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<br /> <br />from the State Water Commissioner for the permanent storage <br />of water thereby effected, Under existing policy, no permit <br />is required for the permanent storage of not more than 18 <br />acre-feet of water, <br /> <br />c, For channel enc roachments <br /> <br />Approval of the Iowa Natural Resources Council is <br />required to construct, operate or maintain any structure, dam, <br />obstruction, deposit or excavation in or on the floodway or flood <br />plains of any rive I' or stream in the state, An application, <br />plans and specifications and other such information as may be <br />required must be submitted to the Resources Council for review <br />and approval prior to undertaldng construction of any such <br />project, The statute is all-inclusive, applying to any "person" <br />undertaking such construction whether natural person, firm, <br />partnership, association, corporation, state of Iowa or agency <br />thereof, municipal corporation, political subdivision of the <br />State of Iowa, drainage district, levee district, public body <br />or other legal entity, Under existing policy, no review is <br />required for some classes of projects on minor streams and <br />submission of an application and plans for formal review and <br />approval may be waived by the Director of the Resources <br />Council with. regard to minor projects on larger streams, <br />Application of these administrative limits is fully described <br />in a Procedural Guide published by the Iowa Natural Resources <br />Counc il. <br /> <br />For information regarding unauthorized projects, <br />the Council relies generally on complaints of affected persons, <br />Compliance with the law generally is obtained through <br />discussion and persuasion but the Council also may invoke <br />its powers of injunction and condemnation, Most complaints <br />are made with regard to unauthorized filling and levee <br />construction, <br /> <br />Municipalities, counties, townships and certain <br />special-purpose districts also have some powers to prevent <br />or remove channel encroachments or obstructions, <br /> <br />d, Development in flood plains (zoning) <br /> <br />Municipalities and counties in Iowa now have specific <br />statutory authority to zone with respect to flood hazard, Flood <br /> <br />22 <br />