On May 20, 2026, Environmental Protection Network submitted formal comments regarding EPA’s proposed rule to facilitate scrap tire pile cleanups, acknowledging that abandoned tire piles pose urgent public health and environmental hazards like disease-carrying pests and toxic fires. While EPN supports clearing these legacy piles and agrees cement kilns are uniquely suited to burn them, they strongly warn against the EPA’s proposal to lower the “processing” standard, which would allow tires to be burned as non-waste fuel without being shredded or de-wired.
EPN Comments on Protecting Public Health and Unleashing American Energy by Facilitating Scrap Tire Pile Cleanups
