Minnesota Administrative Rules

9220.0230 PERMIT REQUIRED.

Subpart 1.

Permit required.

Except as provided in subpart 2, no person may do any of the following without obtaining a waste tire facility permit from the agency:

A.

store, process, or dispose of waste tires or tire-derived products; or

B.

establish, construct, modify, own, or operate a waste tire facility.

Subp. 2.

Exclusions.

The following persons are not required to obtain a waste tire facility permit:

A.

a retail tire seller for the retail selling site if no more than 500 waste tires are kept on the business premises;

B.

an owner or operator of a tire retreading business for the business site if no more than 3,000 waste tires are kept on the business premises;

C.

an owner or operator of a business who, in the ordinary course of business, removes tires from motor vehicles if no more than 500 waste tires are kept on the business premises;

D.

a permitted landfill operator with less than 10,000 waste tires stored above ground at the permitted site;

E.

a person using waste tires for agricultural purposes if the waste tires are kept on the site of use; or

F.

a person conducting abatement activities under an abatement order or stipulation agreement entered into under part 9220.0120. This exemption does not exempt the person from the duty to obtain a waste tire facility permit for activities other than the abatement action.

Subp. 3.

Closure of facilities.

The owner or operator of a waste tire facility who does not seek a waste tire facility permit or who does not qualify for permit by rule status shall within 90 days after May 23, 1988, close the facility in compliance with part 9220.0500.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 115A.914

History:

12 SR 2513; L 1999 c 73 s 5

Published Electronically:

October 2, 2007