House Study Bill 662 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON OLSON) A BILL FOR An Act relating to financial assurance for sanitary disposal 1 projects. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5641YC (5) 83 tm/nh

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 455B.306, subsection 9, Code 2009, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . f. If a sanitary disposal project other than 3 a sanitary landfill receives a notification from the department 4 that the financial assurance instrument of the sanitary 5 disposal project is inadequate, the owner or operator of the 6 sanitary disposal project shall immediately cease acceptance 7 of additional solid waste at the sanitary disposal project 8 which is the subject of the notice, regardless of whether the 9 permit holder appeals such notification. Authorization to 10 resume acceptance of solid waste shall be granted upon the 11 determination by the department that the permit holder has 12 established sufficient financial assurance. 13 EXPLANATION 14 This bill relates to financial assurance for sanitary 15 disposal projects. 16 The bill provides that if a sanitary disposal project other 17 than a sanitary landfill receives a notification from the 18 department of natural resources that the financial assurance 19 instrument of the sanitary disposal project is inadequate, the 20 sanitary disposal project shall immediately cease acceptance of 21 additional solid waste. The bill provides that authorization 22 to resume acceptance of solid waste shall be granted upon the 23 determination by the department that the permit holder has 24 established sufficient financial assurance. 25 -1- LSB 5641YC (5) 83 tm/nh 1/ 1