Iowa Code § 455B.426

Current through March 29, 2024
Section 455B.426 - Registry of hazardous waste or hazardous substance disposal sites
1. The director shall maintain and make available for public inspection a registry of confirmed hazardous waste or hazardous substance disposal sites in the state. The director shall take all necessary action to ensure that the registry provides a complete listing of all sites. The registry shall contain the exact location of each site and identify the types of waste found at each site.
2. The director shall investigate all known or suspected hazardous waste or hazardous substance disposal sites and determine whether each site should be included in the registry. In the evaluation of known or suspected hazardous waste or hazardous substance disposal sites, the director may enter private property and perform tests and analyses.
3. Beginning July 1, 2011, a new site shall not be placed on the registry of confirmed hazardous waste or hazardous substance disposal sites.
4. A site placed on the registry of confirmed hazardous waste or hazardous substance disposal sites prior to July 1, 2011, shall be removed upon the execution of a uniform environmental covenant pursuant to the provisions of chapter 455I relating to the contaminated portions of the property listed on the registry. A site may also be removed from the registry pursuant to section 455B.427, subsection 4.
5. If no sites remain listed on the registry of confirmed hazardous waste or hazardous substance disposal sites, the department shall recommend to the general assembly the repeal of this section and sections 455B.427 through 455B.432.

Iowa Code § 455B.426

84 Acts, ch 1108, §12; 86 Acts, ch 1025, §7; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1899; 91 Acts, ch 155, §7; 2011 Acts, ch 9, §4, 5

84 Acts, ch 1108, §12; 86 Acts, ch 1025, §7; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1899; 91 Acts, ch 155, §7; 2011 Acts, ch 9, §4, 5

Referred to in §455B.429, 455B.430, 455B.431, 455B.432, 455H.509