House File 768 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (SUCCESSOR TO HF 489) Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the publishing of notice of recommendations to 2 grant permits for diversion, storage, and withdrawal of water. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2822HV 81 5 tm/gg/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 455B.265, Code 2005, is amended by 1 2 adding the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 5. Prior to the issuance of a permit 1 4 under this section, the department shall publish a notice of 1 5 recommendation to grant a permit. The notice shall include a 1 6 copy of the proposed permit and shall be published in a 1 7 newspaper of general circulation within the county of the 1 8 proposed water source as provided in section 618.3. If the 1 9 newspaper of general circulation is not the newspaper of the 1 10 nearest locality to the proposed water source that publishes a 1 11 newspaper, the notice shall also be published in the newspaper 1 12 of the nearest locality to the proposed water source that 1 13 publishes a newspaper and the department may charge the 1 14 applicant for the expenses associated with publishing the 1 15 notice in the second newspaper. 1 16 EXPLANATION 1 17 This bill relates to the publishing of notice of 1 18 recommendations to grant permits for diversion, storage, and 1 19 withdrawal of water. 1 20 The bill requires the department of natural resources, 1 21 prior to the issuance of a permit for the diversion, storage, 1 22 or withdrawal of water, to publish a notice of recommendation 1 23 to grant a permit in a newspaper of general circulation within 1 24 the county of the proposed water source. The bill provides 1 25 that, if the newspaper of general circulation is not the 1 26 newspaper of the nearest locality to the proposed water source 1 27 that publishes a newspaper, the notice shall also be published 1 28 in the newspaper of the nearest locality to the proposed water 1 29 source that publishes a newspaper and the department may 1 30 charge the applicant for the expenses associated with 1 31 publishing the notice in the second newspaper. The bill 1 32 requires the notice to include a copy of the proposed permit. 1 33 LSB 2822HV 81 1 34 tm:nh/gg/14