Rule 11-4-5.2 - DefinitionsA. For purposes of this regulation, the following definitions apply:(1) "Department" means the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.(2) "Reusable tire" means a whole tire which has been specifically separated from waste tires for and which is suitable for processing or resale for its original intended purpose. A used tire which appears to be suitable for its original intended purpose, but which has not been separated from waste tires for such purposes shall be considered to be a waste tire.(3) "Waste tire" means a whole tire that is no longer suitable for its original intended purpose because of wear, damage or defect.(4) "Waste tire collection site" means a site used for the storage of 100 or more waste tires.(5) "Waste tire disposal site" means a site where tires are buried or incinerated in a manner that does not facilitate recycling, resource recovery, or reuse of the waste tires or its by-products.(6) "Waste tire generator" means any person who produces or stores waste tires on property owned or leased by that person.(7) "Waste tire hauler" means any person engaged in the collection and/or transportation of 50 or more waste tires for the purposes of storage, processing, or disposal or any person transporting waste tires for compensation.(8) "Waste tire processing facility" means a site where tires are reduced in volume by shredding, cutting, chipping or otherwise altered to facilitate recycling, resource recovery, or disposal. The term includes mobile waste tire processing equipment. Commercial enterprises processing waste tires shall not be considered solid waste management facilities.(9) "Waste tire transporter" means any person engaged in the transportation of waste tires.Miss. Code Ann. §§ 17-17-1, et seq., 17-17-201, et seq., 17-17-401, et seq., 49-2-9(1)(b), 49-17-17(i), 49-17-1, et seq., and 49-2-1, et seq.