Protected Water Area System (Iowa Code: Title XI - Natural Resources; Chapter 462B) Pays/Territoire États-Unis d'Amérique Sous-division territoriale Iowa Type du document Législation Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Eau Mot clé Aire protégée Protection de l’environnement Eau à usage récréatif Pollution des eaux douces Gestion des resources en eau douce Lutte contre la pollution Normes de qualité de l'eau Servitude Gestion des zones côtières Institution Questions de procédures Aire géographique Amériques, Arctique, Pacifique du Est, Amérique du Nord, Atlantique Nord Résumé This chapter of the Iowa Code concerns protected water area system. It defines “Protected water area system” as a total comprehensive program that includes the goals and objectives, the state plan, the individual management plans, the prospective protected water areas, the protected water areas, the acquisition of fee title and conservation easements and other agreements, and the administration and management of such areas. It provides that the natural resource commission shall maintain a state plan for the design and establishment of an administrative framework of a protected water area system and those adjacent lands needed to protect the integrity of that system. “State plan” means a long-range comprehensive document that states the goals and objectives of the protected water area system, establishes the procedure and criteria for prospective protected water area designation, provides the format for prospective area analysis, establishes a priority system for prospective area study, recommends potential areas for inclusion into the system, institutes interagency coordination, and outlines general administrative and management needs to develop and administer this system. The chapter further provides for nomination of prospective protected water areas; designation; and protection methods. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.legis.iowa.gov