VAHB-496Passed

Waste tire disposal by tire producers and haulers; fee, requirements.

Jurisdiction:
Virginia
Type:
EPR
Last action:
Feb 27, 2024
Tires
Bill establishes producer/hauler responsibility for waste tire disposal through registration, transfer requirements, and Waste Tire Trust Fund expansion—core EPR mechanisms—but focuses on hauler obligations rather than direct producer responsibility.
Compliance Dimensions
Fees2 USD Per Unit — tires (waste tire recycling fee, effective July 1, 2024); 0.5 USD Per Unit — tires (waste tire recycling fee, prior rate)

“increases the tire recycling fee from $0.50 to $2 beginning July 1, 2024”

Bans & Restrictionswaste tires disposed of outside permitted facilities (Material Restriction)

“transfer all waste tires to a transfer station, material recovery facility, landfill with a solid waste permit as required by law, or waste tire end user”

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Introduced by: Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries) Waste tire disposal by tire producers and haulers; fee; requirements. Requires a hauler, as defined in the bill, to (i) register with the Department of Environmental Quality and (ii) transfer all waste tires to a transfer station, material recovery facility, landfill with a solid waste permit as required by law, or waste tire end user. The bill expands the purpose of the Waste Tire Trust Fund to include paying the costs of implementing the waste tire disposal requirements of haulers and funding research, studies, and demonstration projects that stimulate the growth of existing and emerging markets for waste tires. The bill also increases the tire recycling fee from $0.50 to $2 beginning July 1, 2024, and directs the Waste Management Board to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. FULL TEXT 01/08/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101146D pdf 01/31/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24106109D-H1 pdf | impact statement 02/07/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24106992D-H2 pdf | impact statement AMENDMENTS House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted HISTORY 01/08/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101146D 01/08/24 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources 01/23/24 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources 01/24/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) 01/24/24 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations 01/31/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24106109D-H1 01/31/24 House: Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources 01/31/24 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 7-N) 01/31/24 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations 02/07/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) 02/07/24 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N) 02/07/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24106992D-H2 02/09/24 House: Read first time 02/12/24 House: Read second time 02/12/24 House: Committee on ACNR substitute rejected 02/12/24 House: Committee on Appropriaitons substitute agreed to 24106992D-H2 02/12/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB496H2 02/13/24 House: Read third time and passed House (79-Y 19-N 1-A) 02/13/24 House: VOTE: Passage (79-Y 19-N 1-A) 02/14/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/14/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources 02/26/24 Senate: Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N) 02/26/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations 02/27/24 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N)

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