Text: HF02174 Text: HF02176 Text: HF02100 - HF02199 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 455B.306, subsection 8, paragraph b, 1 2 Code 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 b. The operator shall maintain closure,andpostclosure 1 4 cash, and postclosure operating accounts. The commission 1 5 shall adopt by rule the amounts to be contributed to the 1 6 accounts based upon the amount of solid waste received by the 1 7 facility. The accounts established shall be specific to the 1 8 facility. 1 9 (1) Money in the accounts shall not be assigned for the 1 10 benefit of creditors with the exception of the state. 1 11 (2) Money in an account shall not be used to pay any final 1 12 judgment against a licensee arising out of the ownership or 1 13 operation of the site during its active life or after closure. 1 14 (3) Moneys in a postclosure cash account shall only be 1 15 expended upon approval by the department. 1 16 (4) Conditions under which the department may gain access 1 17 to the accounts and circumstances under which the accounts may 1 18 be released to the operator after closure and postclosure 1 19 responsibilities have been met, shall be established by the 1 20 commission. 1 21 Sec. 2. Section 455E.11, subsection 2, paragraph a, 1 22 subparagraph (1), subparagraph subdivision (c), Code 1 23 Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 24 (c) The remaining funds shall beused by the department to1 25develop and implement demonstration projects for landfill1 26alternatives to solid waste disposal including recycling1 27programsreturned to the sanitary landfills that paid the 1 28 tonnage fees to the department on a proportionate basis, 1 29 unless directed otherwise by the sanitary landfill. 1 30 EXPLANATION 1 31 This bill relates to sanitary landfills. 1 32 The bill requires a sanitary landfill operator to maintain 1 33 closure, postclosure cash, and postclosure operating accounts. 1 34 Currently, only closure and postclosure accounts are required. 1 35 The bill provides that moneys in a postclosure cash account 2 1 shall only be expended upon approval by the department of 2 2 natural resources. 2 3 Currently, a tonnage fee is paid by the operator of a 2 4 sanitary landfill to the department of natural resources for 2 5 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 tonnage fees are deposited in the solid 2 8 waste account of the groundwater protection fund and allocated 2 9 for a number of sanitary landfill-related purposes. After all 2 10 the allocations are made, the remaining moneys are used by the 2 11 department to develop and implement demonstration projects for 2 12 landfill alternatives to solid waste disposal, including 2 13 recycling programs. The bill provides that the remaining 2 14 funds shall be returned to the sanitary landfills that paid 2 15 the tonnage fees to the department on a proportionate basis, 2 16 unless directed otherwise by the sanitary landfill. 2 17 LSB 5969HH 80 2 18 tm/sh/8
Text: HF02174 Text: HF02176 Text: HF02100 - HF02199 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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