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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 455B.301, Code 1997, is amended by 1 2 adding the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 21. "Transfer station" means a fixed or 1 4 mobile intermediate sanitary disposal project for transferring 1 5 loads of solid waste, with or without reduction of volume, to 1 6 another transportation unit. 1 7 Sec. 2. Section 455B.304, subsection 15, Code Supplement 1 8 1997, is amended to read as follows: 1 9 15. The commission shall adopt rules which require all 1 10 sanitarylandfillsdisposal projects in which the tonnage fee 1 11 pursuant to section 455B.310 is imposed, to install scales by 1 12 January 1, 1994. 1 13 Sec. 3. Section 455B.305A, subsection 1, unnumbered 1 14 paragraph 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows: 1 15 Prior to the siting of a proposed, new sanitary landfill, 1 16 transfer station, incinerator, or infectious medical waste 1 17 incinerator, a city, county, or private agency, shall submit a 1 18 request for local siting approval to the city council or 1 19 county board of supervisors which governs the city or county 1 20 in which the proposed site is to be located. The requirements 1 21 of this section do not apply to the expansion of an existing 1 22 sanitary landfill owned by a private agency which disposes of 1 23 waste which the agency generates on property owned by the 1 24 agency. The city council or county board of supervisors shall 1 25 approve or disapprove the site for each sanitary landfill, 1 26 transfer station, or incinerator, or infectious medical waste 1 27 incinerator. 1 28 Sec. 4. Section 455B.305A, subsection 2, unnumbered 1 29 paragraph 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows: 1 30 An applicant for siting approval shall submit information 1 31 to the city council or county board of supervisors to 1 32 demonstrate compliance with the requirements prescribed by 1 33 this chapter regarding a sanitary landfill, transfer station, 1 34 or infectious waste incinerator. Siting approval shall be 1 35 granted only if the proposed project meets all of the 2 1 following criteria: 2 2 Sec. 5. Section 455B.310, subsections 1 and 2, Code 1997, 2 3 are amended to read as follows: 2 4 1. a. A tonnage fee is imposed on each ton of solid waste 2 5 generated or landfilled in the state. Operators of sanitary 2 6 landfills and operators of transfer stations shall pay the 2 7 tonnage fee as provided in this section. The tonnage fee 2 8 shall not be applied to the same solid waste more than once. 2 9 b. Except as provided in subsection 3, the operator of a 2 10 sanitary landfill shall pay a tonnage fee to the department 2 11 for each ton or equivalent volume of solid waste received and 2 12 disposed of at the sanitary landfill during the preceding 2 13 reporting period. The department shall determine by rule the 2 14 volume which is equivalent to a ton of waste. 2 15 c. The operator of a transfer station shall pay a tonnage 2 16 fee to the department for each ton of solid waste received by 2 17 the transfer station and transported from the transfer station 2 18 during the preceding reporting period for landfilling in a 2 19 sanitary landfill not paying the tonnage fee imposed under 2 20 this section. 2 21 2. The tonnage fee is four dollars and twenty-five cents 2 22 per ton of solid waste. Of that amount, ninety-five cents of 2 23 the tonnage fee shall be retained by a city, county, or public 2 24 or private agency and used as follows: 2 25 a. To meet comprehensive planning requirements of section 2 26 455B.306, the development of a closure or postclosure plan, 2 27 the development of a plan for the control and treatment of 2 28 leachate including the preparation of facility plans and 2 29 detailed plans and specifications, and the preparation of a 2 30 financial plan. 2 31 b. Forty-five cents of the retained funds shall be used 2 32 for implementing waste volume reduction and recycling 2 33 requirements of comprehensive plans filed under section 2 34 455B.306. The funds shall be distributed to a city, county, 2 35 or public agency served by the sanitary disposal project. 3 1 Fees collected by a private agency which provides for the 3 2 final disposal of solid waste shall be remitted to the city, 3 3 county, or public agency served by the sanitary disposal 3 4 project. However, if a private agency is designated to 3 5 develop and implement the comprehensive plan pursuant to 3 6 section 455B.306, fees under this paragraph shall be retained 3 7 by the private agency. 3 8 c. For other environmental protection and compliance 3 9 activities. 3 10 d. Each sanitary landfill or transfer station owner or 3 11 operator shall submit a return to the department identifying 3 12 the use of all fees retained under this subsection including 3 13 the manner in which the fees were distributed. The return 3 14 shall be submitted concurrently with the return required under 3 15 subsection 5. 3 16 EXPLANATION 3 17 This bill defines a solid waste transfer station as a type 3 18 of sanitary disposal project for transferring loads of solid 3 19 waste, with or without reduction in volume, to another 3 20 transportation unit. The bill adds transfer stations to the 3 21 siting requirements which are currently in place for sanitary 3 22 landfill and infectious waste incinerator projects. The bill 3 23 requires all sanitary disposal projects for which tonnage fees 3 24 are imposed to install scales. Currently, only sanitary 3 25 landfills are required to install scales. 3 26 The bill requires operators of sanitary landfills and 3 27 transfer stations to pay a tonnage fee for each ton of solid 3 28 waste generated or landfilled in the state. The tonnage fee 3 29 shall not be applied to the same solid waste more than once. 3 30 The bill requires a tonnage fee to be paid by operators of 3 31 transfer stations for solid waste received by the transfer 3 32 station and transported for landfilling at a sanitary landfill 3 33 not paying the tonnage fee. Currently, only sanitary landfill 3 34 operators pay a tonnage fee for solid waste received by the 3 35 sanitary landfill. 4 1 LSB 3899SS 77 4 2 tm/cf/24.1
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