HF 2588 (LSB 6274HV (1) 90)

HOUSE FILE 2588

BY  COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 699)

(COMPANION TO SF 2327 BY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the use of certain moneys in the storage tank management account of the groundwater protection fund, and making appropriations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 455E.11, subsection 2, paragraph d, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   A storage tank management account.  All The account shall consist of moneys appropriated to, transferred to, or deposited in the account, including fees collected pursuant to section 455B.473, subsection 5, and section 455B.479, shall be deposited in the storage tank management account. Moneys deposited in the account shall be expended for all of the following purposes:
    Sec. 2.  Section 455E.11, subsection 2, paragraph d, Code 2024, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
   NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (1A)  Moneys transferred under this Act to the account are appropriated for the following purposes:
   (a)  For reimbursement to tank owners for all or part of the costs of a corrective action for a petroleum release.
   (b)  For permanent closure of an underground storage tank system under a remedial program pursuant to section 455G.9, for additional assessment and corrective action arising out of releases at sites for which a certificate of no further action has been issued, and for tank operator training. At least three million dollars of the moneys expended pursuant to this subparagraph shall be expended for this purpose.
    Sec. 3.  Section 455E.11, subsection 2, paragraph d, subparagraph (2), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  The moneys remaining in the account after the appropriation appropriations in subparagraph subparagraphs (1) and (1A) are appropriated from the storage tank management account to the department of natural resources for the administration of a state storage tank program pursuant to chapter 455B, subchapter IV, part 8, and for programs which that reduce the potential for harm to the environment and the public health from storage tanks.
    Sec. 4.  TRANSFER OF MONEYS.  On the effective date of this Act, all unencumbered and unobligated moneys in the Iowa comprehensive petroleum underground storage tank fund created in section 455G.3 are transferred to the storage tank management account of the groundwater protection fund created in section 455E.11.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the use of moneys in the storage tank management account of the groundwater protection fund that are transferred from the Iowa comprehensive petroleum underground storage tank fund.
   The groundwater protection fund includes four accounts related to groundwater: the solid waste account, the agriculture management account, the household hazardous waste account, and the storage tank management account. The Iowa comprehensive petroleum underground storage tank fund assists owners and operators of petroleum underground storage tanks in complying with federal regulations.
   The bill transfers all unencumbered and unobligated moneys in the Iowa comprehensive petroleum underground storage tank fund on the effective date of the bill to the storage tank management account. The bill provides that moneys transferred to the storage tank management account pursuant to the bill shall be used to reimburse tank owners for the costs associated with a corrective action for a petroleum release and that at least $3 million of the moneys transferred from the Iowa comprehensive petroleum underground storage tank fund to the storage tank management account shall be used for the permanent closure of underground storage tank systems, actions arising from sites where certificates of no further action have been issued, and tank operator training.