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1 1 Section 1. Section 455B.482, Code 1999, is amended by
1 2 adding the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 16. "White goods" means a major household
1 4 appliance including a refrigerator, stove, oven, deep freeze
1 5 freezer, dishwasher, clothes washer, clothes dryer, and
1 6 microwave oven.
1 7 Sec. 2. Section 455B.484, Code 1999, is amended by adding
1 8 the following new subsection:
1 9 NEW SUBSECTION. 15. Develop and administer the white
1 10 goods cleanup day program established in section 455B.489.
1 11 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 455B.489 WHITE GOODS CLEANUP
1 12 PROGRAM.
1 13 1. The waste management assistance division shall conduct
1 14 programs to collect and dispose of white goods. The program
1 15 shall be known as "white goods cleanup days". The waste
1 16 management assistance division shall promote and conduct the
1 17 program and shall, by contracting with an approved unit of
1 18 local government, private organization or business, or person,
1 19 collect and properly dispose of white goods. A unit of local
1 20 government, private organization or business, or person
1 21 desiring to contract with the waste management assistance
1 22 division to collect and dispose of white goods shall apply to
1 23 the division for approval. In order to be approved, the
1 24 applicant must be in compliance with all applicable state and
1 25 federal laws and administrative rules. The waste management
1 26 assistance division shall establish maximum amounts of white
1 27 goods which may be accepted from a person during the white
1 28 goods cleanup days program. Amounts accepted from a person
1 29 above the maximum shall be limited by the waste management
1 30 assistance division and may be subject to a fee set by the
1 31 division, but the division shall not assess a fee for amounts
1 32 accepted below the maximum amount. The waste management
1 33 assistance division shall designate the times and dates for
1 34 the collection of white goods. In order to achieve the
1 35 maximum benefit from the program, the waste management
2 1 assistance division shall offer white goods cleanup days on a
2 2 statewide basis and provide at least one white goods cleanup
2 3 day in each departmental region. White goods cleanup days
2 4 shall be offered in both rural and urban areas to provide a
2 5 comparison of response levels and to test the viability of
2 6 multicounty white goods cleanup days. The waste management
2 7 assistance division shall prepare an annual report citing the
2 8 results and costs of the program for submittal to the general
2 9 assembly.
2 10 Sec. 4. Section 455E.11, subsection 2, paragraph c,
2 11 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as
2 12 follows:
2 13 A household hazardous waste account. The moneys collected
2 14 pursuant to section 455F.7 and moneys collected pursuant to
2 15 section 29C.8A which are designated for deposit, shall be
2 16 deposited in the household hazardous waste account. Two
2 17 thousand dollars is appropriated annually to the Iowa
2 18 department of public health to carry out departmental duties
2 19 under section 135.11, subsections 20 and 21, and section
2 20 139.35. The remainder of the account shall be used to fund
2 21 toxic cleanup days, white goods cleanup days, and the efforts
2 22 of the department to support a collection system for household
2 23 hazardous materials and white goods, including public
2 24 education programs, training, and consultation of local
2 25 governments in the establishment and operation of permanent
2 26 collection systems, and the management of collection sites,
2 27 education programs, and other activities pursuant to chapter
2 28 455F, including the administration of the household hazardous
2 29 materials permit program by the department of revenue and
2 30 finance.
2 31 EXPLANATION
2 32 This bill requires the waste management assistance division
2 33 of the department of natural resources to conduct a white
2 34 goods cleanup days program designed to collect and dispose of
2 35 white goods. The bill defines "white goods" as a major
3 1 household appliance. The bill provides that the division
3 2 shall promote and conduct the program and shall, by contract
3 3 with an approved unit of local government, private
3 4 organization or business, or person, collect and dispose of
3 5 white goods. The bill provides that a unit of local
3 6 government, private organization or business, or person
3 7 interested in contracting with the division must file an
3 8 application with the division for approval. To be approved,
3 9 the applicant must be in compliance with all applicable state
3 10 and federal laws and administrative rules. The bill provides
3 11 that the division shall establish maximum amounts of white
3 12 goods to be accepted from a person during a white goods
3 13 cleanup day and that white goods cleanup days shall be offered
3 14 in both rural and urban areas. The bill provides that the
3 15 division shall prepare an annual report citing the results and
3 16 costs of the program for submittal to the general assembly.
3 17 The bill provides that costs associated with white goods
3 18 cleanup days shall be paid out of the hazardous waste account
3 19 of the groundwater protection fund.
3 20 LSB 2461YH 78
3 21 tm/jw/5
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