456B.1 Definitions. As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Commission” means the natural resource commission. 2. “Department” means the department of natural resources created under section 455A.2. 3. “Director” means the director of the department. 4. “Protected wetlands” means type 3, type 4, and type 5 wetlands as described in circular […]
456B.10 Artificial lakes — soil conservation. In the construction of artificial lakes on intermittent streams, for which funds are appropriated by the general assembly, the commission shall not proceed with actual construction work unless and until soil conservation practices are in effect on at least seventy-five percent of the land comprising the watershed of the […]
456B.11 Agricultural drainage wells — wetlands — conservation easements. The department shall develop and implement a program for the acquisition of wetlands and conservation easements on and around wetlands that result from the closure or change in use of agricultural drainage wells upon implementation of the programs specified in section 460.302 to eliminate groundwater contamination […]
456B.12 Inventory of protected wetlands. 1. The department shall inventory the wetlands and marshes of each county and make a preliminary designation as to which constitute protected wetlands. The department shall consult with the county conservation board in making the preliminary designations. Upon completion of the inventory with preliminary designations, the department shall use an […]
456B.13 Protection of wetlands. 1. A person shall not drain a protected wetland without first obtaining a permit from the department. 2. The department shall not issue a permit to drain a protected wetland except under one of the following conditions: a. The protected wetland is replaced by the applicant with a wetland of equal […]
456B.14 Civil penalty. A person who violates the permit requirement of section 456B.13 is subject to a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for each day that the violation continues. A civil penalty assessed under this section shall not apply until the fourth day after a violator is given written notification of […]
456B.7 Stream control on private lands. 1. Upon receiving consent in writing from the landowner, the department may enter upon private lands containing waters and streams draining into state-owned lakes and streams, for any or all of the following purposes: a. Deepening. b. Filling. c. Widening. d. Contracting. e. Improving and protecting banks. f. Constructing […]
456B.8 Jurisdiction — public access. Any such agreement with any landowner shall give the commission jurisdiction of such land, waters, and streams to accomplish the purposes set out in said agreement and in case any improvement contemplated by section 456B.7 is for the sole purpose of improving any stream and not mainly for the purpose […]
456B.9 Accreted land. Any land created, by any such improvement, in areas now under the jurisdiction of the state will remain under such jurisdiction until otherwise disposed of. [C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §108.9] C93, §456B.9
