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1 1 Amend Senate File 2295, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 15, by inserting after line 19 the
1 4 following:
1 5 "Sec. ___. SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER
1 6 MONITORING. There is appropriated from the general
1 7 fund of the state to the department of natural
1 8 resources for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998,
1 9 and ending June 30, 1999, the following amount, or so
1 10 much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
1 11 purposes designated:
1 12 For the surface water and groundwater monitoring
1 13 programs, including salaries, support, maintenance,
1 14 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
1 15 following full-time equivalent positions:
1 16 .................................................. $ 1,000,000
1 17 ............................................... FTEs 2.00
1 18 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
1 19 in this section which remain unexpended or unobligated
1 20 on June 30, 1999, shall not revert to the general fund
1 21 of the state but shall remain available for the
1 22 purposes designated for the fiscal year beginning July
1 23 1, 1999."
1 24 #2. Page 17, by inserting after line 11 the
1 25 following:
1 26 "Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 455B.282 SURFACE WATER
1 27 AND GROUNDWATER MONITORING.
1 28 1. The commission shall establish and administer a
1 29 long-term surface water monitoring program which
1 30 includes, at a minimum, all of the following elements:
1 31 a. A significant number of fixed monitoring sites
1 32 selected to include a full array of geographical
1 33 conditions and watershed sizes.
1 34 b. Inclusion of lakes, reservoirs, ponds, and
1 35 wetlands in regular surface water monitoring.
1 36 c. High frequency of sampling at a significant
1 37 number of fixed station sites to provide information
1 38 on contaminant concentration and movement.
1 39 d. Analysis of samples for common pesticides at
1 40 all fixed station sites and analysis of pesticide
1 41 metabolites at all fixed station sites located at
1 42 large river monitoring sites.
1 43 e. Implementation of watershed-based rotational
1 44 monitoring where a portion of the watersheds are
1 45 intensively monitored on a cyclical basis of one out
1 46 of every five years.
1 47 f. Incorporation of biological monitoring into the
1 48 monitoring for all sites.
1 49 g. Problem assessment and research.
1 50 2. The commission shall establish and administer a
2 1 long-term groundwater monitoring program which
2 2 includes, at a minimum, the following elements:
2 3 a. Fixed station, long-term monitoring to collect
2 4 baseline data for trend analysis in six major
2 5 aquifers. Water levels at the aquifer sites shall be
2 6 monitored and each site shall be regularly sampled for
2 7 inorganics, common herbicides, and selected volatile
2 8 organic compounds.
2 9 b. An ambient rotational groundwater quality
2 10 monitoring program conducted in cooperation with the
2 11 United States geological survey and the university of
2 12 Iowa hygienic laboratory.
2 13 c. Identification of groundwater quality issues
2 14 and conducting of research needed to address the
2 15 issues. The issues shall initially include, but not
2 16 be limited to, all of the following:
2 17 (1) Identification of storage and handling of
2 18 hazardous materials and facilities.
2 19 (2) The relative contribution of point and
2 20 nonpoint sources of groundwater contamination.
2 21 (3) Organic chemicals in unsaturated zones.
2 22 (4) The effects of large withdrawals on aquifers.
2 23 (5) Identification of recharge zones for all
2 24 aquifers."
2 25
2 26
2 27
2 28 WITT of Black Hawk
2 29 SF 2295.309 77
2 30 da/cf/28
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