Bill Text: IA SSB1194 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the use of gasification and pyrolysis facilities for the conversion of certain recoverable waste materials.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2019-02-27 - Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. [SSB1194 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SSB1194-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1194
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
COMMERCE
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
CHAPMAN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
use
of
gasification
and
pyrolysis
1
facilities
for
the
conversion
of
certain
recoverable
waste
2
materials.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
455B.301,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsections:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
9A.
“Gasification”
means
a
process
through
3
which
recoverable
feedstocks
are
heated
and
converted
into
a
4
fuel
and
gas
mixture
in
an
oxygen-deficient
atmosphere
and
5
the
mixture
is
converted
to
crude
oil,
diesel,
gasoline,
home
6
heating
oil,
or
other
fuels;
chemicals,
waxes,
lubricants,
7
chemical
feedstocks,
diesel
and
gasoline
blendstocks,
or
8
other
raw
materials;
or
intermediate
or
final
products
that
9
are
returned
to
the
economic
mainstream
in
the
form
of
raw
10
materials,
products,
or
fuels.
11
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
9B.
“Gasification
facility”
means
a
12
facility
that
receives,
separates,
stores,
and
converts
13
post-use
polymers
and
recoverable
feedstocks
using
14
gasification.
A
gasification
facility
is
not
a
sanitary
15
disposal
project,
solid
waste
disposal
facility,
or
processing
16
facility.
17
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
16A.
“
Post-use
polymer”
means
a
plastic
18
polymer
to
which
all
of
the
following
apply:
19
a.
The
plastic
polymer
is
derived
from
any
industrial,
20
commercial,
agricultural,
or
domestic
activities.
21
b.
The
plastic
polymer
is
used
or
is
intended
to
be
used
22
to
manufacture
crude
oil,
fuels,
feedstocks,
blendstocks,
raw
23
materials,
or
other
intermediate
products
or
final
products
24
using
pyrolysis
or
gasification.
25
c.
The
plastic
polymer
may
contain
incidental
contaminants
26
or
impurities,
such
as
paper
labels
or
metal
rings.
27
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
18A.
“Pyrolysis”
means
a
process
through
28
which
post-use
polymers
are
heated
in
the
absence
of
oxygen
29
until
melted
and
thermally
decomposed
and
are
then
cooled,
30
condensed,
and
converted
to
crude
oil,
diesel,
gasoline,
home
31
heating
oil,
or
other
fuels;
chemicals,
waxes,
lubricants,
32
chemical
feedstocks,
diesel
and
gasoline
blendstocks,
or
33
other
raw
materials;
or
intermediate
or
final
products
that
34
are
returned
to
the
economic
mainstream
in
the
form
of
raw
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materials,
products,
or
fuels.
1
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
18B.
“Pyrolysis
facility”
means
a
facility
2
that
receives,
separates,
stores,
and
converts
post-use
3
polymers
using
pyrolysis.
A
pyrolysis
facility
is
not
a
4
sanitary
disposal
project,
solid
waste
disposal
facility,
or
5
processing
facility.
6
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
18C.
“Recoverable
feedstock”
means
one
or
7
more
of
the
following
materials
derived
from
recoverable
waste
8
that
has
been
processed
so
that
it
may
be
used
as
feedstock
in
a
9
gasification
facility:
10
a.
Post-use
polymers.
11
b.
Materials
for
which
the
United
States
environmental
12
protection
agency
has
made
a
nonwaste
determination
pursuant
to
13
40
C.F.R.
241.3(c),
or
has
otherwise
determined
are
not
solid
14
waste.
15
Sec.
2.
Section
455B.301,
subsections
21,
23,
and
24,
Code
16
2019,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
17
21.
“Sanitary
disposal
project”
means
all
facilities
18
and
appurtenances
including
all
real
and
personal
property
19
connected
with
such
facilities,
which
are
acquired,
purchased,
20
constructed,
reconstructed,
equipped,
improved,
extended,
21
maintained,
or
operated
to
facilitate
the
final
disposition
of
22
solid
waste
without
creating
a
significant
hazard
to
the
public
23
health
or
safety,
and
which
are
approved
by
the
executive
24
director.
“Sanitary
disposal
project”
does
not
include
a
25
pyrolysis
or
gasification
facility.
26
23.
“Solid
waste”
means
garbage,
refuse,
rubbish,
and
other
27
similar
discarded
solid
or
semisolid
materials,
including
28
but
not
limited
to
such
materials
resulting
from
industrial,
29
commercial,
agricultural,
and
domestic
activities.
“Solid
30
waste”
may
include
vehicles,
as
defined
by
section
321.1,
31
subsection
90
.
This
definition
does
not
prohibit
the
use
of
32
rubble
at
places
other
than
a
sanitary
disposal
project.
“Solid
33
waste”
does
not
include
any
of
the
following:
34
a.
Hazardous
waste
regulated
under
the
federal
Resource
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Conservation
and
Recovery
Act,
42
U.S.C.
§6921-6934.
1
b.
Hazardous
waste
as
defined
in
section
455B.411
,
except
2
to
the
extent
that
rules
allowing
for
the
disposal
of
specific
3
wastes
have
been
adopted
by
the
commission.
4
c.
Source,
special
nuclear,
or
by-product
material
as
5
defined
in
the
Atomic
Energy
Act
of
1954,
as
amended
to
January
6
1,
1979.
7
d.
Petroleum
contaminated
soil
that
has
been
remediated
to
8
acceptable
state
or
federal
standards.
9
e.
Steel
slag
which
is
a
product
resulting
from
the
steel
10
manufacturing
process
and
is
managed
as
an
item
of
value
in
a
11
controlled
manner
and
not
as
a
discarded
material.
12
f.
Material
that
is
legitimately
recycled
pursuant
to
13
section
455D.4A
.
14
g.
Post-use
polymers
or
recoverable
feedstocks
that
are
any
15
of
the
following:
16
(1)
Processed
at
a
pyrolysis
or
gasification
facility.
17
(2)
Held
at
a
pyrolysis
or
gasification
facility
prior
to
18
processing
to
ensure
production
is
not
interrupted.
19
(3)
Stored
off-site
with
the
intent
that
post-use
polymers
20
or
recoverable
feedstocks
will
be
processed
at
a
pyrolysis
or
21
gasification
facility,
but
before
delivery
to
such
a
facility.
22
24.
“Waste
conversion
technologies”
means
thermal,
chemical,
23
mechanical,
and
biological
processes
capable
of
converting
24
waste
from
which
recyclable
materials
have
been
substantially
25
diverted
or
removed
into
useful
products
and
chemicals,
green
26
fuels
such
as
ethanol
and
biodiesel,
and
clean,
renewable
27
energy.
“Waste
conversion
technologies”
includes
but
is
not
28
limited
to
anaerobic
digestion,
plasma
gasification,
and
29
pyrolysis
,
except
the
term
does
not
include
gasification
30
and
pyrolysis
facilities
that
process
post-use
polymers
or
31
recoverable
feedstocks
.
32
EXPLANATION
33
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
34
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
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This
bill
relates
to
the
use
of
gasification
and
pyrolysis
1
facilities
for
the
conversion
of
certain
recoverable
waste
2
materials.
3
The
bill
creates
definitions
for
the
processes
of
4
gasification
and
pyrolysis,
the
facilities
where
those
5
processes
take
place
(“gasification
facility”
and
“pyrolysis
6
facility”),
and
the
materials
used
in
those
processes
7
(“post-use
polymer”
and
“recoverable
feedstock”).
The
8
bill
excludes
pyrolysis
and
gasification
facilities
from
9
the
definition
of
“sanitary
disposal
project”,
certain
10
post-use
polymers
and
recoverable
feedstocks
from
the
11
definition
of
“solid
waste”,
and
certain
gasification
and
12
pyrolysis
facilities
from
the
definition
of
“waste
conversion
13
technologies”.
As
such,
certain
post-use
polymers
and
14
recoverable
feedstocks
and
certain
gasification
and
pyrolysis
15
facilities
are
not
subject
to
solid
waste
procedures
and
16
requirements
set
forth
in
Code
chapter
455B.
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