455B.412 - DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT. - Iowa Statutes

455B.412 DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT. The department shall: 1. Adopt rules establishing criteria for identifying the characteristics of hazardous wastes and listing hazardous wastes that are subject to this part. The department shall consider toxicity, persistence and degradability in nature, potential for accumulation in tissue, and related factors including flammability, corrosiveness, and other hazardous characteristics. 2. Adopt rules, applicable to generators or transporters of or owners or operators of facilities for the treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste listed or identified by the department under subsection 1 of this section, as necessary to protect human health and the environment. The rules shall include establishment of a manifest system. 3. Adopt rules establishing standards and procedures for the certification of supervisory personnel and operators at hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facilities required to have a permit under section 455B.415.          Section History: Early Form [C81, § 455B.131]          Section History: Recent Form C83, § 455B.412 84 Acts, ch 1157, § 2; 84 Acts, ch 1158, § 3; 85 Acts, ch 42, §1; 86 Acts, ch 1025, § 4; 86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1899B; 2004 Acts, ch 1078, §2; 2006 Acts, ch 1014, §5 Referred to in § 455B.413, 455B.414, 455B.415, 455B.416, 455B.417, 455B.418, 455B.419, 455B.420, 455B.442, 455B.448, 558.69 Partial suspension and applicability of subsections 1--3; 2000 Acts, ch 1073, § 1