This text of Iowa § 268.4 (Iowa waste reduction center for the safe and economic management of solid waste and hazardous substances) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Iowa primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
and hazardous substances.
1.The Iowa waste reduction center for the safe and economic management of solid waste
and hazardous substances is established at the university of northern Iowa. The university
of northern Iowa, in cooperation with the department of natural resources, shall develop and
implement a program which provides the following:
a.Information regarding the safe use and economic management of solid waste and
hazardous substances to small businesses which generate the substances.
b.Disseminationofinformationtopublicandprivateagenciesregardingstateandfederal
solid waste and hazardous substances regulations, and assistance in achieving compliance
with the regulations.
c.Advice and consultation in the proper storage, handling, treatment, reuse, recycling,
and disposal methods
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and hazardous substances.
1. The Iowa waste reduction center for the safe and economic management of solid waste
and hazardous substances is established at the university of northern Iowa. The university
of northern Iowa, in cooperation with the department of natural resources, shall develop and
implement a program which provides the following:
a. Information regarding the safe use and economic management of solid waste and
hazardous substances to small businesses which generate the substances.
b. Disseminationofinformationtopublicandprivateagenciesregardingstateandfederal
solid waste and hazardous substances regulations, and assistance in achieving compliance
with the regulations.
c. Advice and consultation in the proper storage, handling, treatment, reuse, recycling,
and disposal methods of solid waste and hazardous substances.
d. Identification of the advantages of proper substance management relative to liability
and operational costs of a particular small business.
e. Assistanceintheprovidingofcapitalformationinordertocomplywithstateandfederal
regulations.
2. a. An advisory committee to the center is established, consisting of a representative of
each of the following organizations:
(1) The economic development authority.
(2) The small business development commission.
(3) The university of northern Iowa.
(4) The state university of Iowa.
(5) Iowa state university of science and technology.
(6) The department of natural resources.
b. The active participation of representatives of small businesses in the state shall also be
sought and encouraged.
3. Information obtained or compiled by the center shall be disseminated directly to the
economic development authority, the small business development centers, and other public
and private agencies with interest in the safe and economic management of solid waste and
hazardous substances.
4. The center may solicit, accept, and administer moneys appropriated to the center by a
public or private agency.
5. This section does not do any of the following:
a. Relieve a person receiving assistance under this section of any duties or liabilities
otherwise created or imposed upon the person by law.
b. Transfer to the state, the university of northern Iowa, or an employee of the state or
the university, a duty or liability otherwise imposed by law on a person receiving assistance
under this section.
c. Createaliabilitytothestate,theuniversityofnorthernIowa,oranemployeeofthestate
or the university for an act or omission arising from the providing of assistance or advice in
cleaning up, handling, or disposal of hazardous waste. However, an individual may be liable
if the act or omission results from intentional wrongdoing or gross negligence.