Senate File 2225 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  BOLKCOM


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the disposal of solid waste in sanitary
  2    landfills by prohibiting the final disposal of
  3    mercury=containing lamps.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 6116XS 82
  6 tw/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  455D.9B  LANDFILL DISPOSAL OF
  1  2 MERCURY=CONTAINING LAMPS PROHIBITED.
  1  3    1.  Beginning July 1, 2008, the disposal of
  1  4 mercury=containing lamps in a sanitary landfill is prohibited.
  1  5 "Mercury=containing lamp" includes but is not limited to
  1  6 fluorescent, high=pressure sodium, mercury vapor, and metal
  1  7 halide lamps.
  1  8    2.  A person offering for sale or selling a
  1  9 mercury=containing lamp at retail in this state shall do all
  1 10 of the following:
  1 11    a.  Accept used mercury=containing lamps for recycling from
  1 12 customers who purchase new mercury=containing lamps, at the
  1 13 point of sale.
  1 14    b.  Post written notice that land disposal of
  1 15 mercury=containing lamps is prohibited and that state law
  1 16 requires the retailer to accept mercury=containing lamps for
  1 17 recycling when new mercury=containing lamps are purchased.
  1 18    3.  A person offering for sale or selling
  1 19 mercury=containing lamps at wholesale shall accept used
  1 20 mercury=containing lamps for recycling from retailers who
  1 21 purchase new mercury=containing lamps for resale to consumers,
  1 22 or from wholesale customers.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill relates to the disposal of mercury=containing
  1 25 lamps in sanitary landfills.  One of the most common
  1 26 mercury=containing lamps is known as a compact fluorescent
  1 27 light bulb.
  1 28    The bill prohibits the final disposal of mercury=containing
  1 29 lamps in a sanitary landfill after July 1, 2008, and requires
  1 30 retailers and wholesalers selling new mercury=containing lamps
  1 31 to accept used mercury=containing lamps from consumers for
  1 32 recycling.
  1 33 LSB 6116XS 82
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