(Boise, Idaho) Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) is conducting negotiated rulemaking for IDAPA 20.03.09 – Easements on State-Owned Submerged Lands and Formerly Submerged Lands

The rulemaking will be conducted in accordance with the Governor’s Executive Order 2020-01, Zero-Based Regulation.

There are 30 owned state-owned navigable rivers that stretch for 2,500 miles, 61 state-owned navigable lakes covering 183,000 acres and 118 active easements across navigable waterways. The current fee for an easement is $300. The current cost to process an application for an easement is $479, which only incudes personnel cost, not overhead expenses.

Goals of the rulemaking are to simplify language, reduce total word count and restrictive words, and adjust fees to cover the actual costs of processing applications.

The following public meetings have been scheduled and the public may join in person, by telephone or by Zoom web conference.

Wednesday, April 28, 2021
10 a.m. (MT)
Idaho Department of Lands
Garnet Conference Rooms
300 N.6th Street, Suite 103
Boise, ID 83702

Wednesday, May 5, 2021
10 a.m. (MT)
Idaho Department of Lands
Garnet Conference Rooms
300 N.6th Street, Suite 103
Boise, ID 83702

For more information about these or any additional meetings that may be scheduled, visit the IDL website at: https://www.idl.idaho.gov/rulemaking/docket-20-0309-2101.

Written comments may be submitted to rulemaking@idl.idaho.gov or by mail to IDAPA 20.03.09, Idaho Department of Lands, P.O. Box 83720, Boise, ID 83720.

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Media Contact: Sharla Arledge | PIO | 208-334-0286 | pio@idl.idaho.gov