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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 455B.282 SURFACE WATER AND
1 2 GROUNDWATER MONITORING.
1 3 1. The commission shall establish and administer a long-
1 4 term surface water monitoring program which includes, at a
1 5 minimum, all of the following elements:
1 6 a. A significant number of fixed monitoring sites selected
1 7 to include a full array of geographical conditions and
1 8 watershed sizes.
1 9 b. Inclusion of lakes, reservoirs, ponds, and wetlands in
1 10 regular surface water monitoring.
1 11 c. High frequency of sampling at a significant number of
1 12 fixed station sites to provide information on contaminant
1 13 concentration and movement.
1 14 d. Analysis of samples for common pesticides at all fixed
1 15 station sites and analysis of pesticide metabolites at all
1 16 fixed station sites located at large river monitoring sites.
1 17 e. Implementation of watershed-based rotational monitoring
1 18 where a portion of the watersheds are intensively monitored on
1 19 a cyclical basis of one out of every five years.
1 20 f. Incorporation of biological monitoring into the
1 21 monitoring for all sites.
1 22 g. Surface water problem assessment and research.
1 23 h. Establishment and administration of a publicly owned
1 24 lake protection program designed to monitor, improve, restore,
1 25 and protect the environmental quality of all publicly owned
1 26 lakes in the state.
1 27 2. The commission shall establish and administer a long-
1 28 term groundwater monitoring program which includes, at a
1 29 minimum, the following elements:
1 30 a. Fixed station, long-term monitoring to collect baseline
1 31 data for trend analysis in six major aquifers and six hundred
1 32 fifteen wells. Water levels at the aquifer and well sites
1 33 shall be monitored and each site shall be regularly sampled
1 34 for inorganics, common herbicides, and selected volatile
1 35 organic compounds.
2 1 b. An ambient rotational groundwater quality monitoring
2 2 program. The program shall be conducted in a manner
2 3 consistent with at least the highest level of monitoring
2 4 conducted by the department prior to 1992.
2 5 c. Identification of groundwater quality issues and
2 6 conducting of research needed to address the issues. The
2 7 issues shall initially include, but not be limited to, all of
2 8 the following:
2 9 (1) Identification of storage and handling of hazardous
2 10 materials and facilities.
2 11 (2) The relative contribution of point and nonpoint
2 12 sources of groundwater contamination.
2 13 (3) The presence of organic chemicals in unsaturated
2 14 zones.
2 15 (4) The effects of large withdrawals on aquifers.
2 16 (5) Identification of recharge zones for all aquifers.
2 17 Sec. 2. BIOLOGICAL MARKER SYSTEM TASK FORCE. The
2 18 department of natural resources shall establish a biological
2 19 marker system task force. The task force shall examine issues
2 20 and provide recommendations to the department regarding the
2 21 creation of a biological marker system for the state.
2 22 Recommendations shall be submitted to the department by
2 23 December 31, 1999.
2 24 Sec. 3. APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from the
2 25 general fund of the state to the department of natural
2 26 resources for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and
2 27 ending June 30, 2000, the following amount, or so much thereof
2 28 as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
2 29 For funding a feasibility study for the establishment of
2 30 the surface water and groundwater monitoring programs as
2 31 required by section 455B.282, including salaries, support,
2 32 maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
2 33 .................................................. $ 56,000
2 34 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
2 35 section which remain unexpended or unobligated on June 30,
3 1 2000, shall not revert to the general fund of the state but
3 2 shall remain available for the purposes designated for the
3 3 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000.
3 4 Sec. 4. APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from the
3 5 general fund of the state to the department of natural
3 6 resources for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and
3 7 ending June 30, 2000, the following amount, or so much thereof
3 8 as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
3 9 For the surface water and groundwater monitoring programs
3 10 established in section 455B.282, including salaries, support,
3 11 maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
3 12 .................................................. $ 1,000,000
3 13 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
3 14 section which remain unexpended or unobligated on June 30,
3 15 2000, shall not revert to the general fund of the state but
3 16 shall remain available for the purposes designated for the
3 17 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000.
3 18 EXPLANATION
3 19 This bill requires the department of natural resources to
3 20 conduct long-term monitoring programs for surface water and
3 21 groundwater in the state.
3 22 The bill provides that the surface water monitoring program
3 23 shall include a significant number of fixed monitoring sites,
3 24 the inclusion of lakes, reservoirs, ponds, and wetlands in
3 25 monitoring, high frequency sampling at fixed sites, analysis
3 26 for common pesticides and analysis of pesticide metabolites at
3 27 fixed sites at large river monitoring sites, implementation of
3 28 watershed-based rotational monitoring, incorporation of
3 29 biological monitoring into the monitoring of all sites, and
3 30 establishing and administering a publicly owned lake
3 31 protection program.
3 32 The bill provides that the groundwater monitoring program
3 33 shall include long-term fixed station monitoring to collect
3 34 baseline data for trend analysis in six major aquifers and 615
3 35 wells, conduct an ambient rotational groundwater quality
4 1 monitoring program, and identify and research groundwater
4 2 issues.
4 3 The bill requires the department of natural resources to
4 4 establish a biological marker system task force to provide
4 5 recommendations to the department regarding the creation of a
4 6 biological marker system.
4 7 The bill appropriates to the department of natural
4 8 resources $1,056,000 for the surface water and groundwater
4 9 monitoring program and for a feasibility study of the program.
4 10 LSB 1568XS 78
4 11 tm/sc/14
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