Missouri to reestablish scrap tire program.The Missouri Department of Natural Resources Many sub-national governments have a Department of Natural Resources or similarly-named organization:
v. ex·pired, ex·pir·ing, ex·pires v.intr. 1. To come to an end; terminate: My membership in the club has expired. 2. Jan. 1, 2004, but starting in October, retailers will begin collecting a 50-cent fee for every new tire purchased in Missouri. The DNR estimates the scrap tire fee will generate about $2.1 million a year. The new law includes a Missouri vendor preference that provides a competitive advantage to Missouri businesses that participate in tire site cleanups. The bill also gives the director of the Department of Natural Resources authority to use scrap tire funds for public health, environmental and safety projects in response to environmental emergencies such as tire fires A tire fire is a slow-burning fire that occasionally occurs at dumps where tires are being stored. It is a specific form of landfill fire. They are noted for being difficult to extinguish, and therefore can burn for long periods. . "The department's waste tire program was one of the top 10 in the nation," Doyle Childers, director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, says. He adds that the DNR is "ecstatic ec·stat·ic adj. 1. Marked by or expressing ecstasy. 2. Being in a state of ecstasy; joyful or enraptured. [French extatique, from Greek ekstatikos, from " to see the renewal of the scrap tire fee and to be able to reestablish the scrap tire program. The department will continue to use the money generated from the fee to clean up scrap tires from Missouri's landscapes and countryside. |
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