RG 064 Natural Resources

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State Archives

On July 1, 1986, the Department of Natural Resources was created by combining the Conservation Commission, the Department of Water, Air and Waste Management, the Geological Survey, and part of the Energy Policy Council.  There are two separate commissions within the department with authority to set policy, and adopt rules and standards: the Natural Resources Commission and the Environmental Protection Commission.  

Some or all of these records are available to search in the Iowa History Collections Catalog

The following is a partial list of records from this record group in the holdings of the State Archives:

General
TitleDate Span
Agricultural Operations Permits1928-2002
Agricultural Operations Permits, Pictures1975-1999
Air Facility Stack Test1996-1997
Air Quality Facility Files1971-1994
Construction Grant Needs Survey1996-2008
Construction Grant Programs1976-1997
Construction Permits1979-1997
Construction Project Files, Contracts1970-1993
Contaminated Sites (Confidential)Undated
County Conservation Board Land Acquisitions1930-1988
Departmental Policies and Procedures1972-1986
Emergency Response1998
Executive Correspondence1970-2007
Facility Plans2000-2006
Federal/State Programs and Projects1985-2008
Flood Plain Permits1957-2001
Geological Research, Gold Mines in Iowa1880-1962
Groundwater Hazardous Statements1999-2000
Groundwater Protection Plan Strategy1968-1992
Hazardous Substance Incidents (Spill Files)1976-1996, 2001-2003
Hazardous Waste Facility Site Licenses1987-1991
Hazardous Waste Management1971-2001
History of State Parks and Fish & Game Data, Pictures, Newspaper Articles and Civil Conservation CorpProjects1900s
Information and Education Programs1973-1986
Land and Water Conservation Fund Federal Grants1967-1997
Landfills1985-1997
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks1974-2006
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks, Pictures1986-2003
Legislative Liaison1973-1988, 2009
Mill DamsUndated
Minutes - Department of Environmental Quality, Transition Team 
Minutes - Energy Fund Disbursement Council1990-1992
Minutes - Energy Fund Distribution Council1990-1992
Minutes - Environmental Protection Commission1986-1999
Minutes - Monthly Contested Case Reports, Monthly Attorney General Reports 
Minutes - Natural Resources Commission1973-1993
Minutes - Natural Resources Commission (Closed Sessions)1977-1985
Minutes - Natural Resources Commission Hearings1961-1977
Minutes - Natural Resources Council1996-1998
Minutes - State Preserves Advisory Board1965-1994
Minutes - Statewide Policy Advisory Committee1980-1982
Natural Resources Land Inventory1985
Photographs, Directors1935-1983
Plan Use Planning1966-1979
Press Releases 
Program Planning and Project Development1972-2001
Project Files, State-Owned Lands and Water1904-1991
River Basin Duties1980-1986, Undated
Solid Waste Comprehensive Planning1982-1998
Solid Waste Permitted Facility Files1972-1995
Solid Waste, Photographs1970-1992
Sovereign Land Jurisdiction1964-2004
Sovereign Land Jurisdiction, Photographs1994-1999
Spill and Groundwater Remediation Projects1992-1999
State Land Acquisition Records1900-1998
State Park Management1915-1997
State Park Management, Photographs of Parks and Preserves1907-1979
State Water Plan1977-1980
Stormwater, Facilities1991-2001
Sulfur Oxide, Modeling Study1974-1980
Super Fund Site Files1976-2004
Toxic Clean-Up Days1990-1994
Treatment Agreements1996-2000
Uncontrolled Sites1928-2001
Uncontrolled Sites, Photographs1951-1997
Underground Storage Tanks, Photographs1992-2008
Waster Facility Files, Photographs1974-2009
Wastewater Facility Files1951-2005
Wastewater Facility Specifications1976-2008, Undated
Water Quality Planning1979-1993
Water Resources Regulation, Construction Permits1964-1992
Water Supply Facility Files1967-2002
Water Supply Plans and Preliminary Reports1996-2009
Water Supply Specifications1996-2001
Waterways and Lakes, Saylorville Study1968-1987