Iowa § 456B.1 Definitions

Iowa Statutes

§ 456B.1 — Definitions

Iowa § 456B.1

Title XINATURAL RESOURCES

Ch. 456BSPECIAL PROVISIONS — NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT

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Iowa Code § 456B.1 (2026).

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As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:

1.“Commission” means the natural resource commission.

2.“Department”meansthedepartmentofnaturalresourcescreatedundersection455A.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 39, “Wetlands of the United States”, 1971 Edition, published by the United States department of the interior. However, a protected wetland does not include land where an agricultural drainage well has been plugged causing a temporary wetland or land within a drainage district or levee district.

5.“Wetlands” means an area of two or more acres in a natural condition that is mostly under water or waterlogged during the spring growing season and is characteriz

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As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Commission” means the natural resource commission.
2. “Department”meansthedepartmentofnaturalresourcescreatedundersection455A.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
39, “Wetlands of the United States”, 1971 Edition, published by the United States department
of the interior. However, a protected wetland does not include land where an agricultural
drainage well has been plugged causing a temporary wetland or land within a drainage
district or levee district.
5. “Wetlands” means an area of two or more acres in a natural condition that is mostly
under water or waterlogged during the spring growing season and is characterized by
vegetation of hydric soils.