Chapter 101. SANITARY DISPOSAL PROJECTS

101.404(1) Exemption requirements. A person may construct and operate a solid waste transfer station without a permit issued pursuant to this division if all of the following criteria apply. a. The person registers the facility pursuant to this rule; b. The facility only receives…

Pursuant to Iowa Code section 455B.305(1), and except as provided 567—101.404(455B), no person shall construct or operate a solid waste transfer station without first obtaining a permit from the department pursuant to this division and 567—Chapter 100. 101.405(1) Plans. In additi…

Unless registered pursuant to 567—101.404(455B) or otherwise specified within a permit, a solid waste transfer station shall be designed and constructed in accordance with this rule. 101.406(1) Solid waste transfer station building. A solid waste transfer station shall include a …

Unless otherwise specified within a permit, a solid waste transfer station shall be operated in accordance with the provisions of 567—100.9(455B,455D) and this rule. 101.407(1) Unless registered pursuant to 567—101.404(455B), all handling, processing, screening, open storage, loa…

Unless otherwise specified within a permit, a solid waste transfer station shall comply with the following storage requirements. 101.408(1) Areas permitted for storage. Solid waste shall be stored in the following manner. a. Inside a solid waste transfer station building in a cle…

101.409(1) Unless registered pursuant to 567—101.404(455B) or otherwise specified within a permit, a solid waste transfer station shall comply with the following recordkeeping requirements. a. A solid waste transfer station shall maintain a copy of the following documents on site…

Unless otherwise specified within a permit, solid waste collection vehicles and solid waste transport vehicles shall comply with the following requirements. 101.410(1) The portion of a solid waste collection or transport vehicle that contains solid waste shall be designed to prev…

Unless otherwise specified within a permit, a solid waste transfer station shall be closed in accordance with the provisions of 567—100.10(455B,455D) and this rule. Closure shall not be official until the department has given written certification of the completion of the followi…

If a primary sanitary disposal project in a solid waste comprehensive planning area becomes inoperable, the department may issue an emergency solid waste transfer permit for a period of time no longer than necessary for a sanitary disposal project that provides replacement capaci…

The owner or operator of a solid waste transfer station must establish financial assurance for the costs of site closure in accordance with the criteria pursuant to this rule and Division VIII of this chapter. 101.413(1) Except as provided in 101.413(3), the owner or operator sha…

Unless otherwise authorized by the department, a permit applicant shall submit on a form prescribed by the department, and shall provide evidence demonstrating how the landfill will comply with the requirements in 567—Chapter 100, the following general requirements, and any requi…

The purpose of this division is to implement Iowa Code section 455B.304(12) by providing the criteria for establishing the certification of operators of solid waste incinerators. [ARC 0482D, IAB 8/19/26, effective 9/23/26]

The requirements of this division apply to all operators of solid waste incinerators. All rules, standards, technical guidance, and other similar legal or technical documents referenced in this division shall be the version of those documents in effect on August 1, 2025, unless o…

Solid waste incinerator operators shall be trained, tested, and certified by a department-approved certification program. 101.502(1) Operator on duty. A solid waste incinerator operator shall be on duty during all hours of operation of a solid waste incinerator, consistent with t…

101.503(1) Disciplinary action may be taken on any of the following grounds. a. Failure to use reasonable care or judgment or to apply knowledge or ability in performing the duties of a certified operator. Duties of certified operators include compliance with rules and permit con…

A temporary operator of a solid waste incinerator may be designated for a period of six months when an existing certified operator is no longer available to the facility. The facility must make application to the department, explain why a temporary certification is needed, identi…

In addition to the general operating requirements in 567—Chapter 100, the following shall apply to all sanitary landfills unless otherwise noted. 101.6(1) Controlled access. Sanitary landfills will control public access and prevent unauthorized vehicular traffic and illegal dumpi…

Sanitary landfill operators shall be trained, tested, and certified by a department-approved certification program. 101.7(1) A sanitary landfill operator shall be on duty during all hours of operation of all sanitary landfills, except coal combustion residuals sanitary landfills,…

The purpose of this division is to implement Iowa Code sections 455B.304(8) and 455B.306(9) by providing the criteria for establishing financial assurance for closure, post-closure care, and corrective action at sanitary disposal projects, whichever is applicable. [ARC 0482D, IAB…

101.701(1) The requirements of this division apply to all owners and operators of sanitary disposal projects, except owners or operators who are state or federal government entities, whose debts and liabilities are the debts and liabilities of a state or the United States. 101.70…

For the purposes of this division, the definitions in 567—Chapter 100 and Iowa Code section 455B.301 shall apply. [ARC 0482D, IAB 8/19/26, effective 9/23/26]

The owner or operator of a sanitary disposal project must establish financial assurance for the costs of site closure in accordance with the criteria in this division. The owner or operator must provide continuous coverage for site closure until released from this requirement by …

The owner or operator of a sanitary landfill must establish financial assurance for the costs of site closure in accordance with the criteria in this division. The owner or operator must provide continuous coverage for site closure until released from this requirement by demonstr…

The owner or operator of a sanitary landfill must establish financial assurance for the costs of post-closure care in accordance with the criteria in this division. The owner or operator must provide continuous coverage for post-closure care until released from this requirement b…

101.706(1) An owner or operator required to undertake corrective action must have a detailed written estimate, in current dollars, certified by an Iowa-licensed professional engineer, of the cost of hiring a third party to perform the required corrective action. The cost estimate…

The instruments used to demonstrate financial assurance, as required by Iowa Code sections 455B.304(8) and 455B.306(9), must ensure that the funds necessary to meet the costs of closure, post-closure care, and corrective action for known releases will be available whenever the fu…

101.708(1) Use of multiple financial assurance instruments. An owner or operator may satisfy the requirements of this division by establishing more than one financial assurance instrument per facility, except that instruments guaranteeing performance rather than payment may not b…

Except as provided in 101.709(10), the holder of a permit for a sanitary landfill shall maintain the closure and post-closure care account(s) as part of financial assurance pursuant to Iowa Code section 455B.306(9)“b.” The accounts shall be specific to a particular facility. 101.…

A financial assurance instrument established pursuant to and in compliance with 567—101.707(455B) or 567—101.709(455B), if applicable, shall be in the amount of the third-party cost estimates required by 567—101.703(455B) through 567—101.706(455B). With regard to sanitary landfil…

A request for a waiver to this division shall be submitted to the department in writing pursuant to 7—Chapter 2504. Some provisions of this division are minimum standards required by federal law (40 CFR Part 258, Subpart G), and waivers to such provisions shall not be granted unl…

101.8(1) The planning, monitoring, and reporting for groundwater monitoring at a sanitary landfill shall be performed by a qualified groundwater scientist. 101.8(2) Monitoring wells must be constructed and cased by a well contractor certified pursuant to 567—Chapter 82 in a manne…

In addition to the emergency response and remedial action plan (ERRAP) requirements in 567—Chapter 100, all sanitary landfills shall include a contingency plan in their ERRAP detailing specific procedures to be followed in case of equipment breakdown, maintenance downtime, or fir…