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	Name
Select	DAN AASTRUP
Select	RURAL IOWA WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOC.
Select	SUSAN ENGELKING
Select	HARDIN COUNTY SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL COMMISSION
Select	DAN AASTRUP
Select	RURAL IOWA WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
Select	JIM BLAZEK, DIRECTOR
Select	JIM BLAZEK
Select	RURAL IOWA WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOC.
Select	RURAL IOWA WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
Select	RICHARD YOUNG
Select	DAN AASTRUP
Select	Rural Iowa Waste Management Association
Select	RURAL IOWA WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
Select	RURAL IOWA LANDFILL/JIM MEADE
Select	JIM MEADE
Select	HLW Engineering Group
Select	Rural Iowa Waste Management Association
Select	Iowa DNR
Select	Rural Iowa Solid Waste Management
Select	SUSAN ENGELKING
Select	HARDIN COUNTY SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL COMMISSION
Select	DAN AASTRUP
Select	DAN AASTRUP

Complaint ID - 28169

Rural Iowa Sanitary Landfill - Eldora - 310201813

20488 M Avenue Eldora, IA 50627

Hardin County

FO 2

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4/29/2020	From: Miller, David <david.miller@dnr.iowa.gov> Date: Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 9:18 AM Subject: OSHA Solid Waste Guidelines To: Dan Aastrup <dan@riwma.net> Dan - Here is the link to OSHA's guidance on handling municipal solid waste during the COVID emergency. According to OSHA, municipal solid waste can be safely handled (litter picked) by using gloves and face protection. I will send a more formal letter soon.	DAVID MILLER
4/29/2020	There is some history on this issue at this site. 567 IAC 113 states that all off-site litter must be picked every day. However, the farmer does not want landfill personnel in his field during the growing season and there has been some acrimony between the parties on this; so, I have not enforced that requirement during the growing season. I investigated this complaint on 20APR20. The video did show some litter, but it did not seem to me to be excessive for a landfill in the springtime. I went to the Landfill and called manager Dan Aastrup from the parking lot. He texted me that he was on a conference call, and they stopped picking on-site litter due to the COVID 19 emergency. I went to a high point on the east side of the landfill and looked out into the field where the video was taken. A landfill employee was actively picking the litter and they seemed to be nearing completion. I went to the working face, made a sign with my phone number, and held it up in the truck window so operator Bruce Rewoldt could call me. I asked him why they stopped picking on-site litter and he said that they were concerned about being exposed to the virus by touching trash. I indicated that I would send him the OSHA solid waste guidelines which state that municipal solid waste can be safely handled using gloves and eye protection. I asked when they started picking the off-site trash in the field and he indicated that they just started this week because the farmer said he wanted to get into the field. I reminded him that all off-site trash must be picked up every day, and that my previous dispensation on this requirement only applied to the planting/growing season when the farmer prohibited them from coming onto the property. Because there could have been a miscommunication, I chose not to designate this as a violation. I sent an email and the attached letter clarifying the requirements.	DAVID MILLER

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Complaint ID - 28169

Rural Iowa Sanitary Landfill - Eldora - 310201813

20488 M Avenue Eldora, IA 50627

Hardin County

FO 2

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