RG 095 Water, Air and Waste Management

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The Department of Water, Air and Waste Management was created by the 69th General Assembly in 1982 with the responsibility of improving and maintaining the quality of water, air, and land resources in Iowa. The act also created a commission responsible for determining the departments policies and procedures and developing departmental programs. The Department was integrated into the Department of Natural Resources in 1986. The following is a partial list of records series in from this record group in the holdings of the State Archives:

General
TitleDate Span
Administrative Waivers - Natural Resources Council1963-1977
Administrative Waivers - Water, Air and Waste Management1978-1983
Agency Letters to Editor1976
Completed Investigations1964-1975
Construction Grants Programs1973-1980
Council Orders1953-1983
County Conservation Boards, Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plans1975-1992
Executive Correspondence1974-1988
Federal/State Programs and Projects1972-1982
Flood Plain Permits, Milldams1924-1986
Flood Plain PhotographsUndated
Hazardous Material Planning1970-1978
Hazardous Substance Incidents (Spill Files)1970-1975
Hazardous Waste Management1975-1984
Hearings1957-1983, Undated
Information and Educational Programs1961, 1975-1981, Undated
Landfills1973-1975
Legislative Liaison1967-1984
Legislative Proposals1977-1978
Litigation, Water Quality1959-1980
Milldams, Miscellaneous Lowhead Dam Files1925-1949
Minutes - Air Quality Commission 
Minutes - Energy Policy Council1981-1986
Minutes - Environmental Protection Commission1982
Minutes - Environmental Quality Commission1981-1983
Minutes - Environmental Quality Transition Team1982
Minutes - IMPACT1985
Minutes - Natural Resources Council1953-1983
Minutes - Rules and Standards Committee1983-1986
Minutes - Solid Waste Commission1975
Minutes - Water, Air and Waste Management1983-1986
Minutes - Water, Air and Waste Management, Closed Executive Session1981-1984
Multiple Permit Applications1977-1984
Priority List, Environmental Quality1957-1980
Program Planning and Project Development1964-1985
Radiation Planning1977-1984
Speeches1974-1977
State Implementation Plans, Plant and Regulatory Information 
Wastewater, Closed Facility Files1940-1980
Wastewater, Closed Legal Files1954-1975
Wastewater, Facility Files1973-1981
Wastewater, Facility Plans1966-1979
Wastewater, Preliminary Reports1968-1980
Wastewater, Sewage (Closed)1966-1981
Wastewater, Sewage Inventories1941-1956
Water Supply, Closed Facility FilesUndated
Water Supply, Preliminary Reports1974-1980
Water Supply, Railroad Files1940-1976
Water Supply, School Files1940-1976
Watershed Files1949-1986