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CA Legislature To Debate Tire Fee Increase
Before the CIWMB could send its AB117 report on
the status of the state's scrap tire program to the legislature
to meet a June 30 deadline, Sen. Martha Escutia (D-Montebello)
upstaged the effort by quietly incorporating several of the Report's
recommendations into her SB876. Until June 17, SB876 dealt only
with waste tire definitions.
The provisions
Escutia incorporated into the new SB876 which was scheduled to
be heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee on July 12
include increasing the current 25 cents per tire fee to $2 per
tire and changing the point of collection to "the first entity
within California to take title or possession of the tire for
use or sale." The bill would also continue the current fee
indefinitely.
"Used tires"
that are "organized for resale in a rack or a stack," or
other approval manner will not be considered waste tires and thus
not subject to storage permits.
The bill stand-alone
would also establish a definition for crumb rubber. This means
that "crumb rubber" would be removed from any consideration
as a "waste tire" and could be stored on-site without a
storage permit.
Similarly,
the bill identifies tdf and civil engineering chips as tire derived
products which would not need waste tire facility permits if they
are processed, sold and removed from the processing facility.
The bill increases the number of tires individuals can haul without
a permit to 9 tires from the current maximum of 4.
The bill also
authorizes the Board to suspend or revoke the registration of
haulers who deliver tires to unpermitted sites.
To become law
the bill will need a simple majority vote in both the House and
Senate. However, it's expected the bill may draw opposition from
the state's two major tire retailer organizations who protested
the fee increase in the AB117 Report.
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