(a) A tire processing facility shall obtain a site-specific permit prior to construction or operation commencement using Form TAP-4.
(b) A tire processing facility used for processing not more than five hundred (500) used tires during any thirty (30) calendar days using mobile equipment shall operate pursuant to a general permit.
(c) To obtain coverage under a general permit, the owners and operators of qualifying facilities or mobile equipment shall notify the Division of Environmental Quality on Form TAP-6 thirty (30) calendar days before the operation begins.
(d)
(1) Owners or operators of mobile baling, chopping, cutting, shredding, or any other processing equipment must annually report to the division by June 30 describing their activities from the period of July 1 through June 30 of the previous state fiscal year.
(2) This annual report shall be submitted using Form TAP-5.
(3) The annual permit fee is one hundred dollars ($100) and shall be submitted to the division at the time of the annual report submission.
(4) A used tire program shall not be required to pay this permit fee.
(e)
(1) The general permits issued under this subpart are valid for five (5) years.
(2) A new notice of intent, using Form TAP-6, shall be submitted to the division within forty-five (45) calendar days of the existing general permit expiring.
(f) Within thirty (30) calendar days after the completion of the chopping, cutting, or shredding operation, all processed used tires and residuals are:
(1) Removed from the waste tire site or tire collection center for recycling or further processing; or
(2) Disposed of in a permitted solid waste management facility.