycling market is not driven by cleanups.

9 Scrap Tire Markets US(07) OH(05) OH(08) Tire Derived Fuel (TDF) 53% 9% 5% Civil Engineering (TDA) 15% 63% 73% Ground Rubber 17% 6% 9% Feed Material Storage 2% Used & Retread 4% 4% Processed Parts Misc 1% 1% Export or Unknown 2% 4% Disposal 13% 11% 9%

10 Ohio s Scrap Tire Program Overview Funding/Revenues Fee of $1.00/New Tire Sold (at wholesale level) Fee Sunset Date is June 30, 2011 Total Revenues in State Fiscal Year 2008 (7/1/07 6/30/08) $7,118,699.00

11 Ohio s Scrap Tire Program Overview Where does the money go? Amount per Year Ohio EPA Enforcement and Administration of the Scrap Tire Program ~ $750, Ohio Department of Natural Resources for Scrap Tire Recycling Grants Ohio Department of Natural Resources for Scrap Tire Grants for Tire Amnesty and Local Cleanup Events (NEW THIS YEAR) $1,000, $500, Balance is used by Ohio EPA for Scrap Tire Cleanups ~ $5,000,000.00

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13 Ohio s Scrap Tire Grants for Asphalt Pavement Projects Money passes through Ohio EPA to Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Regulator (Ohio EPA) is not the grantor (ODNR) Nineteen (19) rubberized asphalt paving related projects awarded grants since 1998 The 19 grants total $2,452, All grants require matching funds from the applicant

14 Ohio s Scrap Tire Grants for Asphalt Pavement Projects In 2005, a grant to Seneca Petroleum Company for equipment $150, Between 1998 and 2008, fifteen (15) paving projects with city & county engineers $1,952, In 2009, four (4) paving projects with the Ohio Department of Transportation $350, Paving projects increasing in size

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19 Ohio s Scrap Tire Program Overview Three Types of Scrap Tire Cleanups Since Funded by Land Owners and Local Governments About 11 million tires from 183 documented sites 2. State Funded (with subsequent cost recovery) Over 14.6 million PTEs from 32 sites Over 26 million PTEs from the Kirby site 3. Under 2,000 Tires Consensual Agreement Sites without cost recovery since October About 322,313 PTEs from 155 sites

20 Big Tire Sites Are History Goss Scrap Tire Site, Muskingum County Strip Mine partially filled with scrap tires.

21 Goss Scrap Tire Site Before and After Removed: 996,661 Passenger Tire Equivalents 4,986 tons of Solid Waste Moved 41,210 cubic yards of soil Cost: $2,474,188.00

22 Many Small Scrap Tire Cleanup Sites Remain 22

23 Dumping still occurring on rural roads and vacant city lots and alleys 23

24 Pike County Under 2,000 Scrap Tire Consensual Agreement Site.

25 Pike County Under 2,000 Scrap Tire Consensual Agreement Site

26 Pike County Under 2,000 Scrap Tire Consensual Agreement Sites

27 Tires of all sizes. Each counts as one tire. With and without rims. 27

28 PRESENTATION WRAP UP For Further Scrap Tire Information Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Division of Solid and Infectious Waste Management Contracting & Remediation Oversight Unit (Formerly know as the Scrap Tire Unit) 50 West Town Street, Suite 700 Columbus, Ohio Web Site: E Mail: bob.large@epa.ohio.gov changed Toll free : (877) Phone: Bob: (614) Harry: (614) Karen: (614)

29 PRESENTATION WRAP UP Contacting Your Local Ohio EPA Office (Ask for the Division of Solid & Infectious Waste Management) Central District Office (Columbus).. (800) Northeast District Office (Twinsburg). (800) Northwest District Office (Bowling Green).. (800) Southeast District Office (Logan). (800) Southwest District Office (Dayton). (800) Scrap Tire Unit Central Office (Columbus).. (877)

30 PRESENTATION WRAP UP Recent Scrap Tire Documents Accessible On Line 2007 Scrap Tire Rules Scrap Tire Management in Ohio: Report to the General Assembly DVD: Mired in Tires: New Ways to Manage an Old Menace

31 PRESENTATION WRAP-UP Scrap Tire Information Sources Rubber Manufacturers Association Tire Industry Association Recycling Research Institute USEPA

32 PRESENTATION WRAP UP THANK YOU QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS