567—107.9 (455C) Pickup and acceptance of redeemed containers.
	 107.9(1) Pickup from dealers. A distributor shall accept and pick up from a dealer served by the distributor, other than an exempt dealer, all empty beverage containers that bear an Iowa refund value and are of the kinds, sizes and brand names sold by the distributor. The distributor shall pick up the empty beverage containers at least weekly, or when the distributor delivers the beverage product to the dealer if deliveries are less frequent than weekly, unless otherwise agreed to by both the distributor and the dealer.
	 107.9(2) Pickup from approved redemption centers and redemption centers certified as a redemption center for a dealer. A distributor shall pick up from an approved redemption center for a dealer served by the distributor and from a redemption center certified as a redemption center for a dealer served by the distributor all empty beverage containers that bear an Iowa refund value and are of the kinds, sizes and brand names sold by the distributor. The distributor shall pick up the empty beverage containers at least weekly, or when the distributor delivers the beverage product to the dealer for which the redemption center is certified as a redemption center if deliveries are less frequent, unless otherwise agreed to by both the distributor and the approved redemption center or the certified redemption center for a dealer, as the case may be.
	 107.9(3) Pickup from registered redemption centers. A distributor shall pick up from a registered redemption center at the physical address specified in the redemption center’s application, or at a new location approved by the department pursuant to 107.4(4), all empty beverage containers that bear an Iowa refund value and are of the kinds, sizes and brand names sold by the distributor. The distributor shall pick up the empty beverage containers according to the following schedule:
	  a.   	 At least as frequently as the distributor picks up empty beverage containers from a dealer served by the distributor and located within three road miles of the registered redemption center, but not less frequently than once every ten calendar days;
	  b.   	 At least once every ten calendar days for a registered redemption center located more than three road miles from the closest dealer served by the distributor; or
	  c.   	 As agreed to by both the distributor and the registered redemption center.
	 107.9(4) Acceptance of redeemed containers from redemption centers. A distributor shall accept delivery of empty beverage containers from and pay the refund value and handling fee to a redemption center located within the distributor’s geographic service area provided that the containers bear an Iowa refund value and are of the kinds, sizes and brand names sold by the distributor.
	 107.9(5) Acceptance of redeemed containers from dealer agents. A distributor shall accept delivery of empty beverage containers from and pay the refund value and handling fee to a dealer agent provided that the containers were picked up by the dealer agent within the distributor’s geographic service area and that they bear an Iowa refund value and are of the kinds, sizes and brand names sold by the distributor.
	 107.9(6) Notification of frequency. A distributor shall notify each dealer served by the distributor of the intended frequency of pickup. A distributor shall notify each redemption center from which the distributor is required to pick up containers of the intended frequency of pickup.
	 107.9(7) Partial pickup. A distributor which picks up containers more often than the required frequency shall not be required to pick up all available containers from a dealer or redemption center at each pickup provided that all available containers are picked up from the dealer or redemption center within the required frequency.