House File 568 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  LUKAN

                                       (COMPANION TO LSB 2596SS BY
                                        HANCOCK)


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to national pollutant discharge elimination
  2    system permits for disposal systems of certain cities.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2596HH 82
  5 tm/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455B.197, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  1  2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    The department may issue a permit related to the
  1  4 administration of the national pollutant discharge elimination
  1  5 system permit program pursuant to the federal Water Pollution
  1  6 Control Act, 33 U.S.C. ch. 26, as amended, and 40 C.F.R. pt.
  1  7 124 including but not limited to storm water discharge permits
  1  8 issued pursuant to section 455B.103A.  For cities with a
  1  9 population of less than two hundred fifty and with two or more
  1 10 discharge points for a disposal system requiring a permit
  1 11 under subsection 3, the department shall not require more than
  1 12 one permit under subsection 3 for the disposal system.  The
  1 13 department may provide for the receipt of applications and the
  1 14 issuance of permits as provided by rules adopted by the
  1 15 department which are consistent with this section.  The
  1 16 department shall assess and collect fees for the processing of
  1 17 applications and the issuance of permits as provided in this
  1 18 section.  The department shall deposit the fees into the
  1 19 national pollutant discharge elimination system permit fund
  1 20 created in section 455B.196.  The fees shall be established as
  1 21 follows:
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23    This bill relates to national pollutant discharge
  1 24 elimination system permits for disposal systems of certain
  1 25 cities.
  1 26    The bill provides that, for cities with a population of
  1 27 less than 250 and with two or more discharge points for a
  1 28 disposal system, the department of natural resources shall not
  1 29 require more than one permit for the disposal system.
  1 30 LSB 2596HH 82
  1 31 tm:nh/es/88