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

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  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