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AGENDA #3b
MEMORANDUM
TO: Landfill Owners' Group
FROM: Bruce A. Heflin, Chapel Hill Public Works Director
SUBJECT: Scrap Tire Disposal
DATE: April 6, 1995
This memorandum provides information on establishing a fee for the disposal of tires not
eligible, under state regulations, for free disposal.
Background
Beginning in January, 1994, state regulations prohibited the charging of a fee for disposal
of most scrap tires. As a result of this policy change, the Orange Regional Landfill has
experienced an increase of over 700% in the disposal of scrap tires (July - December, 1993
versus July - December, 1994). The state tire tax reimbursement has not increased at a rate
sufficient to cover the costs associated with disposal of the increased tire volumes. For the
period July through December, 1994,tire tax reimbursements totaled$42,456 while disposal
costs alone totaled $57,612 for over 800 tons of tires. Additional costs of tire disposal
include staff time, maintaining a disposal area, equipment maintenance, fuel and capital
costs.
Discussion
Based on discussions with state regulators and the experience of other counties, it is
possible that some unknown quantities of scrap tires are entering from outside of the
state. While State law prohibits us from assessing a fee for the disposal of scrap tires,
there are exceptions when:
- tires originate from out-of-state
- tires originate from nuisance tire dumps and other cleanup projects
- tires are from junkyard stockpiles
- tires are from retailer or other business stockpiles that exceed 500 tires
Only tires resulting from the normal course of business conducted in North Carolina are
eligible for free disposal. Therefore,we propose establishing a fee that will recover the costs
of contract hauling and disposal for non-eligible tires; contract costs are currently $72 per
ton.
Recommendation: That the Owners' Group include in their 1995-96 recommended budget
a tire disposal fee of $0.75 per tire or $75 per ton for tires not eligible for free disposal.