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1 1 Section 1. Section 455B.301, Code 2001, 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.310, subsection 1, Code 2001, is
1 8 amended to read as follows:
1 9 1. a. A tonnage fee is imposed on each ton of solid waste
1 10 generated or landfilled in the state. Operators of sanitary
1 11 landfills and operators of transfer stations shall pay the
1 12 tonnage fee as provided in this section. The tonnage fee
1 13 shall not be applied to the same solid waste more than once.
1 14 b. Except as provided in subsection 3, the operator of a
1 15 sanitary landfill shall pay a tonnage fee to the department
1 16 for each ton or equivalent volume of solid waste received and
1 17 disposed of at the sanitary landfill during the preceding
1 18 reporting period. The department shall determine by rule the
1 19 volume which is equivalent to a ton of waste.
1 20 c. The operator of a transfer station shall pay a tonnage
1 21 fee to the department for each ton of solid waste received by
1 22 the transfer station and transported from the transfer station
1 23 during the preceding reporting period for landfilling in a
1 24 sanitary landfill not paying the tonnage fee imposed under
1 25 this section.
1 26 Sec. 3. Section 455B.310, subsection 4, paragraph d, Code
1 27 2001, is amended to read as follows:
1 28 d. Each sanitary landfill or transfer station owner or
1 29 operator shall submit a return to the department identifying
1 30 the use of all fees retained under this section including the
1 31 manner in which the fees were distributed. The return shall
1 32 be submitted concurrently with the return required under
1 33 subsection 7.
1 34 EXPLANATION
1 35 This bill defines a transfer station in Code section
2 1 455B.301 as a type of sanitary disposal project for
2 2 transferring loads of solid waste, with or without reduction
2 3 in volume, to another transportation unit.
2 4 The bill amends Code section 455B.310 to require operators
2 5 of sanitary landfills and transfer stations to pay a tonnage
2 6 fee for each ton of solid waste generated or landfilled in the
2 7 state. The tonnage fee shall not be applied to the same solid
2 8 waste more than once. The bill requires a tonnage fee to be
2 9 paid by operators of transfer stations for solid waste
2 10 received by the transfer station and transported for
2 11 landfilling at a sanitary landfill not paying the tonnage fee.
2 12 Currently, only sanitary landfill operators pay a tonnage fee
2 13 for solid waste received by the sanitary landfill.
2 14 LSB 1189DP 79
2 15 tm/pj/5
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