House Journal: Page 1749: Monday, April 24, 2000
21 2. To provide local watershed managers with
22 geographic information system data for their use in
23 developing, monitoring, and displaying results of
24 their watershed work:
25 $ 195,000
26 3. For continuing the establishment and operation
27 of water quality monitoring stations:
28 $ 1,950,000
29 4. To develop a program to support local volunteer
30 management efforts in water quality programs:
31 $ 70,000
32 5. To establish and implement improved water
33 quality planning, standards, and assessment:
34 $ 372,000
35 6. For contracting to assist department staff with
36 the review of national pollutant discharge elimination
37 system permits:
38 $ 250,000
39 7. To expand the floodplain protection education
40 to better inform local officials that make decisions
41 with regard to floodplain management:
42 $ 200,000
43 8. To identify an effective and efficient method
44 of developing a total maximum daily load program:
45 $ 153,000
46 9. For the dredging of lakes, including necessary
47 preparation for dredging, in accordance with the
48 department's classification of Iowa lakes restoration
49 report:
50 $ 2,900,000
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1 a. Of the amount appropriated in this subsection,
2 up to $200,000 may be used by the department to
3 provide assistance to qualified applicants for
4 purposes of financing capital improvements to natural
5 or constructed lakes including but not limited to
6 dredging, installation or repair of erosion control
7 measures, and land acquisition. To qualify for
8 assistance, an applicant must be a nonprofit
9 organization based in the community where the lake is
10 located which is active in sponsoring improvements to
11 the lake and is capable of managing or overseeing the
12 improvements or be a governmental body. Assistance
13 shall not be provided to construct a new lake.
14 Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this
15 subsection, the department may consider grants for any
16 public lakes.
17 b. To qualify for assistance under paragraph "a",
18 an applicant must demonstrate that existing or planned
19 infrastructure and practices are capable of ensuring
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