Statutes > Iowa Statutes > Title 11 - Natural Resources > Subtitle 1 - Control of Environment > CHAPTER 456B - SPECIAL PROVISIONS == NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT > 456B.11 - AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE WELLS -- WETLANDS -- CONSERVATION EASEMENTS.

456B.11 - AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE WELLS -- WETLANDS -- CONSERVATION EASEMENTS.

        456B.11  AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE WELLS -- WETLANDS --      CONSERVATION EASEMENTS.         The department shall develop and implement a program for the      acquisition of wetlands and conservation easements on and around      wetlands that result from the closure or change in use of      agricultural drainage wells upon implementation of the programs      specified in section 460.302 to eliminate groundwater contamination      caused by the use of agricultural drainage wells.  The program shall      be coordinated with the department of agriculture and land      stewardship.  The department may use moneys appropriated for this      purpose from the agriculture management account of the groundwater      protection fund in addition to other moneys available for wetland      acquisition, protection, development, and management.
         Section History: Recent Form
         87 Acts, ch 225, § 301         CS87, § 108.11         C93, § 456B.11