# Idaho Code § 39-102A: 39-102A LEGISLATIVE INTENT IN CREATING DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

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## Section

- **Citation:** Idaho Code § 39-102A
- **Heading:** 39-102A LEGISLATIVE INTENT IN CREATING DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
- **Jurisdiction:** Idaho
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Idaho Code / Title 39 / Chapter 1 / Section 39-102A

## Text

39-102A. Legislative intent in creating department of environmental quality. The legislature finds and declares that:

(1) The creation and establishment of the department of environmental quality to protect human health and the environment as its sole mission is in the public's interest;

(2) That protecting environmental values including, but not limited to, clean air, water and soil, reducing or eliminating environmental pollution arising from human activities, ensuring the proper treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous wastes and ensuring the proper cleanup and restoration of existing natural resources are vital interests of the state of Idaho;

(3) That it is in the interest of the state and its citizens to establish a department of environmental quality to carry out programs to protect human health and the environment, to enforce environmental laws and develop pollution prevention, compliance assistance and other environmental incentive programs;

(4) That the goals to protect human health and the environment can be best achieved by vesting responsibility for environmental protection as specified herein in a state department which has as its sole mission, protection for human health and the environment for the state of Idaho and its residents; and

(5) The legislature further intends that environmental quality programs be promulgated and managed such that the benefits of pollution control measures have a reasonable relationship to the public health costs, private property rights, environmental, economic and energy impacts of such measures, provided that this section does not require the preparation of any economic, environmental or other statement.

History:

[39-102A, added 2000, ch. 132, sec. 4, p. 314; am. 2025, ch. 47, sec. 5, p. 224.]

## Nearby sections

- [Idaho Code § 39-101 39-101 SHORT TITLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C1_S39-101.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-102 39-102 STATE POLICY ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C1_S39-102.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-102A 39-102A LEGISLATIVE INTENT IN CREATING DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C1_S39-102A.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-103 39-103 DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C1_S39-103.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-104 39-104 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY — CREATION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C1_S39-104.md)
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- [Idaho Code § 39-106 39-106 DIRECTOR — ADDITIONAL POWERS AND DUTIES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C1_S39-106.md)
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- [Idaho Code § 39-107B 39-107B DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FUND.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C1_S39-107B.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-107C 39-107C ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TRUST FUND ESTABLISHED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C1_S39-107C.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-107D 39-107D RULES OF DEPARTMENT OR BOARD.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C1_S39-107D.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-108 39-108 INVESTIGATION — INSPECTION — RIGHT OF ENTRY — VIOLATION — ENFORCEMENT — PENALTY — INJUNCTIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C1_S39-108.md)

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