# COMAR Title 26 — Department of the Environment

## Subtitle 04 — Regulation of Water Supply, Sewage Disposal, Solid Waste, and Recyclable Materials

### Chapter 08 — Storage, Collection, Transferring, Hauling, Recycling, and Processing of Scrap Tires

#### Regulation .26 Use of the State Used Tire Clean-up and Recycling Fund.

*COMAR 26.04.08.26*

A. Authorization. There is a State Used Tire Clean-up and Recycling Fund (the Fund) as established in Environment Article, §9-273, Annotated Code of Maryland.

B. Allocation of the Fund. The Department shall use the Fund in accordance with the provisions of Environment Article, §§9-275, 9-277, and 9-278, Annotated Code of Maryland.

C. Procedures for Allocation of the Fund for the Scrap Tire Recycling System.

  (1) The Service shall submit to the Department a request for financial assistance for:

    (a) Projects within the scrap tire recycling system to reduce, recover, and recycle scrap tires that are approved by the Department; and

    (b) Costs related to the implementation of scrap tire recycling systems including the cost of:

      (i) Preparation of a scrap tire recycling system under Environment Article, §9-228(e), Annotated Code of Maryland,

      (ii) Implementation of any program established by the Service as a part of a scrap tire recycling system, and

      (iii) Providing assistance in funding the establishment of a private or public scrap tire collection, processing, or recycling facility.

  (2) The Department shall accept expense estimates, cost justifications, and other information specified by the Department as a means of evaluating the  request for financial assistance.