Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 42800. Section 42800.
The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter.
ARTICLE 1. Definitions [42800. - 42808.]
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC 1.
in effectCal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 42801. Section 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.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 42801.5. Section 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.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 42801.6. Section 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.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 42801.7. Section 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.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 42802. Section 42802.
“Fund” means the California Tire Recycling Management Fund created by subdivision (a) of Section 42885.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 42803. Section 42803.
“Local agency” means a county, city, special district, or other local governmental agency which provides or regulates solid waste handling services.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 42803.5. Section 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.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 42804. Section 42804.
“Operator” means the person responsible for the overall operation of a waste tire facility.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 42805. Section 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.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 42805.5. Section 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.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 42805.6. Section 42805.6.
“Scrap tire” means a worn, damaged, or defective tire that is not a repairable tire.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 42805.7. Section 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.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 42806. Section 42806.
“Tire” means a pneumatic tire or solid tire manufactured for use on any type of motor vehicle.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 42806.5. Section 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.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 42807. Section 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.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 42808. Section 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.
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