Field Office Compliance - Assistance

Assistance ID - 27937
Iowa City Sanitary Landfill - 310202116
3900 HEBL AVE. SW Iowa City, IA 52240-5224
Johnson County

FO 6

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12/23/2010 Doug Porter called asking questions about using waste tires for erosion control in Lee County. I explained the beneficial reuse rules to him at the time of the phone call. Doug requested that i come see what he did on previous attempts to use waste tires to hold back soil, but it was down in MO. I accepted as i wanted to see if what he tried worked. He basically dumped tire walls and treads on the ground along an ditch in the middle of a crop field. I told him that wouldn't fly with the regs in Iowa. He said ok. We then went back into Iowa so he could show us a field he farms west of Keokuk that has a horrible erosion issue starting. He was right, there's definite need of erosion control. I explained the rules to him. He's going to try and area per the 108 rules and an area using his own thoughts on what would control soil better. I told him as long as he's not creating an open dump of tires and he can't use this as a ploy to make money off disposing of tires and calling it erosion control. He was a fair/trustworthy guy, trying to use tires as he can get them for free, as rubble or riprap would cost him good money. I told him to do 2 small areas of each and we'd meet again and look at it to evaluate it further. I still told him that even if "his way" is better than IAC 108, i still couldn't give him free reign to do whatever he wants forever with dumping tires. KURT LEVETZOW
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