Bill Text: IA HF2340 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring that state efforts to reduce nutrient loads in surface waters be customized based on a watershed's unique characteristics. (Formerly HF 2187)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-11 - Rereferred to Agriculture. H.J. 456. [HF2340 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF2340-Introduced.html

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House File 2340 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON
                                     AGRICULTURE

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2187)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring that state efforts to reduce nutrient loads in
  2    surface waters be customized based on a watershed's unique
  3    characteristics.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  466B.4A  Customized initiatives.
  1  2    Any initiative, including but not limited to a plan,
  1  3 project, practice, or program, established or administered
  1  4 under this chapter to reduce measurable contributing nutrient
  1  5 loads to a receiving surface water of a watershed shall
  1  6 take into account the watershed's topography, soils, types
  1  7 of surface waters, farming practices, land uses, types of
  1  8 contributing nutrients, and other relevant characteristics of
  1  9 the watershed.
  1 10                           EXPLANATION
  1 11 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 12 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 13    BILL'S PROVISIONS.  This bill provides that any initiative
  1 14 established or administered under Code chapter 466B to reduce
  1 15 measurable contributing nutrient loads to a receiving surface
  1 16 water of a watershed must take into account the watershed's
  1 17 physical characteristics and uses.
  1 18    GENERAL.  Code chapter 466B, the "Surface Water Protection
  1 19 and Flood Mitigation Act", includes a number of Code sections
  1 20 that provide for the improvement of surface water quality,
  1 21 including efforts to assess and reduce nutrients in this
  1 22 state's watersheds as established or administered by the
  1 23 department of natural resources, the department of agriculture
  1 24 and land stewardship, the water resources coordinating council,
  1 25 a watershed planning advisory council, the Iowa nutrient
  1 26 research center, the  Iowa nutrient research center advisory
  1 27 council, local communities, and political subdivisions.
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