House Study Bill 696

                                    HOUSE FILE       
                                    BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                         ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                                         BILL BY CHAIRPERSON GREINER)


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to environmental regulations administered by the
  2    department of natural resources regarding the use of recycled
  3    oil and the calculation of waste volume reduction measures.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455B.306, subsection 3, Code 2003, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    3.  A city or county required to file with the director a
  1  4 comprehensive plan detailing the method by which the city or
  1  5 county will comply with the requirements of section 455B.302
  1  6 to establish and implement a comprehensive solid waste
  1  7 reduction program for its residents and which seeks approval
  1  8 of the inclusion of refuse=derived fuel as a component of its
  1  9 percentage of waste reduction, shall file an annual report
  1 10 with the director regarding the percentage of reduction
  1 11 attributable to refuse=derived fuel and the justification for
  1 12 such inclusion.  The director shall approve or reject the
  1 13 inclusion.  The percentage of reduction attributable to
  1 14 refuse=derived fuel and allowable for inclusion shall not
  1 15 exceed fifty percent and only those products established as
  1 16 allowable pursuant to section 455D.20 shall be included in the
  1 17 calculation of the waste reduction goal.
  1 18    Sec. 2.  Section 455B.412, subsection 5, Code 2003, is
  1 19 amended by striking the subsection.
  1 20    Sec. 3.  Section 455D.20, Code 2003, is repealed.
  1 21                           EXPLANATION
  1 22    This bill relates to environmental regulations administered
  1 23 by the department of natural resources regarding the use of
  1 24 recycled oil and the calculation of waste volume reduction
  1 25 measures.
  1 26    The bill eliminates a provision requiring the department of
  1 27 natural resources to adopt rules regulating the use of
  1 28 recycled oil for the purpose of road oiling, dust control, or
  1 29 weed control.
  1 30    The bill repeals a provision that allowed the inclusion of
  1 31 reduction attributable to refuse=derived fuel in the
  1 32 calculation of a city or county in meeting the waste reduction
  1 33 goal of the state and makes conforming amendments.
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