# General information. **Citation:** 199 IAC 10.1 **Type / status:** regulation / current **Agency:** Iowa Utilities Commission **Effective:** 2025-07-16 **Published:** 2026-08-19 10.1(1) Purpose and authority. The purpose of this chapter is to implement the requirements in Iowa Code chapter 479 and to establish procedures and filing requirements for a permit to construct, maintain, and operate an intrastate gas pipeline; for an amendment to an existing permit; and for renewa ## Document text 10.1(1) Purpose and authority. The purpose of this chapter is to implement the requirements in Iowa Code chapter 479 and to establish procedures and filing requirements for a permit to construct, maintain, and operate an intrastate gas pipeline; for an amendment to an existing permit; and for renewal of an existing permit. This chapter also implements the requirements in Iowa Code chapter 479 for permits for underground storage of natural gas. 10.1(2) When a permit is required. A pipeline permit is required for any pipeline that will operate at a pressure in excess of 150 pounds per square inch gauge (psig) or that, regardless of operating pressure, is a transmission line as defined in American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) B31.8 or 49 CFR 192.3. 10.1(3) Definitions. Technical terms not defined in this chapter are defined in the appropriate standard adopted in rule 199-10.10(479). For the administration and interpretation of this chapter, the following words and terms have the following meanings: "Affected person" means any person with a legal right or recorded interest in the property, including but not limited to a landowner, a contract purchaser of record, a person possessing the property under a lease, a record lienholder, and a record encumbrancer of the property. "Amendment of permit" means that changes to the pipeline permit or pipeline require the filing of a petition to amend an existing pipeline permit as described in rule 199-10.8(479). "Approximate right angle" means within 5 degrees of a 90-degree angle. "CFR" means the Code of Federal Regulations in effect as of July 16, 2025. "County inspector" means a professional engineer licensed under Iowa Code chapter 542B who is familiar with agricultural and environmental inspection requirements and has been employed by a county board of supervisors to do an on-site inspection of a proposed pipeline for compliance with 199-Chapter 9 and Iowa Code chapter 479. "Gathering line" means a natural gas pipeline that transports gas from a current production facility to a transmission line or main as interpreted by 49 CFR 192.8. "Multiple line crossing" means a point at which a proposed pipeline will either cross over or under an existing pipeline. "Negotiating" means contact between a pipeline company and a person with authority to negotiate an easement that involves the location, damages, compensation, or other matter that is prohibited by Iowa Code section 479.5(5). Contact for purposes of obtaining addresses and other contact information from a landowner or tenant is not considered negotiation. "Permit" means a new, amended, or renewed permit issued by the commission. "Person" means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. 10.1(4) Railroad crossings. Where these rules call for the consent or other showing of right from a railroad for a railroad crossing, an affidavit filed by a petitioner that states proper application for approval of railroad crossing has been made, a one-time crossing fee has been paid as provided for in 199-Chapter 42, and 35 days have passed since mailing of the application and payment with no claim of special circumstance or objection from the railroad will be accepted as a showing of consent for the crossing. ## Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `ia-legislature-pipeline-safety` - SHA-256: `a1f25e4097906d3ac8e61dc509df738a9dd18aa0732fd1fccbb483435f11fb46` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T08:18:15.682Z - Exported: 2026-08-22T11:24:39.937Z - Document slug: `ia-iac-199-10-1` ### Source metadata ```json { "jurisdiction": "US-IA", "chapter": "199 IAC chapter 10", "exactScope": "This bounded corpus contains every current rule in 199 IAC chapters 10 and 19, the two chapters identified by the Iowa Utilities Commission pipeline-safety page, plus 15 selected Iowa Code sections that directly establish gas-utility applicability, inspection and rulemaking authority, enforcement, penalties, and acceptance of federal pipeline-safety aid. It does not claim all Iowa pipeline law or all of Iowa Code chapters 476 and 479.", "excludedScope": "Excluded are hazardous-liquid safety (which the IUC says remains exclusively with PHMSA), hazardous-liquid permitting in 199 IAC chapter 13 and Iowa Code chapter 479B, damage prevention and one-call law, agricultural restoration chapter 9, railroad-crossing chapter 42, general procedure and filing chapters, permits/orders/forms, privately owned propane service, and federal or private incorporated text. Former 199 IAC chapter 12 is inventoried as repealed and is not searchable.", "applicabilityCaveat": "Applicability depends on IUC jurisdiction, public-utility or pipeline-company status, intrastate versus interstate status, the gas and facility involved, customer count, rate regulation, exemptions, federal preemption, waivers, permits, tariffs, and Commission orders. Iowa inspects interstate gas operators only as PHMSA's agent; federal authorities retain enforcement. Chapter 19 is limited to rate-regulated gas utilities except where another law or order extends a duty.", "incorporationCaveat": "The rules incorporate or reference 49 CFR Parts 191, 192, 193, and 199; ASME B31.8-2022; NFPA 59-2024, NFPA 54-2024, and NFPA 501A-2021; other Iowa rules and statutes; federal forms and interpretations; and utility tariffs. The connector records citations but does not reproduce incorporated federal or private material, decide which edition controls beyond the state text, or grant rights in private standards.", "publicationCaveat": "The current IAC chapter listings dated August 5, 2026 are used to prove chapter and rule inventory; their official PDF and DOCX-formatted 'RTF' artifacts are archived independently. The official 2026 Iowa Code was published December 22, 2025. The live 2026 Code & Acts Sections Amended report is provisional; signed HF 2799 sections 23 and 24, effective July 1, 2026, are preserved as overlays to selected sections 476.1B and 476.2. Any unexpected selected-section amendment causes refresh failure.", "rights": "Iowa legal text and other government edicts are preserved with official attribution and cryptographic provenance. Public access does not grant rights in agency seals, website presentation, forms, utility filings, incorporated federal compilations, or privately authored standards; redistribution of those materials requires a separate rights review.", "references": [ { "citation": "49 CFR 192.3", "referenceType": "code-of-federal-regulations" }, { "citation": "49 CFR 192.8", "referenceType": "code-of-federal-regulations" }, { "citation": "Iowa Code 479", "referenceType": "iowa-code" }, { "citation": "Iowa Code 542B", "referenceType": "iowa-code" }, { "citation": "Iowa Code 479.5", "referenceType": "iowa-code" }, { "citation": "199 IAC 10.10", "referenceType": "iowa-administrative-code" }, { "citation": "199 IAC 10.8", "referenceType": "iowa-administrative-code" }, { "citation": "199 IAC 9", "referenceType": "iowa-administrative-code" }, { "citation": "199 IAC 42", "referenceType": "iowa-administrative-code" } ], "sourceHistory": "[ARC 9348C, IAB 6/11/25, effective 7/16/25]", "region": "IA" } ```