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<br />49 <br /> <br /> <br />o () 08 U 4 <br /> <br />POLICY <br /> <br />1. Centralization vs, Decentralization <br /> <br />Water management functions in Iowa are assigned primarily <br />to a single state agency, the Iowa Natural Resources Council, <br />which functions to coordinate water and related land resources <br />projects throughout the state, Coordination by the Council <br />includes: <br /> <br />a, Administration of the water use permit system, <br /> <br />b, Responsibility for the establishment and <br />enforcement of a comprehensive statewide plan for the control, <br />utilization and protection of the water resources of the State, <br /> <br />c, Representing the state on all comprehensive <br />water resources planning groups for which state participation <br />is provided, <br /> <br />d, Representing the interests of the State in <br />reviewing and commenting on Federal water resources Projects <br />affecting the state. <br /> <br />e, Entering into negotiations and agreements with <br />the Federal government with regard to Federal water resources <br />project, <br /> <br />1'. Representing the interests of the State on the <br />coordinating committees for the two Federal comprehensive <br />basin surveys underway in Iowa. <br /> <br />g, Responsibility for the establishment and <br />enforcement of appropriate regulations governing flood plain <br />developments, <br /> <br />2, Home Rule Concept <br /> <br />Local governmental units in Iowa have possessed only those <br />powers expressly granted by State statute or necessarily <br />implied to effectuate powers expressly delegated, However, <br />a constitutional amendment providing a large measure of <br />