Border 2012 U.S. – Mexico Environmental Program US/Mexico Border Scrap Tire Update Thirteenth Legislative Forum Miguel I. Flores, Director Water Quality.

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


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


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


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


IssueIssue


IssueIssue


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?


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


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


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


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


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


The Same but Different

The Same but Different

• Market Development

• Transportation Cost

•TDF

•Civil Engineering

•Rubberized Asphalt


Nuevo Laredo Nuevo Laredo Hazardous WasteHazardous Waste

Collection ProgramCollection Program


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


Additional InformationAdditional Information

• Border 2012 webpage: http://www.epa.gov/usmexicoborder• RMA border webpage:http://www.rma.org/scrap_tires/US_Mexico_Border_Issues/


Thank You

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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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