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Title XIV - Used Tires


      (415 ILCS 5/Tit. XIV heading)
TITLE XIV. USED TIRES

    (415 ILCS 5/53) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1053)
    Sec. 53. (a) The General Assembly finds:
        (1) that used and waste tires constitute a growing
     solid waste problem of considerable magnitude that is exacerbated by the fact that tires do not readily degrade or decompose;
        (2) that the accumulation of used and waste tires
     constitutes a fire hazard and a threat to air and water quality;
        (3) that unmanaged used and waste tire sites
     encourage open dumping of other types of waste;
        (4) that used and waste tire accumulations pose a
     threat to the public health, safety and welfare by providing habitat for a number of disease‑spreading mosquitoes and other nuisance organisms, and that the transport of used tires has introduced such mosquitoes into the State and dispersed them;
        (5) that State agencies need the ability to remove,
     or cause the removal of, used and waste tire accumulations as necessary to abate or correct hazards to public health and to protect the environment; and
        (6) that used and waste tires may also afford a
     significant economic opportunity for recycling into new and useful products or as a source of fuel.
    (b) It is the purpose of this Act:
        (1) to ensure that used and waste tires are
     collected and are put to beneficial use or properly disposed of;
        (2) to provide for the abatement of used and waste
     tire dumps and associated threats to the public health and welfare;
        (3) to encourage the development of used and waste
     tire processing facilities and technologies, including energy recovery; and
        (4) to provide for research on disease vectors
     associated with used and waste tires, and the diseases they spread.
    It shall be the policy of the State of Illinois to provide for the recovery, recycling and reuse of materials from scrap vehicle tires. The following hierarchy shall be in effect for tires generated for waste management in this State:
        (1) Reuse of tire casings for remanufacture or
     retreading.
        (2) Processing of tires into marketable products,
     such as stamped parts from portions of tire casings.
        (3) Total destruction of tires into a uniform
     product that is marketable as a fuel or recycled material feedstock, including such products as tire‑derived fuel, or recovered rubber for recycling into rubber or other products or as an asphalt additive.
        (4) Total destruction of tires through primary
     shredding to produce a nonuniform product for use as in road beds or other construction applications, or at a landfill or similar site for erosion control or cover.
        (5) Total destruction of tires to a nonuniform
     product consistency for direct landfill disposal.
(Source: P.A. 86‑452; 87‑727.)

    (415 ILCS 5/54) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1054)
    Sec. 54. For the purposes of this Title, except as the context otherwise clearly requires, the words and terms defined in the Sections which follow this Section and precede Section 55 shall have the meanings given therein. Words and terms not defined shall have the meanings otherwise set forth in this Act.
(Source: P.A. 86‑452.)

    (415 ILCS 5/54.01) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1054.01)
    Sec. 54.01. "Altered tire" means a used tire which has been altered so that it is no longer capable of holding accumulations of water, including, but not limited to, used tires that have been shredded, chopped, drilled with holes sufficient to assure drainage, slit longitudinally and stacked so as not to collect water, or wholly or partially filled with cement or other material to prevent the accumulation of water. "Alteration" or "altering" means action which produces an altered tire.
(Source: P.A. 86‑452.)

    (415 ILCS 5/54.02) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1054.02)
    Sec. 54.02. "Converted tire" means a used tire which has been manufactured into a usable commodity other than a tire. "Conversion" or "converting" means action which produces a converted tire. Usable products manufactured from tires, which products are themselves capable of holding accumulations of water, shall be deemed to be "converted" if they are stacked, packaged, boxed, containerized or enclosed in such a manner as to preclude exposure to precipitation prior to sale or conveyance.
(Source: P.A. 86‑452.)

    (415 ILCS 5/54.03) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1054.03)
    Sec. 54.03. "Covered tire" means a used tire located in a building, vehicle or facility with a roof extending over the tire, or securely located under a material so as to preclude exposure to precipitation.
(Source: P.A. 86‑452.)

    (415 ILCS 5/54.04) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1054.04)
    Sec. 54.04. "Disposal" means the placement of used tires into or on any land or water except as an integral part of systematic reuse or conversion in the regular course of business.
(Source: P.A. 86‑452.)

    (415 ILCS 5/54.05) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1054.05)
    Sec. 54.05. "New tire" means a tire which has never been placed on a vehicle wheel rim.
(Source: P.A. 86‑452.)

    (415 ILCS 5/54.06) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1054.06)
    Sec. 54.06. "Processing" means the altering, converting or reprocessing of used or waste tires.
(Source: P.A. 86‑452.)

    (415 ILCS 5/54.06a)
    Sec. 54.06a. "Recyclable tire" means a used tire which is free of permanent physical damage and maintains sufficient tread depth to allow its use through resale or repairing.
(Source: P.A. 89‑200, eff. 1‑1‑96.)

    (415 ILCS 5/54.07) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1054.07)
    Sec. 54.07. "Reprocessed tire" means a used tire which has been recapped, retreaded or regrooved and which has not been placed on a vehicle wheel rim.
(Source: P.A. 86‑452.)

    (415 ILCS 5/54.08) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1054.08)
    Sec. 54.08. "Reused tire" means a used tire that is used again, in part or as a whole, by being employed in a particular function or application as an effective substitute for a commercial product or fuel without having been converted.
(Source: P.A. 86‑452.)

    (415 ILCS 5/54.09) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1054.09)
    Sec. 54.09. "Storage" means any accumulation of used tires that does not constitute disposal. At a minimum, such an accumulation must be an integral part of the systematic alteration, reuse, reprocessing or conversion of the tires in the regular course of business.
(Source: P.A. 86‑452.)

    (415 ILCS 5/54.10) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1054.10)
    Sec. 54.10. "Tire" means a hollow ring, made of rubber or similar materials, which was manufactured for the purpose of being placed on the wheel rim of a vehicle.
(Source: P.A. 86‑452.)

    (415 ILCS 5/54.10a)
    Sec. 54.10a. "Tire carcass" means the internal part of a used tire containing the plies, beads, and belts suitable for retread or remanufacture.
(Source: P.A. 89‑200, eff. 1‑1‑96.)

    (415 ILCS 5/54.10b)
    Sec. 54.10b. "Tire derived fuel" means a product made from used tires to exact specifications of a system designed to accept a tire derived fuel as a primary or supplemental fuel source.
(Source: P.A. 89‑200, eff. 1‑1‑96.)

    (415 ILCS 5/54.11) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1054.11)
    Sec. 54.11. "Tire disposal site" means a site where used tires have been disposed of other than a sanitary landfill permitted by the Agency.
(Source: P.A. 86‑452.)

    (415 ILCS 5/54.11a)
    Sec. 54.11a. "Tire retreader" means a person or firm that retreads or remanufactures tires.
(Source: P.A. 89‑200, eff. 1‑1‑96.)

    (415 ILCS 5/54.12) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1054.12)
    Sec. 54.12. "Tire storage site" means a site where used tires are stored or processed, other than (1) the site at which the tires were separated from the vehicle wheel rim, (2) the site where the used tires were accepted in trade as part of a sale of new tires, or (3) a site at which tires are sold at retail in the regular course of business, and at which not more than 250 used tires are kept at any time or (4) a facility at which tires are sold at retail provided that the facility maintains less than 1300 recyclable tires, 1300 tire carcasses, and 1300 used tires on site and those tires are stored inside a building or so that they are prevented from accumulating water.
(Source: P.A. 92‑24, eff. 7‑1‑01.)

    (415 ILCS 5/54.12a)
    Sec. 54.12a. "Tire storage unit" means a pile of tires or a group of piles of tires at a storage site.
(Source: P.A. 89‑200, eff. 1‑1‑96.)

    (415 ILCS 5/54.12b)
    Sec. 54.12b. "Tire transporter" means a person who transports used or waste tires in a vehicle.
(Source: P.A. 89‑200, eff. 1‑1‑96.)

    (415 ILCS 5/54.13) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1054.13)
    Sec. 54.13. "Used tire" means a worn, damaged, or defective tire that is not mounted on a vehicle.
(Source: P.A. 92‑24, eff. 7‑1‑01.)

    (415 ILCS 5/54.14) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1054.14)
    Sec. 54.14. "Vector" means arthropods, rats, mice, birds or other animals capable of carrying disease‑producing organisms to a human or animal host. "Vector" does not include animals that transmit disease to humans only when used as human food.
(Source: P.A. 86‑452.)

    (415 ILCS 5/54.15) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1054.15)
    Sec. 54.15. "Vehicle" means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn, except devices moved by human power or by animal power, devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks, and motorized wheelchairs.
(Source: P.A. 86‑452.)

    (415 ILCS 5/54.16) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1054.16)
    Sec. 54.16. "Waste tire" means a used tire that has been disposed of.
(Source: P.A. 86‑452.)

    (415 ILCS 5/55)(from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055)
    Sec. 55. Prohibited activities.
    (a) No person shall:
        (1) Cause or allow the open dumping of any used or
     waste tire.
        (2) Cause or allow the open burning of any used or
     waste tire.
        (3) Except at a tire storage site which contains
     more than 50 used tires, cause or allow the storage of any used tire unless the tire is altered, reprocessed, converted, covered, or otherwise prevented from accumulating water.
        (4) Cause or allow the operation of a tire storage
     site except in compliance with Board regulations.
        (5) Abandon, dump or dispose of any used or waste
     tire on private or public property, except in a sanitary landfill approved by the Agency pursuant to regulations adopted by the Board.
        (6) Fail to submit required reports, tire removal
     agreements, or Board regulations.
    (b) (Blank.)
    (b‑1) Beginning January 1, 1995, no person shall knowingly mix any used or waste tire, either whole or cut, with municipal waste, and no owner or operator of a sanitary landfill shall accept any used or waste tire for final disposal; except that used or waste tires, when separated from other waste, may be accepted if: (1) the sanitary landfill provides and maintains a means for shredding, slitting, or chopping whole tires and so treats whole tires and, if approved by the Agency in a permit issued under this Act, uses the used or waste tires for alternative uses, which may include on‑site practices such as lining of roadways with tire scraps, alternative daily cover, or use in a leachate collection system or (2) the sanitary landfill, by its notification to the Illinois Industrial Materials Exchange Service, makes available the used or waste tire to an appropriate facility for reuse, reprocessing, or converting, including use as an alternate energy fuel. If, within 30 days after notification to the Illinois Industrial Materials Exchange Service of the availability of waste tires, no specific request for the used or waste tires is received by the sanitary landfill, and the sanitary landfill determines it has no alternative use for those used or waste tires, the sanitary landfill may dispose of slit, chopped, or shredded used or waste tires in the sanitary landfill. In the event the physical condition of a used or waste tire makes shredding, slitting, chopping, reuse, reprocessing, or other alternative use of the used or waste tire impractical or infeasible, then the sanitary landfill, after authorization by the Agency, may accept the used or waste tire for disposal.
    Sanitary landfills and facilities for reuse, reprocessing, or converting, including use as alternative fuel, shall (i) notify the Illinois Industrial Materials Exchange Service of the availability of and demand for used or waste tires and (ii) consult with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity regarding the status of marketing of waste tires to facilities for reuse.
    (c) Any person who sells new or used tires at retail or operates a tire storage site or a tire disposal site which contains more than 50 used or waste tires shall give notice of such activity to the Agency. Any person engaging in such activity for the first time after January 1, 1990, shall give notice to the Agency within 30 days after the date of commencement of the activity. The form of such notice shall be specified by the Agency and shall be limited to information regarding the following:
        (1) the name and address of the owner and operator;
        (2) the name, address and location of the operation;
        (3) the type of operations involving used and waste
     tires (storage, disposal, conversion or processing); and
        (4) the number of used and waste tires present at
     the location.
    (d) Beginning January 1, 1992, no person shall cause or allow the operation of:
        (1) a tire storage site which contains more than 50
     used tires, unless the owner or operator, by January 1, 1992 (or the January 1 following commencement of operation, whichever is later) and January 1 of each year thereafter, (i) registers the site with the Agency, (ii) certifies to the Agency that the site complies with any applicable standards adopted by the Board pursuant to Section 55.2, (iii) reports to the Agency the number of tires accumulated, the status of vector controls, and the actions taken to handle and process the tires, and (iv) pays the fee required under subsection (b) of Section 55.6; or
        (2) a tire disposal site, unless the owner or
     operator (i) has received approval from the Agency after filing a tire removal agreement pursuant to Section 55.4, or (ii) has entered into a written agreement to participate in a consensual removal action under Section 55.3.
    The Agency shall provide written forms for the annual registration and certification required under this subsection (d).
    (e) No person shall cause or allow the storage, disposal, treatment or processing of any used or waste tire in violation of any regulation or standard adopted by the Board.
    (f) No person shall arrange for the transportation of used or waste tires away from the site of generation with a person known to openly dump such tires.
    (g) No person shall engage in any operation as a used or waste tire transporter except in compliance with Board regulations.
    (h) No person shall cause or allow the combustion of any used or waste tire in an enclosed device unless a permit has been issued by the Agency authorizing such combustion pursuant to regulations adopted by the Board for the control of air pollution and consistent with the provisions of Section 9.4 of this Act.
    (i) No person shall cause or allow the use of pesticides to treat tires except as prescribed by Board regulations.
    (j) No person shall fail to comply with the terms of a tire removal agreement approved by the Agency pursuant to Section 55.4.
    (k) No person shall:
        (1) Cause or allow water to accumulate in used or
     waste tires. The prohibition set forth in this paragraph (1) of subsection (k) shall not apply to used or waste tires located at a residential household, as long as not more than 12 used or waste tires are located at the site.
        (2) Fail to collect a fee required under Section 55.8
     of this Title.
        (3) Fail to file a return required under Section
     55.10 of this Title.
        (4) Transport used or waste tires in violation of the
     registration and vehicle placarding requirements adopted by the Board.
(Source: P.A. 96‑737, eff. 8‑25‑09.)

    (415 ILCS 5/55.1)(from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055.1)
    Sec. 55.1. (a) The prohibitions set forth in subdivision (a)(3) of Section 55 of this Act shall not apply to used tires:
        (1) generated and located at a site as a result of
     the growing and harvesting of agricultural crops or the raising of animals, as long as not more than 20 used tires are located at the site;
        (2) located at a residential household, as long as
     not more than 12 used tires are located at the site; or
        (3) which were placed in service for recreational