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2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 855
BY REPRESENTATIVE MIGUEZ
ENVIRONMENT/WASTE TIRES: Provides for end-market uses of waste tires and waste
tire material and repeals the Waste Tire Program Task Force.
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 30:2418(H)(10), to enact R.S. 30:2412(40), and to repeal Section
3 3 of Act No. 323 of the 2013 Regular Session and Section 2 of Act No. 427 of the
4 2015 Regular Session, relative to waste tires; to provide for end-market uses of waste
5 tires and waste tire material; to provide for definitions; to repeal the Waste Tire
6 Program Task Force; and to provide for related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 30:2418(H)(10) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
930:2412(40) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 §2412. Definitions
11 As used in this Chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
12 term:
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14 (40) "Customary end-market use" means any project that conforms with
15 generally accepted standard industry practices, including but not limited to, those
16 recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Tire Manufacturers
17 Association, previously approved by the department including bulkheads, tire
18 derived fuel, and crumb rubber applications, or as otherwise determined by the
19 department.
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1 §2418. Waste tires
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3 H. The secretary shall promulgate rules, regulations, and guidelines for the
4 administration and enforcement of the waste tire program provided for in this
5 Chapter, which shall be subject to legislative review and approval by the Senate
6 Committee on Environmental Quality and the House Committee on Natural
7 Resources and Environment. The rules, regulations, and guidelines shall provide for
8 but not be limited to:
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10 (10) Establishing standards and requirements for expedited approval of
11 customary end-market uses including but are not limited to those recognized by the
12 Environmental Protection Agency, the Rubber Manufacturers Association U.S. Tire
13 Manufacturers Association, or previously approved by the department. Such
14 standards and requirements shall not include disposal as an end market use of
15 eligible waste tire material. No such standard or requirement shall contravene
16 Subsection C or E of this Section. Any end market use application for a customary
17 end-market use for waste tires or waste tire material shall be considered approved if
18 not denied by the department within fifteen days of the submission of the application.
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20 Section 2. Section 3 of Act No. 323 of the 2013 Regular Session and Section 2 of
21Act No. 427 of the 2015 Regular Session are hereby repealed in their entirety.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 855 Original 2018 Regular Session Miguez
Abstract: Provides for end-market uses of waste tires and waste tire material and repeals
the Waste Tire Program Task Force.
Present law provides that a fee of $2 per passenger/light truck tire, $5 per medium truck tire,
and $10 per off-road tire be collected for every tire sold. Specifies that the fees are deposited
into the Waste Tire Management Fund which is used to operate the waste tire program in the
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Dept. of Environmental Quality. Present law also addresses reimbursement of waste tire
processors from the fund for scrapping waste tires generated within the state.
Present law requires the department's rules and regulations provide for standards and
requirements for expedited approval of customary end-market uses including, but not limited
to, those recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Rubber Manufacturers
Association, or previously approved by the department.
Present law prohibits the standards and requirements from including disposal as an end
market use of eligible waste tire material and contravening existing law prohibiting waste
tire disposal in solid waste facilities and providing for waste tires commingled with solid
waste.
Proposed law provides that any end market use application for a customary end-market use
for waste tires or waste tire material will be considered approved if not denied by the
department within 15 days of the submission of the application. Changes the reference to
the Rubber Manufacturers Association to its new name, "U.S. Tire Manufacturers
Association".
Present law creates the Waste Tire Program Task Force charged with the responsibilities to
study, report, and make recommendations on the waste tire program to the oversight
committees. Proposed law repeals the task force.
(Amends R.S. 30:2418(H)(10); Adds R.S. 30:2412(40); Repeals §3 of Act No. 323 of the
2013 R.S. and §2 of Act No. 427 of the 2015 R.S.)
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