Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 567 - Environmental Protection Commission › Title VIII - Solid Waste Management and Disposal › Chapter 106 - Citizen Convenience Centers and Transfer Stations › Rule 567-106.18 - Citizen Convenience Center and Transfer Station Financial Assurance

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Permitted solid waste citizen convenience centers and
				  transfer stations must obtain and submit a financial assurance instrument to
				  the department for solid waste storage in accordance with this rule. The
				  financial assurance instrument shall provide monetary funds to properly dispose
				  of any solid waste that may remain at a facility due to the owner's or
				  operator's failure to properly close the site within 30 days of permit
				  suspension, termination, revocation, or expiration.
(1)
No permit without financial
				assurance.
The department shall not issue or renew a permit to an
				owner or operator of a citizen convenience center or transfer station until a
				financial assurance instrument has been submitted to and approved by the
				department.
(2)
Proof of
				compliance.
Proof of the establishment of the financial assurance
				instrument and compliance with this rule, including a current closure cost
				estimate, shall be submitted to the department within 30 days of the close of
				the permit holder's first fiscal year that begins after July 17, 2002, or at
				the time of application for a permit for a new citizen convenience center or
				transfer station. The owner or operator must provide continuous coverage for
				closure and submit proof of compliance, including an updated closure cost
				estimate, with each permit renewal thereafter until released from this
				requirement by the department.
(3)
Use of one financial assurance instrument for multiple permitted
				activities.
Citizen convenience centers and transfer stations required
				to maintain financial assurance pursuant to any other provisions of
				567-Chapters 100 to 123 may satisfy the requirements of this rule by the use of
				one financial assurance instrument if the permit holder ensures that the
				instrument provides financial assurance for an amount at least equal to the
				current cost estimates for closure of all sanitary disposal project activities
				covered.
(4)
Financial
				assurance amounts required.
The estimate submitted to the department
				must be certified by an Iowa-licensed professional engineer and must account
				for at least the following factors determined by the department to be minimal
				necessary costs for closure pursuant to rule 106.7(455B) for citizen
				convenience centers and rule 106.17(455B) for transfer stations, as applicable:
a. Third-party labor and transportation costs
				and total tip fees to properly dispose of all solid waste and litter at the
				facility equal to twice the maximum storage capacity of the facility. If
				materials are temporarily stored on site in transportation vehicles or waste
				receptacles, then this estimate shall include disposal costs for the maximum
				number of transportation vehicles and waste receptacles that can be on site at
				any one time.
b. The cost of hiring
				a third party to properly clean and decontaminate all equipment, storage
				facilities, holding areas and drainage collection systems. This estimate shall
				include the cost of properly disposing of a one-week volume of washwater from
				the facility. If the facility utilizes washwater storage tanks, then this
				estimate shall assume that the storage tanks are full and add that volume to
				the one-week volume.
c. The costs
				for maintaining financial assurance pursuant to any other provisions of
				567-Chapters 100 to 123, if any, in accordance with subrule
				106.18(3).