| LAWS OF THE 2001 REGULAR SESSION OF THE SEVENTY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA |
Section 1. Section 15A.1, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
b. If the business generates solid or hazardous waste, that the business conducts in-house audits and management plans to reduce the amount of the waste and to safely dispose of the waste. For purposes of this paragraph, a business may, in lieu of conducting in-house audits, authorize the land quality and waste management assistance division of the department of natural resources or the Iowa waste reduction center established under section 268.4 to provide the audits.
Sec. 2. Section 173.16, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
In order to efficiently administer facilities and events on the state fairgrounds, and to promote Iowa's conservation ethic, the Iowa state fair board shall handle or dispose of waste generated on the state fairgrounds under supervision of the land quality and waste management assistance division established under section 455B.483.
Sec. 3. Section 455A.7, subsection 1, paragraph h, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
h. Waste
Land quality and
waste management assistance division which
has
is responsible for
programs related to solid waste, hazardous waste, and land quality in addition to
the responsibilities provided in chapter 455B, division IV, part
9, and division VII.
Sec. 4. Section 455B.480, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
455B.480 SHORT TITLE.
This part may be cited as the "Land Quality and Waste Management Assistance Division Act".
Sec. 5. Section 455B.481, subsection 2, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
2. It is also the intent of the general assembly that a comprehensive waste management plan be established by the land quality and waste management assistance division which includes: the determination of need and adequate regulatory controls prior to the initiation of site selection; the process for selecting a superior site determined to be necessary; the establishment of a process for a site community to submit or present data, views, or arguments regarding the selection of the operator and the technology that best ensures proper facility operation; the prohibition of shallow land burial of hazardous and low-level radioactive wastes; the establishment of a regulatory framework for a facility; and the establishment of provisions for the safe and orderly development, operation, closure, postclosure, and long-term monitoring and maintenance of the facility.
Sec. 6. Section 455B.482, subsection 15, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
15. "Waste
"Land quality and
waste management assistance division" means the
land quality and waste management assistance division established within the department of natural resources.
Sec. 7. Section 455B.483, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
455B.483 LAND QUALITY AND WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE DIVISION CREATED.
A land quality and waste management assistance division is created within the department of natural resources for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this part. The land quality and waste management assistance division is under the immediate direction and supervision of the director of the department of natural resources.
Sec. 8. Section 455B.484, subsection 2, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
2. Seek, receive, and accept funds in the form of appropriations, grants, awards, wills, bequests, endowments, and gifts for deposit into the land quality and waste management assistance division trust fund to be used for programs relating to the duties of the division under this part.
Sec. 9. Section 455B.484, subsection 13, paragraph c, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
c. In solicitation of proposals for the implementation of the comprehensive plan, the land quality and waste management assistance division shall give preference to cooperative proposals which incorporate and utilize the participation of the universities under the control of the state board of regents.
Sec. 10. Section 455B.485, subsections 3, 4, and 5, Code 2001, are amended to read as follows:
3. Approve the budget request for the land quality and waste management assistance division prior to submission to the department of management. The commission may increase, decrease, or strike any proposed expenditure within the land quality and waste management assistance division budget request before granting approval.
4. Recommend legislative action which may be required for the safe and proper management of waste, for the acquisition or operation of a facility, for the funding of a facility, to enter into interstate agreements for the management of a facility, and to improve the operation of the land quality and waste management assistance division.
5. Approve all contracts and agreements, in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars, under this part between the land quality and waste management assistance division and other public or private persons or agencies.
Sec. 11. Section 455B.516, subsection 3, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
3. "Division" means the land quality and waste management assistance division created pursuant to section 455B.483.
Sec. 12. Section 455B.517, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
The land quality and waste management assistance division shall do all of the following:
Sec. 13. Section 455E.11, subsection 2, paragraph a, subparagraph (1), subparagraph subdivision (b), Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
(b) Sixty-five thousand dollars to the land quality and waste management assistance division of the department to be used for the by-products and waste search service at the university of northern Iowa.
Sec. 14. Section 455E.11, subsection 2, paragraph a, subparagraph (2), subparagraph subdivision (a), subparagraph subdivision part (iv), Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
(iv) The land quality and waste management assistance division of the department.
Approved March 5, 2001
Updated: 23-Oct-2001 02:31 PM
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