SECTIONS 42800-42808 - California Statutes

PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE

SECTION 42800-42808

42800. The following definitions govern the construction of this
chapter.

42801. "Agricultural purposes" means the use of waste tires as
bumpers on agricultural equipment or as a ballast to maintain covers
or structures on an agricultural site.

42801.5. (a) "Altered waste tire" means a waste tire that has been
baled, shredded, chopped, or split apart. "Altered waste tire" does
not mean crumb rubber.
(b) "Alteration" or "altering," with reference to a waste tire,
means an action that produces an altered waste tire.

42801.6. "Baled tire" means either a whole or an altered tire that
has been compressed and then secured with a binding material for the
purpose of reducing its volume.

42801.7. "Crumb rubber" means rubber granules derived from a waste
tire that are less than or equal to, one-quarter inch or six
millimeters in size.

42802. "Fund" means the California Tire Recycling Management Fund
created by subdivision (a) of Section 42885.

42803. "Local agency" means a county, city, special district, or
other local governmental agency which provides or regulates solid
waste handling services.

42803.5. "New or used motor vehicle" means any device by which any
person or property may be propelled, moved or drawn upon a highway,
excepting a device moved exclusively by human power or used
exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

42804. "Operator" means the person responsible for the overall
operation of a waste tire facility.

42805. "Owner" means a person who owns, in whole or in part, a
waste tire facility, the waste tires located at a facility, or the
land on which a waste tire facility is located.

42805.5. "Repairable tire" means a worn, damaged, or defective tire
that is retreadable, recappable, or regrooveable, or that can be
otherwise repaired to return the tire to its use as a vehicle tire,
and that meets the applicable requirements of the Vehicle Code and
Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations.

42805.6. "Scrap tire" means a worn, damaged, or defective tire that
is not a repairable tire.

42805.7. "Tire derived product" means material that meets both of
the following requirements:
(a) Is derived from a process using whole tires as a feedstock. A
process using whole tires includes, but is not limited to, shredding,
crumbing, or chipping.
(b) Has been sold and removed from the processing facility.

42806. "Tire" means a pneumatic tire or solid tire manufactured for
use on any type of motor vehicle.

42806.5. "Used tire" means a tire that meets all of the following
requirements:
(a) The tire is no longer mounted on a vehicle but is still
suitable for use as a vehicle tire.
(b) The tire meets the applicable requirements of the Vehicle Code
and Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations.
(c) (1) The used tire is ready for resale, is stored by size in a
rack or a stack not more than two rows wide, but not in a pile, and
is stored in accordance with local fire and vector control
requirements and with state minimum standards.
(2) A used tire stored pursuant to this section shall be stored in
a manner to allow the inspection of each individual tire.

42807. "Waste tire" means a tire that is no longer mounted on a
vehicle and is no longer suitable for use as a vehicle tire due to
wear, damage, or deviation from the manufacturer's original
specifications. A waste tire includes a repairable tire, scrap tire,
altered waste tire, and a used tire that is not organized for
inspection and resale by size in a rack or a stack in accordance with
Section 42806.5, but does not include a tire derived product or
crumb rubber.

42808. "Waste tire facility" means a location, other than a solid
waste facility permitted pursuant to this division that receives for
transfer or disposal less than 150 tires per day averaged on an
annual basis, where, at any time, waste tires are stored, stockpiled,
accumulated, or discarded. "Waste tire facility" includes all of the
following:
(a) "Existing waste tire facility" means a waste tire facility
which is receiving, storing, or accumulating waste tires, or upon
which waste tires are discarded, on January 1, 1990.
(b) "Major waste tire facility" means a waste tire facility where,
at any time, 5,000 or more waste tires are or will be stored,
stockpiled, accumulated, or discarded.
(c) "Minor waste tire facility" means a waste tire facility where,
at any time, 500 or more, but less than 5,000, waste tires are or
will be stored, stockpiled, accumulated, or discarded. However, a
"minor waste tire facility" does not include a tire dealer or an
automobile dismantler, as defined in Sections 220 and 221 of the
Vehicle Code, who stores waste tires on the dealer's or dismantler's
premises for less than 90 days if not more than 1,500 total used or
waste tires are ever accumulated on the dealer's or dismantler's
premises.