House File 355 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 355 BY ISENHART A BILL FOR An Act relating to food waste landfill diversion demonstration 1 projects and making an appropriation. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1259YH (1) 86 tr/nh

H.F. 355 Section 1. FOOD WASTE LANDFILL DIVERSION DEMONSTRATION 1 PROJECTS. 2 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state 3 to the department of natural resources for the fiscal year 4 beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, the following 5 amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the 6 purposes designated: 7 For providing grants to solid waste agencies for food waste 8 landfill diversion demonstration projects: 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 200,000 10 2. Demonstration project grants shall be used to subsidize 11 municipal or private solid waste agencies to partially 12 offset the costs of collecting and transporting food waste 13 for composting or anaerobic digestion until route density or 14 collected tonnage allow the collection and transportation to 15 become economically self-supporting. 16 3. A demonstration project grant awarded pursuant to 17 this section shall be for a demonstration project to divert 18 commercial, institutional, and industrial food waste from a 19 landfill. Under a competitive application process, a solid 20 waste agency may apply for a grant amount of up to 50 percent 21 of the project costs, as matched by a cash contribution from 22 the solid waste agency, not to exceed $50,000. At least two 23 grants shall be awarded to applicants with an existing food 24 waste composting facility or an anaerobic digestion facility 25 targeting food residuals in their territory and at least 26 two grants shall be awarded to applicants establishing such 27 facilities on or after July 1, 2015. 28 EXPLANATION 29 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 30 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 31 This bill relates to food waste landfill diversion 32 demonstration projects. 33 The bill appropriates $200,000 to the department of natural 34 resources for providing grants for food waste landfill 35 -1- LSB 1259YH (1) 86 tr/nh 1/ 2

H.F. 355 diversion demonstration projects. A grant shall be for a 1 demonstration project to divert commercial, institutional, and 2 industrial food waste from a landfill. Under a competitive 3 application process, a solid waste agency may apply for a grant 4 amount of up to 50 percent of the project costs, as matched by 5 a cash contribution from the solid waste agency, not to exceed 6 $50,000. At least two grants shall be awarded to applicants 7 with an existing food waste composting facility or an anaerobic 8 digestion facility targeting food residuals in their territory 9 and at least two grants shall be awarded to applicants 10 establishing such facilities on or after July 1, 2015. 11 -2- LSB 1259YH (1) 86 tr/nh 2/ 2