Rulemaking for IDAPA 20.03.04

Docket 20-0304-2401

Purpose of Rule

The Idaho Department of Lands (Department) manages IDAPA 20.03.04 Rules for the Regulation of Beds, Waters and Airspace Over Navigable Lakes in Idaho pursuant to Title 58, Chapters 1 and 13, Idaho Code. This rule protects the state’s navigable lakes by setting standards for encroachments. By regulating encroachments, this rule protects property, navigation, fish and wildlife habitat, aquatic life, recreation, aesthetic beauty, and water quality.

Encroachments include docks, marinas, piers, buoys, pilings, breakwaters, boat ramps, and other facilities used to support watercraft, as well as landfills, bridges, utility lines, float homes, boat garages, and other structures constructed on, in, or above the beds or waters of a navigable lake.

Following Executive Order 2020-01, Zero-Based Regulation this rule chapter is scheduled for a comprehensive review in 2025 with the goal of simplifying the rules for increase clarity and ease of use. IDL anticipates a high level of public interest in this rulemaking and recommends starting negotiations this spring in order to finish negotiations by the summer of 2025.

Current Status

Negotiated rulemaking will continue with the publication of the Second Notice of Intent in the Idaho Administrative Bulletin, April 2, 2025, pages 36-38.

A Draft #2 of the Negotiated Rule Text is now available for public review. We invite the public to submit written comments by June 13, 2025.

Negotiated Rulemaking

Negotiated rulemaking is a process in which all interested parties and the agency seek consensus on the content of a rule. Public meetings are an opportunity for all interested persons to discuss possible changes to the rule, and the public may also submit written comments.

Written Comment Deadline: 6/13/2025

Second Notice of Intent to Promulgate Rules – Negotiated rulemaking, Idaho Administrative Bulletin Vol. 25-4, April 2, 2025, pages 36-38

Notice of Intent to Promulgate Rules – Negotiated rulemaking, Idaho Administrative Bulletin Vol. 24-4, April 3, 2024, pages 29–31

Land Board Memo 2/20/2024 – Approval to initiate negotiated rulemaking.
Zero-Based Prospective Analysis – 2/23/2024

2025 Public Meetings

2024 Public Meetings

Written Comments

Draft Rule Changes

Research Materials

2025 Public Meetings

2024 Public Meetings

Written Comments

Draft Rule Changes

Research Materials

Submit Written Comments

How to send your comments:

Through our website: Submit a comment

By mail to:
Idaho Department of Lands
Attn: Marde Mensinger – Rulemaking
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0050

Fax: (208) 334-3698

By email to: rulemaking@idl.idaho.gov

If you have a hughes.net email address, we might have difficulty receiving your email and encourage you to send your comments by postal mail or by using our online comment form

Contact

Marde Mensinger
Navigable Waterways Program Manager
(208) 334-0248
MMensinger@idl.idaho.gov