Five-Year Tire Management Plan

Five-Year Plan Development

Under PRC section 42885.5, CIWMB is required to adopt a five-year plan establishing goals and priorities for the waste tire program and submit the plan to the Legislature by July 1, 2001. The plan is to include programmatic and fiscal issues as well as performance objectives and measurement criteria for the waste tire recycling program. The plan is to be revised and resubmitted to the Legislature every two years.

Many of the programmatic issues included in the plan were the subject of the AB 117 Report (California Waste Tire Program Evaluation and Recommendations: Final Report). During the development of the AB 117 Report, several workshops were held to obtain public input and industry comments. The AB 117 Report was then approved by CIWMB, Cal/EPA, the Governor’s Office, and the Legislature.

This report addresses the five program elements as identified in the bill [PRC section 42885.5(b)]:

1. Enforcement and regulations relating to the storage of waste and used tires.
2. Cleanup, abatement, or other remedial actions related to tire stockpiles throughout the state.
3. Research directed at promoting and developing alternatives to the landfill disposal of tires.
4. Market development and new technology activities for waste and used tires.
5. The waste and used tire hauler program and manifest system.

The Five-Year Plan is to include the hierarchy used by CIWMB to maximize productive uses of waste and used tires and the performance objectives and measurement criteria used by CIWMB to evaluate the success of its waste and used tire recycling program.

The hierarchy to be applied to the Five-Year Plan has the following order of priority:

This hierarchy is to be used as guidance, but not a rigid formula, in establishing priorities for the waste tire program.

In November 2001 CIWMB developed its Strategic Plan that described key areas to be addressed over the next three to five years. The Strategic Plan describes a shift in focus from the diversion goals of the Integrated Waste Management Act (AB 939, Sher, Chapter 1095, Statutes of 1989 as amended [IWMA]) to a broader, more systematic approach to managing the material used and created in manufacturing. This shift includes a commitment to work with manufacturers on product stewardship so as to achieve a sustainable society and allow for growth in ideas and methods resulting in greater protection of public health and safety and the environment by the State and its local enforcement agencies. Further, the Board is committed to protecting the environment and public health and safety in a manner that does not unfairly affect any group. The Five-Year Plan supports the efforts outlined in the Board’s Strategic Plan.

Additionally, the plan shall describe each program element’s effectiveness, based upon performance measures developed by CIWMB.

Nine major goals have been established for CIWMB’s Waste Tire Management Program:

1. To eliminate all known illegal piles of waste tires in California.
2. To identify and track the used and waste tire flow in California.
3. To reduce the legal and illegal disposal of waste tires in California by increasing the reuse, recycling, and energy recovery of, or from, waste tires while protecting public health and safety and the environment.
4. To the greatest extent possible, this plan will ensure a robust tire recycling infrastructure for the waste tire industry and enhance alternatives to disposal of waste tires that were generated in California.
5. To provide excellent customer service in a responsible and cost-effective manner.
6. To implement this plan in a manner consistent with the principles of environmental justice that ensures that people of all races, cultures, and incomes are treated fairly and have equitable access to environmental benefits, and that no segment of the population bears a higher share of the risks and consequences of cumulative exposures or impacts of environmental pollution.
7. To enhance existing efforts to improve the environment along the California-Mexico border through establishment of a cooperative relationship with all levels of government along both sides of the border in addressing border-specific concerns, including the stockpiling of waste tires near border cities, hauling and transport of tires, and sharing and disseminating environmental education materials.
8. To increase State-agency purchases of tire-related products, including longer-life tires, retreaded tires, recycled-content tires, and products made from recycled tire materials.
9. To work with other states, localities, and interested parties and the tire industry on product stewardship issues related to tires in a manner similar to dialogues that have taken place or have begun for other products.

The contents of this plan include the following seven sections for each program element:

1. State of the Program.
2. Directions/Recommendations From the AB 117 Report.
3. Direction Provided by SB 876.
4. CIWMB’s Strategic Plan Goals and Objectives.
5. The Plan.
6. Performance Measures.
7. Proposed Five-Year Budget.

Within the "Program Activities" portion of each section (under The Plan) is a funding table developed by staff and summarizing the proposed expenditures within each element. Appendices A and B of this plan include a table and a chart indicating proposed total expenditures for the entire Tire Recycling Management Fund. Appendix C contains the baseline data of fiscal year 2001/02 for the performance measures that were outlined in the original Five-Year Plan (September 2001).

The plan also includes the following seven program-wide performance measures:

1. In conjunction with other environmental justice efforts of the CIWMB, the tire program will evaluate its progress in informing the public of proposed actions, attempting to overcome barriers to meaningful participation in the decision-making process, and providing technical assistance to communities on potential health and environmental impacts of tire-related activities.
2. In concert with Cal/EPA and the U.S.-Mexico Border 2012 Program, CIWMB will develop a waste tire abatement plan with California and Mexico authorities, focusing on stockpiles posing an immediate threat of fire.
3. By January 2004, CIWMB will develop a training program/tracking system focusing on cross-border waste tire hauling. The program will include CIWMB conducting tire hauler training workshops with stakeholders from California and Mexico.
4. By January 2005, CIWMB will develop a plan to encourage greater use by State and local agencies of recycled-content tire products and assure that this plan aligns with the work of the State Agency Buy Recycled Campaign.
5. CIWMB will conduct periodic waste tire roundtable discussions with stakeholders to review progress of the waste tire program, solicit input from stakeholders, and answer questions.
6. CIWMB will include the principles of environmental justice as requirements in all tire program grants and contracts.
7. CIWMB will develop and submit a biennial report on product stewardship issues for adoption by the Board.

The Special Waste and Market Development Committee held three public meetings on October 1, 10, and 17, 2002, to obtain input from stakeholders on the original Five-Year Plan. Additional comments were received at the CIWMB’s Special Waste and Market Development Committee workshops held on January 30, March 7, and March 24, 2003. The committee used the input to further develop this revision to the original plan.

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Last updated: December 02, 2007