§ 479.45 — Particular damage claims

Iowa § 479.45

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XI: NATURAL RESOURCES
• Ch. 479: PIPELINES AND UNDERGROUND GAS STORAGE

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1. Compensable losses shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

a. Loss or reduced yield of crops or forage on the pipeline right-of-way, whether caused
directly by construction or from disturbance of usual farm operations.
b. Lossorreducedyieldofcropsoryieldfromlandnearthepipelineright-of-wayresulting
fromlackoftimelyaccesstothelandorotherdisturbanceofusualfarmoperations, including
interference with irrigation.
c. Fertilizer, lime, or organic material applied by the landowner to restore land disturbed
by construction to full productivity.
d. Loss of or damage to trees of commercial or other value that occurs at the time of
construction, restoration, or at the time of any subsequent work by the pipeline company.
e. The cost of or losses in moving or relocating livestock, and the loss of gain by or the
death or injury of livestock caused by the interruption or relocation of normal feeding.
f. Erosion on lands attributable to pipeline construction.
g. Damage to farm equipment caused by striking a pipeline, debris, or other material
reasonablyassociatedwithpipelineconstructionwhileengagedinnormalfarmingoperations
as defined in section 480.1.
2. A claim for damage for future crop deficiency within the easement strip shall not be
precluded from renegotiation under section 6B.52 on the grounds that it was apparent at the
time of settlement unless the settlement expressly releases the pipeline company from claims
for damage to the productivity of the soil. The landowner shall notify the company in writing
fourteen days prior to harvest in each year to assess crop deficiency.
[81 Acts, ch 159, §2, 7]