Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the TCEQ counted six illegal piles of tires in AGÕæÈË°Ù¼ÒÀÖ County. In fact, the TCEQ has identified only in AGÕæÈË°Ù¼ÒÀÖ County with a tire count between 7,300 and 299,999. We regret the error.
Original story: Next time you’re driving your car, look at all the tires around you. When those tires wear out, they have to go somewhere.
Every year, more than 24 million tires in Texas. And many of them are dumped illegally. A proposal before the Legislature today aims to reduce that problem.
includes a requirement that tire-hauling companies be bonded for $100,000 dollars. If a company is found to have illegally dumped tires, the money could be used by the to clean up the mess.
“Texas has a problem today managing the flow of scrap tires, and illegal landfills exist and they are indeed growing,� Dick Gus, of , told the Senate Transportation Committee. “Why should Texas taxpayers be required to clean up the environment when the tire industry stakeholders should be managing the scrap tires responsibly?�
The bill also prohibits the sale of “unsafe tires� -- those with tread less than a sixteenth of an inch deep.
