House
File
2340
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HOUSE
FILE
2340
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
AGRICULTURE
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2187)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
that
state
efforts
to
reduce
nutrient
loads
in
1
surface
waters
be
customized
based
on
a
watershed’s
unique
2
characteristics.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
466B.4A
Customized
initiatives.
1
Any
initiative,
including
but
not
limited
to
a
plan,
2
project,
practice,
or
program,
established
or
administered
3
under
this
chapter
to
reduce
measurable
contributing
nutrient
4
loads
to
a
receiving
surface
water
of
a
watershed
shall
5
take
into
account
the
watershed’s
topography,
soils,
types
6
of
surface
waters,
farming
practices,
land
uses,
types
of
7
contributing
nutrients,
and
other
relevant
characteristics
of
8
the
watershed.
9
EXPLANATION
10
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
11
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
12
BILL’S
PROVISIONS.
This
bill
provides
that
any
initiative
13
established
or
administered
under
Code
chapter
466B
to
reduce
14
measurable
contributing
nutrient
loads
to
a
receiving
surface
15
water
of
a
watershed
must
take
into
account
the
watershed’s
16
physical
characteristics
and
uses.
17
GENERAL.
Code
chapter
466B,
the
“Surface
Water
Protection
18
and
Flood
Mitigation
Act”,
includes
a
number
of
Code
sections
19
that
provide
for
the
improvement
of
surface
water
quality,
20
including
efforts
to
assess
and
reduce
nutrients
in
this
21
state’s
watersheds
as
established
or
administered
by
the
22
department
of
natural
resources,
the
department
of
agriculture
23
and
land
stewardship,
the
water
resources
coordinating
council,
24
a
watershed
planning
advisory
council,
the
Iowa
nutrient
25
research
center,
the
Iowa
nutrient
research
center
advisory
26
council,
local
communities,
and
political
subdivisions.
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