# Notice of hearing. **Citation:** 199 IAC 10.4 **Type / status:** regulation / current **Agency:** Iowa Utilities Commission **Effective:** 2025-07-16 **Published:** 2026-08-19 10.4(1) When a petition for permit is filed with the commission, the petition is reviewed by commission staff for compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Once commission staff has completed the review and filed a report regarding the proposed pipeline and petition, the petition is set for h ## Document text 10.4(1) When a petition for permit is filed with the commission, the petition is reviewed by commission staff for compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Once commission staff has completed the review and filed a report regarding the proposed pipeline and petition, the petition is set for hearing. This subrule does not apply to renewal petitions filed pursuant to rule 199-10.7(479) that do not require a hearing. 10.4(2) The pipeline company will be furnished copies of the official notice of hearing, which the pipeline company shall cause to be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in or through which construction is proposed. The second publication shall be not less than 10 nor more than 30 days prior to the date of the hearing. Proof of such publication shall be filed prior to the hearing. 10.4(3) The published notice shall include a map showing either the pipeline route or the area affected by underground gas storage, or a telephone number and an address through which interested persons may obtain a copy of a map from the pipeline company at no charge. If a map other than that filed as Exhibit B will be published or provided, a copy shall be filed with the petition. 10.4(4) If a petition for permit seeks the right of eminent domain, the pipeline company shall, in addition to the published notice of hearing, serve a copy of the notice of hearing on the landowners and any affected person with interest in the property over which eminent domain is sought. A copy of the Exhibit H filed with the commission for the affected property shall accompany the notice. Service shall be by certified United States mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the person's last-known address, and mailed no later than the first day of publication of the official notice of hearing on the petition. Not less than five days prior to the date of the hearing, the petitioner shall file with the commission a certificate of service showing all persons and addresses to which notice was sent by certified mail and the date of the mailing, and an affidavit that any affected person as defined in subrule 10.1(3) was served. 10.4(5) If a petition does not seek the right of eminent domain but all required interests in private property have not yet been obtained at the time the petition is filed, a copy of the notice of hearing shall be served upon any affected person as defined in subrule 10.1(3). Service shall be by ordinary mail, addressed to the last-known address, mailed no later than the first day of publication of the official notice. A copy of each letter of notification, or one copy of the letter accompanied by a written statement listing all persons to which the notice was mailed, the date of mailing, and an affidavit that all affected persons were served, shall be filed with the commission not less than five days prior to the hearing. ## Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `ia-legislature-pipeline-safety` - SHA-256: `cadc26f6d40a73bc3ac7b8c304eead3c663b3b4162a78ae29615833c5431da49` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T08:17:15.771Z - Exported: 2026-08-23T02:09:58.136Z - Document slug: `ia-iac-199-10-4` ### 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. 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