1. A groundwater protection fund is created in the state treasury. Moneys received from sources designated for purposes related to groundwater monitoring and groundwater quality standards shall be deposited in the fund. Notwithstanding section 8.33, any unexpended balances in the groundwater protection fund and in any of the accounts within the groundwater protection fund at the end of each fiscal year shall be retained in the fund and the respective accounts within the fund. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on investments or time deposits of the moneys in the groundwater protection fund or in any of the accounts within the groundwater protection fund shall be credited to the groundwater protection fund or the respective accounts within the groundwater protection fund. The fund may be used for the purposes established for each account within the fund.
The director shall include in the departmental budget prepared pursuant to section 455A.4, subsection 1, paragraph "c", a proposal for the use of groundwater protection fund moneys, and a report of the uses of the groundwater protection fund moneys appropriated in the previous fiscal year.
The secretary of agriculture shall submit with the report prepared pursuant to section 7A.3 a proposal for the use of groundwater protection fund moneys, and a report of the uses of the groundwater protection fund moneys appropriated in the previous fiscal year.
2. The following accounts are created within the groundwater protection fund:
a. A solid waste account. Moneys received from the tonnage fee imposed under section 455B.310 and from other sources designated for environmental protection purposes in relation to sanitary disposal projects shall be deposited in the solid waste account. Moneys shall be allocated as follows:
(1) One dollar and seventy-five cents of the tonnage fee shall be used for funding alternatives to landfills and shall be allocated as follows:
(a) Fifty thousand dollars to the department to implement the special waste authorization program.
(b) Sixty-five thousand dollars to the waste management assistance division of the department to be used for the by- products and waste search service at the university of northern Iowa.
(c) The remaining funds shall be used by the department to develop and implement demonstration projects for landfill alternatives to solid waste disposal including recycling programs.
(2) The remaining one dollar and fifty-five cents shall be used as follows:
(a) Forty-eight percent to the department to be used for the following purposes:
(i) Eight thousand dollars shall be transferred to the Iowa department of public health for departmental duties required under section 135.11, subsections 20 and 21, and section 139.35.
(ii) The administration and enforcement of a groundwater monitoring program and other required programs relating to solid waste management.
(iii) The development of guidelines for groundwater monitoring at sanitary disposal projects as defined in section 455B.301.
(iv) The waste management assistance division of the department.
(b) Sixteen percent to the university of northern Iowa to develop and maintain the Iowa waste reduction center for the safe and economic management of solid waste and hazardous substances.
(c) Six and one-half percent for the department to establish a program to provide competitive grants to regional coordinating councils for projects in regional economic development centers related to a by-products and waste exchange system. Grantees under this program shall coordinate activities with other available state or multistate waste exchanges, including but not limited to the by-products and waste search service at the university of northern Iowa. The department shall consult with the Iowa department of economic development and the waste reduction center at the university of northern Iowa in establishing criteria for and the awarding of grants under this program. The department shall expend not more than thirty thousand dollars of the moneys appropriated under this subparagraph subdivision to contract with the by- products and waste search service at the university of northern Iowa to provide training and other technical services to grantees under the program. If regional economic development centers cease to exist, the department shall transfer existing contracts to one or more community colleges or councils of governments and shall revise the criteria and rules for this program to allow community colleges or councils of governments to be applicants for competitive grants.
(d) Nine and one-half percent to the department to establish permanent household hazardous waste collection sites so that both urban and rural populations are served and so that collection services are available to the public on a regular basis.
(e) Three percent to the department for payment of transportation costs related to household hazardous waste collection programs.
(f) Eight and one-half percent to the department to provide additional toxic cleanup days and for the natural resource geographic information system required under section 455E.8, subsection 6. Departmental rules adopted for implementation of toxic cleanup days shall provide sufficient flexibility to respond to the household hazardous material collection needs of both small and large communities.
(g) Three percent for the Iowa department of economic development to establish, in cooperation with the department of natural resources, a marketing initiative to assist Iowa businesses producing recycling or reclamation equipment or services, recyclable products, or products from recycled materials to expand into national markets. Efforts shall include the reuse and recycling of sawdust.
(h) Five and one-half percent to the department for the provision of assistance to public and private entities in developing and implementing waste reduction and minimization programs for Iowa industries.
b. An agriculture management account. Moneys collected from the groundwater protection fee levied pursuant to section 200.8, subsection 4, the portion of the fees collected pursuant to sections 206.8, subsection 2, and 206.12, subsection 3, and other moneys designated for the purpose of agriculture management shall be deposited in the agriculture management account. The agriculture management account shall be used for the following purposes:
(1) Nine thousand dollars of the account is appropriated to the Iowa department of public health for carrying out the departmental duties under section 135.11, subsections 20 and 21, and section 139.35.
(2) Two hundred thousand dollars of the moneys deposited in the agriculture management account is appropriated to the department of agriculture and land stewardship for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1987, and ending June 30, 1988, for the demonstration projects regarding agriculture drainage wells and sinkholes. Any remaining balance of the appropriation made for the purpose of funding such demonstration projects for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1987, and ending June 30, 1988, shall not revert to the account, notwithstanding section 8.33, but shall remain available for the purpose of funding such demonstration projects during the fiscal period beginning July 1, 1988, and ending June 30, 1990.
(3) Of the remaining moneys in the account:
(a) Thirty-five percent is appropriated annually for the Leopold center for sustainable agriculture at Iowa state university of science and technology.
(b) Two percent is appropriated annually to the department for the purpose of administering grants to counties and conducting oversight of county-based programs for the testing of private rural water supply wells, private rural water supply well sealing, and the proper closure of private rural abandoned wells and cisterns. Not more than thirty-five percent of the moneys is appropriated annually for grants to counties for the purpose of conducting programs of private rural water supply testing, private rural water supply well sealing, the proper closure of private rural abandoned wells and cisterns, or any combination thereof.
A county applying for grants under this subparagraph subdivision shall submit only one application. To be eligible for a grant, a county must have adopted standards for private water supply and private disposal facilities at least as stringent as the standards adopted by the commission. During each fiscal year, the amount granted each eligible applicant shall be the total funds available divided by the number of eligible counties applying. Upon receipt of the grant, the county may apply the funds to any one or more of the above three programs.
Not more than six percent of the moneys is appropriated annually to the state hygienic laboratory to assist in well testing. For purposes of this subparagraph subdivision, "cistern" means an artificial reservoir constructed underground for the purpose of storing rainwater.
(c) The department shall allocate a sum not to exceed seventy-nine thousand dollars of the moneys appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1987, and ending June 30, 1988, for the preparation of a detailed report and plan for the establishment on July 1, 1988, of the center for health effects of environmental contamination. The plan for establishing the center shall be presented to the general assembly on or before January 15, 1988. The report shall include the assemblage of all existing data relating to Iowa drinking water supplies, including characteristics of source, treatment, presence of contaminants, precise location, and usage patterns to facilitate data retrieval and use in research; and detailed organizational plans, research objectives, and budget projections for the anticipated functions of the center in subsequent years. The department may allocate annually a sum not to exceed nine percent of the moneys of the account to the center, beginning July 1, 1988.
(d) Thirteen percent of the moneys is appropriated annually to the department of agriculture and land stewardship for financial incentive programs related to agricultural drainage wells and sinkholes, for studies and administrative costs relating to sinkholes and agricultural drainage wells programs. Of the moneys allocated for financial incentive programs, the department may reimburse landowners for engineering costs associated with voluntarily closing agricultural drainage wells. The financial incentives allocated for voluntary closing of agricultural drainage wells shall be provided on a cost-share basis which shall not exceed fifty percent of the estimated cost or fifty percent of the actual cost, whichever is less. Engineering costs do not include construction costs, including costs associated with earth moving.
c. A household hazardous waste account. The moneys collected pursuant to section 455F.7 and moneys collected pursuant to section 29C.8A which are designated for deposit, shall be deposited in the household hazardous waste account. Two thousand dollars is appropriated annually to the Iowa department of public health to carry out departmental duties under section 135.11, subsections 20 and 21, and section 139.35. The remainder of the account shall be used to fund toxic cleanup days and the efforts of the department to support a collection system for household hazardous materials, including public education programs, training, and consultation of local governments in the establishment and operation of permanent collection systems, and the management of collection sites, education programs, and other activities pursuant to chapter 455F, including the administration of the household hazardous materials permit program by the department of revenue and finance.
The department shall submit to the general assembly, annually on or before January 1, an itemized report which includes but is not limited to the total amount of moneys collected and the sources of the moneys collected, the amount of moneys expended for administration of the programs funded within the account, and an itemization of any other expenditures made within the previous fiscal year.
d. A storage tank management account. All fees collected pursuant to section 455B.473, subsection 5, and section 455B.479, shall be deposited in the storage tank management account, except those moneys deposited into the Iowa comprehensive petroleum underground storage tank fund pursuant to section 455B.479. Funds shall be expended for the following purposes:
(1) One thousand dollars is appropriated annually to the Iowa department of public health to carry out departmental duties under section 135.11, subsections 20 and 21, and section 139.35.
(2) Twenty-three percent of the proceeds of the fees imposed pursuant to section 455B.473, subsection 5, and section 455B.479 shall be deposited in the account annually, up to a maximum of three hundred fifty thousand dollars. If twenty-three percent of the proceeds exceeds three hundred fifty thousand dollars, the excess shall be deposited into the fund created in section 455G.3. Three hundred fifty thousand dollars is appropriated from the storage tank management account to the department of natural resources for the administration of a state storage tank program pursuant to chapter 455B, division IV, part 8, and for programs which reduce the potential for harm to the environment and the public health from storage tanks.
(3) The remaining funds in the account are appropriated annually to the Iowa comprehensive petroleum underground storage tank fund.
e. An oil overcharge account. The oil overcharge moneys distributed by the United States department of energy, and approved for the energy related components of the groundwater protection strategy available through the energy conservation trust created in section 473.11, shall be deposited in the oil overcharge account as appropriated by the general assembly. The oil overcharge account shall be used for the following purposes:
(1) The following amounts are appropriated to the department of natural resources to implement its responsibilities pursuant to section 455E.8:
(a) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1987 and ending June 30, 1988, eight hundred sixty thousand dollars is appropriated.
(b) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1988 and ending June 30, 1989, six hundred fifty thousand dollars is appropriated.
(c) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1989 and ending June 30, 1990, six hundred thousand dollars is appropriated.
(d) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1990 and ending June 30, 1991, five hundred thousand dollars is appropriated.
(e) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1991 and ending June 30, 1992, five hundred thousand dollars is appropriated.
(2) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1987 and ending June 30, 1988, five hundred sixty thousand dollars is appropriated to the department of natural resources for assessing rural, private water supply quality.
(3) For the fiscal period beginning July 1, 1987 and ending June 30, 1989, one hundred thousand dollars is appropriated annually to the department of natural resources for the administration of a groundwater monitoring program at sanitary landfills.
(4) The following amounts are appropriated to the Iowa state water resources research institute to provide competitive grants to colleges, universities, and private institutions within the state for the development of research and education programs regarding alternative disposal methods and groundwater protection:
(a) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1987 and ending June 30, 1988, one hundred twenty thousand dollars is appropriated.
(b) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1988 and ending June 30, 1989, one hundred thousand dollars is appropriated.
(c) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1989 and ending June 30, 1990, one hundred thousand dollars is appropriated.
(5) The following amounts are appropriated to the department of natural resources to develop and implement demonstration projects for landfill alternatives to solid waste disposal, including recycling programs:
(a) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1987 and ending June 30, 1988, seven hundred sixty thousand dollars is appropriated.
(b) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1988 and ending June 30, 1989, eight hundred fifty thousand dollars is appropriated.
(6) For the fiscal period beginning July 1, 1987 and ending June 30, 1988, eight hundred thousand dollars is appropriated to the Leopold center for sustainable agriculture.
(7) Seven million five hundred thousand dollars is appropriated to the agriculture energy management fund created under chapter 161B for the fiscal period beginning July 1, 1987 and ending June 30, 1992, to develop nonregulatory programs to implement integrated farm management of farm chemicals for environmental protection, energy conservation, and farm profitability; interactive public and farmer education; and applied studies on best management practices and best appropriate technology for chemical use efficiency and reduction.
(8) The following amounts are appropriated to the department of natural resources to continue the Big Spring demonstration project in Clayton county.
(a) For the fiscal period beginning July 1, 1987 and ending June 30, 1990, seven hundred thousand dollars is appropriated annually.
(b) For the fiscal period beginning July 1, 1990 and ending June 30, 1992, five hundred thousand dollars is appropriated annually.
(9) For the fiscal period beginning July 1, 1987 and ending June 30, 1990, one hundred thousand dollars is appropriated annually to the department of agriculture and land stewardship to implement a targeted education program on best management practices and technologies for the mitigation of groundwater contamination from or closure of agricultural drainage wells, abandoned wells, and sinkholes.
87 Acts, ch 225, § 111; 88 Acts, ch 1169, § 9-13; 88 Acts, ch 1188, § 2, 3; 88 Acts, ch 1190, § 3; 89 Acts, ch 131, § 41; 89 Acts, ch 272, § 38; 89 Acts, ch 311, § 28; 90 Acts, ch 1255, § 30, 31; 90 Acts, ch 1260, § 27, 28; 91 Acts, ch 257, § 6; 91 Acts, ch 268, § 237; 92 Acts, ch 1215, § 18; 92 Acts, ch 1239, § 21; 93 Acts, ch 176, §46; 94 Acts, ch 1023, §112; 94 Acts, ch 1173, §36; 94 Acts, ch 1177, §5; 95 Acts, ch 80, §3; 95 Acts, ch 97, §1; 95 Acts, ch 216, §35; 98 Acts, ch 1220, §22
Referred to in § 455B.116, 455B.310, 455B.311, 455B.473, 455D.3
Appropriation from agriculture management account for testing private wells and water of state for pollution due to animal production; 98 Acts, ch 1220, §14
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