House File 592 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 592 BY KELLEY A BILL FOR An Act requiring an environmental impact assessment prior to 1 the granting of a permit to construct, maintain, or operate 2 a hazardous liquid pipeline or underground storage facility. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1814YH (4) 86 rn/nh

H.F. 592 Section 1. Section 479B.5, Code 2015, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 10. An assessment of the environmental 3 impact estimated to result from the construction, maintenance, 4 and operation of the pipeline or underground storage facility. 5 The assessment shall be prepared or conducted by a third 6 party contracted with by the applicant and identified by the 7 applicant in the petition. 8 Sec. 2. Section 479B.9, Code 2015, is amended to read as 9 follows: 10 479B.9 Final order —— condition conditions . 11 1. The board may grant a permit in whole or in part upon 12 terms, conditions, and restrictions as to location and route as 13 it determines to be just and proper. 14 2. A permit shall not be granted to a pipeline company 15 unless the board determines that the proposed services will 16 promote the public convenience and necessity , and unless the 17 environmental impact assessment submitted pursuant to section 18 479B.5, subsection 10, estimates that the environmental impact 19 resulting from constructing, maintaining, and operating the 20 pipeline or underground storage facility will be minimal . 21 Sec. 3. Section 479B.10, Code 2015, is amended to read as 22 follows: 23 479B.10 Costs and fees. 24 The applicant shall pay all costs of the informational 25 meetings, environmental impact assessment, hearing, and 26 necessary preliminary investigation including the cost 27 of publishing notice of hearing, and shall pay the actual 28 unrecovered costs directly attributable to inspections 29 conducted by the board. 30 EXPLANATION 31 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 32 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 33 This bill requires an applicant for a permit for the 34 construction, maintenance, and operation of a hazardous 35 -1- LSB 1814YH (4) 86 rn/nh 1/ 2

H.F. 592 liquid pipeline or underground storage facility to submit an 1 assessment of the resulting environmental impact. The bill 2 provides that the assessment shall be prepared or conducted by 3 a third party contracted with by the applicant and identified 4 by the applicant in the petition for a permit. The bill 5 provides that a permit shall not be granted by the Iowa 6 utilities board unless the environmental impact is estimated to 7 be minimal. The bill requires that the applicant pay the costs 8 associated with conducting the assessment. 9 -2- LSB 1814YH (4) 86 rn/nh 2/ 2