Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 567 - Environmental Protection Commission › Title X - Hazardous Waste › Chapter 213 - Packaging-heavy Metal Content › Rule 567-213.5 - Certification of Compliance

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
A manufacturer or distributor of packaging or packaging
				  components shall make available to purchasers, to the department, and to the
				  general public upon request, certificates of compliance conforming to the
				  requirements of this rule. Certificates provided shall substantially conform
				  with either or both, as applicable, of the following forms:
REDUCTION OF TOXICS IN PACKAGING LAW CERTIFICATE OF
				  COMPLIANCE
We certify that all packaging and packaging components sold
				  to_____________________________
(Company Name)
or its subsidiaries in the State of Iowa comply with the
				  requirements of this law, namely that the sum of the incidental concentration
				  levels of lead, mercury, cadmium, and hexavalent chromium present in any
				  package or package component shall not exceed the following:
600 Parts Per Million by weight
(Effective July 1, 1992) 250 Parts Per Million by
				  weight
(Effective July 1, 1993) 100 Parts Per Million by weight
				  (Effective July 1, 1994) We further certify that in cases where the regulated
				  metals are present at levels less than the schedule stated above, the regulated
				  metals were not intentionally added during the manufacturing process.
We further certify that no material used to replace the
				  regulated metals are present in a quantity or manner that creates a hazard as
				  great or greater than the hazard created by the regulated materials. We will
				  maintain adequate documentation of this certification for inspection upon
				  request.
Company
				  Name________________________________________________________________________
Address_______________________________________________________________________________
Certified by:
(Name)
(Signature)
(Title)
Date:_________________________________________________________________________________
REDUCTION OF TOXICS IN PACKAGING LAW CERTIFICATE OF
				  COMPLIANCE-EXEMPTION STATUS
We certify that all packaging and packaging components sold
				  to_____________________________
(Company Name)
or its subsidiaries in the State of Iowa are in compliance
				  with the law. However, certain packages or packaging components produced
				  by________________________________________________________
(Company Name)
are exempt from this law for one or more of the following
				  reasons:
Package or packaging components were made or delivered before
				  the law was signed into effect: (List package or packaging
				  component)_____________________________________________________
Package or packaging component contains heavy metals in order
				  to comply with state or federal health and safety requirements or there is no
				  feasible alternative (i.e., the regulated substance is essential to the
				  production, safe handling, or function of the package's contents): (List
				  package or packaging
				  component)_____________________________________________________
Package or packaging component is made from postconsumer
				  material:
(List package or packaging
				  component)_____________________________________________________
alcoholic beverage bottled prior to effective date:
(List package or packaging
				  component)_____________________________________________________
We will maintain adequate documentation of this certification
				  for inspection upon request.
Company
				  Name________________________________________________________________________
Address_______________________________________________________________________________
Certified by:
(Name)
(Signature)
(Title)
Date:_____________________________________
If the manufacturer or distributor of the package or
				  packaging component reformulates or creates a new package or packaging
				  component, the manufacturer or distributor shall provide an amended or new
				  Certificate of Compliance for the reformulated or new package or packaging
				  component.