Subject Index

environmental protection Environmental protection, see also Air pollution; Mine and mining; Natural resource; Petroleum; Radiation; Sanitation and sewerage management; Soil and soil conservation; Solid waste management; Water — Pollution; Wetland

Blight elimination and slum clearance authority clarified; definition of ``blighted area" expanded re ``environmental pollution" [Sec. 1622-1630; original bill only]  - AB133

Blight elimination and slum clearance authority clarified; definition of ``blighted area" expanded re ``environmental pollution" [Sec. 1622-1630] -  SB45

``Blighted area" definition broadened -  AB183

Brownfield law revisions re protections for local governmental units, land recycling loan program, development zone tax credit, and certain TIF districts and groundwater contamination cases -  SB394

Brownfield redevelopment and blight elimination: community development block grant program expanded [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2929f, g] -  AB133

Brownfield remediation and redevelopment efforts: reports required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2611d]  - AB133

Brownfield site assessment grant program created [Sec. 333, 710, 2649, 9136 (2); A.Sub.Amdt.1: underground storage tank definition expanded re hazardous substance, deletes 710] - AB133

Brownfield site assessment grant program created [Sec. 333, 710, 2649, 9136 (2)] -  SB45

Brownfields case studies by U.W. Madison Department of urban and regional planning and the La Follette Institute of public affairs [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9154 (2m)]  - AB133

Brownfields cleanup in the city of Kenosha: grant provided [Conf.Amdt.1 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 212d, 9110 (8gm)]  - AB133

Brownfields grant program changes re groundwater contamination [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 195c, 212c, 2937r-2948c; Conf.Amdt.1: program revisions, 2939n, 9310 (6bn), deletes 212c, 2938m, 2946m] -  AB133

Brownfields grant program created re employment of low-income persons [Sec. 195, 206, 212, 1328, 2938-2951; original bill only] -  AB133

Brownfields grant program created re employment of low-income persons [Sec. 195, 206, 212, 1328, 2938-2951]  - SB45

Brownfields: incentives for cleaning up and redeveloping areawide sites [Sec. 2570, 2571] -  AB133

Brownfields: incentives for cleaning up and redeveloping areawide sites [Sec. 2570, 2571] -  SB45

Brownfields redevelopment by DOT [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1820m, 1830g, 1854m, 1855L; Conf.Amdt.1: further revisions, 1830gd, deletes 1830g] -  AB133

Clean-up liability exemption for local government re land acquired through escheat and other means; certain exemption eliminated [Sec. 2573-2575, 2577, 2579, 2580, 2602]  - AB133

Clean-up liability exemption for local government re land acquired through escheat and other means; certain exemption eliminated [Sec. 2573-2575, 2577, 2579, 2580, 2602]  - SB45

Contaminated lands which are tax delinquent: transfer from county to city, village or town; county to charge back amount of canceled taxes [Sec. 1805, 1806, 9343 (13), (14); Conf.Amdt.1 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: canceled tax provision removed, deletes 1805, 9343 (14)] - AB133

Contaminated lands which are tax delinquent: transfer from county to city, village or town; county to charge back amount of canceled taxes [Sec. 1805, 1806, 9343 (13), (14)]  - SB45

Contaminated property acquired by local government: definition and exemption expanded [Sec. 2572, 2576, 2578, 2581, 2610] -  AB133

Contaminated property acquired by local government: definition and exemption expanded [Sec. 2572, 2576, 2578, 2581, 2610] -  SB45

Contaminated property: applicability of local governmental unit negotiation and cost-recovery process expanded  - AB708

Contaminated property: applicability of local governmental unit negotiation and cost-recovery process expanded  - SB356

Contaminated transportation construction zones: DNR and DOT memorandum of understanding [Sec. 9136 (8); original bill only] -  AB133

Contaminated transportation construction zones: DNR and DOT memorandum of understanding [Sec. 9136 (8)]  - SB45

Contamination that migrates off-site: voluntary party and local government liability exemption [Sec. 2587, 2588]  - AB133

Contamination that migrates off-site: voluntary party and local government liability exemption [Sec. 2587, 2588]  - SB45

Development zone programs tax benefits combined; number of projects under enterprise development zone program increased, environmental remediation permitted [Sec. 2999, 3007, 3009-3012, 3014; A.Sub.Amdt.1: consolidation removed, deletes 3007, 3014] -  AB133

Development zone programs tax benefits combined; number of projects under enterprise development zone program increased, environmental remediation permitted [Sec. 2999, 3007, 3009-3012, 3014] -  SB45

Development zones program: tax credits for job creation [Sec. 1709, 1743, 1756, 3001-3005, 9310 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: credit for environmental remediation does not have to include job creation, 3004m, 3005m] -  AB133

Dry cleaner environmental response program: exemption for formal wear rental firms [Sec. 1818, 2614; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, ``formal wear" definition, 1818c, cm, d, L, 2614-2614g, 9436 (8c)] -  AB133

Dry cleaner environmental response program: exemption for formal wear rental firms [Sec. 1818, 2614]  - SB45

Dry cleaner environmental response program fraud [Sec. 2644, 2647, 2650-2652] -  AB133

Dry cleaner environmental response program fraud [Sec. 2644, 2647, 2650-2652] -  SB45

Dry cleaner environmental response program revisions and property tax exemption for equipment and chemicals  - AB937

Dry cleaner environmental response program revisions re eligibility, remedial action, reimburseable costs, license and solvent fee for closed facility, insurance claims, fund reimbursement and immediate action activities [Sec. 332, 711, 716, 2615-2643, 2645, 2646; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, insurance claims, action revisions, 1818d-h, 2569r, 2636g, 2641g, m, 2645m, p, 2681k, 2682m, 9343 (23w), deletes 2623-2626, 2630, 2633, 2635, 2645; Conf.Amdt.1: insurance claim revisions, deletes 2628, 2642]  - AB133

Dry cleaner environmental response program revisions re eligibility, remedial action, reimburseable costs, license and solvent fee for closed facility, insurance claims, fund reimbursement and immediate action activities [Sec. 332, 711, 716, 2615-2643, 2645, 2646] -  SB45

Environmental audits: privilege created for voluntary compliance; civil or criminal penalty immunity for disclosure of certain environmental law violations; report required  - AB356

Environmental cost recovery by local governments [Sec. 2612] - AB133

Environmental cost recovery by local governments [Sec. 2612] - SB45

Environmental law enforcement training: seminar, video and report required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9158 (8c)]  - AB133

Environmental remediation TID: membership of joint review board clarified [Sec. 1635] -  AB133

Environmental remediation TID: membership of joint review board clarified [Sec. 1635] -  SB45

Environmental remediation TIF program modified [Sec. 1632-1634, 1636, 9358 (2); A.Sub.Amdt.1: revisions re financing, insurance, costs, certification period, eligible expenditures, DNR approval of action plan and cost recovery from discharger, 1634c, 1635c, m, 1636e, deletes 1633; Conf.Amdt.1: further revisions, 1634a, 1636s, u, deletes 1634, 1635c, m]  - AB133

Environmental remediation TIF program modified [Sec. 1632-1634, 1636, 9358 (2)] -  SB45

Hazardous materials transportation registration fee eliminated [Sec. 354, 1853, 2303, 9250 (2)] - AB133

Hazardous materials transportation registration fee eliminated [Sec. 354, 1853, 2303, 9250 (2)] - SB45

Hazardous pollution prevention duities of DNR, Comm.Dept and U.W. system expanded to promote pollution prevention [Sec. 891, 2670-2680, 2965-2973] - AB133

Hazardous pollution prevention duities of DNR, Comm.Dept and U.W. system expanded to promote pollution prevention [Sec. 891, 2670-2680, 2965-2973] - SB45

Hazardous substance release: voluntary party liability exemption [Sec. 2586] -  AB133

Hazardous substance release: voluntary party liability exemption [Sec. 2586] -  SB45

Hazardous substance spill cleanup: DNR to report [Sec. 2611]  - AB133

Hazardous substance spill cleanup: DNR to report [Sec. 2611]  - SB45

Hazardous substance storage tank: groundwater fee applied [Sec. 1973-1975, 1976, 1979] -  AB133

Hazardous substance storage tank: groundwater fee applied [Sec. 1973-1975, 1976, 1979] -  SB45

Hazardous waste generator fee revision [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2569n, 9336 (1k)] -  AB133

Hazardous waste management: proposed legislation re local governmental unit negotiation and cost recovery; ``umpire" provision [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9136 (6g)]  - AB133

Land recycling loan for the city of Kenosha [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9136 (4x)] -  AB133

Land recycling loan program modified [Sec. 2508, 2513-2517, 2519, 2520] -  AB133

Land recycling loan program modified [Sec. 2508, 2513-2517, 2519, 2520] -  SB45

Landfill or hazardous waste facility siting committee membership revised [Sec. 2569; original bill only]  - AB133

Landfill or hazardous waste facility siting committee membership revised -  AB467

Landfill or hazardous waste facility siting committee membership revised [Sec. 2569] -  SB45

Level A emergency response teams: reimbursement from DEM revised -  SB208

Level A hazardous materials response team in La Crosse county [Conf.Amdt.1 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2303b]  - AB133

Local emergency response teams re certain hazardous substance releases: providing WC benefits - AB787

Local emergency response teams re certain hazardous substance releases: providing WC benefits - SB416

MacKenzie environmental center staffing [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 671n] -  AB133

Municipal household hazardous waste disposal program: DNR may not use funds in trust fund established re Eau Claire county circuit court case 97 CF 657 [Conf.Amdt.1 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9136 (11m)] -  AB133

Nelson, Gaylord: service to the environment and the people of Wisconsin commended -  AJR62

Onsite contamination source liability exemption [Conf.Amdt.1 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2581r, w] - AB133

PCB-contaminated sediment disposal: indemnification agreements with city of Oshkosh and Winnebago county [Sec. 311, 2648; original bill only] -  AB133

PCB-contaminated sediment disposal: indemnification agreements with city of Oshkosh and Winnebago county [Sec. 311, 2648] -  SB45

PCB-contaminated sediments and leachate: indemnification agreements [Conf.Amdt.1 to A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 311a, 2648c] - AB133

PCB disposal: public meeting requirement [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2569h] -  AB133

Sustainable urban development zone program created; brownfield provisions; pilot program for certain cities; transportation planning [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 332e, 1684d, 1709c, 1719g, m, 1722bd, 1740c, 1743d, 1747m, 1748bm, 1749k, 1756h, 1760q, 2649h, 9150 (3v), 9343 (22c); Conf.Amdt.1: city of Beloit added, 332m] -  AB133

Tax foreclosure action re brownfields: county may assign right to judgment to a person -  AB871

Tax foreclosure action re brownfields: county may assign right to judgment to a person -  SB449

Transportation project environmental protection: DOT/DNR cooperation expanded [Sec. 792] - AB133

Transportation project environmental protection: DOT/DNR cooperation expanded [Sec. 792] - SB45

Vehicle environmental impact fee [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2734hg] - AB133

Voluntary party definition revised [Sec. 2584, 2590, 2600, 2601, 2603; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revision, deletes 2590]  - AB133

Voluntary party definition revised [Sec. 2584, 2590, 2600, 2601, 2603] -  SB45

Voluntary party liability exemption re discharge discovered after second investigation [Sec. 2595, 2598, 2605]  - AB133

Voluntary party liability exemption re discharge discovered after second investigation [Sec. 2595, 2598, 2605]  - SB45

Wisconsin development reserve fund transfer to environmental fund; brownfields program loan guarantee authority reduced [Sec. 708, 2388, 9225 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: brownfields provision removed, deletes 2388] -  AB133

Wisconsin development reserve fund transfer to environmental fund; brownfields program loan guarantee authority reduced [Sec. 708, 2388, 9225 (1)] -  SB45