Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 567 - Environmental Protection Commission › Title VIII - Solid Waste Management and Disposal › Chapter 100 - Scope of Title-definitions-rules of Practice › Rule 567-100.4 - General Conditions of Solid Waste Disposal

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Except as provided otherwise in 567-Chapters 100 to 121, a
				  private or public agency shall not dump or deposit or permit the dumping or
				  depositing of any solid waste at any place other than a sanitary disposal
				  project approved by the director, or pursuant to a permit granted by the
				  department which allows the disposal of solid waste on land owned or leased by
				  the agency.
(1)
Definitions.
For the purposes of this rule:
"Farm animals"
means cattle, swine, sheep or
				  lambs, horses, turkeys, chickens and other domestic animals;
"Farm buildings"
means barns, machine sheds,
				  storage cribs, animal confinement buildings, and homes located on the premises
				  and used in conjunction with crop production or with livestock or poultry
				  raising and feeding operations; and
"Farm waste"
means machinery, vehicles and
				  equipment used in conjunction with crop production or with livestock or poultry
				  raising and feeding operations, trees, brush and grubbed stumps generated on
				  the same property, or ashes from the burning thereof, but specifically does not
				  include agricultural chemicals, fertilizers or manures, or domestic household
				  wastes.
(2)
Special
				requirements for farm waste, farm buildings, and dead animals.
a. A private agency may dispose of farm waste
				and farm buildings without first having obtained a sanitary disposal project
				permit, in accordance with paragraph 100.4(2)
"c,"
provided
				that:
(1) The farm waste was owned by the
				private agency and was used on the premises where disposal occurs.
(2) Prior to disposal of vehicles, machinery,
				and equipment, all fluids shall be drained, including motor oils, motor fuels,
				lubricating fluids, coolants and solvents, and agricultural chemicals; and all
				batteries and rubber tires shall be removed.
(3) Prior to disposal of storage or feeding
				equipment, the equipment shall be emptied of all contents not otherwise
				authorized for burial pursuant to these rules.
(4) Farm buildings have been emptied of
				contents not otherwise authorized for burial pursuant to these rules and have
				been buried on the premises where they were located.
(5) All materials drained or removed from
				farm waste or farm buildings prior to disposal shall be recycled, reused or
				disposed of in accordance with Iowa Code chapter 45 5 B and the rules
				implementing that chapter.
(6) The
				farm waste and farm buildings are buried in soils listed in tables contained in
				the county soil surveys and soil interpretation records (published by the U.S.
				Soil Conservation Service) as being moderately well drained, well drained,
				somewhat excessively drained, or excessively drained soils. Other soils may be
				used if artificial drainage is installed to obtain water-level depth more than
				two feet below the burial depth of the waste.
(7) The lowest elevation of the burial pit is
				six feet or less below the surface.
(8) The farm waste and farm buildings are
				immediately covered with a minimum of 6 inches of soil and finally covered with
				a total minimum of 24 inches of soil.