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CA Scrap Tire Bills Advance

Despite, a major report on California's scrap tire situation due to be presented to the legislature next month, four bills were introduced in February. The bills seek to improve the state's existing programs for scrap tire abatement and recycling. Three were passed by policy committees during the first week of April . The fourth, AB 1055 (Villaraigosa) would provide grants for making playgrounds which use recycled rubber materials safe was referred to the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

The following bills advanced:

• SB 827 (Sher, D-Palo Alto) is designed to encourage the use of asphalt rubber in state highway construction projects by requiring the State Procurement Officer to purchase recycled materials for use in pavements unless the Department of Transportation "determines that the use of the materials is not cost effective." A new definition of "cost effectiveness" includes lifespan, durability and maintenance cost for pavements containing recycled materials. The bill has no opposition and will next be heard in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee.

•SB876 (Escutia, D-Bell) would redefine the term "waste tire" to include a repairable tire, a scrap tire, and an altered tire but not a "used tire or granulated rubber." The bill moves on to the Senate Appropriations Committee.

•SB1055 (Bowden, D-Marina del Ray) would allow CIWMB access to private property containing illegal tire stockpiles to remediate or stabilize the tires. The bill requires CIWMB to find that the property is a "significant threat to public health or the environment" and obtain an order setting liability from a court.

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