House File 391 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  WINDSCHITL, SCHULTZ, and
                                           DE BOEF


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to lining exemptions for sanitary landfills.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 2027YH 83
  4 tm/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455B.304, Code 2009, is amended by
  1  2 adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  20.  The commission shall adopt rules
  1  4 providing an exemption from requirements regarding the lining
  1  5 of sanitary landfills if the sanitary landfill for which the
  1  6 exemption is sought has only received construction and
  1  7 demolition waste during the fifteen years prior to the date of
  1  8 the application for an exemption and the sanitary landfill has
  1  9 not received residential waste during that same time period.
  1 10                           EXPLANATION
  1 11    This bill relates to lining exemptions for sanitary
  1 12 landfills.
  1 13    The bill requires the environmental protection commission
  1 14 to adopt rules providing an exemption from requirements
  1 15 regarding the lining of sanitary landfills if the sanitary
  1 16 landfill for which the exemption is sought has only received
  1 17 construction and demolition waste during the 15 years prior to
  1 18 the date of the application for an exemption and the sanitary
  1 19 landfill has not received residential waste during that same
  1 20 time period.
  1 21 LSB 2027YH 83
  1 22 tm/nh/8