Assemblyman Robert Prentiss (R-Colonie) introduces proposed legislation March 24th that would enact the Waste Tire Management and Recycling Act of 2003 in order to fund efforts by the state to abate existing scrap tire stockpiles; develop in-state markets for recycling stockpiles and newly generated waste tires to productive new uses; and reimburse local fire districts for tire fires. Additionally, the bill would require state agencies to give due consideration to the use of waste tires in all appropriate construction and engineering activities which are paid out of public funds.
Along with Prentiss, the main sponsor of the bill, there are a number of other legislators who are in support of the bill.
The legislation would be funded by a fee of $1.75 per tire for cars. Larger vehicles, including vans and SUVs, would be charged $2 per new tire.
Twenty-five cents per tire of the fee proposed by Prentiss would be kept by the tire retailer. This fee would be on top of the tire disposal fee already charged by retailers. Wal-Mart, for example, charges $1.25 per tire for disposal.
The fund is expected to raise $15 million to $17 million annually.
A part of the bill amends the Environmental Conservation Law to require the owner or operator of a facility that stores 1,000 or more tires to provide financial assurance to cover the cost of closure of the facility at its maximum capacity, in a form and amount acceptable to the Department of Environmental Conservation, before DEC may issue a permit to operate the facility.Latest from Recycling Today
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