The Natural Resources Commission will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to Chapter 13, Permits and Easements for Construction and Other Activities on Public Lands and Waters. The proposed amendment rescinds the existing chapter and adopts a new one. The new rules clarify the process that the Department of Natural Resources will utilize in evaluating applications for construction permits, easements, and leases; describe standards and criteria that must be met to receive a construction permit, easement, or lease; establish definitions of sovereign waters; define inspection procedures; impose civil penalties, as allowed by the Iowa Code, for failure to comply with the rules; and amend the appeals process for applications that are denied according to the standards and criteria. The hearing will be January 8, 2009. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/aspx/ACODOCS/DOCS/12-17-2008.Bulletin.pdf pp. 1426-38.