House File 585 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY D. OLSON Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to discharges of storm water under a general 2 permit issued by the department of natural resources. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2399HH 83 5 tm/nh/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 455B.103A, subsection 1, paragraph b, 1 2 Code 2009, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 b. Following the effective date of a general permit, a 1 4 person proposing to conduct activities covered by the general 1 5 permit shall provide a notice of intent to conduct a covered 1 6 activity on a form provided by the department. The notice of 1 7 intent for a storm water discharge shall include certification 1 8 by an engineer that a pollution prevention plan has been 1 9 completed. A person shall also provide public notice of 1 10 intent to conduct activities covered under the general permit 1 11 by publishing notice in two newspapers with the largest 1 12 circulation in the area in which the facility is located. 1 13 Notice of the discontinuation of a permitted activity shall be 1 14 provided in the same manner. 1 15 EXPLANATION 1 16 This bill relates to discharges of storm water under a 1 17 general permit issued by the department of natural resources. 1 18 The bill provides that general permit holders must file, as 1 19 part of a notice of intent to discharge storm water, a 1 20 certification by an engineer that a pollution prevention plan 1 21 has been completed. 1 22 LSB 2399HH 83 1 23 tm/nh/5