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Section 479.8 – Time and place.

479.8 Time and place. The hearing shall not be less than ten days nor more than thirty days from the date of the last publication and where the proposed new pipeline would operate under pressure exceeding one hundred fifty pounds per square inch and exceed five miles in length, shall be held in the county […]

Section 479.24 – Eminent domain.

479.24 Eminent domain. 1. A pipeline company granted a pipeline permit under this chapter shall be vested with the right of eminent domain* to the extent necessary and as prescribed and approved by the board, not exceeding seventy-five feet in width for right-of-way and not exceeding one acre in any one location in addition to […]

Section 479.9 – Objections.

479.9 Objections. Any person, corporation, company or city whose rights or interests may be affected by said pipeline or lines or gas storage facilities may file written objections to said proposed pipeline or lines or gas storage facilities or to the granting of said permit. [C31, §8338-d7; C35, §8338-f22; C39, §8338.30; C46, 50, 54, 58, […]

Section 479.10 – Filing.

479.10 Filing. All such objections shall be on file in the office of said board not less than five days before the date of hearing on said application but said board may permit the filing of said objections later than five days before said hearing, in which event the applicant must be granted a reasonable […]

Section 479.11 – Examination — testimony.

479.11 Examination — testimony. The said board may examine the proposed route of said pipeline or lines and location of said gas storage area, or may cause such examination to be made by an engineer selected by it. At said hearing the said board shall consider said petition and any objections filed thereto and may […]

Section 479.12 – Final order — condition.

479.12 Final order — condition. The board may grant a permit in whole or in part upon terms, conditions, and restrictions as to safety requirements and as to location and route as determined by it to be just and proper. Before a permit is granted to a pipeline company, the board, after a public hearing […]

Section 479.13 – Costs and fees.

479.13 Costs and fees. The applicant shall pay all costs of the informational meetings, hearing, and necessary preliminary investigation including the cost of publishing notice of hearing, and shall pay the actual unrecovered costs directly attributable to construction inspections conducted by the board or the board’s designee. [C31, §8338-d11, -d12; C35, §8338-f26; C39, §8338.34; C46, […]

Section 479.14 – Inspection fee.

479.14 Inspection fee. The board may, in accordance with section 476.10, charge a pipeline company with an annual inspection fee that is directly attributable to the costs of conducting annual inspections pursuant to this chapter. [C31, §8338-d13; C35, §8338-f27; C39, §8338.35; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §490.14; C77, 79, 81, §479.14] […]

Section 479.15 – Failure to pay.

479.15 Failure to pay. It shall be the duty of the board to collect all inspection fees provided in this chapter, and failure to pay any such inspection fee within thirty days after the time the same shall become due shall be cause for revocation of the permit. [C35, §8338-f28; C39, §8338.36; C46, 50, 54, […]

Section 479.1 – Purpose — applicability.

479.1 Purpose — applicability. It is the purpose of the general assembly in enacting this law to confer upon the utilities board the power and authority to supervise the transportation or transmission of any solid, liquid, or gaseous substance, except water, within or through this state by pipeline, whether specifically mentioned in this chapter or […]