Iowa § 207.27 Experimental practices

Iowa Statutes

§ 207.27 — Experimental practices

Iowa § 207.27

Title VAGRICULTURE

Ch. 207COAL MINING

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Iowa Code § 207.27 (2026).

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In order to encourage advances in mining and reclamation practices or to allow
post-mining land use for industrial, commercial, agricultural, residential, or public use
including recreational facilities, the division with approval by the secretary may authorize
departures in individual cases on an experimental basis from the environmental protection
performance standards promulgated under sections 207.7 and 207.20 if the experimental
practices are potentially as environmentally protective, during and after mining operations,
as those required by promulgated standards, the mining operations approved for particular
land use or other purposes are not larger or more numerous than necessary to determine the
effectiveness and economic feasibility of the experimental practices, and the experiment

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In order to encourage advances in mining and reclamation practices or to allow
post-mining land use for industrial, commercial, agricultural, residential, or public use
including recreational facilities, the division with approval by the secretary may authorize
departures in individual cases on an experimental basis from the environmental protection
performance standards promulgated under sections 207.7 and 207.20 if the experimental
practices are potentially as environmentally protective, during and after mining operations,
as those required by promulgated standards, the mining operations approved for particular
land use or other purposes are not larger or more numerous than necessary to determine the
effectiveness and economic feasibility of the experimental practices, and the experimental
practices do not reduce the protection afforded public health and safety below that provided
by promulgated standards.