§ 8-9-415. Permitting, licensing, inspections, procedures, enforcement, and penalties
(a) A person who receives funding under this subchapter, tire collection centers, tire retailers, tire processing facilities, tire transporters, tire generators, commercial generators, used tires regulated under this subchapter, and waste tire sites are subject to: (1) All provisions in § 8-1-101 et seq., § 8-1-201 et seq., § 8-1-301 et seq., § 8-4-101 et […]
§ 8-9-601. Title
This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mercury Switch Removal Act of 2005”.
§ 8-9-602. Purpose
The purpose of this subchapter is to reduce the quantity of mercury in the environment by removing mercury switches from end-of-life vehicles and by creating a collection and recovery program for mercury switches removed from end-of-life vehicles in the State of Arkansas.
§ 8-9-401. Title — Legislative intent — Findings
(a) This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Used Tire Recycling and Accountability Act”. (b) The purpose of this subchapter is to: (1) Protect the public health and the state’s environmental quality by setting and implementing standards to be followed in the hauling, collection, storage, and recycling or disposal of recyclable […]
§ 8-9-603. Definitions
As used in this subchapter: (1) “Capture rate” means the annual removal, collection, and recovery of mercury switches as a percentage of the total number of mercury switches available for removal from end-of-life vehicles; (2) [Repealed.] (3) [Repealed.] (4) “End-of-life vehicle” means a vehicle that is sold, given, or otherwise conveyed to a vehicle recycler […]
§ 8-9-402. Definitions
As used in this subchapter: (1) “Beneficial use” means using a tire or part of a tire: (A) To make another product; (B) To make a component material of another product; (C) As a substitute for a commercial product or material; or (D) As a component to produce an alternative fuel for commercial purposes; (2) […]
§ 8-9-604. Mercury minimization plan
(a) Every manufacturer of vehicles sold within this state, individually or as part of a group, shall develop in consultation with the Division of Environmental Quality a mercury minimization plan prepared pursuant to this section and shall submit the mercury minimization plan to the Director of the Division of Environmental Quality for review and approval […]
§ 8-9-403. Operation of waste tire sites — Requirements and prohibited activities
(a) (1) The owner or operator of any waste tire site shall provide the Division of Environmental Quality and the applicable regional solid waste management district with: (A) Information concerning the waste tire site’s location and size and the approximate number of tires that are accumulated at the waste tire site; and (B) A written […]
§ 8-9-605. Plan approval and implementation
(a) (1) Within one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of a mercury minimization plan, the Director of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, now the Director of the Division of Environmental Quality, shall approve, disapprove, or conditionally approve the entire mercury minimization plan. The director may solicit input from representatives of vehicle recyclers, scrap […]
§ 8-9-404. Rim removal fees — Import fees — Commercial generator fees — Definitions
(a) (1) There is imposed a rim removal fee upon the transaction of removing a tire from a rim that is related to the sale of a replacement tire by a tire retailer. (2) The rim removal fee shall be charged by the tire retailer to a person who: (A) Purchases a replacement tire for […]