ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
To 1995 ASSEMBLY BILL 1089
May 7, 1996 - Offered by Joint committee on Finance.
AB1089-ASA1,1,6 1An Act to repeal 101.143 (4) (a) 5.; to amend 101.143 (3) (c) 4., 101.143 (3) (c)
24. and 101.143 (4) (a) 7.; and to create 101.143 (4) (a) 8. and 101.143 (4) (ce) of
3the statutes; relating to: various changes to the petroleum storage remedial
4action program, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures,
5providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures and granting
6rule-making authority.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB1089-ASA1, s. 1 7Section 1. 101.143 (3) (c) 4. of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act
827
, is amended to read:
AB1089-ASA1,1,149 101.143 (3) (c) 4. Receive written approval from the department of natural
10resources or, if the discharge is covered under s. 101.144 (2) (b), from the department
11of commerce that the remedial action activities performed under subd. 3. meet the
12requirements of s. 144.76 unless rules promulgated by the department of natural
13resources provide for an alternate means of certifying that the remedial action
14activities performed under subd. 3. meet the requirements of s. 144.76
.
AB1089-ASA1, s. 2
1Section 2 . 101.143 (3) (c) 4. of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Acts
2227 and .... (this act), is amended to read:
AB1089-ASA1,2,83 101.143 (3) (c) 4. Receive written approval from the department of natural
4resources or, if the discharge is covered under s. 101.144 (2) (b), from the department
5of commerce that the remedial action activities performed under subd. 3. meet the
6requirements of s. 292.11 unless rules promulgated by the department of natural
7resources provide for an alternate means of certifying that the remedial action
8activities performed under subd. 3. meet the requirements of s. 144.76 292.11.
AB1089-ASA1, s. 3 9Section 3. 101.143 (4) (a) 5. of the statutes is repealed.
AB1089-ASA1, s. 4 10Section 4. 101.143 (4) (a) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1089-ASA1,2,1511 101.143 (4) (a) 7. In any fiscal year, the department may not award more than
125% of the amount appropriated under s. 20.445 (1) (v) as awards for petroleum
13product storage systems that are owned by school districts and that are used for
14storing heating oil for consumptive use on the premises where stored and as awards
15for home oil tank systems
.
AB1089-ASA1, s. 5 16Section 5. 101.143 (4) (a) 8. of the statutes is created to read:
AB1089-ASA1,3,217 101.143 (4) (a) 8. If an owner or operator or person owning a home oil tank
18system is conducting approved remedial action activities that were necessitated by
19a petroleum product discharge from a petroleum product storage system or home oil
20tank system and those remedial action activities have not remedied the discharge,
21then the department may approve financial assistance under this section for
22enhancements to the approved remedial action activities or different remedial action
23activities that the department determines will remedy the discharge without
24increasing the overall costs of remedying the discharge. The total amount of an
25original award under this section plus additional financial assistance provided

1under this subdivision is subject to the limits in pars. (d) to (e), (ei) and (em) on
2amounts of awards.
AB1089-ASA1, s. 6 3Section 6. 101.143 (4) (ce) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1089-ASA1,3,84 101.143 (4) (ce) Eligible cost; service providers. 1. The department may
5promulgate rules under which costs incurred because of discharges from petroleum
6product storage systems are not eligible costs under par. (b) unless the owners or
7operators of those petroleum product storage systems obtain service from the same
8service provider approved by the department.
AB1089-ASA1,3,179 2. The department may promulgate rules under which the department selects
10service providers to provide investigation or remedial action services in specified
11areas. The rules may provide that the costs of a service for which the department
12has selected a service provider in an area are not eligible costs under par. (b), or that
13eligible costs are limited to the amount that the selected service provider would have
14charged, if an owner or operator of a petroleum product storage system located in
15that area, or a person owning a home oil tank system located in that area, uses a
16service provider other than the service provider selected by the department to
17perform the services.
AB1089-ASA1, s. 7 18Section 7 . Nonstatutory provisions; commerce.
AB1089-ASA1,4,219 (1)   Additional awards for failed remedial action. The department of
20commerce shall study the implementation of section 101.143 (4) (a) 8. of the statutes,
21as created by this act, with particular attention to the effect of the maximum
22allowable awards under the petroleum environmental cleanup fund award program.
23No later than March 1, 1997, the department shall distribute its report on the study
24to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature, as determined by the
25president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly, in the manner provided

1under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes and to the cochairpersons of the joint
2committee on finance.
AB1089-ASA1,4,33 (2)  Emergency rules.
AB1089-ASA1,4,104 (a)   The department of commerce may use the procedure under section 227.24
5of the statutes to promulgate rules under section 101.143 of the statutes, as affected
6by the laws of 1995. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes,
7the emergency rules may remain in effect for a period not to exceed 2 years.
8Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a) and (2) (b) of the statutes, the department
9need not provide evidence of the necessity of preservation of the public peace, health,
10safety or welfare in promulgating the rules under this paragraph.
AB1089-ASA1,4,1211 (b) The department of commerce may not promulgate emergency rules under
12paragraph (a) after December 31, 1996.
AB1089-ASA1, s. 8 13Section 8 . Nonstatutory provisions; industry, labor and human
relations.
AB1089-ASA1,4,2114 (1)  Emergency rules. Before July 1, 1996, the department of industry, labor
15and human relations may use the procedure under section 227.24 of the statutes to
16promulgate rules under section 101.143 of the statutes, as affected by the laws of
171995. Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes, the emergency
18rules may remain in effect for a period not to exceed 2 years. Notwithstanding section
19227.24 (1) (a) and (2) (b) of the statutes, the department need not provide evidence
20of the necessity of preservation of the public peace, health, safety or welfare in
21promulgating the rules under this subsection.
AB1089-ASA1, s. 9 22Section 9. Effective dates. This act takes effect on July 1, 1996, or on the day
23after publication, whichever is later, except as follows:
AB1089-ASA1,5,2
1(1) The treatment of section 101.143 (4) (a) 5. and 7. of the statutes and Section
28 of this act take effect on the day after publication.
AB1089-ASA1,5,43 (2) The treatment of section 101.143 (3) (c) 4. (by Section 2) of the statutes
4takes effect on January 1, 1997.
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