Illegal Dumping PreventionMWMA - April 2002

Drivers

• Special handling requirements• Landfill bans• Cost• Lack of convenient & affordable disposal options• Easy money for ‘hack’ criminals• Stupidity

U.S. EPA Involvement“Adding Value to Local Efforts”

• Assessments / identify best practices• Stakeholder meetings• Collaborative projects / partnerships

– Law enforcement training / pilots– Outreach & Education– Community-based clean up / maintenance– Measurement / Reporting

Preventive Measures

• Events– Amnesty days, Round ups, Clean sweeps

• Collection– Drop-off centers, tire shops, transfer stations

• Planning– Fire prevention, preparedness

• Public Education– Consumers, neighborhoods, businesses– Proper management and reporting incidents

Enforcement

• Inspections (multi-media)• Tire shops• Jockeys• Junkyards• Facilities (transfer stations, processors)

– EPA letters of inquiry

– Local ordinance• Stiffer penalties

• Administrative Hearing Process

• Publicize results

Resources

• EPA– Market Development Info– Enforcement (RCRA and Superfund)– Emergency response (Superfund)

• State– Overview of State Scrap Tire Programs– Grants, loans, enforcement, permits

• Other– Processors, manufacturers, Scrap Tire News

Region 5 Projects

• Enforcement Pilots (Detroit)– 170 arrests, 89 impounds, $181k fines in 6 mo.

• 25 pilot projects– 2000 officers, judges trained– Abandoned lots & derelict structures mitigated– Multilingual, multimedia outreach

• Illegal Dumping Prevention Guidebook• IDEA Model

Ford Voluntary Replacement

• 13.5 million SUV tires– Dealerships, authorized shops collect

• Contract w/ RTG

• 100 projects in 22 states & 4 provinces– 1 million pounds of crumb donated– paving, playgrounds, soil amendment

• Arizona research project

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Financing

• Fees (tip, sales)• State & county solid waste offices• Enforcement revenues• Community service (voluntary/mandatory)• Volunteer groups (KAB)• General fund• Corporate (chamber, tire dealers, corporate)• Need to understand and communicate costs!

Getting Serious About the Problem

• How bad is the problem ?

• How much is it costing ?

• Should we invest in prevention ?

• How do we recover costs ?

• Are prevention/enforcement investments reducing clean up costs ?

• Are we ready to get serious about this ?

Illegal Dumping Economic Assessment (IDEA)

• Define cost impacts of dumping

• Establish a baseline, report progress

• Plan and budget for clean ups

• Enforcement and/or cost recovery– Economic benefit

• Support policy decisions

Parameters Included

• Dump site features (A)• Waste type and volume (B)• Site clean up - process/labor/equipment (C)• Waste transport (D)• Waste disposal (E)• Site restoration and security (F)• Site surveillance (G)• Program administration (H)• Property Liabilities (I)• Offsetting Costs (J)• Adjustments (K)

Under I-75 in Detroit

Tires

Example Site

• Active Dumpsite– Visual Assessment (~30 minutes)

• Estimate 330 yd3 over ~ 2 acres– 90% Mixed C&D– 10% MSW– 600 tires– Several truckloads of landscape waste

Applications

• Detroit, Gary, Cleveland– Citywide survey w/ clean up estimates – Inventory w/ GIS mapping– Targeted enforcement, prevention and clean up

proposals developed for Mayor, City Council

• Hiawatha National Forest (upper MI)

• Individual enforcement cases

Considerations

• Objectives / Intended Use of Output– Enforcement, grants, clean up plan

• Target Sites– Existing data, accounting system for

equipment, manpower, transportation, disposal • Community Involvement• Training staff for ongoing use

IDEA Model

• All resources available at http://www.epa.gov/region5/illegaldumping

• Technical support

• Referrals & networking opportunities appreciated

• All resources available at http://www.epa.gov/region5/illegaldumping

• Technical support

• Referrals & networking opportunities appreciated