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Committee advances bill to regulate waste-tire hauling and unsafe used tires
Summary
S.171 seeks to establish manifesting and registration requirements for waste-tire haulers, set penalties for violations, allow counties to charge tipping fees up to $150 per ton, and make unsafe-used-tire installation unlawful; the committee reported the bill favorably as amended.
The Senate Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee on Tuesday reported favorably on S.171, legislation that establishes new statewide rules for waste-tire hauling, manifests, and the sale and installation of unsafe used tires.
Under the bill, the Department of Environmental Services (DES) would oversee a manifest system: waste-tire haulers must complete a transport manifest; generators and facilities that transfer or receive tires must retain manifest copies for three years; DES is tasked with auditing submitted manifests. Haulers must display a fixed decal on hauling vehicles showing the hauler’s registration or identification number and decal expiration date. The bill sets penalties for violations. The bill also makes it unlawful to install an unsafe used tire on a passenger car or light truck and defines parameters and exceptions for that prohibition.
A subcommittee amendment adopted by the committee exempts the South Carolina Department of Transportation from certain classification and permitting requirements as a waste-tire hauler, clarifies counties may charge a tipping fee of up to $150 per ton for tires when counties accept tires with proper documentation, and explicitly includes agricultural/farm tires designed for production use in the statute’s scope. The bill also adjusts recycling fee language and grant rules for the waste-tire trust fund and directs DES and the Department of Commerce to develop a market infrastructure plan for tire-derived products aimed at higher-end uses and a circular tire economy.
Committee members described the bill as the result of extended negotiation among counties, tire manufacturers and haulers; senators said the bill responds to counties’ fiscal losses from accepting waste tires and seeks to create a more sustainable market for recycled tire products. The committee adopted the subcommittee amendment and reported the bill out favorably by voice vote.
