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House Study Bill 100

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455B.501, subsection 2, Code 1999, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  The department shall institute an infectious waste
  1  4 management program in cooperation with the Iowa department of
  1  5 public health.  The program shall include all of the following
  1  6 elements:
  1  7    a.  Recommendations to the commission for revision of the
  1  8 rules which refer to infectious waste as hazardous or toxic
  1  9 waste.
  1 10    b.  Initiation, in cooperation with associations of health
  1 11 care providers of an information and education effort
  1 12 regarding the current requirements for special waste
  1 13 authorizations prior to the disposal of infectious wastes in a
  1 14 landfill.  The effort shall include an attempt to compile an
  1 15 inventory of the number of generators and the volumes
  1 16 generated.  The inventory shall be completed and a report
  1 17 regarding the results of the inventory submitted to the
  1 18 general assembly by no later than January 15, 1991.
  1 19    c.  Upon completion of the compilation of the inventory,
  1 20 the department shall recommend, for adoption by the
  1 21 commission, standards for on-site and off-site treatment of
  1 22 infectious waste.  In developing standards, the department
  1 23 shall consider factors affecting the feasibility of
  1 24 alternative methods of treatment and disposal, including but
  1 25 not limited to the volume of infectious waste generated, the
  1 26 availability of treatment facilities within geographic areas,
  1 27 and the costs of transporting infectious wastes to treatment
  1 28 facilities.  The standards shall include monitoring
  1 29 requirements for treatment facilities, and training
  1 30 requirements for operators of facilities.  The standards may
  1 31 include requirements for management plans dealing with the
  1 32 plans for management of infectious wastes in compliance with
  1 33 adopted standards.  In cases in which an individual generator
  1 34 of infectious waste is served by a person treating or
  1 35 disposing of the infectious waste, the person treating or
  2  1 disposing of the waste may prepare the plan for all generators
  2  2 served.
  2  3    d.  The department shall undertake a public information
  2  4 program, in conjunction with the Iowa department of public
  2  5 health and health care providers, to promote public
  2  6 understanding of the scope and features of state and private
  2  7 efforts to manage infectious wastes.
  2  8    Sec. 2.  Section 455B.503, Code 1999, is amended to read as
  2  9 follows:
  2 10    455B.503  INFECTIOUS WASTE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL
  2 11 FACILITIES – PERMITS REQUIRED – RULES.
  2 12    The commission shall adopt rules which require a person who
  2 13 owns or operates an infectious waste treatment or disposal
  2 14 facility to obtain an operating permit before initial
  2 15 operation of the facility.  The rules shall specify the
  2 16 information required to be submitted with the application for
  2 17 a permit and the conditions under which a permit may be
  2 18 issued, suspended, modified, revoked, or renewed.  The rules
  2 19 shall address but are not limited to the areas of operator
  2 20 safety, recordkeeping and tracking procedures, best available
  2 21 appropriate technologies, emergency response and remedial
  2 22 action procedures, waste minimization procedures, and long-
  2 23 term liability.  The department shall submit proposed rules to
  2 24 the commission and notify the general assembly of the
  2 25 submission of the proposed rules pursuant to section 7A.11 and
  2 26 the commission shall adopt rules by January 15, 1994.  The
  2 27 department shall not grant permits for the construction or
  2 28 operation of a commercial infectious waste treatment or
  2 29 disposal facility until the commission has adopted the
  2 30 required rules, and in no event earlier than July 1, 1994.
  2 31    Sec. 3.  Sections 455B.502 and 455B.504, Code 1999, are
  2 32 repealed.  
  2 33                           EXPLANATION
  2 34    This bill eliminates certain requirements relating to the
  2 35 regulation of infectious waste.  The bill eliminates the
  3  1 requirement that the department of natural resources must
  3  2 institute an infectious waste management program in
  3  3 cooperation with the department of public health.  The bill
  3  4 eliminates timing and notification requirements relating to
  3  5 the adoption of rules regulating permits for infectious waste
  3  6 treatment and disposal facilities.  The bill repeals Code
  3  7 section 455B.502, which relates to requirements for regents
  3  8 universities operating infectious medical waste incinerators.
  3  9 The bill repeals Code section 455B.504, which relates to
  3 10 permits for infectious medical waste collection or
  3 11 transportation operations.  
  3 12 LSB 1124DP 78
  3 13 tm/sc/14

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