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65-3424a. Restrictions on disposal. No person shall:

(a) Maintain an illegal waste tire accumulation;

(b) transfer ownership of waste tires to any person unless the recipient: (1) Has been issued a permit by the secretary pursuant to K.S.A. 65-3407, and amendments thereto, or K.S.A. 65-3424b, and amendments thereto; (2) intends to use the waste tires for a beneficial use; or (3) is a tire retailer who collects waste tires from the public or other tire retailers in the ordinary course of business;

(c) deposit waste tires in a landfill as a method of ultimate disposal, except that the secretary may authorize, by rules and regulations or by permits issued pursuant to K.S.A. 65-3407, and amendments thereto: (A) The final disposal of processed waste tires at permitted municipal solid waste landfills and permitted waste tire monofills; (B) the final disposal of contaminated whole, unprocessed waste tires at permitted municipal solid waste landfills and permitted waste tire monofills; (C) the use of waste tires in their original state as part of or supplemental to a proven and approved leachate collection system at a landfill; (D) the use of waste tires which have been cut into two or more parts as daily cover material for a landfill; or (E) the final disposal of small numbers of whole, unprocessed waste tires in landfills if such tires are intermingled with other solid waste and retrieval of such tires would be hazardous; or

(d) receive money in exchange for waste tires unless: (A) The person holds a permit issued by the secretary pursuant to K.S.A. 65-3407 or 65-3424b, and amendments thereto; or (B) the person is a tire retailer who collects waste tires from the public or from other tire retailers in the ordinary course of business.

History: L. 1990, ch. 319, § 2; L. 1991, ch. 197, § 2; L. 1994, ch. 283, § 5; L. 1996, ch. 173, § 2; L. 2000, ch. 103, § 2; L. 2001, ch. 126, § 2; L. 2003, ch. 130, § 17; July 1.