HOUSE FILE 20

BY  WINDSCHITL

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to lining exemptions for sanitary landfills.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  Section 455B.304, Code 2011, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  20.  The commission shall adopt rules providing an exemption from requirements regarding the lining of sanitary landfills if the sanitary landfill for which the exemption is sought has only received construction and demolition waste during the fifteen years prior to the date of the application for an exemption and the sanitary landfill has not received residential waste during that same time period.
EXPLANATION
   This bill relates to lining exemptions for sanitary landfills.
   The bill requires the environmental protection commission to adopt rules providing an exemption from requirements regarding the lining of sanitary landfills if the sanitary landfill for which the exemption is sought has only received construction and demolition waste during the 15 years prior to the date of the application for an exemption and the sanitary landfill has not received residential waste during that same time period.