Terms Used In Iowa Code 479B.31

  • 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
  • Underground storage: means storage of hazardous liquid in a subsurface stratum or formation of the earth. See Iowa Code 479B.2
 All additional costs of new tile construction caused by an existing pipeline or underground storage facility shall be paid by the pipeline company. To receive compensation under this section, the landowner or agent of the landowner shall either present an invoice specifying the additional costs caused by the presence of the pipeline which is accompanied by a written verification of the additional costs by the county engineer or soil and water conservation district conservationist or reach an agreement with the pipeline company on the project design and share of the cost to be paid by the pipeline company during the planning of the tiling project.