Proposed rule

Protecting Public Health and Unleashing American Energy by Facilitating Scrap Tire Pile Cleanups

Environmental Protection Agency

Federal Register summary (shortened to 600 characters)

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 so they can be managed the same as collected scrap tires. These proposed regulatory changes support several goals of the Resource Conservation and…

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