Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 567 - Environmental Protection Commission › Title VIII - Solid Waste Management and Disposal › Chapter 107 - Beverage Container Deposits › Rule 567-107.4 - Redemption Centers

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The Act provides for both approved and unapproved redemption
				  centers. Both approved and unapproved redemption centers redeem empty beverage
				  containers and pay the refund value to consumers. Only approved redemption
				  centers can satisfy the requirements of Iowa Code sections
				  455C.4(2)
"a"
(2) and 455C.4(2)
"a"
(3) and 2022 Iowa
				  Acts, Senate File 2378, section
				  19.1(a) or
				  19.1(b).
				  Additionally, only approved redemption centers will be listed on the
				  department's electronic database pursuant to Iowa Code section
				  455C.4(2)
"c."
(1)
Approved redemption centers.
a. Any person may file with the department an
				application for approval of a redemption center.
b. An annual application for approval of a
				redemption center shall be submitted to the department electronically.
(1) Initial application. All redemption
				centers in existence prior to January 1, 2023, that wish to be considered
				approved under this chapter must apply for approval pursuant to the
				requirements of subrule 107.4(1) by January 31, 2023. This will ensure that the
				approved redemption center list published by the department is accurate and
				includes existing redemption centers. All other redemption centers that wish to
				be considered approved under this chapter (i.e., new redemption centers
				established any time after January 1, 2023) should file their application
				within 30 days of starting their business.
(2) Annual renewals. All redemption centers
				should file their annual renewal application by January 31 of each subsequent
				year to allow the department to update its approved redemption center list in a
				timely manner.
(3) Application
				requirements. A redemption center must submit a separate application for each
				facility, including if a redemption center is operating a mobile redemption
				system for a dealer or dealers. The information on the application will be
				included in an electronic database for consumers to locate the nearest approved
				redemption center; as such, applications must be resubmitted annually to ensure
				that contact information remains accurate. There is no fee to submit the
				application. The application shall include the following information:
1. Name, address and telephone number of the
				redemption center;
2. Name, address
				and telephone number of the person or persons responsible for the establishment
				and operation of the redemption center;
3. A statement that the operator of the
				redemption center understands it must accept all redeemable containers, except
				for those containers exempted in rule
				567-107.13 (455C);
4. Whether the redemption center will be
				operating a mobile redemption system and the location(s) where the system will
				be operated.
c.
				The department will issue an electronic order of approval once a complete
				application is received.
d. The
				department may at any time rescind the order approving a redemption center if
				the department determines, after notice and hearing, that the redemption center
				is in violation of the Act or this chapter or that the redemption center is no
				longer meeting the above criteria.
e. An approved redemption center shall accept
				from consumers and shall pay the refund value for all beverage containers that
				bear an Iowa refund value and those containers exempted from the labeling
				requirement pursuant to subrule 107.3(10).
f. When an approved redemption center is
				closing permanently, it shall give to the department notice that includes the
				redemption center's final date of operation. As of the final date of operation,
				the redemption center's approval as a redemption center shall be terminated and
				a dealer it was approved to serve shall no longer be an exempt dealer. An
				approved redemption center must notify the department and any dealers or
				distributors with which the redemption center has agreements 30 days prior to
				the redemption center's closing.