ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    February
    2,
    1989
    IN THE MATTER OF:
    )
    MANAGING SCRAP TIRE ACCUMULATIONS
    )
    FOR THE CONTROL OF MOSQUITOES
    )
    P88-24
    PART 849
    )
    PROPOSED RULE.
    SECOND
    NOTICE.
    PROPOSED OPINION AND ORDER OF THE BOARD
    (by J. Marlin):
    On September
    22,
    1988,
    the Board proposed
    a rule
    for First
    Notice
    in this matter.
    That proposal was published
    in the
    Illinois Register on October
    7,
    1988.
    12
    Ill.
    Peg.
    15828.
    The
    Board held hearings
    in this matter
    in Chicago
    and Springfield
    on
    November
    22,
    1988
    and December
    6,
    1988,
    respectively.
    Members of
    the public were
    in attendance at both hearings.
    By his Order
    of
    September
    29, 1988,
    which was reiterated at the December
    6,
    1988
    hearing,
    the Hearing Officer ordered
    that comments
    in
    this matter
    were due by December
    30,
    1988.
    The Department of Commerce and
    Community Affairs
    (DCCA)
    filed comments on January 19,
    1989.
    Those comments are accepted.
    This Opinion will include the Board’s Economic Impact Study
    (EcIS) determination and discuss changes made
    to the version of
    the rule which was proposed
    for
    First Notice.
    References
    to the
    emergency rule transcript
    (Exh.
    32) will be
    in the form of
    RI
    ___
    References
    to
    the emergency rule Final Opinion will be
    in the
    form of 0
    ______.
    References to the transcript
    in this proceeding
    are
    in the form of RU
    ______.
    Most material
    in
    the First Notice
    Proposed Opinion
    is not repeated here.
    A comprehensive Opinion
    will
    accompany
    the Final Order.
    Economic
    Impact Determination
    Pursuant to Board Resolution 89—1 the Hearing Officer
    issued
    an Order on January
    11,
    1989, which stated that the Board would
    accept comments as
    to whether
    an Economic Impact Study
    (EcIS)
    should be performed
    ~or this rulemaking.
    Comments concerning
    the
    EcIS
    issue were due by February
    1,
    1989.
    The Board received one
    such comment
    (P.C.
    ~8) from Midwest Rubber Reclaiming Division
    (Midwest).
    Midwest points out the difficulty of processing
    the
    11—12 million scrap tires generated
    in Illinois annually or
    treating them with pesticides.
    It has an inventory of about
    200,000 tires stored outdoors on 20—25
    acres.
    The facility has
    the capacity to process
    2.5 million
    tires per year.
    Midwest
    asserts
    that processing
    tires is
    a permanent solution while
    treating the piles
    is
    a never ending liability.
    It
    raises the
    question as
    to whether
    it
    is economically feasible to treat all
    tire accumulations
    in Illinois, and
    at what cost.
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    2
    Section 27(a)
    of the Environmental Protection Act
    (Act) has
    recently been amended by P.A.85—1048
    to give the Board exclusive
    authority in deciding whether an EcIS should
    be performed
    for
    a
    rulemaking.
    Since
    that change became effective January
    1,
    1989,
    Resolution 89—1 sets forth
    the procedure that the Board will
    utilize
    for rulemakings which were filed prior
    to 1989 and for
    which an EcIS determination had not been made by the Department
    of Energy and Natural Resources.
    In part,
    the amendments
    to the
    Act provide:
    The
    Board
    shall
    determine
    whether
    an
    economic
    impact
    study
    should
    be
    conducted.
    The
    Board
    shall
    reach
    its decision based
    on
    its
    assessment
    of
    the
    potential
    economic
    impact
    of
    the
    rule,
    the
    potential
    for
    consideration
    of
    the
    economic
    impact
    absent
    such
    a
    study,
    the
    extent,
    if
    any,
    to
    which
    the
    Board
    is
    free
    under
    the
    statute
    authorizing
    the
    rule
    to modify
    the
    substance
    of
    the
    rule
    based
    upon
    the
    conclusions
    of
    such
    a
    study,
    and
    any
    other
    considerations
    the Board
    deems
    appropriate.
    The Board may,
    in
    addition,
    identify
    specific
    issues
    to
    be
    addressed in the study.
    Section
    27(a)
    of
    the
    Act.
    (as
    amended
    by
    P.A.85—1048)
    It
    is upon these criteria that the Board must make
    its EcIS
    determination
    in
    this matter.
    The rule the Board proposes today requires that scrap tires
    be kept dry, be converted so as not
    to hold water
    or be treated
    with
    a pesticide during
    the mosquito breeding season.
    These
    requirements apply
    to commercial establishments which have
    accumulations of more than
    50 scrap tires.
    This
    50 tire
    limitation greatly reduces
    the universe of facilities which must
    manage scrap tires.
    For example, while most
    tire dealers will
    fall under
    the regulation, most gas stations which sell tires
    will not
    (P11 at 239).
    The least costly method of complying with the rule over
    the
    short
    term is treatment of tires by
    a property owner with
    pesticides approved by the Inter—Agency Committee on
    the Use
    of
    Pesticides (Committee).
    The Committee has approved the use of
    temephos and BTi
    for use on tire piles by unlicensed personnel
    (P.C..#5).
    Representatives of Clarke Outdoor
    Spraying Company
    (Clarke)
    of Poselle,
    IL, testified that they sell
    a
    ternephos
    formulation
    at
    a cost of about $100
    for
    25 pounds.
    At
    a per tire
    rate of
    5.0 grams this amount would
    treat 2270 tires.
    This
    is
    a
    cost of less than five cents per tire.
    Labor
    involves placing
    a
    spoonful
    (5g.)
    of this dry material into
    tires.
    (Ru
    at
    152,
    ex.
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    3
    41).
    Depending
    upon
    a variety of conditions
    the pesticide
    remains effective
    for
    30
    to 150 days.
    Clarke also provided
    estimates for treating larger tire accumulations.
    The company
    estimates
    the cost of professionally treating
    a pile of 10,000
    tires with temephos
    at $2,081.05 for the
    two annual treatments
    assumed
    to be necessary.
    Treatment with BTi would cost $5,186.78
    for seven required treatments.
    The pesticide alone
    for 10,000
    tires and the specified number of
    treatments would
    be $881.05
    for
    temephos and $986.78
    for BTI.
    (Exh.
    41).
    A contract
    for
    treating
    6-5,000 tires
    in Chicago during the 1988
    season haa
    an
    estimated cost of $5,930.70.
    This includes two treatments
    ~,ith a
    granular pesticide and
    14 professional
    inspections
    to be
    determined
    if treatment were needed.
    Almost $2,000
    of this
    amount was for control of adult mosquitoes which
    is not required
    by the proposed
    rule.
    (Exh.
    25).
    A representative
    of
    the City of Urbana testified about
    a
    cooperative effort Urbana has with
    the City of Champaign and
    the
    University of
    Illinois.
    These entities have since
    1976
    controlled mosquitoes
    as part of a
    St. Louis Encephalitis Control
    program.
    This effort includes treating tires with BTi.
    Under
    the program, seasonal employees check
    tire piles and other
    breeding areas on a regular basis
    and
    treat as needed.
    The cost
    of the program
    in this urban area with
    a population
    of about
    100,000
    is
    about $25,000 per year.
    (P11
    at
    211).
    A program
    targeted at tires only would be
    less costly.
    Shredding
    tires permanently solves
    the mosquito problem
    since the tires
    no longer hold water.
    Such permanent disposal
    is
    preferred since the cost of periodic pesticide treatment over
    time will exceed
    the cost of shredding
    and disposal
    and lead
    to
    resistance
    in mosquitoes.
    This
    is particularly true where
    the
    nature and location of the piles leads
    to labor
    intensive
    efforts.
    The director
    of the Northwest Mosquito Abatement
    District estimated
    that about
    30 percent of his district’s
    overall manhours o~insecticide use and between
    10 and
    30 percent
    of his total budget unit went
    into tire
    treatment.
    (Ru
    at
    143).
    On the other
    hand,
    the Macon Mosquito Abatement District
    treated tires
    at
    a cost of
    120 man hours
    and
    $60
    in materials.
    (P11 at 223).
    A representative of Oxford Energy Company
    (Oxford) testified
    as
    to the experiences of his company
    in scrap tire management.
    He estimated
    that
    250 million
    tires are discarded
    in the U.S.
    annually and that only between
    20 and
    40 million of them are
    reused as
    tires.
    The remainder contain
    the equivalent of 500
    million gallons of oil worth
    about
    $214 million.
    Oxford believes
    that finding ways
    to tap that resource
    is the ultimate solution
    to the scrap
    tire problem.
    The company collects tires
    in
    California and
    on
    the East Coast.
    By 1990 Oxford expects
    to
    collect
    25 million
    tires annually,
    turning
    3 million over
    to
    retreaders,
    burning
    15 million
    in
    its two fuel—to—energy plants
    and shredding
    the rest
    for fuel
    and other
    uses.
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    4
    Oxford collects tires
    from businesses, municipalities and
    other entities.
    In general the cost of shredding tires
    is $20 to
    $40 per ton depending upon how clean the tires are.
    Picking
    up,
    transporting and shredding costs $60
    to $80 per
    ton.
    One hundred
    passenger
    tires make up a
    ton.
    (P11
    at 249—270).
    Oxford
    estimates that a 30 megawatt power plant could utilize
    10 million
    tires per year
    in Illinois.
    Such a plant would have
    a capital
    cost of
    $60 million and be supported by up to
    four regional
    collection and shredding centers at a cost of one million dollars
    each.
    Alternatively,
    tires could be shredded and used as a fuel
    substitute
    along with coal.
    (P11 at 256).
    Other witnesses mentioned shredding costs
    of one dollar per
    passenger tire
    (P11
    at
    95 and 112) and
    three dollars per
    truck
    tire.
    (P11 at 95).
    One tire dealer
    testified that he purchased
    a tire
    slitter
    for $3,500 and
    is generally satisfied with its performance.
    The
    machine slices tires longitudinally
    so that they
    take up far less
    space
    and can be stacked so as
    to shed water.
    He
    termed the
    slitter
    a
    “moderate cost”.
    (P11 235—237).
    The cost of keeping tires dry was not discussed at any
    length, although Clarke estimates the draining cost at 20 cents
    per
    tire after each rain.
    (Exh.40).
    The Department of Energy and Natural Resources
    (DENR)
    has
    identified
    five companies
    in the State that process scrap
    tires.
    Tire shreds can compete economically with $20 per ton
    coal at a selling price of $27.30 per ton or
    less.
    According
    to
    DENR there are not enough tire processors
    in Illinois presently
    to process all tires generated.
    (P11 at 192—197).
    It was generally agreed that landfills discourage
    the
    landfilling of whole tires and charge
    a premium
    to
    take
    them.
    According
    to
    DENR:
    Solid waste
    landfills are becoming
    reluctant
    to accept whole
    tires
    for disposal because of
    problems
    with
    whole
    tires
    floating
    to
    the
    surface
    once
    buried,
    and
    landfill
    capacity
    problems
    in general
    which allow operators
    to
    be more
    selective
    in
    the
    types
    of materials
    they
    will
    accept.
    Some
    Illinois
    landfills
    will
    no
    longer
    accept
    whole
    tires,
    others
    will
    charge
    a
    premium
    fee
    for gate
    receipt.
    Many
    landfills
    still
    accepting
    tires
    charge
    an
    additional
    fee on
    a
    per
    tire basis
    of
    $2
    to
    $5,
    or on
    a per cubic yard basis of $12 or
    greater.
    (P11 at
    197).
    Alternate uses of tires such as oil extraction,
    rubber
    reclaiming,
    use
    in asphalt and a variety of other processes
    exist, but are not common
    in Illinois.
    It
    is apparent that uses
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    5
    exist
    for scrap tires, but
    it will take time to develop them on
    a
    scale necessary
    to handle the 10 million generated annually
    in
    Illinois.
    The economic information contained
    in this record
    is
    sufficient for
    the Board to make an EcIS determination.
    The
    record shows that tires can be treated with relatively safe
    pesticides at less than five cents each and passenger tires can
    be permanently shredded
    at a cost of
    a dollar or
    less.
    The
    pesticide is readily available from at least one Illinois company
    and some shredding and processing capacity exists.
    This can be
    expected
    to increase as pressure mounts
    to properly dispose of
    tires.
    These
    costs are not excessive, particularly when compared
    to the cost of a new
    tire.
    Any facility with a special situation
    can apply for an alternate management program under Section
    849.105,
    a variance,
    an adjusted standard,
    or
    a site—specific
    rule change.
    Given this situation
    the Board
    finds that an EcIS
    is not necessary in this matter,
    and
    the Board
    also finds that
    the rule
    is technically feasible and economically reasonable.
    At hearing comment on the proposal
    largely centered on the
    issues of the number of tires that should trigger controls,
    the
    time span
    for controls and reporting requirements.
    The Illinois
    Environmental Protection Agency (Agency)
    and Illinois Department
    of Public Health
    (IDPH)
    both expressed concerns about available
    resources to address the tire associated problems.
    The Agency
    in
    particular requested that the permanent rule track the emergency
    rule
    in scope and that any broadening be phased
    in after the
    legislature acts on
    a comprehensive tire bill that would also
    address the solid waste aspects of the problem.
    (P11 at 155).
    The Board generally agrees with this concept.
    The draft proposal set ten tires as the limit at which
    scrap
    tire accumulation would
    not be regulated.
    At hearing
    it was well
    established that the target mosquitoes will lay eggs
    in only one
    tire
    (P11
    at
    11,
    76,
    and 244) but that new infestations of the
    Tiger Mosquito tend
    to be found
    in larger accumulations.
    (P11
    77).
    Many witnesses considered
    the
    ten tire limit to be
    unpractic~lin terms of available resources.
    The Agency and IDPH
    both
    favor
    a
    50 tire cutoff
    (P11
    78 and
    157)
    as does
    the
    Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
    (DCCA)
    (P.C.#7).
    Based on
    the testimony
    in this record,
    the reasoning used to set
    the
    50 tire limit
    in the Emergency Rule
    (0 at
    27)
    remains
    valid.
    The Board again notes
    that local
    authorities remain free
    to
    regulate smaller accumulations at any location they deem
    appropriate.
    Likewise,
    as in the Emergency Rule,
    the Board will accept
    the Agency recommendation
    (P11 at
    167)
    that the rule only apply
    to accumulations of tires at commercial
    facilities or those
    generated by commercial activities.
    This
    is consistent with the
    Emergency Rule provision.
    The board
    notes
    that commercial
    facilities routinely ship or receive tires
    and this tire movement
    is the primary means by which species such as the Tiger Mosquito
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    6
    spread.
    The Board will also continue
    to exempt scrap tires
    generated on a farm or livestock operation, given that they are
    not likely to be regularly transported.
    Scrap tire accumulations
    on agricultural land which are not the result of personal,
    agricultural, horticultural, or livestock raising activities are
    not exempt from the rule.
    The scope of the regulation may be
    expanded
    in later proceedings.
    This
    is consistent with phasing
    in tire regulations.
    The City of Chicago in particular asked
    for
    more
    time to comply.
    It explained its tire control program and
    the problems encountered with fly dumping.
    (P11 at
    104).
    The
    Board believes these concerns are not unique
    to Chicago.
    The proposed
    rule applies
    to all accumulations in excess of
    50 tires at commercial facilities.
    This includes persons who
    receive scrap tires
    for disposal, storage or processing and those
    who use scrap tires
    for such purposes as bumpers and weights.
    Unlike the Emergency Pule,
    all scrap
    tires at a facility
    fall
    under
    the rule,
    regardless of when they were accumulated.
    The First Notice version of the rule required that tires be
    managed
    to control mosquitoes between May
    1
    and November
    1 of
    each year.
    The tire dealers preferred that the dates
    not be
    changed.
    (Rh
    at 229).
    The entomologists were uncomfortable
    with the May
    1 date as perhaps being
    too late.
    Their
    views
    ranged from the need
    to gather more information on this topic
    to
    moving the date forward.
    (P11 at 13,42,72,
    and 220).
    Dr. Brown of the Macon Mosquito Abatement District
    recommended March 15 as
    a starting date based on observations
    that Tiger Mosquito larvae have been found
    in Evansville,
    Indiana
    as early as March.
    He also said that Tree Hole Mosquito larvae
    have been found
    in Decatur
    as early as the first week of May and
    Northern House Mosquito larvae as early as the first week of
    April.
    (Rh
    at 220—223).
    Dr. Novak of
    the Illinois Natural
    History Survey presented temperature data supporting moving the
    time forward
    (P11
    at
    42)
    and Dr. Haramis of
    Illinois Department
    of Public Health favored the April
    1 date.
    Based on this
    testimony the Board will set the date at April
    1.
    However,
    the
    proposed rule will not take effect until May
    1,
    1989,
    so
    this
    year’s starting date for
    the implementation of management
    standards will be one month later than that of following years.
    The Agency requested that regulated
    persons be required
    to
    report their
    accumulations and keep records of their
    tire
    management activities.
    (Exh.42).
    The
    tire dealers do not want
    reporting, but request
    that any reporting requirements carry as
    little burden as possible.
    (Rh
    230—233).
    The Board agrees with
    the Agency that enforcement requires that at least some record be
    kept and some information be reported.
    These proposed
    requirements are similar
    to those which were adopted
    in the
    Emergency Rule.
    Regulated persons will be required
    to maintain documentation
    sufficient
    to demonstrate compliance.
    As
    a practical matter this
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    7
    will involve keeping invoices on other
    records to show that tires
    have been professionally treated or that appropriate pesticides
    have been purchased and used.
    The person should have
    a tire
    management plan that an inspector can verify as being carried
    out.
    A plan which involves keeping tires dry converted will be
    easy
    for
    an inspector
    to verify visually.
    A plan involving
    regular pick up of tires
    for disposal may require supporting
    documentation such as
    a handling contract.
    The tire dealers suggested that reprocessed
    tires be treated
    as new tires for purposes of this rule.
    Such tires are excluded
    from the definition of scrap tires unless they are commingled
    with scrap
    tires.
    Testimony indicated
    that reprocessed
    tires are
    readily distinguishable from scrap
    tires
    in that they are
    in
    general “clean”, often have
    a label and are dyed or painted.
    They are generally well cared for
    and stored indoors.
    (PhI at
    220 and 233).
    In addition to
    the above—described changes, some definitions
    have been refined
    in the interest of clarity, particularly that
    of
    “converted tire.”
    The presence of mosquito larvae
    in tires does not of itself
    constitute
    a violation of the regulation.
    It
    is expected
    that
    some mosquitoes will develop, especially with plans involving
    pesticides.
    Persons electing
    to use pesticides must keep records
    of treatment and segregate treated from untreated tires.
    ORDER
    The Board hereby proposes
    for Second Notice the following
    rule to be filed with
    the Joint Committee on Administrative
    Rules.
    TITLE
    35:
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
    SUBTITLE
    C:
    WASTE DISPOSAL
    CHAPTER
    I:
    POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
    SUBCHAPTER m:
    MANAGEMENT OF SCRAP TIRES
    PART
    849
    MANAGEMENT OF SCRAP TIRES
    Section
    849.101
    Definitions
    849.102
    Severability
    849.103
    Reporting of Scrap Tires and Their Disposition
    849.104
    Management Standards
    for
    the Accumulations of Scrap
    Tires
    849.105
    Alternate Management Programs For Accumulations of Scrap
    Tires
    849.106
    Persons Who May Apply Pesticides
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    8
    Authority:
    Implementing Section 22 and authorized by Section 27
    of the Environmental Protection Act
    (Ill.
    Rev.
    Stat.
    1985,
    ch.
    ill lj~
    ,
    pars.
    1022 and 1027)
    (Source: Emergency rules adopted
    in P88—12 at 12 Ill.
    Peg.
    ,
    effective May
    1,
    1988,
    for
    a maximum of 150 days, which
    is
    September
    28,
    1988; adopted
    in R88—24 at
    13
    Ill. Beg.
    effective
    May
    1,
    1889.)
    Section 849.101
    Definitions
    Except
    as stated herein and unless
    a different meaning of
    a word
    or
    term is clear
    from its context,
    the definitions of words or
    terms as are used
    in this Part shall be the same as those used
    in
    the Environmental Protection Act.
    “Converted Tire” means
    a tire which has been manufactured
    into
    a usable product other
    than a
    tire,
    or otherwise altered
    so that it
    is no longer capable of holding accumulations of
    water.
    Converted tires
    include, but are not limited
    to,
    those which 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 soil,
    áement or other material
    to prevent
    accumulation of water.
    “Conversion” or
    “converting” means
    action which produces
    a converted tire.
    “Generation” means
    the creation of
    a scrap tire by removal of
    a tire from a wheel
    (rim).
    “New Tire” means
    a tire which has never been placed on
    a
    motor vehicle wheel
    (rim)
    for
    use.
    “PERSON”
    IS ANY INDIVIDUAL,
    PARTNERSHIP, CO—PARTNERSHIP,
    FIRM, COMPANY,
    CORPORATION-,
    ASSOCIATION, JOINT STOCK COMPANY,
    TRUST,
    ESTATE, POLITICAL SUBDIVISION,
    STATE AGENCY,
    OR ANY
    OTHER LEGAL ENTITY,
    OP THEIR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE,
    AGENT OR
    ASSIGNS.
    “Reprocessed Tire” means a tire which has been recapped,
    retreaded or regrooved
    and which has not been placed on a
    motor vehicle wheel
    (rim)
    since being reprocessed.
    “Scrap Tire” means
    a tire which has been removed
    from use on
    a motor vehicle and separated from the wheel
    (rim).
    Any tire
    which is not a new tire, converted tire or reprocessd tire is
    considered to be a scrap tire until
    it
    is placed
    on a motor
    vehicle wheel
    (rim).
    A reprocessed
    or new tire which
    is
    commingled with or placed within an accumulation of scrap
    tires
    is considered
    to be
    a scrap tire.
    For
    the purposes of
    this Part only,
    a scrap
    tire is considered
    to be
    a waste.
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    “Tire” means
    a hollow ring, made of rubber or similar
    material, which is designed
    for placement on the wheel
    (rim)
    of
    a motor vehicle.
    Section 849.102
    Severability
    If any provision of these rules or regulations is adjudged
    invalid, or
    if the application thereof
    to any person or
    in any
    circumstance
    is adjudged invalid, such invalidity shall
    not
    affect
    the validity of this Part as
    a whole or
    of any Subpart,
    Section, subsection, sentence or clause thereof not adjudged
    invalid.
    Section 849.103
    Reporting and Record Keeping
    a)
    Any person subject
    to the requirements of Sections
    849.104
    or 849.105 shall by July 1,
    1989, report
    to the
    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Agency)
    the
    information required
    in subsection
    (c).
    b)
    Any person who after
    July
    1,
    1989,
    accumulates more than
    50 scrap tires such that he
    is subject
    to the
    requirements of Sections 849.104
    or 849.105 shall report
    to the Agency within 45 days of accumulation of such
    scrap tires the information required
    in subsection
    (c).
    c)
    Information required:
    1)
    The legal name and post office address of the
    person making the repOrt;
    2)
    The location of the accumulation
    including street
    address, municipality or
    township, county, and
    if
    appropriate, descriptions of rural
    locations;
    3)
    The approximate number of scrap tires at the
    location;
    4)
    Whether
    the person ships to or
    receives scrap tires
    from other locations and the estimated number of
    scrap tires shipped or received annually;
    5)
    What use or disposition
    a person makes or plans to
    make of the scrap tires; and
    6)
    The manner
    in which the accumulation
    is stored
    prior
    to such
    use or disposition.
    d)
    Reports required by this Section shall
    be sent to:
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    10
    Illinois
    Environmental Protection Agency
    Division of Land Pollution Control
    2200 Churchill Road
    P.O.
    Box 19276
    Springfield,
    IL
    62794—9276
    e)
    Any person subject
    to the requirements of Sections
    849.104 or 849.105 shall develop
    a compliance plan to
    achieve compliance with those Sections for managing
    scrap tires
    to control larval and pupal mosquitoes and
    shall maintain records and manage scrap tires
    in such
    a
    manner
    as to be able to demonstrate that such plan
    is
    being implemented.
    This activity may include but shall
    not be limited
    to
    the following:
    1)
    Segregating
    treated from untreated scrap tires;
    2)
    Maintaining invoices
    for pesticides purchased
    or
    the services of
    a professional pesticide service;
    3)
    Maintaining
    records on the dates of periodic
    treatment;
    4)
    Documentation showing approval
    of any Alternate
    Management Program under Section 849.105;
    5)
    Documentation such as hauling contracts or invoices
    which indicate the dates on which or
    frequency with
    which scrap tires are removed from the location;
    or
    6)
    Such other information as may be useful
    or
    necessary to document that the plan
    is being
    implemented
    as planned.
    Section 849.104
    Management Standards for Accumulations of
    Scrap Tires
    a)
    This Section does not apply to scrap tires accumulated
    solely as a result of personal, agricultural,
    horticultural, or livestock raising activities.
    b)
    Except as otherwise provided
    in Section 849.105, between
    April
    1 and November
    1,
    no person shall accumulate
    or
    maintain an accumulation of more than 50 scrap tires
    from that person’s commercial
    or business activities or
    maintain such an accumulation on any commercial or
    business property unless the
    tires are either:
    1)
    Drained of water on the day of generation or
    receipt and kept dry-by being:
    A)
    Placed within
    a closed container or
    structure;
    or
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    B)
    Covered by material impermeable
    to water;
    or
    C)
    Drained or otherwise managed
    so as
    to remove
    water within 24 hours
    after each precipitation
    event;
    or
    2)
    Drained
    of water
    on the day of generation or
    receipt and processed into converted or
    reprocessed
    tires within
    14
    days.;
    or
    3)
    Drained
    of water on the day of generation or
    receipt and treated within
    14
    days, with
    a
    pesticide appropriate
    to prevent the development of
    mosquito larvae and pupae,
    and treated again as
    often as necessary to prevent such development,
    taking
    into account the persistence (effective
    life)
    of the pesticide utilized;
    or
    4)
    Treated
    on the day of generation
    or
    receipt with
    a
    pesticide appropriate
    to prevent the development of
    mosquito larvae and pupae
    and treated again as
    often as necessary
    to prevent such
    development,
    taking
    into account the persistence
    (effective
    life)
    of the pesticide utilized.
    Section 849.105
    Alternate Management Programs For Storage of
    Scrap Tires
    a)
    A person with an accumulation of scrap tires may employ
    mosquito control or management programs different than
    those specified in Section 849.104
    if, and only if,
    that
    person files
    a complete plan
    for
    an alternative program
    with the Agency which details the control
    or management
    measures which will
    be
    taken.
    An alternative program
    is
    complete only if
    it is accompanied
    by
    a statement from
    the Illinois Department of Public Health that such
    program
    is expected
    to achieve results for control
    of
    larval and pupal mosquitoes substantially equivalent to
    those which would
    be achieved by full compliance with
    the requirements of Section 849.104.
    A person may file
    a plan on behalf or one or more persons for
    the
    management of
    a number of different accumulations.
    Each
    person whose program
    is
    included in the plan need not
    file
    a separate plan, but must be identified
    in the
    submitted plan.
    b)
    Requests for statements of substantial equivalency shall
    be submitted
    to the
    Illinois Department of Public Health
    and shall be accompanied
    by information sufficient
    to
    allow the Department
    to assess. the effectiveness of the
    alternative program.
    Such requests shall
    be sent to:
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    Division of Environmental Health
    Office of Health Protection
    Illinois Department of Public Health
    525 W. Jefferson Street
    Springfield,
    IL
    62761
    Section 849.106
    Persons Who May Apply Pesticides
    No person shall apply any pesticide
    to scrap tires, unless:
    a)
    THE PERSON IS A CERTIFIED PESTICIDE APPLICATOR CERTIFIED
    BY THE
    ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PURSUANT TO
    THE ILLINOIS PESTICIDE ACT OF 1979 (Ill.
    Rev.
    Stat.
    1987,
    ch.5,
    par 801
    et seq.);
    or
    b)
    THE PERSON
    IS APPLYING A GENERAL USE PESTICIDE
    SPECIFICALLY APPROVED BY THE INTER-AGENCY COMMITTEE
    ON
    THE USE OF PESTICIDES FOR USE BY AN UNCERTIFIED
    APPLICATOR ON
    SCRAP
    TIRES pursuant
    to Section 11.1(7) of
    the Illinois Pesticide Act of
    1979, as amended by P.A.
    85—1327, effective August
    31,
    1988
    (Suppl.
    to
    Ill.
    Rev.
    Stat., ch.5,
    par.
    811.1(7)).
    IT
    IS SO ORDERED.
    I, Dorothy M.
    Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
    Board, hereby certify that the above Proposed Opinion and Order
    was adopted on the
    __________________
    day of
    ~
    1989 by a vote of
    7—C
    .
    Dorothy M./~unn,Clerk
    Illinois P~llutionControl Board
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