HOUSE FILE 117

BY  HELLAND

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to environmental management system designation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  Section 455J.3, Code 2011, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  7.  Construction and demolition waste management.  Provide for the operation of a construction and demolition waste management program or contract with a third party for the operation of such a program. Such a program may include but is not limited to the following activities:
   a.  Recycling construction and demolition waste material that meets standards for sustainable design, also known and referred to as green building standards, as provided for in section 103A.7.
   b.  Discouraging the disposal of construction and demolition waste material at sanitary landfills by educating those generating such materials about alternative options.
   c.  Encouraging the combined collection of construction and demolition waste material from commercial and industrial sites.
   d.  Targeting recycling facilities that manufacture renewable biomass fuels for energy generation for the disposal or recycling of construction and demolition waste material.
   e.  Implementing programs that encourage the use of by-products manufactured from construction and demolition waste by recycling facilities.
EXPLANATION
   This bill relates to environmental management system designation.
   In order to be designated an environmental management system, a solid waste planning area must actively pursue certain activities. The bill adds an additional activity relating to construction and demolition waste management that must be pursued in order to receive the designation.