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HOUSE
FILE
2327
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
656)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
Iowa
comprehensive
petroleum
underground
1
storage
tank
fund.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
455B.474,
subsection
1,
paragraph
f,
1
subparagraph
(7),
Code
Supplement
2009,
is
amended
to
read
as
2
follows:
3
(7)
An
owner
or
operator
may
elect
to
proceed
with
4
additional
corrective
action
on
the
site.
However,
any
action
5
taken
in
addition
to
that
required
pursuant
to
this
paragraph
6
âfâ
shall
be
solely
at
the
expense
of
the
owner
or
operator
7
and
shall
not
be
considered
corrective
action
for
purposes
8
of
section
455G.9
,
unless
approved
by
the
board
pursuant
to
9
section
455G.9,
subsection
7
.
10
Sec.
2.
Section
455G.9,
subsection
7,
Code
2009,
is
amended
11
to
read
as
follows:
12
7.
Expenses
of
cleanup
not
required.
When
an
owner
or
13
operator
who
is
eligible
for
benefits
under
this
chapter
is
14
allowed
by
the
department
of
natural
resources
to
monitor
in
15
place,
the
expenses
incurred
for
cleanup
beyond
the
level
16
required
by
the
department
of
natural
resources
are
not
may
17
be
covered
under
any
of
the
accounts
established
under
the
fund
18
only
if
approved
by
the
board
as
cost-effective
relative
to
the
19
department
accepted
monitoring
plan
.
The
Any
cleanup
expenses
20
incurred
for
work
completed
beyond
what
is
required
approved
21
pursuant
to
this
subsection
is
the
responsibility
of
the
person
22
contracting
for
the
excess
cleanup.
23
Sec.
3.
REPEAL.
1989
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
131,
section
63,
24
as
amended
by
2009
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
184,
section
39,
is
25
repealed.
26
EXPLANATION
27
This
bill
relates
to
the
Iowa
comprehensive
petroleum
28
underground
storage
tank
fund.
29
Currently,
for
eligible
owners
and
operators
of
petroleum
30
underground
storage
tanks
who
are
allowed
to
monitor
in
place,
31
expenses
incurred
for
cleanup
beyond
the
level
required
by
32
the
department
of
natural
resources
are
not
covered
under
33
any
of
the
accounts
established
under
the
Iowa
comprehensive
34
petroleum
underground
storage
tank
fund.
The
bill
allows
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such
owners
and
operators
to
receive
moneys
from
the
accounts
1
if
the
Iowa
comprehensive
petroleum
underground
storage
tank
2
fund
board
determines
the
expenses
are
cost-effective
relative
3
to
the
monitoring
plan
accepted
by
the
department
of
natural
4
resources.
The
bill
makes
conforming
amendments.
5
Currently,
Code
sections
455G.6
and
455G.7,
relating
to
6
the
powers
and
duties
of
the
Iowa
comprehensive
petroleum
7
underground
storage
tank
fund
board
and
the
establishment
by
8
the
Iowa
finance
authority
of
certain
capital
reserve
funds
to
9
secure
bonds
issued
for
the
fund,
are
repealed
with
certain
10
exceptions,
effective
July
1,
2010.
The
bill
eliminates
the
11
future
repeal.
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