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 fills, bridges, utility lines, float homes, boat garages, and other structures constructed on, in, or above the beds or waters of a navigable lake.
IDL anticipates a high level of public interest in this rulemaking and will be starting negotiations this spring in order to finish negotiations by the summer of 2025. Public meetings will be held regarding the rules. Those wishing to participate in a meeting may do so in person or by Zoom.
2024 Meeting Dates
Sandpoint
When: Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Time: 1 p.m. (PT)
Where: Sandpoint Community Hall
Main Room
204 S. 1st Ave
Sandpoint, Idaho 83864
To attend by Zoom: https://idl.zoom.us/j/82154991676
To attend by telephone call: +1 (669) 444-9171
Meeting ID: 821 5499 1676
Coeur d’Alene
When: Thursday, April 25, 2024
Time: 2 p.m. (PT)
Where: Idaho Department of Lands
Coeur d’Alene Staff Office
Sundance Meeting Room
3284 W. Industrial Loop
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83815
To attend by Zoom: https://idl.zoom.us/j/85790111338
To attend by telephone call: +1 (719) 359-4580
Meeting ID: 857 9011 1338
McCall
When: Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Time: 2 p.m. (MT)
Where: McCall City Hall
American Legion Post 119
216 Park Street
McCall, ID 83638
To attend by Zoom: https://idl.zoom.us/j/83510145645
To attend by telephone call: +1 (669) 219-2599
Meeting ID: 835 1014 5645
Jerome
When: Monday, May 6, 2024
Time: 2 p.m. (MT)
Where: Idaho Department of Lands/Idaho Department of Fish and Game
Jerome Field Office
324 S. 417 E., Suite 2
Jerome, Idaho 83338
To attend by Zoom: https://idl.zoom.us/j/81917084394
To attend by telephone call: +1 (719) 359-4580
Meeting ID: 819 1708 4394
Pocatello
When: Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Time: 2 p.m. (MT)
Where: Idaho Department of Fish and Game
Southeast Regional Office
1345 Barton Road
Pocatello, ID 83204
To attend by Zoom: https://idl.zoom.us/j/89677581551
To attend by telephone call: +1 (346) 248-7799
Meeting ID: 896 7758 1551
Written Comments regarding this negotiated rulemaking will be accepted until June 13, 2025. Please put IDAPA 20.03.04 on the subject line.
How to send your comments:
By email to: rulemaking@idl.idaho.gov
Through our website: Submit a comment
By fax: (208) 334-3698
By mail to:
Idaho Department of Lands – Boise staff office
Attn: Marde Mensinger – Rulemaking
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0050
Information about this rulemaking can be found at
