WASTE TIRE RECYCLING AND REUSE IN PENNSYLVANIA: AN ANALYSIS OF THE INDUSTRY, MARKETS, AND STATE USE, INCLUDING RUBBER MODIFIED ASPHALT OCTOBER 2007 General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania JOINT STATE GOVERNMENT COMMISSION 108 Finance Building Harrisburg, PA 17120 - i - The release of this report should not be interpreted as an endorsement by the members of the Executive Committee of the Joint State Government Commission of all the findings, recommendations or conclusions contained in this report. Joint State Government Commission Room 108 Finance Building Harrisburg, PA 17120-0018 Telephone 717-787-4397 Fax 717-787-7020 E-mail:
[email protected] Website: http://jsg.legis.state.pa.us The Joint State Government Commission was created by the act of July 1, 1937 (P.L.2460, No.459) as amended, as a continuing agency for the development of facts and recommendations on all phases of government for the use of the General Assembly. - ii - JOINT STATE GOVERNMENT COMMISSION Senator Roger A. Madigan, Chair _________________________________________________ EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Senate Members House Members Joseph B. Scarnati, III Dennis M. O'Brien President Pro Tempore Speaker Dominic F. Pileggi H. William DeWeese Majority Leader Majority Leader Robert J. Mellow Samuel H. Smith Minority Leader Minority Leader Jane Clare Orie Keith R. McCall Majority Whip Majority Whip Michael A. O’Pake David G. Argall Minority Whip Minority Whip Michael L. Waugh Mark B. Cohen Chair, Majority Caucus Chair, Majority Caucus Jay Costa, Jr. Sandra Major Chair, Minority Caucus Chair, Minority Caucus MEMBER EX-OFFICIO Roger A. Madigan, Commission Chair _________________________________________________ David L. Hostetter, Executive Director _________________________________________________ - iii - - iv - - v - - vi - CONTENTS Introduction ..............................................................................................................................