08/25/1994 - Minutes SALT LAKE VALLEY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT COUNCIL
AGENDA
Thursday, August 25, 1994
11:00 A.M.
Salt Lake Valley Solid Waste Management Facility Conference Room
6030 West 1300 South
Salt Lake City, Utah
1. Approval of Minutes (June 30, 1994)
2. Request for Fee Increase by E.T. Technologies
3. Request for Fee Decrease by Utah Tire Dealers and Retreaders Association
4. Recycling Information Office Program Update
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Minutes of the Salt Lake Valley Solid Waste Management Council held Thursday, August 25,
1994 at 11:00 A.M. in the Conference Room, Salt Lake Valley Solid Waste Management
Facility, 6030 West 1300 South, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Those present: Brad Stewart Salt Lake City
Lonnie Johnson Salt Lake County
Russell Willardson COG, West Valley City
Dr. Ryan Dupont USU
Kent Miner SLC/Co. Health Dept.
Others in Attendance: Cindy Morgan E.T. Technologies
Ted Sonnenburg E.T. Technologies
Catherine N. Hofmann SLC/Public Services
Ralph Bohn DEQ
Jim Bennett Bennett's
Craig Morrison Utah Tire Dealers' Assn.
Mike Zufelt Utah Tire Dealers' Assn.
Alden Padfillo Utah Tire Dealers' Assn.
D. Robert Davis TransJordan Landfill
Daniel L. Bauer Solid Waste Management
Romney M. Stewart Solid Waste Management
Bud L. Stanford Solid Waste Management
Chris Smart Recycling Information Office
Pam Derbidge Secretary
1. Approval of Minutes (June 30, 1994)
Lonnie Johnson made a motion to approve the minutes of the meeting held June 30,
1994; Dr. Ryan Dupont seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
2. Request for Fee Increase by E.T. Technologies
A request was submitted by E.T. Technologies (copy attached) for a 20 cent fee increase
based on the recent permit fee increase implemented by the Salt Lake City-County Health
Department. The fee increase reflected the increased Health Department fee per ton
payable by solid waste management facilities. E.T. Technologies' base tonnage rates
would be unchanged.
After discussion, Lonnie Johnson made a motion to approve the permit fee increase
request proposed by E.T. Technologies; the motion was seconded by Dr. Ryan Dupont.
The motion passed unanimously.
3. Request for Fee Decrease by Utah Tire Dealers and Retreaders Association
The Landfill Council was approached by Mike Zufelt, representing the Utah Tire Dealers
and Retreaders Association, requesting a fee decrease for disposal of shredded tires at
the Salt Lake Valley Solid Waste Management Facility. A copy of their written request
is attached. Members of the Council and representatives from the Utah Tire Dealers and
Retreaders Association discussed several options, including the possibility of using the
shredded tires as daily cover material on the Landfill if the tires were brought to the
Facility for disposal. Alden Padfillo distributed additional information regarding the
issue of disposal of tires for the Council to review. Briefly stated, the request asks that
the Council approve the disposal of shredded tires (passenger, light truck, and medium
commercial tires) at a reduced rate of $13/ton rather than $31/ton; off-the-road tires
would be discounted to $75/ton rather than the current $220/ton. The requested decrease
would be short term (12 months) to allow the tire dealers to find other options for
disposal of the tires.
Lonnie Johnson made a motion to table this request until the next meeting to allow the
Council to review the recommendation of staff. The motion was seconded by Dr. Ryan
Dupont; the motion passed unanimously.
4. Recycling Update - Chris Smart
Chris Smart distributed copies of the recently prepared Recycling Information Office
Bulletin to members of the Council. (Copy Attached.) These bulletins will be
distributed monthly; members of the Council suggested that perhaps the next issue could
focus on recycling and disposal of used tires.
The next Recycling Guide has been finalized and will be distributed on Tuesday,
September 20 with the Deseret News and the Tribune.
Chris noted that he and Jan Teasdale were staffing the Recycling Information Office; they
are hopeful that Joyce Leach will be well enough to return to work in the near future.
Chris and Jan will have additional responsibilities when the Education Building is
completed at the Landfill; volunteers will need to be trained in recycling issues to assist
in hosting tours and visitors.
Chris stated that he had requested the name of a student representative from elementary
schools throughout the valley; the students will serve as a contact person to disperse
recycling information at their respective schools.
The Recycling Information Office will also play a key role in composting sales. The
Recycling Information Office staff will be handling advertising and public relations issues
surrounding the compost in the future.
The Recycling Information Office will also be targeting "precycling" issues in the future
in an effort to reduce the volume of waste material; one third of the garbage thrown
away is packaging.
Brad Stewart thanked Chris for his informative presentation.
Meeting adjourned at noon. The next meeting will be announced.
E.T. Technologies,Inc.
environmental services
REQUEST FOR FEE ADJUSTNLENT
August 25, 1994
Effective August 1, 1994, the Salt Lake City-County Health Department implemented an
increase in fees payable by solid waste management facilities permitted by the Department. The
new Health Department fee applicable to our waste processing facility is 30 cents per ton,
compared to the previous rate of 10 cents per ton. In light of this increase, E.T. Technologies,
Inc. is hereby requesting The Council's approval to collect, from our customers, the additional
Health Department fee. The proposed implementation date for this change is September 15,
1994.
A proposed schedule for the Soils Regeneration Site, reflecting the increased Health Department
fee, is attached for your consideration. There is no change in the base tonnage rate.
Thank you for your consideration regarding this issue.
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FEE SCHEDULE
E.T. TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
SOILS REGENERATION SITE
Effective September 15, 1994
Base Tonnage Rates*
Class 8 - Non-Industrial Wastes $ 15.75/ton
Class 7 - Industrial Wastes 36.75/ton
Class 14 - Municipal Sludges 15.75/ton
Additional Handling Charges* (Additive to Base Tonnage Rate)
Special Handling 6.00/ton
pH
9-10 standard units 1.20/ton
10-12.49 standard units 3.00/ton
Immediate Processing 8,40/ton
Non-conformance fee 60.00/shipment
* Tonnage rates are applicable to bulk shipments. Tonnage will be determined by
weighing in at the Salt Lake Valley Solid Waste Management Facility scales.
Applicable Health Department fees will be added to all invoices. The current fee is 30 cents per
ton.
L. UTAH TIRE DEALERS&RETREADERS ASSOCIATION
UTDRA
P.O.BOX 1087
WEST JORDAN, UT 84084
(801)255-9064
August 11, 1994 r"`
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Romney Stewart AUG 15 1994
P.O. Box 308
Midvale, UT 84047 SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
Dear Mr. Stewart,
I appreciated the opportunity to talk with you on the telephone about our
concerns with regards to the tire recycling industry in Utah. I appreciated
your time.
Per your request, our organization is officially requesting time on your next
Waste Management Council 's agenda to present our concerns in regards to the
situation here in Utah regarding tire recycling and its relationship with the
landfills.
In quick summary, as discussed with you over the telephone, in regards to the
situation here in Utah with the tire recycling issue, here are some of the
facts:
1. There are currently only two end users for tires and/or tire by-product.
a. The cement plant at Devil's slide, which burns shredded rubber.
b. The cement plant located at Leamington, which burns whole tires.
2. There are currently two operational tire shredding operations in the state.
a. Fred and Wayne's, located in Salt Lake.
b. Rob Jahries 's, located in Salt Lake.
3. The cement plant in Leamington, due to technical problems and increased
production quotas, Leamington has been off-line this year entirely, thus
creating a "bottleneck" in the recycling system.
4. The cement plant at Devil's slide has limited capacity, and cannot keep
up with current generation of tires, as well as take on the problem of
existing tire piles. Devil's slide will only accept shredded tire by-
product from one source. Devil's slide has also started testing disposable
diapers as an alternative fuel source, thus reducing their procurement of
shredded tire by-product
5. Currently, as we understand it, the current rates being charged at the
landfills for shredded rubber is $30 to $33 per ton, whereas, the rate
for regular waste is $19 per ton. The waste disposal fee for giant off-
the-road tires is $150 per ton, and many of the giant tires weigh in at
several tons ! The giant off-road tires are not generated in volume here
in Utah. Current disposal rates are extremely discouraging and discrimi-
natory.
6. We are not advocating the dumping of whole tires in landfills. We are
just as concerned with the environment as everyone. However, the sit-
uation in Utah is that, 1) Utah does not have tehnology in place to keep
up with current generation of tires, as well as addressing the problem
with the existing tire piles, 2) Utah currently has a recycling industry
tending towards monopolistic operations due to limited demand and limited
end users, thus having the potential to hold tire dealers hostage to in-
flated disposal rates, which of course must be passed on to the consumer.
3) Due to unfair and un-competitive landfill rates, it is discourag-
ing future tire shredding operations from starting up and offering addi-
tional competition within the industry.
7. With Devil's slides limited capacity, tire volumes continue to increase
at the yards of the tire shredders, which of course, they themselves have
limited storage capacity. With this in mind, where or what do we do with
our tires?
8. We propose a "short-term" relief solution, while the State of Utah's Legis-
lative Task Force works with the Utah Tax Payer's Association and the
Business Developement Agency to entice and promote capital investment and
technology to come and set up business in Utah; this "short-term" relief
proposal consist of the following:
a. For the next 12 months, with an option for review at the end of the
12 months, landfills along the Wasatch Front reduce the disposal fees
charged for shredded rubber to the going rate for regular waste received
at $19 per ton, and reduce dramatically the fees charged for the dis-
posal of the giant off-the-road tires.
b. Landfills along the Wasatch Front to accept "chopped" tires(passenger,
light truck, and medium commercial truck tires). These tires would be
chopped into quarters, thus bursting the air-chamber completely and
eliminating completely the tendency for the tire to rise to the sur-
face and the environmental concerns. Once a chopped tire is buried,
it stays buried, and in regards to passenger and light truck tires,
once chopped, they do not take up any more land space than the average
kitchen disposable garbage bag.
By implementing these items for the "short-term" it provides the time desperat-
ly needed to bring capital investment and technology into Utah, thus creating
more jobs. It provides the time needed to create and develope new markets for
tire derivative by-products and increasing competition within the recycling
industry, which will ultimately reduce the disposal cost to the consumer, and
increase efficiency and effectiveness, and will directly assist in helping to
build the tire recycling industry in Utah. With all parties working together
to address our tire generating problems, there is absolutely no reason why
the State of Utah cannot he a leader, and a properous leader at that, in leading
the nation in tire recycling and how to address this vita]. concern.
Mr. Stewart, we appreciate your concern and attentiveness to our concerns. I
look forward to meeting you in person and discussing further our proposals.
March 12, 1994
Tire Shredding, Inc.
1942 West 700 So.
St. George, Utah 84770
Telephone (801) 634-1216
Fax (801) 634-1216
Mr.°
Dear
I am writing this letter to introduce you to a company that is dedicated to
cleaning up the large surplus of used tires in the Western U.S.
Tire Shredding, Inc. (TSI), a Nevada Corporation , was formed by a group of
professionals to provide a service to the states, municipalities, and heavy
equipment industries faced with the serious and ever increasing problem of tire
disposal. TSI can, with the use of a larger grinder, shred all sizes of tires;
separate steel; and rubber; and transport and dispose rubber and steel by-
products.
The TSI Grinder has the capability of grinding the largest off the road tire made
which is the Caterpiller 994 tire.
The tube on the first TSI machine will be 12 feet 6 inches in diameter, capable of
grinding the large tires. Two large 3700-57 truck tires from the Barrick
Goldstrike Mine in Nevada were sent to the Manufacturing plant for test grinding.
The tires were ground in 8 minutes per tire and the rubber quality was
approximately 90% free of metal.
If you have any further questions before we meet, please don't hesitate to
call my office at 255-9064.
Sincerely,
7)/,;dete..13
Mi hael Zu - - resident
Utah Tire Dealers and Retreaders Association
P.O. Box 1087
West Jordan, UT 84084
SALT LAKE VALLEY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT COUNCIL
August 25, 1994
1- INTRODUCTION:
2- HOW MANY OF THE MOST POPULAR OTR TIRE ARE THERE?
3- PAST:
What Have Tire Dealers & Users Done With Junk OTR Tires
In The Past?
A- Landfill
B- Farmers: for horses feeders
C- Erosion: control water ways
D- Farmers: silage pits
E- School ground play equipment
F- Cut up for dock bumpers
4- FUTURE:
What Will Tire Dealers & Users Do With Junk OTR Tires In
The Future?
A- Government mandates (H.R. 4385) Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act (Tire use in asphalt)
this has been set back one year!
B- Fuel
C- Crumb rubber
D- Short term - landfill
5- WHO ON THE WASATCH FRONT AT PRESENT ARE WORKING ON TURNING
JUNK OTR TIRES TO USEFUL RECYCLED PRODUCTS.
A- Utah Rubber Recycling
B- Garb - Oil & Power Corp (OTC)
C- Tire Shredding Inc.
D- Others
6- LANDFILLS
We as Tire Dealers Need Local Landfills Help on a Short
Term Bases to Landfill or Store OTR Tires.
LARGE OFF THE ROAD TIRES (OTR)
MOST POPULAR SIZES ON WASATCH FRONT
SIZE OD WEIGHT
17-SL-24 48.4 166
1400-24 53 . 9 196
20. 5-25 59. 3 387
23 . 5-25 62 .9 555
26. 5-25 67. 7 706
29. 5-29 76.7 1170
33 .25-35 76.9 1786
monday, June 6, 1994 THE ENTERPRISES
Salt Lake company plans $1 .5 million
crumb rubber manufacturing plant
by Barbara Rattle rubber,will be recycled, shred the large tires, according to W E ' LL REBUILD YOUR
Managing Editor By comparison, he said,trac- Brewer.
Salt Lake's Garb-Oil&Power tor trailer truck tires consist of half He said the crumb rubber plant
Corp. (OTC) has launched a new natural rubber and half synthetic will be financed internally,and will HOUSE NO MATTER
company to sell new and refur- rubber,while automobile tires con- recycle tires from Wyoming,Colo-
bished tractor trailer tires and to sist of 30 percent natural rubber and rado,Idaho and Nevada in addition
hold an approximately$1.5 million 70 percent synthetic. to Utah. HOW HIGH IT GETS.
crumb rubber plant the concern Off-the-road tires are those Until the crumb rubber plant
hopes to begin constructing in the used by the likes of mining com- is constructed,newly-formed Utah
Salt Lake area in about 12 months. panies. They can weigh up to Truck Tires will refurbish and sell ''. a�jA,
Company president John C. 20,000 pounds and consist of rub- used tractor trailer tires, and sell 'C:i,1r
Brewer said the crumb rubber ber that is 12 inches thick,accord- new ones. Utah Truck Tires is to GS 04',$�\
plant, which will employ approxi- ing to Brewer,who said to date,off- cated at 982 So. 400 W., Brewer Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
mately 75 people in 30,000 square the-road tires have never been re- said.While the new business pres 127 South 500 East, Salt Lake City UT 84102
foot quarters on 10 acres,will pro- cycled. ently has only a skeleton crew, 363-3057 / 571-1966 / 295-8886
duce"premium"crumb rubber be- Sister company Garbalizer Brewer said he anticipates Utah
cause only giant off-the-road tires, Machinery Corp.has just received Truck Tires will employ between
comprised of 100 percent natural patents on its system that is able to 12 and 15 people within about 30 We offer a policy thehat guarantees to rebuild
your home even if costs exceed your coverage.
Distributor of pneumatic and days. Tire recapping will be sub- Call today for a free home evaluation.
contracted,he said. __
hydraulic equipment enters SL Garb-Oil, founded in 1972,
will this month begin engineering LIBrTJAL. ;'
Fluid Power Tech,also known for the company out of his home MUTUAL. /
as 1471 Inc., a 10-year-old indus- for the last year,the opening of the `Fork on a$2.5 million crtunb rub
ber plant in Detroit, Brewer con- o l994 l,btriY Mutual Insurancec,a�P,Group/Bostontrial distributor of pneumatic and 1,500 square foot stocking ware
hydraulic equipment, entered the house,which begin bperations with eluded.
Utah market last week with the a staff of two, represents a stron-
opening of a stocking warehouse ger commitment to the area.
at 1050 No. Redwood Rd. PY1,he said,carries the likes
Company owner Mike Davis of pumps,valves,fittings and cyl-
said the Salt Lake facility marks inders for use by a number of in-
' 1~Yl's first expansion outside Den- dustries,among them contracting, .
ver. agriculture and food processing. H
He said while local resident Davis said FPT presently em- al,'I ng Trouble Focus I n ei
Kevin Batcheli s been working ploys approximately 18 people. g
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• monday, april 18, 1994 THE ENTERPRISES
New Utah corporation seeks to build Our pop-up modular exhibit system of choice - Nimlok.
$1 .5 million rubber recycling plant See What's New From nlmlok
by Barbara Rattle fornia,he said. unique in that it is more economical at Modern Distod
Managing Editor According to Poulton, Utah than other crumb rubber making a yi
Utah Rubber Recycling Inc.,a Rubber Recycling has acquired li- processes,and because it allows the ,.
new Utah corporation, has been cense rights to a piece of equipment rubber to retain its elasticity. U
formed to pursue development of a manufactured in Europe that turns "The company's principal mar- ,, ,,, r°
crumb rubber plant along the waste tires into crumb rubber. Li- ket will probably be selling crumb € I - : -,:"<itt.a •°
Wasatch Front once a private offer- censing rights to Utah, Idaho and rubber to asphalt companies that are
ing is complete, hopefully raising Montana were purchased, he said, required by law to have increasing : : ," a •
$1.5 million. from a company called Eurectec, amounts of rubber in asphalt laid as ""'-+ " ' , -• „
Salt Lake attorney Ronald L. which maintains a demonstration part of federally-funded projects," K
Poulton, a spokesman for the new rubber recycling plant in California Poulton said. He added sales can `"�
firm,said Utah Rubber Recycling's and which holds licensing rights to also be expected to be made to mak- -.'`1l� Itt"""`"`t4s.:�7.;':. �t = , . ,,
principal shareholder is Ehren Fried all of North America for the Euro- ers of a number of aftermarketprod- 4 ..0 " ", x
Liebich,a resident of Germany. A pean machine. ucts such as roofing materials and :
second company principal,
p y p pal, Keith Poulton said the machine,which playground mats. :,
Fryer,resides in Wilmington,Cali- is patented by foreign concerns, is A private offering to raise a _�lki S\.
hoped-for $1.5 million will prob- -. ,• v 4, A
44 ably begin within about a month, ______
after which time Utah Rubber Recy-
cling will begin looking for an ap- Nimlok offers tool-free setup
proximately 10,000 square foot fa- and elegant custom appearance with
;_ � , cility near the slate's main source of unlimited opportunities for reconfiguration.
M waste tires—the Wasatch Front—
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SALT LAKE VALLEY
RECYCLING INFORMATION OFFICE
BULLETIN
August 1994
Colorado Awards consisting of paper, glass and
$1 Million In plastic . The machinery must
Recycling Grants have a life expectancy of
least 3 years and 90 percent
Colorado Gov. Roy Romer of production must use post-
has set a statewide goal to consumer waste.
divert 50 percent of solid The tax credit is
waste from landfills by the equivalent to 20 percent of
year 2000 . the incurred costs and is
As part of the strategy limited to a maximum of
to achieve that goal, Gov. $30, 000 per year.
Romer instructed his Office of -from NRC's Newslink
Energy Conservation to develop
a $1 million recyling grant
program supporting community- US Supreme Court Rules:
based recycling, waste Solid Waste Is Commerce
reduction and composting.
Twenty four Colorado In a landmark ruling in
programs, with the potential May, the U.S . Supreme Court
to serve every county and held in the case of C&A
school district, received Carbone v. the Town of
grant awards ranging from Clarkstown that an ordinance
$2 , 000 - $5 , 000 . requiring solid waste go only
Eight of the winning to the town' s transfer station
grant proposals are designed violates the Commerce Clause
to expand composting. of the U. S . Constitution.
Also among the winners is "Flow Control" - the
a project in Boulder to ability to direct the course
develop a Waste Reduction of wastes or recyclables for
Activity Kit for every school specific local purposes - can
district in Colorado. effect the economics,
-from Recycle Colorado efficiency and ultimate
success of the recovered
materials cycle.
Idaho Allows Tax Credit For The decision limits local
Production With Recyclables officials' ability to
guarantee minimum levels of
Idaho' s Legislature materials for recycling and
passed a bill allowing for a waste management . Such
tax credit on equipment that guarantees are often needed by
can use post-consumer waste, -over-
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recyclers to acquire funding. waste. Local government could
That U.S. Supreme Court no longer guarantee retirement
ruling follows closely the of bonded indebtedness without
California State Supreme Court flow control power.
case of Waste Management of Local governments could
the Desert, Inc. & City of have to withdraw from solid
Rancho Mirage v. Palm Spring waste management under such a
Recycling Center. The court scenerio, SWANA officials
ruled in March that a said.
community may grant an The Supreme Court ruling
exclusive franchise for in the Carbone case could
collecting solid waste, but effectively be reversed if
recyclables are not waste. The Congress passed flow control
ruling restricts "flow legislation. A bill now
control" ordinances used for circulating through Congress,
recycling and may serve as a sponsored by Rep. Al Swift (D-
precendent in other states. Wash.) would do just that and
-from California Recycling supports the SWANA view.
Review and Municiple Solid -from Refuse News
Waste News
As Curbside Recycling Grows
Loss of Local Control Drop-Off Sites Close
Means End of Public
Solid Waste Management A suburban Chicago drop-
According to SWANA off facility closed recently
after Woodridge village
Local governments should officials refused to continue
control waste flow, SWANA says funding it.
despite the U.S. Supreme Court Growing curbside programs
ruling in the Carbone case. in the Chicago area were the
SWANA officials contend reason the village trustees
that proper management of voted to cancel $17,000 in
municiple solid waste can only annual funding to the
be accomplished if local Woodridge Recycling Center.
governments retain tradional All over Illinois, drop-
powers over it. off centers are closing as
It would not be possible, curbside recycling grows.
SWANA maintains, for local There are now 350 curbside
governments to meet programs in Illinois.
responsibilities for human By contrast, the Salt
health and environmental Lake City Council voted
protection unless the entire recently not to fund the
municipal waste stream is mayor's proposal to expand its
under local control. curbside program so that it
The infrastructure which would have been available to
supports intergrated municipal all single family dwellings at
solid waste management will no cost.
collapse, SWANA officials -from Recycling Times
fear, if local units of
government loose the ability Bulletin compiled and edited
to control flow of solid by Christopher Smart