Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-2-11-401.1

As used in the Oklahoma Used Tire Recycling Act:

1. "ASTM" means the American Society for Testing and Materials;

2. "Automobile" means every motor vehicle of the type

constructed and used for the transportation of ten persons or less,

including the driver, or used for the transportation of property.

Provided, however, that the automobile's gross vehicle weight rating

does not exceed sixteen thousand (16,000) pounds;

3. "Automotive dismantler and parts recycler" means the same as

defined in Section 591.2 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

4. "Commission" means the Oklahoma Tax Commission;

5. "Department" means the Department of Environmental Quality;

6. "End use" means a Department-approved ultimate economic use

for a used tire or tire-derived product, including granulated

rubber, ground rubber, tire chips, tire-derived aggregate, tire-

derived fuel and tire shreds;

7. "Fund" means the Used Tire Recycling Indemnity Fund;

8. "Granulated rubber" means particulate rubber composed of

mainly nonspherical particles that span a broad range of maximum

particle dimensions, from below four hundred twenty-five thousandths

(0.425) of a millimeter (40 mesh) to twelve (12) millimeters (0.47

inches) pursuant to current ASTM standards;

9. "Ground rubber" means particulate rubber composed of mainly

nonspherical particles that span a broad range of maximum particle

dimensions, from below four hundred twenty-five thousandths (0.425)

of a millimeter (40 mesh) to two (2) millimeters (0.08 inches)

pursuant to current ASTM standards;

10. "Motorcycle" means a motor vehicle of a type defined in

Section 1-135 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

11. "Motor-driven cycle" means a motor vehicle of a type

defined in Section 1-136 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

12. "Motor vehicle" means the same as defined in Section 1-134

of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

13. "Priority cleanup list" means a list, created and

maintained by the Department, of:

a. unpermitted dumps which did not exist when the owner

took possession of the property where the tires are

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located, and were created without the consent of or

benefit to the owner of the property, and

b. such other tire dumps designated by the Department

pursuant to Section 2-11-401.6 of this title;

14. "Reusable tire" means a tire that has been previously used

on a vehicle, not currently mounted on a vehicle, but can be legally

placed into service for vehicle use in Oklahoma;

15. "Semitrailer" means the same as defined in Section 1-162 of

Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

16. "Tire" means any solid or air-filled covering for vehicle

wheels;

17. "Tire chips" means pieces of scrap tires that have a basic

geometrical shape and are generally between twelve (12) millimeters

(0.47 inches) and fifty (50) millimeters (1.97 inches) in size and

have most of the wire removed pursuant to current ASTM standards;

18. "Tire dealer" means any person engaged in the business of

selling new and used tires to final consumers, not for resale;

19. "Tire-derived aggregate" means pieces of scrap tires that

have a basic geometrical shape and are generally between twelve (12)

millimeters (0.47 inches) and three hundred five (305) millimeters

(12.01 inches) in size and are intended for use in civil engineering

applications pursuant to ASTM standards;

20. "Tire-derived fuel" means whole tires or processed tires

that can be used for energy or fuel recovery pursuant to current

ASTM standards;

21. "Tire-derived fuel facility" or "TDF facility" means a

facility that uses processed tires or whole used tires for energy or

fuel recovery;

22. "Tire-derived product" means matter that:

a. is derived from a process that uses whole tires as a

feedstock, including chipping for the purpose of fuel

recovery, granulating and grinding,

b. adheres to established engineering or other
standards;

21. "Tire-derived fuel facility" or "TDF facility" means a

facility that uses processed tires or whole used tires for energy or

fuel recovery;

22. "Tire-derived product" means matter that:

a. is derived from a process that uses whole tires as a

feedstock, including chipping for the purpose of fuel

recovery, granulating and grinding,

b. adheres to established engineering or other

appropriate specifications or to established product

end-user specifications or customer conditions of

acceptance,

c. has a demonstrated benefit associated with the end

use, and

d. can be used as a substitute for or in conjunction with

a commercial product or raw material;

23. "Tire shreds" means pieces of scrap tires that have a basic

geometrical shape and are generally between fifty (50) millimeters

(1.97 inches) and three hundred five (305) millimeters (12.01

inches) in size pursuant to current ASTM standards;

24. "Trailer" means the same as defined in Section 1-180 of

Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

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25. "Used tire" means an unprocessed whole tire or tire part

that can no longer be used for its originally intended purpose but

can be beneficially reused as approved by the Department. Any used

tire collected in accordance with the requirements of the Oklahoma

Used Tire Recycling Act is not considered to be discarded. A tire

that can be used, reused or legally modified to be reused for its

original intended purpose shall not be a used tire;

26. "Used tire processing" means altering the form of whole

used tires by shredding, chipping or other method approved by the

Department, except baling and pyrolysis;

27. "Used tire recycling facility" means any place which is

permitted as a solid waste disposal site, in accordance with the

Oklahoma Solid Waste Management Act, at which used tires are

processed; and

28. "Vehicle" means the same as defined in Section 1-186 of

Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes.