Iowa § 466.2 Legislative goal

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§ 466.2 — Legislative goal

Iowa § 466.2

Title XINATURAL RESOURCES

Ch. 466IMPROVEMENT OF WATERSHED ATTRIBUTES

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Iowa Code § 466.2 (2026).

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The goal of this chapter is to develop a comprehensive water quality program that will
result in water quality improvements while reducing proposed regulatory impacts. The
program shall use information, education, monitoring, technical assistance, data gathering
and evaluation, incentives, and more efficient issuance of permits. The program is expected
to have a menu of initiatives and approaches to appeal to a broad audience of participants
and shall be coordinated so that individual initiatives work toward the objective of improved
water quality. The departments of agriculture and land stewardship and natural resources
shall work cooperatively with federal agencies to obtain waivers and changes in rules and
procedures at national and state levels to improve the federal programs’ environm

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The goal of this chapter is to develop a comprehensive water quality program that will
result in water quality improvements while reducing proposed regulatory impacts. The
program shall use information, education, monitoring, technical assistance, data gathering
and evaluation, incentives, and more efficient issuance of permits. The program is expected
to have a menu of initiatives and approaches to appeal to a broad audience of participants
and shall be coordinated so that individual initiatives work toward the objective of improved
water quality. The departments of agriculture and land stewardship and natural resources
shall work cooperatively with federal agencies to obtain waivers and changes in rules and
procedures at national and state levels to improve the federal programs’ environmental
and economic performance for Iowans. State agencies shall collaborate with other state
agencies to attain the overall goal of improved water quality. The state department of
transportation and the department of natural resources shall collaborate to provide for the
preservation of topsoil, erosion control, water impoundment during highway construction
and reconstruction, and restoration and management of roadside right-of-way for prairie
restoration, wildlife habitat, and erosion control.