Senate Study Bill 1233 



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
                                            INDEPENDENCE BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON BLACK)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to environmental management system designation.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 2218SC 83
  4 tm/rj/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455J.3, Code 2009, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  7.  CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE
  1  4 MANAGEMENT.  Provide for the operation of a construction and
  1  5 demolition waste management program or contract with a third
  1  6 party for the operation of such a program.  Such a program may
  1  7 include but is not limited to the following activities:
  1  8    a.  Recycling construction and demolition waste material
  1  9 that meets standards for sustainable design, also known and
  1 10 referred to as green building standards, as provided for in
  1 11 section 103A.7.
  1 12    b.  Discouraging the disposal of construction and
  1 13 demolition waste material at sanitary landfills by educating
  1 14 those generating such materials about alternative options.
  1 15    c.  Encouraging the combined collection of construction and
  1 16 demolition waste material from commercial and industrial
  1 17 sites.
  1 18    d.  Targeting recycling facilities that manufacture
  1 19 renewable biomass fuels for energy generation for the disposal
  1 20 or recycling of construction and demolition waste material.
  1 21    e.  Implementing programs that encourage the use of
  1 22 by=products manufactured from construction and demolition
  1 23 waste by recycling facilities.
  1 24                           EXPLANATION
  1 25    This bill relates to environmental management system
  1 26 designation.
  1 27    In order to be designated an environmental management
  1 28 system, a solid waste planning area must actively pursue
  1 29 certain activities.  The bill adds an additional activity
  1 30 relating to construction and demolition waste management that
  1 31 must be pursued in order to receive the designation.
  1 32 LSB 2218SC 83
  1 33 tm/rj/8