Shana Baker and Brian Gaboriau Hazardous Materials & Waste Management Division Solid Waste & Materials Management Program
How many waste tires are currently in storage in Colorado?
There is an estimated 62 Million waste tires in storage as of 2014
Current Issues in Colorado 5+ million waste tires generated per year (industry average of 1 per citizen) Unregistered haulers, illegal disposal Landfill Ban Due Diligence No additional tires can be added to monofill storage inventories after January 1, 2018 Three monofills-62 million tires stored Monofills scheduled to be closed by July 1, 2024 Lack of diversity in end use markets in Colorado
What is the #1Recycled Use of Processed Waste Tires?
Tire-derived fuel at cement plants Benefits: Replaced the use of 100,562 metric tons of coal¹ 187,305 metric tons of carbon dioxide emission was prevented¹ 1 US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator (updated April 2014)
What is the fee amount that tire retailers who sell new motor vehicle tires and new trailer tires required to collect from the sale of each new tire?
$1.50 for each new motor vehicle tire and trailer tire sold
Goal: Local presence in each county in the state Provide funding for: Inspections of Waste Tire Generators (tire retailers), Waste Tire Haulers, Waste Tire Grant recipients Identification of illegal waste tire sites Eligible: Local Health Agencies, Law Enforcement Agencies, Code Enforcement, other local governmental agencies Training provided by HMWMD Waste Tire Inspectors
Current contracts: Pueblo City-County Health Department (Pueblo County), West Central Public Health Partnership: (Delta [fiscal], Montrose, Gunnison, Ouray, San Miguel, and Hinsdale counties) El Paso County Public Health Montezuma County Public Health Department Alamosa County Public Health (Alamosa [fiscal], Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande, and Saguache counties) Las Animas-Huerfano Counties District Health Departments Otero County Health Department (Otero [fiscal] and Crowley counties) Garfield County Public Health Tri-County Health Department (Adams, Arapahoe, and Douglas counties) Jefferson County (April June 2015)
Inspections CDPHE Inspection Checklist Average onsite inspection time: 30 minutes Inspection schedule set by health agency, not CDPHE 16
Other tasks Education and community outreach Monthly and annual reporting Invoicing Follow up on complaints submitted to CDPHE Identify illegal waste tire stockpiles, and complete a Illegal Waste Tire Stockpile Identification Form available on our website Onsite support during active cleanup projects
Funding Purchase orders Renewed annually Contracts length: Up to 5 fiscal years Grant awards typically range between $5,000 - $50,000 per state fiscal year based on number of registrants within jurisdiction and committed man hours Purchase orders/contracts can be with single or multiple counties
Funding CDPHE will estimate number of locations based on registration database, other resources Costs covered include personal wages & fringe benefits, travel, materials, other direct costs, and indirect costs Goal: Inspect 25% of waste tire registrants per fiscal year (negotiable)
Development of abatement list State directly contracts with the cleanup contractors Local government can still hire cleanup contractors with state funds reimbursing the project Enforcement discretion o o Order issued to property owner to payback funds for cleanup of waste tires Lien on property for payment of remediation Obtaining a warrant to enter and remove illegal waste tires Identify illegal waste tire stockpiles, and complete a Illegal Waste Tire Stockpile Identification Form available on our website Cleanup projects to be funded are determined by several factors [public health and safety risks, location, etc.]
How many waste tires can be hauled in a vehicle at a time without the person having to be registered as a Waste Tire Hauler?
No more than 9 waste tires at a time Law enforcement can pull vehicles over and impound the vehicle if hauling >9 waste tires at a time
Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment Hazardous Materials & Waste Management Division Solid Waste & Materials Management Program 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South Denver, CO 80246 Email: cdphe.hmwastetires@state.co.us Website: www.colorado.gov/cdphe/wastetires
Pueblo City-County Health Department By: Justin Gage Environmental Health Specialist
1 st County Health Department that conducted a pilot under the Waste Tire Inspection Grant Program 89 Waste Tire Facilities 85 Waste Tire Generators 2 Waste Tire Haulers 2 End Users Of the 89 facilities, nearly half were unregistered prior to implementation of the Waste Tire Inspection Grant Program at PCCHD
Waste Tire Manifest Hauler Information Generator Information Destination Information
Waste Tire Generator Inspection Checklist Inspection form with code citations to the Code of Colorado Regulations
12 10 8 6 Inspections 85 Inspections 37 Consumer Technical Field Visits 4 2 Consumer Technical Field Visits 0
Frequency 30 Pueblo County Frequency of Waste Tire Inspection Violations Cited FY14/15 25 20 15 10 5 0 Manifest Requirements 10.4.5 Use of Registered Tire Hauler or Mobile Processor 10.4.2 (H) Storage Limits 10.4.2 (F) Litter and Vegetation Control 10.4.2 (B) Waste Tire Security Facility Decal Measures 10.4.4 10.4.2 (K) Violation Telephone 10.4.2 C Registration 10.4.3 Management Access Roads of Used Tires 10.4.2 (A) 10.1
Each facility is currently on schedule to receive 1 compliance inspection per year With follow up inspections and enforcement action as needed Pueblo City-County Health Department is committed to working with CDPHE and looks forwards to the potential challenges faced once the monofills close.