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© Copyright 2007 Iowa Waste Reduction Center
A Service of Business and Community Services at the
University of Northern Iowa
Suite 113, BCS Building
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0185
phone: 319.273.8905
fax: 319.273.6582
Summer 2002
Articles
- MOPP Up Pollution
- State Adopts New Rules for Appliance Demanufacturers
- Waste Tire Regulations Adopted
- Iowa Waste Exchange News
MOPP Up Pollution
By Sue Schauls, Waste Reduction Specialist
The Mobile Outreach for Pollution Prevention (MOPP), sponsored by the Iowa Waste Reduction Center, will be in eastern Iowa for a series of demonstrations in August.
The MOPP will provide businesses with free, hands-on equipment demonstrations using various waste reduction and recycling methods. The Iowa Waste Reduction Center (IWRC) has created the mobile outreach program to assist with pollution prevention and waste management for manufacturers and automotive maintenance and body shops. These industries have a myriad of regulations with which they must comply, including solid waste disposal, hazardous waste management, air emissions and others.
The Iowa Waste Reduction Center, the nation's premier small business technical assistance program, helps small businesses in Iowa meet these regulations. The IWRC is a free, confidential, assistance program regarding regulatory compliance and waste reduction. Located at the University of Northern Iowa, the main focus of the IWRC is working with Iowa's small businesses.The MOPP is a 34-foot customized motor home which houses equipment intended to introduce pollution prevention ideas to small businesses. The equipment in the MOPP includes antifreeze reclamation units, a solventstill, a hot soap degreaser, an alternative solvent parts washer, an oil filter processor, alternative cleanser parts washers, a paint gun washer, and other waste reduction equipment as well as training in better paint spray techniques.
The MOPP is a nationwide program funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It has conducted workshops in Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
All demonstrations are free and open to the public. A regulatory expert is available at the demonstrations to discuss specific requirements in a confidential setting. For more information about the MOPP or the IWRC, please contact Sue Schauls at 1-800-422-3109 or 319/273-8905 or visit www.iwrc.org
MOPP Demonstration Schedule
All demonstration times are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
August 6th - Eldora- ENP High School parking lot
August 7th - Hampton- Franklin County Fairgrounds
August 8th - Grundy Center-West side of county courthouse
August 13th - West Union- On the Square, near the Chamber
August 14th - Manchester-Municipal lot at S. Tama & E. Main
August 15th - Independence- Falcon Civic Center, 1305 5th Ave. NE
August 20th - Parkersburg- Depot Park
August 21st- Waterloo- O'Reilly's Auto Parts, 2115 Washington St.
August 22nd- Waverly- City Hall parking lot at 200 1st St. NE
State Adopts New Rules for Appliance Demanufacturers
By Jeff Beneke, Waste Reduction Specialist
State rules require that all appliances must be demanufactured before being disposed of or recycled. Appliances include refrigerators, freezers, kitchen ranges, air-conditioning units, dehumidifiers, water heaters, furnaces, thermostats, clothes dryers, clothes washers, dishwashers, microwave ovens and commercial coolers containing capacitors, refrigerants, or components containing mercury that are discarded from all sources.
The new rules regarding appliance demanufacturing went into effect March 27, 2002.
The Iowa Environmental Protection Commission rescinds Chapter 118 of the Iowa Administrative Code, "Removal and Disposal of Polychlorinated Bi-phenyls (PCBs) from White Goods Prior to Processing," and adopts new Chapter 118, "Discarded Appliance Demanufacturing." The new rules became effective March 27, 2002.
The former State rule required businesses to be registered with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR). However, any person or facility that removed less than 200 pounds of small capacitors in one month, but no more than 500 pounds in one year, was exempt from registration requirements.
Rule Requirements Under the adopted rules, a permit program has been established requiring anyone wanting to engage in the demanufacturing of discarded appliances to obtain a permit prior to starting operation. The permit must be renewed every three years. These rules do not apply to appliance service and repair shops unless they are in the business of demanufacturing discarded appliances. These rules do not apply to the removal of capacitors, refrigerants, or components containing mercury during the maintenance or service of equipment containing such items.
An exception exists for any Iowa company currently involved in the demanufacturing of appliances. Such companies are allowed to continue demanufacturing activities until an Appliance Demanufacturing Permit has been obtained from IDNR. Any person engaged in the demanufacturing of discarded appliances and registered with the department for removal and disposal of PCBs from appliances as of March 27, 2002 may continue such activity while applying for a permit, provided:
- The DNR is notified within 30 days after January 16, 2002, of the intent to file a permit application; and a permit application is submitted within 90 days after March 27, 2002.
- If an appliance demanufacturing permit has not been obtained within one year of March 27, 2002, the appliance demanufacturer must cease appliance demanufacturing activities due to lack of a permit.
- All electrical parts containing PCBs, components containing mercury, and refrigerants be removed from discarded appliances prior to being recycled or disposed of.
- No more than 1,000 discarded appliances may be stored at a location prior to demanufacturing.
- No discarded appliances may be stored for more than 270 days without demanufacturing.
- Demanufacturing of appliances must take place on an impervious floor (including but not limited to concrete, ceramic tile, or metal, but not wood).
- The demanufacturing facility must be located 50 feet from a well and any water of the state.
- An applicant must establish a unique marking system, to be submitted with the permit application for IDNR approval, signifying that all refrigerants, PCBs, and mercury-containing components have been removed.
- Beginning January 1, 2003, at least one owner or full-time employee of an appliance demanufacturing facility must have completed a IDNR-approved training course. A trained person must be on site at all times when discarded appliances are being demanufactured.
- A permitted appliance demanufacturing facility shall keep records of the name of the facilities to which the wastes listed below were shipped, the date of each shipment, the number or amount shipped and the name and address of the transporter.
- Demanufactured appliances
- Components containing mercury
- Sodium chromate
- Refrigerants
- PCB capacitors
Any person engaged in demanufacturing must be in compliance with all federal and state laws relating to the management and disposition of all hazardous wastes, hazardous materials and refrigerants.
No person or facility in the state may shred, crush or bale any appliances that have not been demanufactured. Fluff (residual waste) from the shredding of demanufactured appliances must be sampled quarterly, at a minimum, and analyzed for PCBs, lead and mercury.
Existing registered appliance demanufacturing facilities, as well as previously exempted facilities will be inspected by IDNR prior to being issued the initial demanufacturing permit. Likewise, new facilities will be inspected prior to start-up. Permits will not be issued until inspection indicates the facility is in compliance with these rules.
Contact the Iowa Waste Reduction Center at 1-800-422-3109 for assistance with the permit application or for a copy of the new rules.
Waste Tire Regulations Adopted
By Traci McCollom, Public Relations Assistant
Recently, the Iowa Environmental Protection Commission rescinded Chapter 117, "Requirements for Waste Tire Facilities" and Chapter 219, "Beneficial Uses of Waste Tires" and adopted new Chapter 117, "Waste Tire Management." The new rule is effective June 19, 2002.
The purpose of the revision is to establish guidelines for the proper management of waste tires, including disposal, collection, storage, processing and beneficial reuse of waste tires and processed waste tire material. In addition, businesses and individuals must comply with local ordinances, fire codes or other applicable statutes pertaining to waste tire storage and/or processing.
Defining Waste
A waste tire is defined as a tire that is no longer suitable for its originally intended purpose due to wear, damage or defect. This definition shall include such tires mounted on a rim, but not on a vehicle. A waste tire does not include a nonpneumatic tire. Land disposal of waste tires, in whole, cut or shredded form is prohibited. Waste tires may be accepted at a permitted sanitary landfill for final disposal if the tires have first been cut into pieces that are not more than 18 inches on any side.
A person who contracts with another person to transport more than 40 waste tires in a single load is required to contract only with a person registered to haul waste tires.
Any tire collector, business or individual storing more than 500 passenger tire equivalents (a conversion measurement used to measure waste tire volume in which 1 passenger car tire = 20 pounds) on any site must obtain a waste tire stockpile permit. An authorized and licensed vehicle recycler may store up to 3,500 waste tires without a waste tire stockpile permit.
Aboveground Storage Requirements For aboveground storage in an open area a waste tire stockpile permit holder must meet the following requirements:
- A site shall not contain more than 250,000 passenger tire equivalents.
- Establish fire lanes with a width of 50 feet between any two tire piles.
- Brush and trees within 50 feet of any tire pile must be cleared.
- A waste tire pile shall not exceed a vertical dimension of ten feet and a single waste tire pile shall not be more than 100 feet in length.
- A waste tire pile must be located at least 50 feet from any property line, street, public right-of-way or building.
- A fire extinguisher shall be available within 100 feet of any one portion of the tire storage areas.
- Combustible materials or volatile chemicals shall not be stored within 50 feet of any tire pile, unless stored in approved fire-resistant containers or cabinets.
- The site must be graded to prevent any standing pools of water and to limit the run-off and run-on of precipitation.
- A tire pile must be at least 200 feet from any well, lake, pond, river, stream, sinkhole, or tile line surface intake. The distance may be reduced to 50 feet if appropriate grading, dike or berm is completed to intercept surface water flows.
- The site must be secured by a fence or barrier of a minimum of six feet in height.
- The perimeter of the site must be posted with signs stating that burning is prohibited within 300 feet of any tire pile.
Iowa Waste Exchange News
Lose a Recycling Market? Don't Panic-Call IWE!
By Rick Meyers
IWE Resource Specialist, Area F
Rick Meyers
As the largest newspaper publisher in Eastern Iowa, Gazette Communications in Cedar Rapids accumulated numerous wood pallets and crates. The Gazette had few problems dealing with the waste until about a year ago when their recycling outlet refused to take many of their waste pallets and crates.Although their former pallet recycler was still willing to take standard-sized pallets, they had informed the Gazette that the odd-sized pallets, pressed-wood pallets and wood crates taken in the past would no longer be accepted. Ultimately, the Gazette decided to stop utilizing this market.
Over the next several months, the gazette was able to move several loads of pallets through one-time arrangements with a trucking company. Struggling to find outlets for the still growing number of excess pallets, they contacted the Iowa Waste Exchange for assistance.
Rick Meyers, IWE Resource Specialist for Linn County, initially referred the Gazette to a neighboring business, Apache Hose & Belting, a company interested in acquiring excess pallets. Apache was able to pick up a few loads of standard-sized pallets, but the Gazette still had problems with the pressed-wood pallets, odd-sized pallets and wood crates.
Meyers continued to search for a single market that would take care of all the excess wood materials. Eventually locating an Illinois company called Myers Industrial Shipping Products, the IWE was able to provide the Gazette with the services they needed.
Myers Industrial Shipping Products not only restores pallets and crates to a sellable condition, but also has wood mulch and alternative fuel markets for the undesired or unsalvageable wood products.
As a result of this successful match, nearly 50 tons of pallets and crates per year are conveniently going to one company, providing the Gazette with greater efficiency in storage and handling. This match was accomplished thanks to the market locating abilities of the Iowa Waste Exchange.
E-Waste Furthers Education
By Kathy Millard
IWE Resource Specialist, Area C
Kathy Millard
Many nonprofit organizations do not always have the funds available to provide computer equipment to their facilities. That is exactly what Kathy Millard of the Iowa Waste Exchange had in mind when she was contacted by the Belmond Independent Newspaper editor.
Because they upgraded their computers and had no further use for the old equipment, the editor of the Belmond newspaper contacted Millard to ask if there were any businesses or organizations that could use two McIntosh computers and a printer. Millard contacted Liz Austin, director of Charlie Brown Daycare Centers in Mason City, IA, to see if they might be interested in the computer equipment.
Austin indicated that the daycare would really like to have the equipment, noting that as a nonprofit, they often cannot allocate the funding for purchasing equipment such as this. As a result of this match, the children at the daycare center are now able to fulfill educational benefits from the use of the computers.
Exchanging Trash Saves A Company Cash
By Perry Nelson
IWE Resource Specialist, Area A
Perry Nelson
Robert Coacher, Iowa Manufacturing Extension Partnership (IMEP) representative requested the assistance of the Iowa Waste Exchange (IWE) to conduct a Total Assessment Audit (TAA) for NutraFlo. IWE Area Resource Specialist Perry Nelson, along with several management members from the company, was assigned to the assistance team.
The team then separated into groups, each group touring one of the four area facilities owned by NutraFlo. During the tour of a facility, Nelson noticed that a majority of the paper feeds sacks were being bundled and thrown into a dumpster as waste. Hoping to create a successful match, Nelson contacted Ed Sands at Siouxland Recovery. Sands agreed to see if the sacks from NutraFlo could be used in bedding material at Siouxland Recovery. Nelson established a meeting between the two companies and during a follow-up, discovered that Siouxland Recovery was able to utilize the feedbags and save money for NutraFlo in disposal costs.
As a result of the cost savings realized through the IWE, NutraFlo has scheduled a second session for a TAA to determine if there are any other potential cost savings.
Aiming for a Waste Exchange
By Kathy Millard
IWE Resource Specialist, Area C
Kathy Millard
Always looking for new products he can design and manufacture for his archery business, Don Chipman, manager of Specialty Archery Products, contacted the IWE for a possible solution to a new design problem he was encountering.
Chipman recently designed a product that requires the use of small pieces of foam rubber. Wondering if there might be sources of this material generated as waste by other manufacturers, he contacted Kathy Millard of the IWE for assistance in locating a possible source.
Millard contacted an industry in Clarion that generates a foam rubber waste to inquire on Chipman's request. As a result, a successful match was created and Chipman was able to utilize the foam waste material in manufacturing his new archery product.
The Iowa Waste Exchange is a cooperative effort of Recycle Iowa/ Iowa Department of Economic Development, the Iowa Waste Reduction Center, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Iowa Community Colleges, Local Councils of Government and Iowa Solid Waste Agencies. The Exchange will not determine what may constitute a hazardous substance or create a hazardous situation. The Exchange will not make judgements with respect to any legal requirements, particularly for the storage, transportation, treatment or disposal of what may be defined as hazardous substances. For information about hazardous waste reduction and/or proper disposal, call the Department of Natural Resources Waste Management Assistance Division at (800) 367-1025 or the IWRC at (800) 422-3109.
© Copyright 2007 Iowa Waste Reduction Center
A Service of Business and Community Services at the
University of Northern Iowa
Suite 113, BCS Building
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0185
phone: 319.273.8905
fax: 319.273.6582