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1 1 Section 1. Section 455B.305, Code 2001, is amended by
1 2 adding the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 7. Beginning July 1, 2002, the director
1 4 shall not issue a permit or renew or reissue a permit which
1 5 had been renewed or reissued prior to that date for a sanitary
1 6 landfill, unless and until the permit applicant, in
1 7 conjunction with all local governments using the landfill,
1 8 designs a plan to provide disposal services at no charge to
1 9 any organization certified pursuant to section 455B.305B.
1 10 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 455B.305B SOLID WASTE DIVERSION AND
1 11 RECYCLING CERTIFICATION.
1 12 1. The department, through the land quality and waste
1 13 management assistance division, shall administer a program to
1 14 certify organizations that demonstrate all of the following:
1 15 a. The organization has tax-exempt status under section
1 16 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
1 17 b. The organization is accredited by the commission on
1 18 accreditation of rehabilitation facilities.
1 19 c. The organization provides an estimated number of tons
1 20 of solid waste that will be diverted from landfill disposal by
1 21 the organization during one year.
1 22 d. The organization operates a solid waste diversion and
1 23 recycling program.
1 24 e. The organization diverts from landfill disposal at
1 25 least two thousand tons of solid waste on an annual basis.
1 26 2. The department shall provide a list of organizations
1 27 certified pursuant to this section to all sanitary landfills
1 28 in the state to be used for purposes of section 455B.305,
1 29 subsection 7.
1 30 3. An organization that is certified pursuant to this
1 31 section shall be required to apply for a renewal of
1 32 certification on an annual basis.
1 33 Sec. 3. Section 455D.3, Code Supplement 2001, is amended
1 34 by adding the following new subsection:
1 35 NEW SUBSECTION. 5. a. If a planning area accepts solid
2 1 waste from an organization certified pursuant to section
2 2 455B.305B during a calendar year, the planning area shall
2 3 subtract twenty cents per ton from the total amount of the
2 4 tonnage fee imposed pursuant to section 455B.310 during that
2 5 calendar year. The reduction in tonnage fees pursuant to this
2 6 subsection shall be taken from that portion of the tonnage
2 7 fees which would have been allocated for funding alternatives
2 8 to landfills pursuant to section 455E.11, subsection 2,
2 9 paragraph "a", subparagraph (1).
2 10 b. By January 15, 2006, the department shall file a report
2 11 with the general assembly evaluating the use of this
2 12 subsection since the effective date of this Act. The report
2 13 shall include all of the following:
2 14 (1) The total number of tons of solid waste accepted by
2 15 planning areas from organizations certified pursuant to
2 16 section 455B.305B since the effective date of this Act.
2 17 (2) The total number of organizations certified pursuant
2 18 to section 455B.305B since the effective date of this Act.
2 19 (3) The total amount of tonnage fees retained by planning
2 20 areas pursuant to this subsection since the effective date of
2 21 this Act.
2 22 (4) Any additional information deemed necessary by the
2 23 department in evaluating the use of this subsection.
2 24 Sec. 4. REPEAL. Unless the general assembly provides
2 25 otherwise, this Act is repealed June 30, 2006.
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