WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Environmental Protection Agency has issued a proposed rule called: Protecting Public Health and Unleashing American Energy by Facilitating Scrap Tire Pile Cleanups.
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on March 23 by Lee Zeldin, Administrator.
Summary: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is proposing to improve protection of public health and recover valuable energy and mineral resources by designating scrap tires, including previously abandoned scrap tires, that are combusted in cement kilns, as non-waste fuel. In addition, the EPA is proposing to revise the definition of established tire collection program to include abandoned scrap tires that are recovered for use as fuel s...