455D.11 Waste tires — land disposal prohibited.
1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
a. “Permit” means a permit issued by the department to establish, construct, modify, own, or operate a tire stockpiling facility.
b. “Processing” means producing or manufacturing usable materials from waste tires.
c. “Processing site” means a site which is used for the processing of waste tires and which is owned or operated by a tire processor who has a permit for the site.
d. “Tire collector” means either a person who owns or operates a site used for the storage, collection, or deposit of more than five hundred waste tires or an authorized vehicle recycler who is licensed by the state department of transportation pursuant to section 321H.4 and who owns or operates a site used for the storage, collection, or deposit of more than three thousand five hundred waste tires.
e. “Tire processor” means a person engaged in the processing of waste tires.
f. “Waste tire” means a tire that is no longer suitable for its originally intended purpose due to wear, damage, or defect. “Waste tire” does not include a nonpneumatic tire.
g. “Waste tire collection site” means a site which is used for the storage, collection, or deposit of waste tires.
2. Land disposal of waste tires is prohibited beginning July 1, 1991, unless the tire has been processed in a manner established by the department. A sanitary landfill shall not refuse to accept a waste tire which has been properly processed.
3. The department shall conduct a study and make recommendations to the general assembly by January 1, 1991, concerning a waste tire abatement program which includes but is not limited to the following:
a. The number and geographic distribution of waste tires generated and existing in the state.
b. The development of markets for the recycling and processing of waste tires, in the midwestern states.
c. The methods to establish reliable sources of waste tires for users of waste tires.
d. The permitting of waste tire collection sites, waste tire processing facilities, and waste tire haulers.
e. The methods for the cleanup of existing stockpiles of waste tires.
4. Upon completion of the study pursuant to subsection 3, the department shall determine the number of stockpiling facilities which are necessary and shall develop rules for stockpiling facilities which include but are not limited to the following:
a. The prohibition of burning within one hundred yards of a tire stockpile.
b. The maximum height, width, and length of a tire stockpile.
c. Plans to control mosquitoes and rodents.
d. A facility closure plan.
e. Specifications for fire lanes between stockpiles.
f. Limitations of the total number of tires allowed at a single stockpile site.
5. The department shall develop criteria for the issuance of permits and shall issue permits to qualified stockpiling facilities.
6. The department shall provide financial assistance to persons who establish recycling and processing sites for waste tires, subject to the rules established by the department for the establishment of such sites and subject to the conditions prescribed by the department for application for and awarding of such financial assistance.
7. The commission shall adopt rules which provide the following:
a. That a person who contracts with another person to transport more than forty waste tires is required to contract only with a person registered as a waste tire hauler pursuant to section 455D.11I.
b. That a person who transports waste tires for final disposal is required to only dispose of the tires at a permitted sanitary disposal facility.
8. The department shall adopt rules relating to the storage and disposal of nonpneumatic tires and processed tires.
89 Acts, ch 272, §11; 91 Acts, ch 257, §7; 92 Acts, ch 1218, §3; 96 Acts, ch 1117, §2; 97 Acts, ch 24, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1121, §2; 2004 Acts, ch 1030, §1; 2007 Acts, ch 151, §2; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §110
Referred to in §455D.22, 455D.25
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 455D - WASTE VOLUME REDUCTION AND RECYCLING
Section 455D.3 - Goals for waste stream reduction — procedures — reductions and increases in fees.
Section 455D.4 - Waste volume reduction policies.
Section 455D.5 - Statewide waste reduction and recycling network — established.
Section 455D.6 - Duties of the director.
Section 455D.7 - Duties of the commission.
Section 455D.8 - Deposits, rebates, and waste abatement fees.
Section 455D.9 - Land disposal of yard waste — prohibited.
Section 455D.9A - Disposal of baled solid waste at a sanitary landfill — prohibited.
Section 455D.10 - Land disposal of lead acid batteries — prohibited — collection for recycling.
Section 455D.10A - Household batteries — heavy metal content and recycling requirements.
Section 455D.10B - Batteries used in rechargeable consumer products.
Section 455D.11 - Waste tires — land disposal prohibited.
Section 455D.11A - Financial assurance — waste tire collection or processing sites.
Section 455D.11B - Permitting of waste tire collection or processing sites — fees.
Section 455D.11C - Waste tire management fund.
Section 455D.11D - Waste tire management — grant program.
Section 455D.11F - End-users awarded moneys for using processed waste tires.
Section 455D.11G - Waste tire disposal fees and abatement costs.
Section 455D.11H - Future repeal.
Section 455D.11I - Registration of waste tire haulers — bond.
Section 455D.12 - Plastic container labeling.
Section 455D.14 - Products manufactured with chlorofluorocarbons prohibited.
Section 455D.15 - Waste volume reduction and recycling fund.
Section 455D.15A - Permitting of waste conversion technologies operations — fees.
Section 455D.16 - Mercury — thermostats.
Section 455D.19 - Packaging — heavy metal content.
Section 455D.20 - Refuse-derived fuel — calculation as portion of waste reduction goal.
Section 455D.21 - Local ordinance — curbside collection.
Section 455D.22 - Civil penalty.
Section 455D.23 - Administrative enforcement — compliance orders.
Section 455D.24 - Judicial review.