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IA Code § 455B.475 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455B - JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES|Section 455B.475 - Duties and powers of the director.

455B.475 Duties and powers of the director.   The director shall:   1. Inspect and investigate the facilities and records of owners and operators of underground storage tanks as may be necessary to determine compliance with this part and the rules adopted pursuant to this part. An inspection or investigation shall be concluded subject to section 455B.103, subsection 4. For purposes of developing a rule, maintaining an accurate inventory or enforcing this part, the department may:   a. Enter at reasonable times any establishment or other place where an underground storage tank is located.   b. Inspect and obtain samples from any person of a regulated substance and conduct monitoring or testing of the tanks, associated equipment, contents or surrounding soils, air, surface water and groundwater. Each inspection shall be commenced and completed with reasonable promptness.   (1) If the director obtains a sample, prior to leaving the premises, the director shall give the owner, operator, or agent in charge a receipt describing the sample obtained and if requested a portion of each sample equal in volume or weight to the portion retained. If the sample is analyzed, a copy of the results of the analysis shall be furnished promptly to the owner, operator, or agent in charge.   (2) Documents or information obtained from a person under this subsection shall be available to the public except as provided in this subparagraph. Upon a showing satisfactory to the director by a person that public disclosure of documents or information, or a particular part of the documents or information to which the director has access under this subsection would divulge commercial or financial information entitled to protection as a trade secret, the director shall consider the documents or information or the particular portion of the documents or information confidential. However, the document or information may be disclosed to officers, employees or authorized representatives of the United States charged with implementing the federal Solid Waste Disposal Act, to employees of the state of Iowa or of other states when the document or information is relevant to the discharge of their official duties, and when relevant in any proceeding under the federal Solid Waste Disposal Act or this part.   2. Maintain an accurate inventory of underground storage tanks.   3. Take any action allowed by law which, in the director’s judgment, is necessary to enforce or secure compliance with this part or any rule adopted under this part.  85 Acts, ch 162, §5; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1899A  Referred to in §455B.474
IA Code § 455B.476 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455B - JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES|Section 455B.476 - Violations — orders.

455B.476 Violations — orders.   1. If there is substantial evidence that a person has violated or is violating a provision of this part or a rule adopted under this part, the director may issue an order directing the person to desist in the practice that constitutes the violation and to take corrective action as necessary to ensure that the violation will cease, and may impose appropriate administrative penalties pursuant to section 455B.109. The person to whom the order is issued may appeal the order to the commission as provided in chapter 17A. On appeal, the commission may affirm, modify, or vacate the order of the director. The applicable time frames for the issuance and appeal of the order are defined in section 455B.110.   2. However, if it is determined by the director that an emergency exists respecting any matter affecting or likely to affect the public health, the director may issue any order necessary to terminate the emergency without notice and without hearing. The order is binding and effective immediately and until the order is modified or vacated at a hearing before the commission or by a district court.   3. The director, with the approval of the commission, may request the attorney general to institute legal proceedings pursuant to section 455B.477.  85 Acts, ch 162, §6; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1899A; 2019 Acts, ch 97, §7; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §242  Referred to in §455B.473  Subsection 1 amended
IA Code § 455B.478 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455B - JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES|Section 455B.478 - Judicial review.

455B.478 Judicial review.   Except as provided in section 455B.477, subsection 5, judicial review of an order or other action of the commission or the director may be sought in accordance with chapter 17A. Notwithstanding chapter 17A, the Iowa administrative procedure Act, petitions for judicial review may be filed in the district court of the county in which the alleged offense was committed or the final order was entered.  85 Acts, ch 162, §8; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1899A  Referred to in §455B.477
IA Code § 455B.479 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455B - JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES|Section 455B.479 - Storage tank management fee.

455B.479 Storage tank management fee.   An owner or operator of an underground storage tank shall pay an annual storage tank management fee of sixty-five dollars per tank of over one thousand one hundred gallons capacity. The fees collected shall be deposited in the storage tank management account of the groundwater protection fund.  87 Acts, ch 225, §607; 89 Acts, ch 131, §38; 2010 Acts, ch 1193, §175  Referred to in §455E.11
IA Code § 455B.480 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455B - JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES|Section 455B.480 - Short title.

455B.480 Short title.   This part may be cited as the “Waste Management Assistance Act”.  87 Acts, ch 180, §1; 92 Acts, ch 1239, §21; 2001 Acts, ch 7, §4; 2002 Acts, ch 1162, §46
IA Code § 455B.481 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455B - JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES|Section 455B.481 - Waste management policy.

455B.481 Waste management policy.   1. The purpose of this part is to promote the proper management of solid, hazardous, and low-level radioactive wastes in Iowa.   2. The department, in cooperation with the Iowa waste reduction center for safe and economic management of solid waste and hazardous substances established in section 268.4, shall work with generators of hazardous wastes in the state to develop and implement aggressive waste minimization programs. The department shall provide and promote educational and informational programs, provide confidential, voluntary technical assistance to hazardous waste generators, promote assistance by the Iowa waste reduction center, and promote other voluntary activities by the public and private sectors that support the following pollution prevention hierarchy, in descending order of preference:   a. Source reduction for waste elimination.   b. Reuse.   c. On-site recycling.   d. Off-site recycling.   e. Waste treatment.   f. Combustion with energy recovery.   g. Land disposal.  87 Acts, ch 180, §3; 89 Acts, ch 242, §2; 92 Acts, ch 1239, §21; 2001 Acts, ch 7, §5; 2002 Acts, ch 1162, §47; 2013 Acts, ch 12, §1, 2  Referred to in §455B.484, 455D.5
IA Code § 455B.483 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455B - JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES|Section 455B.483 - Waste management assistance.

455B.483 Waste management assistance.   The director of the department of natural resources shall provide for administration of the provisions of this part.  87 Acts, ch 180, §5; 92 Acts, ch 1239, §21; 2001 Acts, ch 7, §7; 2002 Acts, ch 1162, §49
IA Code § 455B.484 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455B - JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES|Section 455B.484 - Duties of the department.

455B.484 Duties of the department.   The department shall:   1. Recommend to the commission the adoption of rules necessary to implement this part.   2. Implement the waste management policy provided in section 455B.481.   3. Represent the state in all matters pertaining to plans, procedures, negotiations, and agreements for interstate compacts or public-private compacts relating to the ownership, operation, management, or funding of a facility. Any agreement is subject to the approval of the commission.   4. Develop, sponsor, and assist in the implementation of public education and information programs on proper and safe management of waste in cooperation with other public and private agencies as deemed appropriate.  87 Acts, ch 180, §6; 88 Acts, ch 1134, §87; 89 Acts, ch 242, §3, 4; 92 Acts, ch 1239, §21; 2001 Acts, ch 7, §8, 9; 2002 Acts, ch 1050, §41; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §61; 2002 Acts, ch 1162, §50 – 52; 2003 Acts, ch 108, §75; 2006 Acts, ch 1014, §8; 2013 Acts, ch 12, §4, 5
IA Code § 455B.484A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455B - JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES|Section 455B.484A - Confidentiality for assistance programs.

455B.484A Confidentiality for assistance programs.   1. As used in this section:   a. “Applicant” means a person, acting in good faith, who seeks the services of an assistance program.   b. “Assistance information” means all information voluntarily supplied to or obtained by an assistance program for the sole purpose of providing assistance to an applicant and which constitutes information not otherwise available to an assistance program.   c. “Assistance program” means the pollution prevention program of the department or of the Iowa waste reduction center for safe and economic management of solid waste and hazardous substances conducted pursuant to section 268.4.   2. Assistance information in the possession of an assistance program or an employee or agent of an assistance program is privileged and confidential, is not subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion, and is not admissible evidence in an administrative or judicial proceeding. However, assistance information discoverable from sources other than an assistance program or prohibited from being made confidential pursuant to federal or state law does not become privileged or confidential merely because it has been made available to or is in the custody of an assistance program or an employee or agent of an assistance program.   3. Assistance information shall not be used by an employee or agent of the state in determining whether to initiate an enforcement action or investigation by the state.  92 Acts, ch 1214, §1; 2013 Acts, ch 12, §6  Referred to in §455K.3
IA Code § 455B.485 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455B - JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES|Section 455B.485 - Powers and duties of the commission.

455B.485 Powers and duties of the commission.   The commission shall:   1. Establish policy for the implementation of this part.   2. Adopt, modify, or repeal rules necessary to implement this part pursuant to chapter 17A.   3. 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 department relating to waste management assistance.  87 Acts, ch 180, §7; 92 Acts, ch 1239, §21; 2001 Acts, ch 7, §10; 2002 Acts, ch 1162, §53; 2013 Acts, ch 12, §7
IA Code § 455B.486 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455B - JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES|Section 455B.486 - Facility siting.

455B.486 Facility siting.   The commission shall adopt rules establishing criteria for the identification of sites which are suitable for the operation of low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities. The department shall apply these criteria, once adopted, to identify and recommend to the commission sites suitable for locating facilities for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste. The commission shall accept or reject the recommendation of the department. If the commission rejects the recommendation of the department, the commission shall state its reasons for rejecting the recommendation.  87 Acts, ch 180, §8; 92 Acts, ch 1239, §21; 2002 Acts, ch 1162, §54; 2013 Acts, ch 12, §8
IA Code § 455B.488 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455B - JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES|Section 455B.488 - Household hazardous waste collection and disposition.

455B.488 Household hazardous waste collection and disposition.   The department shall develop, sponsor, and assist in conducting local, regional, or statewide programs for the receipt or collection and proper management of hazardous wastes from households and farms. In conducting such events the department may establish limits on the types and amounts of wastes that will be collected, and may establish a fee system for acceptance of wastes in quantities exceeding the limits established pursuant to this section.  87 Acts, ch 180, §10; 92 Acts, ch 1239, §21; 2003 Acts, ch 108, §76
IA Code § 455B.490 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455B - JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES|Section 455B.490 - Used storage tank disposal.

455B.490 Used storage tank disposal. Repealed by 92 Acts, ch 1018, §3.
IA Code § 455B.491 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455B - JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES|Section 455B.491 - Restrictions on use of agricultural chemicals.

455B.491 Restrictions on use of agricultural chemicals.   1. If the commission determines that an agricultural chemical causes an unreasonable, adverse effect on humans or the environment, the commission shall submit to the secretary of agriculture its findings and recommended actions. The secretary of agriculture shall propose rules implementing the recommended actions and shall hold a public hearing to determine the effects of the proposed rules as provided in chapter 206 after review and consideration of the findings as provided in subsection 2 of this section. A rule of the secretary shall be adopted pursuant to chapter 17A.   2. The commission shall submit to the secretary of agriculture its findings on the unreasonable, adverse effect that the agricultural chemical causes to humans or the environment. The department of agriculture and land stewardship shall prepare an estimate of the economic impact of restricting the use of the agricultural chemical. The economic impact statement, the commission’s findings and the report of the advisory committee created under section 206.23 shall be available at the time of publication of the intended rule action by the secretary. The secretary of agriculture and the advisory committee shall review the commission’s findings and collect, analyze and interpret any other scientific data relating to the agricultural chemical. The secretary and the committee shall consider any official reports, academic studies, expert opinions or testimony, or other matters deemed to have probative value and shall consider the toxicity, hazard, effectiveness, public need for the agricultural chemical or other means of control other than the chemical in question, and the economic impact on the members of the public and agencies affected by it.   3. As used in this section, “agricultural chemical” means a pesticide as defined in section 206.2 and also means any feed or soil additive, other than a pesticide, which is designed for and used to promote the growth of plants or animals.  [C71, §206A.2; C73, 75, 77, §455B.100; C79, §455B.130, 455B.131; C81, §455B.150]  C83, §455B.471  CS85, §455B.491
IA Code § 455B.500 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455B - JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES|Section 455B.500 - Waste management research by persons in conjunction with institutions of higher education.

455B.500 Waste management research by persons in conjunction with institutions of higher education.   A person acting in conjunction with a private college, community college, or state board of regents institution, to conduct research relating to waste management, on private property, or on property in which a city or county holds an interest, shall notify the department in writing. The person is not required to obtain authorization, including but not limited to a permit, by the department for one hundred twenty days after submitting the notice. After the end of the one-hundred-twenty-day period the department shall conduct an evaluation of the permit status of the research and may determine whether a permit ought to be issued or modified before the research continues.  90 Acts, ch 1260, §26
IA Code § 455B.501 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455B - JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES|Section 455B.501 - Regulation of infectious waste.

455B.501 Regulation of infectious waste.   1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:   a. “Contaminated animal carcasses” means waste including carcasses, body parts, and bedding of animals that were exposed to infectious agents during research, production of biologicals, or testing of pharmaceuticals.   b. “Contaminated sharps” means all discarded sharp items derived from patient care in medical, research, or industrial facilities including glass vials containing materials defined as infectious, hypodermic needles, scalpel blades, and pasteur pipettes.   c. “Cultures and stocks of infectious agents” means specimen cultures collected from medical and pathological laboratories, cultures and stocks of infectious agents from research and industrial laboratories, wastes from the production of biological agents, discarded live and attenuated vaccines, and culture dishes and devices used to transfer, inoculate, or mix cultures.   d. “Human blood and blood products” means human serum, plasma, other blood components, bulk blood, or containerized blood in quantities greater than twenty milliliters.   e. “Infectious” means containing pathogens with sufficient virulence and quantity so that exposure to an infectious agent by a susceptible host could result in an infectious disease when the infectious agent is improperly treated, stored, transplanted, or disposed.   f. “Infectious waste” means waste, which is infectious, including but not limited to contaminated sharps, cultures, and stocks of infectious agents, blood and blood products, pathological waste, and contaminated animal carcasses from hospitals or research laboratories.   g. “Pathological waste” means human tissues and body parts that are removed during surgery or autopsy.   2. The department shall recommend, for adoption by the commission, standards for on-site and off-site treatment of infectious waste. In developing standards, the department shall consider factors affecting the feasibility of alternative methods of treatment and disposal, including but not limited to the volume of infectious waste generated, the availability of treatment facilities within geographic areas, and the costs of transporting infectious wastes to treatment facilities. The standards shall include monitoring requirements for treatment facilities and training requirements for operators of facilities. The standards may include requirements for management plans dealing with the plans for management of infectious wastes in compliance with adopted standards. In cases in which an individual generator of infectious waste is served by a person treating or disposing of the infectious waste, the person treating or disposing of the waste may prepare the plan for all generators served.  89 Acts, ch 245, §1; 99 Acts, ch 46, §1  Local approval of infectious waste incinerator projects; §455B.305A
IA Code § 455B.502 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455B - JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES|Section 455B.502 - Infectious medical waste incinerators — regents universities — requirements.

455B.502 Infectious medical waste incinerators — regents universities — requirements. Repealed by 99 Acts, ch 46, §3.
IA Code § 455B.503 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455B - JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES|Section 455B.503 - Infectious waste treatment and disposal facilities — permits required — rules.

455B.503 Infectious waste treatment and disposal facilities — permits required — rules.   The commission shall adopt rules which require a person who owns or operates an infectious waste treatment or disposal facility to obtain an operating permit before initial operation of the facility. The rules shall specify the information required to be submitted with the application for a permit and the conditions under which a permit may be issued, suspended, modified, revoked, or renewed. The rules shall address but are not limited to the areas of operator safety, recordkeeping and tracking procedures, best available appropriate technologies, emergency response and remedial action procedures, waste minimization procedures, and long-term liability. The department shall not grant permits for the construction or operation of a commercial infectious waste treatment or disposal facility until the commission has adopted the required rules.  91 Acts, ch 242, §4; 92 Acts, ch 1182, §4; 93 Acts, ch 103, §1; 99 Acts, ch 46, §2
IA Code § 455B.504 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455B - JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES|Section 455B.504 - Collection and transportation of infectious medical waste — permits required — rules.

455B.504 Collection and transportation of infectious medical waste — permits required — rules. Repealed by 2011 Acts, ch 9, §10.
IA Code § 455B.505 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455B - JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES|Section 455B.505 - Construction or operation of infectious waste treatment or disposal facilities near historic sites.

455B.505 Construction or operation of infectious waste treatment or disposal facilities near historic sites.   The department of natural resources shall not grant a permit for the construction or operation of a commercial infectious waste treatment or disposal facility within one mile of a site or building which has been placed on the national register of historic places. This section does not apply to hospitals, health care facilities licensed pursuant to chapter 135C, physicians’ offices or clinics, and other health service-related entities.  91 Acts, ch 242, §6  Section not amended; headnote revised
IA Code § 455B.601 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455B - JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES|Section 455B.601 - Pesticide and fertilizer contaminated sites — prioritization of cleanup.

455B.601 Pesticide and fertilizer contaminated sites — prioritization of cleanup. Repealed by  2011 Acts, ch 9, §10  .
IA Code § 455B.602 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 455B - JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES|Section 455B.602 - Definitions.

455B.602 Definitions. Repealed by 2011 Acts, ch 9, §10.