Iowa Code 455B.305 – Issuance or renewal of permits by director
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1. The director shall issue, revoke, suspend, modify, or deny permits for the construction and operation of sanitary disposal projects.
a. A permit shall be issued by the director or, at the director’s direction, by a local board of health for each sanitary disposal project operated in this state. The permit shall be issued in the name of the city or county or, where applicable, in the name of the public or private agency operating the project. Permits issued pursuant to this section are in addition to any other licenses, permits, or waivers authorized or required by law, including but not limited to chapter 335.
b. Each sanitary disposal project shall be inspected periodically by the department or a local board of health.
c. A permit may be suspended or revoked by the director if a sanitary disposal project is found not to meet the requirements ofthis part 1 or the rules adopted pursuant tothis part 1. The suspension or revocation of a permit may be appealed to the department.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 455B.305
- Department: means the department of natural resources. See Iowa Code 462A.2
- Department: means the department of natural resources created under section 455A. See Iowa Code 455B.101
- Director: means the director of the department or the director's designee. See Iowa Code 462A.2
- Director: means the director of the department or a designee. See Iowa Code 455B.101
- Leachate: means fluid that has percolated through solid waste and which contains contaminants consisting of dissolved or suspended materials, chemicals, or microbial waste products from the solid waste. See Iowa Code 455B.301
- Private agency: means a private agency as defined in section 28E. See Iowa Code 455B.301
- Sanitary disposal project: means all facilities and appurtenances including all real and personal property connected with such facilities, which are acquired, purchased, constructed, reconstructed, equipped, improved, extended, maintained, or operated to facilitate the final disposition of solid waste without creating a significant hazard to the public health or safety, and which are approved by the director. See Iowa Code 455B.301
- Sanitary landfill: means a sanitary disposal project where solid waste is buried between layers of earth. See Iowa Code 455B.301
- Solid waste: means garbage, refuse, rubbish, and other similar discarded solid or semisolid materials, including but not limited to such materials resulting from industrial, commercial, agricultural, and domestic activities. See Iowa Code 455B.301
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. The director shall not issue or renew a permit for a municipal solid waste landfill unless the permit applicant, in conjunction with all local governments using the landfill, has documented its implementation of solid waste disposal methods other than final disposal in a sanitary landfill.
3. The director shall not issue or renew a permit for a sanitary landfill unless the sanitary landfill is equipped with a leachate control system.
4. The director shall not issue or renew a permit for a transfer station operating as part of an agreement between two planning areas pursuant to section 455B.306, subsection 2, unless the applicant, in conjunction with all local governments using the transfer station, has documented its implementation of solid waste disposal methods other than final disposal in a sanitary landfill.