Border 2012 U.S. – Mexico Environmental Program US/Mexico Border Scrap Tire Update Thirteenth Legislative Forum Miguel I. Flores, Director Water Quality.
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Border 2012Border 2012U.S. – Mexico Environmental U.S. – Mexico Environmental
ProgramProgramUS/Mexico Border Scrap Tire US/Mexico Border Scrap Tire
UpdateUpdate
Thirteenth Legislative ForumThirteenth Legislative Forum
Miguel I. Flores, DirectorMiguel I. Flores, Director
Water Quality Protection DivisionWater Quality Protection Division
U.S. EPA RegionU.S. EPA Region 6
Monterrey, N. L., MexicoMonterrey, N. L., Mexico
May 12, 2006May 12, 2006
Thirteenth Legislative Forum – Monterrey, N.L., MEX. – May 12, 2006
US/Mexico BorderUS/Mexico Border
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Border Border 20122012
Border Border 20122012
• Bottom-up, regional approach• Local decision-making, priority-
setting, and project implementation• Announced in September 2002 at a
meeting among ten border states environmental authorities
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Border 2012 GoalsBorder 2012 Goals
Goal 1: Reduce Water ContaminationGoal 1: Reduce Water Contamination
Goal 2: Reduce Air PollutionGoal 2: Reduce Air Pollution
Goal 3: Reduce Land ContaminationGoal 3: Reduce Land Contamination
Goal 4: Improve Environmental HealthGoal 4: Improve Environmental Health
Goal 5: Reduce Exposure from Accidental Goal 5: Reduce Exposure from Accidental Chemical Releases and Chemical Releases and TerrorismTerrorism
Goal 6: Improve Environmental Goal 6: Improve Environmental PerformancePerformance
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Goal 3: Reduce Land Goal 3: Reduce Land ContaminationContamination
Goal 3: Reduce Land Goal 3: Reduce Land ContaminationContamination
Objective 3: By 2010, clean up three of the largest sites that contain abandoned waste tires in the US/Mexico border region, based on policies and programs developed in partnership with local governments
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IssueIssue
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IssueIssue
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Legislative Forum Legislative Forum QuestionsQuestions
1.1. Which tire piles will be cleaned up?Which tire piles will be cleaned up?
2.2. By when will they be cleaned up?By when will they be cleaned up?
3.3. What will the source of funding be?What will the source of funding be?
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Which tire piles will Which tire piles will be cleaned up?be cleaned up?
• INNOR in Mexicali – 425,000 removed (100%)
• El Centinela – ~900,000 of 1,500,000 tires removed (61%)
• Cd. Juarez – ~720,000 of 4.5 million tires removed (16%)
• Other communities are also beginning to remove tires
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By when will they By when will they be cleaned up?be cleaned up?
• INNOR in Mexicali – Completed
• El Centinela – Complete by 2006
• Cd. Juarez – Unknown, but at current rate could be at least another four years
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What will the source What will the source of funding be?of funding be?
• In Region 9 $262,000 spent in tire clean up (labor and trucks)
• SEMARNAT contributed much in-kind• EPA funds capacity building and demonstration
projects• Eagle Pass pays $1/passenger tire and $2/truck tire to
dispose • CEMEX in Monterrey is taking around 15,000 tires per
month• Need to leverage dollars by forming private-public
partnerships to come up with regional solutions• NADBank
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Recent WPF Activities
Recent WPF Activities
• September 2004: Mexico/U.S. Workshop on Waste in Cd. Juarez
• January 2005: First Waste Policy Forum meeting in Tijuana
• March 2005: Waste Policy Forum meeting in Tucson, AZ
• February 2006: Second Waste Policy Forum meeting in Monterrey
• April 2006: Waste Policy Forum meeting in Ensenada, Mexico
• May 2006: RCC Border Scrap Tire Meeting in San Diego, CA
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ResultsResults
• 2004 US/Mexico Bi-national Commission signed a Letter of Intent to develop a border scrap tire strategy
• Through the combined efforts of EPA, SEMARNAT, regional waste task forces, affected states, and Tribes over 2.1 million tires cleaned up
• Including 34,000 tires on the Pala Band of Mission Indians
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The Same but Different
The Same but Different
• Market Development
• Transportation Cost
•TDF
•Civil Engineering
•Rubberized Asphalt
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Nuevo Laredo Nuevo Laredo Hazardous WasteHazardous Waste
Collection ProgramCollection Program
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Nuevo Laredo Hazardous Waste Collection Program – 25,200 kg of solid waste and 34,000 liters liquid waste collected and disposed of from July 2005 to March 2006
Nuevo Laredo Nuevo Laredo Hazardous WasteHazardous Waste
Collection ProgramCollection Program
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Additional InformationAdditional Information
• Border 2012 webpage: http://www.epa.gov/usmexicoborder• RMA border webpage:http://www.rma.org/scrap_tires/US_Mexico_Border_Issues/
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Thank You
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