CHAPTER 112WASTE MANAGEMENT — CONVERSION TECHNOLOGIESH.F. 544AN ACT regarding the use of waste conversion technologies as a waste management practice.Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: Section 1. Section 455B.301, Code 2015, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION. 24. “Waste conversion technologies” means thermal, chemical, mechanical, and biological processes capable of converting waste from which recyclable materials have been substantially diverted or removed into useful products and chemicals, green fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel, and clean, renewable energy. “Waste conversion technologies” includes but is not limited to anaerobic digestion, plasma gasification, and pyrolysis. Sec. 2. Section 455B.301A, subsection 1, Code 2015, is amended by adding the following new paragraph: NEW PARAGRAPH. 0c. Waste conversion technologies. Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 455D.15A Permitting of waste conversion technologies operations fees. A facility using waste conversion technologies, as defined in section 455B.301, shall annually obtain a permit from the department. The department shall establish by rule an annual fee for such permits, which shall be sufficient to cover the costs of administering the permit program. The moneys collected by the department shall be deposited in the waste volume reduction and recycling fund established in section 455D.15 and shall be used for the purposes of administering the permit program.Approved June 18, 2015
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