Division of Waste ManagementKentucky’s Waste Tire Program

Ricky Solomon

RAS Supervisor

To Protect and Enhance Kentucky’s Environment

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Waste Tire Program• In 1998, the General Assembly passed HB

32 which created the waste tire control program and established the Waste Tire Trust Fund, which was to be used to eliminate existing waste tire piles and prevent the creation of future waste tire piles. This program has been reauthorized four times the last was placed in the two year Budget Bill.

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2010 ComparisonsFIVCO ADD DOWN 51%

Buffalo Trace ADD DOWN 26%

Lake Cumberland ADD DOWN 5%

Kentucky River ADD DOWN 4%

(Amnesties In Progress)

Northern KY ADD Down 55%

Gateway ADD Down 23%

Big Sandy ADD Down 27%

Kentucky River ADD N/A

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Amnesty Cycle

Amnesty Cycle moved from a four year cycle to a three year cycle.

How Did We Achieve This?• The amnesty numbers has declined.• Competitive bidding for the waste tire contract.

» As high as $162.25 per ton in 1999.

» As low as $71.79 per ton in 2004.

» Current contract price $93.90 per ton.

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The Three Year Cycle?

How Do We Continue

• Numbers do not increase substantially.

• Cost per ton does not increase substantially.

• If funding continues.

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Waste Tire Contract

• The current contract for processing our amnesty waste tires will come to a end December 31, 2011.

• Our current contractor has exhausted all contract extensions allowed.

• Finance will bid out a new contract that will be in place by January 1, 2012.

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Tentative ScheduleFall 2011 ADDS

Purchase, KIPDA, Cumberland Valley

Spring 2012 ADDS

Barren River, Pennyrile.

Fall 2012 ADDS

Bluegrass, Green River.

Spring 2013 ADDS

Lake Cumberland, Lincoln Trail.

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2011 Off-SitesADD Site PTE Cost

  2011 Gateway Fore Site 2,000 $1,878.00

  2011Kentucky

RiverLee Co. Off

Site 20,509$19,257.91

  2011Kentucky

River

Lee Co. Off Site #2 8,536 $8,015.30

Weather Delay estimated 20,000 2011

Buffalo Trace

Bracken Co Off Site    

Weather Delay estimated 5,000 2011

Buffalo Trace

Bracken Co Off Site #2

   

  Total

 

   31,045 $33,651.21

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How can you help?• Identify tire piles that has evidence of a

lengthy existence.

• Talk to property owners that has inherited the waste tires or identified the problem after they purchased the property.

• We need numbers of no less than 1500 tires to justify mobilization cost.

• Tractor Trailer accessibile.

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Tips

• Utilize illegal dump grants when waste tires are part of the dump.

• Two or more sites into one pile.

• Contact my office for assistance in removing the tires.

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Questions

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