(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to:
(a) A solid waste disposal site permitted by the Department of Environmental Quality if the permit has been modified by the department to authorize the storage of tires;
(b) A tire retailer with not more than 1,500 waste tires in storage; or
(c) A tire retreader with not more than 3,000 waste tires in storage so long as the waste tires are of the type the retreader is actively retreading. [1987 c.706 §3; 1991 c.882 §7; 1993 c.560 §62; 2005 c.654 §26; 2019 c.630 §9]