Hazardous Waste Remedial Fund and Sites Registry

The Hazardous Waste Remedial Fund and Sites Registry fulfill obligations under Sections 455B.424, 455B.426 and 455B.427 of the Code of Iowa. These sections require a full accounting to the Legislature and the Governor regarding the Hazardous Waste Remedial Fund and a report regarding sites listed on the Registry of Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites each January.  The web site is updated as new information becomes available throughout the year. This report and reports for prior years are available on CD-ROM by request from Matt Culp at (515)242-5087 or matt.culp@dnr.iowa.gov.

Hazardous Waste Remedial Fund
Fees payable to the fund did not begin to accrue until July 1985 and were not payable to the state until April 1986. Although the fund began to receive revenue in Fiscal Year 1986, there were no expenditures until Fiscal Year 1988. A brief discussion of fund expenditures and non-hazardous waste fee revenues for the past five years is available on the Hazardous Waste Remedial Fund Summary. If you have any questions, please contact Sandy Redding at (515)281-8801 or sandy.redding@dnr.iowa.gov.

Hazardous Waste Fee Fund Balance
Hazardous Waste Fee Revenues

Restriction on the Sale and Change in Use of Property
When a site is listed on the registry, a notice of listing is recorded in the county recorders office and becomes part of the chain of title.  Iowa Code section 455B.430 prohibits (1) any "substantial change" in the use of the property without prior written approval by the director of the IDNR; and (2) any sale, conveyance or transfer of title to the property without the director's prior approval.  Property owners should submit a written request for approval to the director of the IDNR explaining the planned change in use or the proposed sale of the property.  The director is required to respond within thirty days.  Property owners may appeal an adverse decision of the director and request an administrative hearing.  See Iowa Code section 455B.430(3).

If the director has reason to believe there has been a substantial change in use or sale without prior approval, he may file an action in Iowa District Court to enjoin the activity and assess a penalty up to $1,000 per day of violation.

Registry of Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites
The department maintains an assessment file for each site listed in the Registry. These files are located in the Central Records Section of the IDNR Des Moines office. Individual site records may also be accessed through the contaminated sites database.  For most sites, these files contain the results of comprehensive site investigations.  The site information package contains a detailed review of the site and is used as the basis for listing and classifying the sites in the Registry.  However, not all the known hazardous waste or contaminated sites that exist in the state are listed on the Registry. Contact Matt Culp at (515)242-5087 or matt.culp@dnr.iowa.gov for further information regarding specific locations or sites.

All sites listed on the Registry are classified according to the relative priority listing for remedial action at the site.  During the initial listing, the site must be placed in one of the first four classifications ("a", "b", "c", or "d").  While a site is listed on the Registry, its classification can be changed because of site cleanup activities or because of new information about the site.  The five classification categories are specified in Section 455B.427.3 of the Code of Iowa.