1. Border 2012 U.S. – Mexico Environmental Program US/Mexico Border Scrap Tire Update Thirteenth Legislative Forum Miguel I. Flores, Director Water Quality Protection Division U.S. EPA Region U.S. EPA Region 6 Monterrey, N. L., Mexico May 12, 2006

2. Thirteenth Legislative Forum – Monterrey, N.L., MEX. – May 12, 2006 US/Mexico Border

3. Thirteenth Legislative Forum – Monterrey, N.L., MEX. – May 12, 2006 Border 2012 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

4. Thirteenth Legislative Forum – Monterrey, N.L., MEX. – May 12, 2006 Border 2012 Goals Goal 1: Reduce Water Contamination Goal 2: Reduce Air Pollution Goal 3: Reduce Land Contamination Goal 4: Improve Environmental Health Goal 5: Reduce Exposure from Accidental Chemical Releases and Terrorism Goal 6: Improve Environmental Performance

5. Thirteenth Legislative Forum – Monterrey, N.L., MEX. – May 12, 2006 Goal 3: Reduce Land Contamination 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

6. Thirteenth Legislative Forum – Monterrey, N.L., MEX. – May 12, 2006 Issue

7. Thirteenth Legislative Forum – Monterrey, N.L., MEX. – May 12, 2006 Issue

8. Thirteenth Legislative Forum – Monterrey, N.L., MEX. – May 12, 2006 Legislative Forum Questions 1.Which tire piles will be cleaned up? 2.By when will they be cleaned up? 3.What will the source of funding be?

9. Thirteenth Legislative Forum – Monterrey, N.L., MEX. – May 12, 2006 Which tire piles will 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

10. Thirteenth Legislative Forum – Monterrey, N.L., MEX. – May 12, 2006 By when will they 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

11. Thirteenth Legislative Forum – Monterrey, N.L., MEX. – May 12, 2006 What will the source 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

12. Thirteenth Legislative Forum – Monterrey, N.L., MEX. – May 12, 2006 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

13. Thirteenth Legislative Forum – Monterrey, N.L., MEX. – May 12, 2006 Results 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

14. Thirteenth Legislative Forum – Monterrey, N.L., MEX. – May 12, 2006 The Same but Different Market Development Transportation Cost TDF Civil Engineering Rubberized Asphalt

15. Thirteenth Legislative Forum – Monterrey, N.L., MEX. – May 12, 2006 Nuevo Laredo Hazardous Waste Collection Program

16. Thirteenth Legislative Forum – Monterrey, N.L., MEX. – May 12, 2006 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 Hazardous Waste Collection Program

17. Thirteenth Legislative Forum – Monterrey, N.L., MEX. – May 12, 2006 Additional Information Border 2012 webpage: http://www.epa.gov/usmexicoborder RMA border webpage: http://www.rma.org/scrap_tires/US_Mexico_Border_Issues/

18. Thirteenth Legislative Forum – Monterrey, N.L., MEX. – May 12, 2006 Thank You Questions?