fees.
1.Waste reduction goals.
a.The goal of the state is to reduce the amount of materials in the waste stream, existing
as of July 1, 1988, by an intermediate goal of twenty-five percent, and by a final goal of at
least fifty percent, through the practice of waste volume reduction at the source and through
recycling. For the purposes of this section, “waste stream” means the disposal of solid waste
as “solid waste” is defined in section 455B.301.
b.Notwithstanding section 455D.1, subsection 5, facilities which employ combustion of
solid waste with energy recovery and refuse-derived fuel, which are included in an approved
comprehensive plan, may include these processes in the definition of recycling for the
purpose of meeting the state goal if at least thirty-five percent of the fifty
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1. Waste reduction goals.
a. The goal of the state is to reduce the amount of materials in the waste stream, existing
as of July 1, 1988, by an intermediate goal of twenty-five percent, and by a final goal of at
least fifty percent, through the practice of waste volume reduction at the source and through
recycling. For the purposes of this section, “waste stream” means the disposal of solid waste
as “solid waste” is defined in section 455B.301.
b. Notwithstanding section 455D.1, subsection 5, facilities which employ combustion of
solid waste with energy recovery and refuse-derived fuel, which are included in an approved
comprehensive plan, may include these processes in the definition of recycling for the
purpose of meeting the state goal if at least thirty-five percent of the fifty percent waste
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reduction goal is met through volume reduction at the source and recycling and reuse, as
established pursuant to section 455B.301A, subsection 1, paragraphs “a” and “b”.
2. Departmental monitoring.
a. If at any time the department determines that a planning area has met or exceeded
the twenty-five percent goal, but has not met or exceeded the fifty percent goal, a planning
area shall subtract sixty cents from the total amount of the tonnage fee imposed pursuant
to section 455B.310. If at any time the department determines that a planning area has met
or exceeded the fifty percent goal, a planning area shall subtract fifty cents from the total
amount of the tonnage fee imposed pursuant to section 455B.310. The reduction in tonnage
fees pursuant to this paragraph shall be taken from that portion of the tonnage fees which
would have been allocated for funding alternatives to landfills pursuant to section 455E.11,
subsection 2, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1).
b. If the department determines that a planning area has failed to meet the twenty-five
percent goal, the planning area shall remit fifty cents per ton to the department. The
moneys shall be deposited in the groundwater protection fund created in section 455E.11,
subsection 2, paragraph “a”, and credited to the solid waste account of the fund to be used
for funding alternatives to landfills pursuant to section 455E.11, subsection 2, paragraph
“a”, subparagraph (1). Moneys shall continue to be remitted pursuant to this paragraph
until such time as evidence of attainment of the twenty-five percent goal is documented in
subsequent plans submitted to the department.
c. If at any time the department determines that a planning area has met or exceeded
the fifty percent goal, the planning area shall subtract fifty cents from the total amount of
the tonnage fee imposed pursuant to section 455B.310. This amount shall be in addition to
any amount subtracted pursuant to paragraph “a”. The reduction in tonnage fees pursuant
to this paragraph shall be taken from that portion of the tonnage fees which would have
been allocated to funding alternatives to landfills pursuant to section 455E.11, subsection 2,
paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1). A planning area failing to meet the fifty percent goal is not
required to remit any additional tonnage fees to the department.
3. Environmental management systems. A planning area designated as an
environmental management system pursuant to section 455J.7 is exempt from the waste
stream reduction goals of this section.