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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 455B.301, Code 1999, 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.305A, subsection 1, unnumbered 1 8 paragraph 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 9 Prior to the siting of a proposed, new sanitary landfill, 1 10 transfer station, incinerator, or infectious medical waste 1 11 incinerator, a city, county, or private agency,shall submit a 1 12 request for local siting approval to the city council or 1 13 county board of supervisors which governs the city or county 1 14 in which the proposed site is to be located. The requirements 1 15 of this section do not apply to the expansion of an existing 1 16 sanitary landfill owned by a private agency which disposes of 1 17 waste which the agency generates on property owned by the 1 18 agency. The city council or county board of supervisors shall 1 19 approve or disapprove the site for each sanitary landfill,or1 20 transfer station, incinerator, or infectious medical waste 1 21 incinerator. 1 22 Sec. 3. Section 455B.305A, subsection 2, unnumbered 1 23 paragraph 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 24 An applicant for siting approval shall submit information 1 25 to the city council or county board of supervisors to 1 26 demonstrate compliance with the requirements prescribed by 1 27 this chapter regarding a sanitary landfill, transfer station, 1 28 or infectious waste incinerator. Siting approval shall be 1 29 granted only if the proposed project meets all of the 1 30 following criteria: 1 31 Sec. 4. Section 455B.310, subsection 1, Code 1999, is 1 32 amended to read as follows: 1 33 1. a. A tonnage fee is imposed on each ton of solid waste 1 34 generated or landfilled in the state. Operators of sanitary 1 35 landfills and operators of transfer stations shall pay the 2 1 tonnage fee as provided in this section. The tonnage fee 2 2 shall not be applied to the same solid waste more than once. 2 3 b. Except as provided in subsection 5, the operator of a 2 4 sanitary landfill shall pay a tonnage fee to the department 2 5 for each ton or equivalent volume of solid waste received and 2 6 disposed of at the sanitary landfill during the preceding 2 7 reporting period. The department shall determine by rule the 2 8 volume which is equivalent to a ton of waste. 2 9 c. The operator of a transfer station shall pay a tonnage 2 10 fee to the department for each ton of solid waste received by 2 11 the transfer station and transported from the transfer station 2 12 during the preceding reporting period for landfilling in a 2 13 sanitary landfill not paying the tonnage fee imposed under 2 14 this section. 2 15 Sec. 5. Section 455B.310, subsection 4, paragraph d, Code 2 16 1999, is amended to read as follows: 2 17 d. Each sanitary landfill or transfer station owner or 2 18 operator shall submit a return to the department identifying 2 19 the use of all fees retained under this section including the 2 20 manner in which the fees were distributed. The return shall 2 21 be submitted concurrently with the return required under 2 22 subsection 7. 2 23 EXPLANATION 2 24 This bill defines a solid waste transfer station as a type 2 25 of sanitary disposal project for transferring loads of solid 2 26 waste, with or without reduction in volume, to another 2 27 transportation unit. The bill adds transfer stations to the 2 28 siting requirements which are currently in place for sanitary 2 29 landfill and infectious waste incinerator projects. 2 30 The bill requires operators of sanitary landfills and 2 31 transfer stations to pay a tonnage fee for each ton of solid 2 32 waste generated or landfilled in the state. The tonnage fee 2 33 shall not be applied to the same solid waste more than once. 2 34 The bill requires a tonnage fee to be paid by operators of 2 35 transfer stations for solid waste received by the transfer 3 1 station and transported for landfilling at a sanitary landfill 3 2 not paying the tonnage fee. Currently, only sanitary landfill 3 3 operators pay a tonnage fee for solid waste received by the 3 4 sanitary landfill. 3 5 LSB 2800SS 78 3 6 tm/cf/24
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