Capitol Notebook Iowa bill limits local stormwater rules to state standards
Iowa Senate Republicans approved a stormwater bill restricting counties and cities from adopting regulations stricter than state rules for topsoil management at construction sites and for new development infrastructure. The measure, Senate File 455, passed 29-18 with two Republicans voting against. The bill heads to Gov. Reynolds after House approval and faces debate on housing costs and flood protection.
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Des Moines
Kim Reynolds
Iowa Senate
Iowa Capitol
Iowa
Senate
House
Reynolds
FBI
Judge blocks Cardinal Hickory Creek line over refuge
A federal judge in Madison temporarily blocks American Transmission Co ITC Midwest and Dairyland Power from starting a one mile section of the Cardinal Hickory Creek 345 kilovolt line across the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge near Cassville Wisconsin. An injunction extends pending a fuller record on approval steps and public comment. Conservation groups say the project risks habitat for migratory birds and other wildlife and allege flawed land exchanges and secrecy around final approvals.
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Ridgeway
Wis
American Transmission Co
Pewaukee
ITC Midwest
Cedar Rapids
Dairyland Power Cooperative
la Crosse
Dubuque County
Iowa
Dane County
Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge
Wisconsin State Journal
Associated Press
Madison
U.S
William Conley
Dubuque
Wisconsin
Upper
Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
Cassville
National Wildlife Refuge Association
Driftless Area Land Conservancy
The
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Uge
Conley
Howard Learner
FWS
Reade Wilson
U.S. Department of Justice
Learner
Mt Joy Mobile Home Park fined for decades of creek pollution
The Mt. Joy Mobile Home Park in Davenport and owner Daniel Peeters were penalized $10,000 by the Iowa DNR for failing to upgrade its aging wastewater system and for omitting required monitoring data. The creek discharges into Crow Creek and toward the Mississippi River, with the DNR citing ongoing non compliance since 1996 and a 2016 court order.
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Mobile Home Park
Davenport
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Mt. Joy
Joy
Peeters
Terry Jones
DNA
Jones
Eldridge
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