Please call or email the members of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Ask
these legislators to remove Section 79 of Senate Study Bill 1207, which would
allow the 3 or 4 largest cities in Iowa to put yard waste in landfills
instead of composting it.
Call the Senate switchboard (515-281-3371) and ask to speak with the
following senators:
(or email them if you don't have time to call)
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Sec. 79. Section <A HREF="http://www.legis.state.ia.us/IACODE/2003/455D/9.html">455D.9</A>, Code 2003, is amended by adding
38 20 the following new subsection:
38 21 NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. Yard waste may be accepted by a
38 22 sanitary landfill for land disposal if the sanitary landfill
38 23 operates an active methane collection system for the purpose
38 24 of producing electricity. For purposes of calculating the
38 25 waste stream and determining the attainment of the waste
38 26 stream reductions under section 455D.3 for a year in which
38 27 yard waste has been accepted for land disposal pursuant to
38 28 this subsection, the planning area shall estimate the amount
38 29 of tonnage attributable to yard waste and the estimated amount
38 30 shall be subtracted from the tonnage accepted by the planning
38 31 area during that year.
Erin E. Jordahl
Director, Iowa Chapter Sierra Club
3839 Merle Hay Road, Suite 280
Des Moines, IA 50310
515-277-8868
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