KENTUCKY SCRAP TIRE BRIEFING SHEET

STATE REGULATIONS
HB 32 (1990) established scrap tire requirements, including:

· Places a $1/tire tax on retail sales of tires; HB 145 of 2006 reauthorized tire fee through 2010
· Establishes a waste tire trust fund for cleanup of tire piles and to fund loan programs to develop uses for waste tire material and for collection and storage programs;
· Requires registration of piles with more than 100 scrap tires; and
· Requires that only tires rendered "suitable for disposal" be landfilled.

MAJOR MARKETS
One power plant currently uses TDF, and one cement kiln has tested TDF as a supplemental fuel.

STATE CONTACT
Rick Solomon
Kentucky Dept. of Environmental Protection
14 Reilly Road
Frankfort, KY 40601-1190
Phone: (502) 564-6716 x 4642
E-mail: ricky.solomon@ky.gov
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