{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-224.50-856","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 224.50-856","heading":"Disposal of waste tires -- Exceptions -- Use of tire-derived fuel --","body":"Accumulation  of waste tires -- Transportation.\n(1) No  person shall engage in disposal of waste tires in Kentucky except by\ntransfer to a permitted solid waste disposal facility and except as follows:\n(a) 1. If transferred to a contained landfill, the waste tires shall be\nprocessed to prevent the entrapment of air or water;\n2. If transferred to a residual landfill, the waste tires shall be rendered\nsuitable for disposal in a landfill and the landfill shall accept only\nwaste tires for disposal; or\n3. If transferred to an incinerator or to any facility for use as a fuel, the\nincinerator or other facility shall be permitted in accordance with\nKRS  224.20-110 and 224.40-310 to allow the burning of waste tires\nand shall have received a local determination related to the waste\ntires in accordance with KRS 224.40-315(1); and\n(b) Facilities proposing to use tire-derived fuel, as that term is defined in KRS\n224.1-010(53), as a fuel or for other energy recovery, shall not be\nrequired to receive a local determination related to the tire-derived fuel\nuse under KRS 224.40-315(1). The Division of Air Quality shall provide for\npublic notice and an opportunity for comment  on any application seeking\napproval for use of tire-derived fuel.\n(2) No  person shall accumulate more than twenty-five (25) waste tires in Kentucky\nat a time for processing, by baling, chopping, recycling, shredding, or other\nmeans  of changing their shape, size, or chemical content without meeting the\nrequirements of the waste tire program. For processing which had been\napproved by the cabinet before July 15, 1998, the person who had received the\napproval shall register within forty-five (45) days of July 15, 1998.\n(3) No person shall transport more than fifty (50) waste tires in Kentucky at a time,\neither in one (1) vehicle or more than one (1) vehicle managed  by or operated\nunder contract with that person, without meeting the requirements of the waste\ntire program, unless transported in accordance with subsection (5) of this\nsection.\n(4) No  person shall accumulate more than one hundred (100) waste tires in\nKentucky at a time without meeting the requirements of the waste tire program,\nunless exempted  by KRS  224.50-854 or accumulated in accordance with\nsubsection (5) or (6) of this section. For accumulations of more than one\nhundred (100) tires not accumulated in accordance with subsection (5) or (6) of\nthis section and existing on July 15, 1998, the person who has accumulated\nthe tires shall register within forty-five (45) days of July 15, 1998.\n(5) A  person making retail sales of new  motor vehicle tires in Kentucky may\naccumulate up to one thousand (1,000) waste tires at the place where retail\nsales are made  without registering as an accumulator as required by KRS\n224.50-858, if the waste tires are stored in accordance with the requirements of\nKRS  224.50-860(3), (5), (6), (7), and (8), and stored on-site in a building, in an\nadjacent covered area, or closed container where public access is prohibited\nafter business hours. The retailer may transport the waste tires it accumulates\nat the place where retail sales are made without registering as a transporter as\nrequired by KRS  224.50-858 if the waste tires will remain in the retailer's\npossession until they reach their destination.\n(6) An  automotive recycling dealer in Kentucky  who  is licensed by  the\nTransportation Cabinet pursuant to KRS  190.010 to 190.080 may accumulate\nup to one thousand (1,000) waste tires at the place where automotive recycling\nis done without registering as an accumulator as required by KRS  224.50-858\nif the waste tires are stored in accordance with KRS  224.50-860(2) to (11) and\nstored on-site in a building, in an adjacent covered area, or closed container\nwhere public access is prohibited after business hours.","path":[],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=46539","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:41Z","sha256":"6ad9d262fb412cd6c299319586e97c52ba7b28b99ed26655d8f46b0efb7f642d","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-224.50-855","next":"us-ky/krs-224.50-858"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}