                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PARTIAL REIMBURSEMENT FOR WASTE TIRES; ELIGIBILITY; PROMULGATION OF REGULATIONS
(§ 10.1-1422.4)

A. The intent of the partial reimbursement of costs under this section is to
promote the use of waste tires by enhancing markets for waste tires or chips or
similar materials.

B. Any person who (i) purchases waste tires generated in Virginia and who uses
the tires or chips or similar materials for resource recovery or other
appropriate uses as established by regulation may apply for partial
reimbursement of the cost of purchasing the tires or chips or similar materials
or (ii) uses but does not purchase waste tires or chips or similar materials for
resource recovery or other appropriate uses as established by regulation may
apply for a reimbursement of part of the cost of such use.

C. To be eligible for the reimbursement (i) the waste tires or chips or similar
materials shall be generated in Virginia, and (ii) the user of the waste tires
shall be the end user of the waste tires or chips or similar materials. The end
user does not have to be located in Virginia.

D. Reimbursements from the Waste Tire Trust Fund shall be made at least
quarterly.

E. The Board shall promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the provisions
of this section. The regulations shall include, but not be limited to:

   1. Defining the types of uses eligible for partial reimbursement;

   2. Establishing procedures for applying for and processing of reimbursements;
   and

   3. Establishing the amount of reimbursement.

F. For the purposes of this section &#8220;end user&#8221; means (i) for
resource recovery, the person who utilizes the heat content or other forms of
energy from the incineration or pyrolysis of waste tires, chips or similar
materials and (ii) for other eligible uses of waste tires, the last person who
uses the tires, chips, or similar materials to make a product with economic
value. If the waste tire is processed by more than one person in becoming a
product, the end user is the last person to use the tire as a tire, as tire
chips, or as similar material. A person who produces tire chips or similar
materials and gives or sells them to another person to use is not an end user.

HISTORY: 1993, c. 211; 1997, c. 627.