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PAG LIN
1 1 Amend Senate File 2295 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 15, by inserting after line 11 the
1 3 following:
1 4 "Sec. ___. SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER
1 5 MONITORING. There is appropriated from the general
1 6 fund of the state to the department of natural
1 7 resources for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998,
1 8 and ending June 30, 1999, the following amount, or so
1 9 much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
1 10 purposes designated:
1 11 For the surface water and groundwater monitoring
1 12 programs, including salaries, support, maintenance,
1 13 miscellaneous purposes, and for not more than the
1 14 following full-time equivalent positions:
1 15 .................................................. $ 1,000,000
1 16 ............................................... FTEs 2.00
1 17 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
1 18 in this section which remain unexpended or unobligated
1 19 on June 30, 1999, shall not revert to the general fund
1 20 of the state but shall remain available for the
1 21 purposes designated for the fiscal year beginning July
1 22 1, 1999."
1 23 #2. Page 16, by inserting after line 28 the
1 24 following:
1 25 "Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 455B.282 SURFACE WATER
1 26 AND GROUNDWATER MONITORING.
1 27 1. The commission shall establish and administer a
1 28 long-term surface water monitoring program which
1 29 includes, at a minimum, all of the following elements:
1 30 a. A significant number of fixed monitoring sites
1 31 selected to include a full array of geographical
1 32 conditions and watershed sizes.
1 33 b. Inclusion of lakes, reservoirs, ponds, and
1 34 wetlands in regular surface water monitoring.
1 35 c. High frequency of sampling at a significant
1 36 number of fixed station sites to provide information
1 37 on contaminant concentration and movement.
1 38 d. Analysis of samples for common pesticides at
1 39 all fixed station sites and analysis of pesticide
1 40 metabolites at all fixed station sites located at
1 41 large river monitoring sites.
1 42 e. Implementation of watershed-based rotational
1 43 monitoring where a portion of the watersheds are
1 44 intensively monitored on a cyclical basis of one out
1 45 of every five years.
1 46 f. Incorporation of biological monitoring into the
1 47 monitoring for all sites.
1 48 g. Problem assessment and research.
1 49 2. The commission shall establish and administer a
1 50 long-term groundwater monitoring program which
2 1 includes, at a minimum, the following elements:
2 2 a. Fixed station, long-term monitoring to collect
2 3 baseline data for trend analysis in six major
2 4 aquifers. Water levels at the aquifer sites shall be
2 5 monitored and each site shall be regularly sampled for
2 6 inorganics, common herbicides, and selected volatile
2 7 organic compounds.
2 8 b. An ambient rotational groundwater quality
2 9 monitoring program conducted in cooperation with the
2 10 United States geological survey and the university of
2 11 Iowa hygienic laboratory.
2 12 c. Identification of groundwater quality issues
2 13 and conducting of research needed to address the
2 14 issues. The issues shall initially include, but not
2 15 be limited to, all of the following:
2 16 (1) Identification of storage and handling of
2 17 hazardous materials and facilities.
2 18 (2) The relative contribution of point and
2 19 nonpoint sources of groundwater contamination.
2 20 (3) Organic chemicals in unsaturated zones.
2 21 (4) The effects of large withdrawals on aquifers.
2 22 (5) Identification of recharge zones for all
2 23 aquifers."
2 24
2 25
2 26
2 27 TOM VILSACK
2 28 SF 2295.502 77
2 29 da/jw/28
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