Land
Division
Scrap Tire Program
General
Overview
The
Alabama Scrap Tire Environmental Quality Act was passed in 2003 to
comprehensively regulate scrap tire accumulations and to provide for cleanup and
remediation of illegal scrap tire piles. The Act placed a $1.00 per tire fee on
all replacement tires sold to establish a scrap tire fund, and required ADEM to
develop a program to regulate the management of scrap tires.
The
Scrap Tire Program began in August 2004 when regulations became effective in
Division 4.
The regulations detail how scrap tires are managed from the time of generation
to their ultimate disposition, whether reuse or disposal.
Receivers
A
receiver is a person who generates or accumulates scrap tires. Receivers must
register with ADEM and obtain a registration number. Division 4 establishes the
requirements for recordkeeping, for storage of scrap tires and how the $1 per
tire environmental fee is to be collected and paid to the Alabama Department of
Revenue.
Permitting
A person
who transports or processes scrap tires in Alabama must obtain a permit from
ADEM. Transporter permits have a term of three years. Processor permits have a
term of five years.
Scrap Tire Site
Remediation
Using
funds from the $1 per tire environmental fee, ADEM awards contracts to remediate
scrap tire sites. An approved contractor list is developed by the Department,
sites are ranked, and sites are cleaned up based on their ranking and the
availability of funds.
A person
having more than 100 scrap tires on their property must register that site with
ADEM. A list of all registered sites is maintained by the Department and is
used as the basis for ranking sites for remediation using fund monies.
Department of Revenue - For information about collection and payment
of the Scrap Tire Environmental Fee.
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Contact Information
ADEM
Attn: Scrap Tire Program
Post Office Box 301463
Montgomery, Alabama 36130-1463
Telephone Number : (334) 271-7988
Fax Number: (334) 279-3050
E-mail:
TireMail@adem.state.al.us
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