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PAG LIN 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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