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Iowa Code § 479.1 (2026)

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It is the purpose of the general assembly in enacting this law to confer upon the utilities commission the power and authority to supervise the transportation or transmission of any solid, liquid, or gaseous substance, except water, within or through this state by pipeline, whether specifically mentioned in this chapter or not, and the power and authority to supervise the underground storage of gas, to protect the safety and welfare of the public in its use of public or private highways, grounds, waters, and streams of any kind in this state. However, this chapter does not apply to interstate natural gas or hazardous liquid pipelines, pipeline companies, and underground storage, as these terms are defined in chapters 479A and 479B. [C35, §8338-f14; C39, §8338.22; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §490.1; C77, 79, 81, §479.1] 88 Acts, ch 1074, §27; 95 Acts, ch 192, §5; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1987–2024 · leading case: Summit Carbon Solutions, LLC v. Kent Kasischke (Iowa 2024).
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Summit Carbon Solutions, LLC v. Kent Kasischke (Iowa 2024). · cites it 4× “See Iowa Code § 479.1 (1991) (explaining the purpose of the statute is the provide administrative power to supervise pipelines generally except for water and interstate natural gas pipelines).”
Summit Carbon Solutions, LLC v. Kent Kasischke (Iowa 2024). · cites it 4× “See Iowa Code § 479.1 (1991) (explaining the purpose of the statute is the provide administrative power to supervise pipelines generally except for water and interstate natural gas pipelines).”
ANR Pipeline Co. v. Iowa State Com. Comm'n, 828 F.2d 465 (8th Cir. 1987). “The statute gives the Commission the authority to supervise both intrastate and interstate transportation of natural gas by pipeline, and is designed “to protect the safety and welfare of the public____” Iowa Code Ann. § 479.1 (West Supp.1987). The statute requires pipeline…”
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