1. The board shall prepare and issue permits. The permit shall show the name and address of the pipeline company to which it is issued and identify the decision and order of the board under which the permit is issued. The permit shall be signed by the chairperson of the board and the official seal of the board shall be affixed to it.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 479B.14

  • Board: means the utilities board within the utilities division of the department of commerce. See Iowa Code 479B.2
  • Operate: means to navigate or otherwise use a vessel or motorboat. See Iowa Code 462A.2
  • Pipeline: means an interstate pipe or pipeline and necessary appurtenances used for the transportation or transmission of hazardous liquids. See Iowa Code 479B.2
  • Pipeline company: means a person engaged in or organized for the purpose of owning, operating, or controlling pipelines for the transportation or transmission of any hazardous liquid or underground storage facilities for the underground storage of any hazardous liquid. See Iowa Code 479B.2
  • seal: shall include an impression upon the paper alone, or upon wax, a wafer affixed to the paper, or an official stamp of a notarial officer as provided in chapter 9B. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Underground storage: means storage of hazardous liquid in a subsurface stratum or formation of the earth. See Iowa Code 479B.2
 2. The board shall not grant an exclusive right to any pipeline company to construct, maintain, or operate its pipeline along, over, or across any public or private highway, grounds, waters, or streams. The board shall not grant a permit for longer than twenty-five years.
 3. A permit shall not be sold until the sale is approved by the board.
 4. If a transfer of a permit is made before the construction for which it was issued is completed in whole or in part, the transfer shall not be effective until the pipeline company to which it was issued files with the board a notice in writing stating the date of the transfer and the name and address of the transferee.
 5. The board shall keep a record of all permits granted by it, showing when and to whom granted and the location and route of the pipeline or underground storage facility, and if the permit has been transferred, the date and the name and address of the transferee.
 6. A pipeline company may petition the board for an extension of a permit granted under this section by filing a petition containing the information required by section 479B.5, subsections 1 through 5, and meeting the requirements of section 479B.13.
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