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1281.61 (5) (a) After the department approves a local governmental unit's an
2engineering report submitted under sub. (4), the local governmental unit or private
3owner of a community water system or nonprofit noncommunity water system
shall
4submit an application for safe drinking water financial assistance to the department.
5The applicant shall submit the application on or before the June 30 preceding the
6beginning of the fiscal year in which the applicant wishes to receive the financial
7assistance, except that if funds are available in a fiscal year after funding has been
8allocated under sub. (8) for all approved applications submitted before the June 30
9preceding that fiscal year, the department of administration may allocate funding for
10approved applications submitted after June 30. The application shall be in the form
11and include the information required by the department and the department of
12administration and shall include plans and specifications that are approvable by the
13department under this section. An applicant may not submit more than one
14application per project per year.
SB21,4169 15Section 4169. 281.61 (5) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,1574,2216 281.61 (5) (b) The department of administration and the department jointly
17may charge and collect service fees, established by rule, which shall cover the
18estimated costs of reviewing and acting upon the application and servicing the
19financial assistance agreement. No service fee established by rule under this
20paragraph may be charged to or collected from an applicant for financial assistance
21under s. 281.59 (13). The fees collected under this paragraph shall be credited to the
22environmental improvement fund.
SB21,4170 23Section 4170. 281.61 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1575,924 281.61 (6) Priority list. The department shall establish a priority list that
25ranks each safe drinking water loan program project. The department shall

1promulgate rules for determining project rankings that, to the extent possible, give
2priority to projects that address the most serious risks to human health, that are
3necessary to ensure compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 USC 300f to
4300j-26, and that assist local governmental units applicants that are most in need
5on a per household basis, according to affordability criteria specified in the rules. For
6the purpose of ranking projects under this subsection, the department shall treat a
7project to upgrade a public water system to provide continuous disinfection of the
8water that it distributes as if the public water system were a surface water system
9that federal law requires to provide continuous disinfection.
SB21,4171 10Section 4171. 281.61 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1575,1211 281.61 (7) (c) The department of administration determines that the local
12governmental unit
applicant will meet the requirements of s. 281.59 (9) (b).
SB21,4172 13Section 4172. 281.61 (7) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,4173 14Section 4173. 281.61 (8) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 281.61 (8)
15(intro.) and amended to read:
SB21,1575,2216 281.61 (8) (intro.) The department shall establish a funding list for each fiscal
17year that ranks projects of local governmental units applicants that submit
18approvable applications under sub. (5) in the same order that they appear on the
19priority list under sub. (6). If sufficient funds are not available to fund all approved
20applications for financial assistance, the department of administration shall allocate
21funding to projects that are approved under sub. (7) in the order that they appear on
22the funding list, except as follows:
SB21,4174 23Section 4174. 281.61 (8) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 281.61 (8) (a).
SB21,4175 24Section 4175. 281.61 (8) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 281.61 (8) (bL)
25and amended to read:
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1281.61 (8) (bL) In any biennium, no local governmental unit applicant may
2receive more than 25% of the funds that the department of administration projects
3will be available
amount of financial assistance planned to be provided or committed
4for projects under this section
for that biennium.
SB21,4176 5Section 4176. 281.61 (8) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,4177 6Section 4177. 281.61 (8m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1576,97 281.61 (8m) Conditions of financial assistance for local governmental
8units
. As a condition of receiving financial assistance under the safe drinking water
9loan program, a local governmental unit shall do all of the following:
SB21,4178 10Section 4178. 281.61 (8p) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,1576,1411 281.61 (8p) Conditions of financial assistance for private owners. As a
12condition of receiving financial assistance under the safe drinking water loan
13program, a private owner of a community water system or nonprofit noncommunity
14water system shall do all of the following:
SB21,1576,1615 (a) Demonstrate that there is adequate security for the repayment of the
16financial assistance.
SB21,1576,1917(b) Comply with those provisions of 42 USC 300f to 300j-26 and this chapter
18and the regulations and rules promulgated under those provisions that the
19department specifies.
SB21,4179 20Section 4179. 281.61 (8s) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1576,2421 281.61 (8s) Limitation on financial assistance. The amount of a payment
22under sub. (2r) (d) may not exceed the amount of subsidy necessary to reduce the
23interest rate on the loan from market rate to the interest rate that would have been
24charged on a loan to the local governmental unit under sub. (2r) (a).
SB21,4180 25Section 4180. 281.61 (11) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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1281.61 (11) (a) 1. For a local governmental unit an applicant that does not meet
2financial eligibility criteria established by the department by rule, 55% of market
3interest rate.
SB21,4181 4Section 4181. 281.61 (11) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1577,75 281.61 (11) (a) 2. For a local governmental unit an applicant that meets
6financial eligibility criteria established by the department by rule, 33% of market
7interest rate.
SB21,4182 8Section 4182. 281.61 (12) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1577,139 281.61 (12) (g) Have the lead state role with local governmental units and
10private owners of community water systems or nonprofit noncommunity water
11systems
in providing safe drinking water loan program information, and cooperate
12with the department of administration in providing that information to local
13governmental units
.
SB21,4183 14Section 4183. 281.625 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1577,1715 281.625 (1) (b) "Local governmental unit" has the meaning given in s. 281.61
16(1) (a) (am), except that the term does not include a joint local water authority created
17under s. 66.0823.
SB21,4184 18Section 4184. 281.625 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1577,2219 281.625 (2) The department, in consultation with the department of
20administration, shall promulgate rules for determining whether a loan is an eligible
21loan under s. 234.86 235.86 (3) for a loan guarantee under s. 234.86 235.86. The rules
22shall be consistent with 42 USC 300j-12.
SB21,4185 23Section 4185. 281.625 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1578,224 281.625 (3) The department shall determine whether a loan to the owner of a
25community water system or the nonprofit owner of a noncommunity water system

1is an eligible loan under s. 234.86 235.86 (3) for the purposes of the loan guarantee
2program under s. 234.86 235.86.
SB21,4186 3Section 4186. 281.625 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1578,74 281.625 (4) With the approval of the department of administration, the
5department of natural resources may transfer funds from the appropriation
6accounts under s. 20.320 (2) (s) and (x) to the Wisconsin drinking water reserve fund
7under s. 234.933 235.933 to guarantee loans under s. 234.86 235.86.
SB21,4187 8Section 4187. 281.625 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1578,119 281.625 (5) The department may contract with the Forward Wisconsin
10Housing and Economic Development Authority for the administration of the
11program under this section and s. 234.86 235.86.
SB21,4188 12Section 4188. 281.65 (3) (at) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1578,1513 281.65 (3) (at) Review rules drafted under this section and make
14recommendations regarding the rules before final approval of the rules by the
15natural resources board secretary.
SB21,4189 16Section 4189. 281.66 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1578,2517 281.66 (6) Grants for campuses. Notwithstanding subs. (3) and (4), the
18department may distribute a grant to the board of regents of the University of
19Wisconsin System Authority for practices, techniques or measures to control storm
20water discharges on a University of Wisconsin System campus that is located in a
21municipality that is required to obtain a permit under s. 283.33 and that is located
22in a priority watershed, as defined in s. 281.65 (2) (c), a priority lake area, as defined
23in s. 281.65 (2) (bs), or an area that is identified as an area of concern by the
24International Joint Commission, as defined in s. 281.35 (1) (h), under the Great
25Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
SB21,4190
1Section 4190. 281.68 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1579,72 281.68 (3) (a) 1. Eligible recipients to consist of nonprofit conservation
3organizations, as defined in s. 23.0955 (1) 23.09 (20m) (a) 3., counties, cities, towns,
4villages, qualified lake associations, town sanitary districts, qualified school
5districts, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts, and other local
6governmental units, as defined in s. 66.0131 (1) (a), that are established for the
7purpose of lake management.
SB21,4191 8Section 4191. 281.69 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1579,10 9281.69 (title) Lake management and classification grants and
10contracts
.
SB21,4192 11Section 4192. 281.69 (1b) (bn) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1579,1312 281.69 (1b) (bn) "Nonprofit conservation organization" has the meaning given
13in s. 23.0955 (1) 23.09 (20m) (a) 3.
SB21,4193 14Section 4193. 281.69 (1r) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,4194 15Section 4194. 281.69 (2) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1579,1616 281.69 (2) (title) Amounts of grants and contracts.
SB21,4195 17Section 4195. 281.69 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,4196 18Section 4196. 281.69 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,4197 19Section 4197. 281.70 (4) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1579,2120 281.70 (4) (a) 3. Nonprofit conservation organizations, as defined in s. 23.0955
21(1)
23.09 (20m) (a) 3.
SB21,4198 22Section 4198. 281.72 of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,4199 23Section 4199. 281.75 (4) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1579,2524 281.75 (4) (b) 3. An authority created under subch. II of ch. 114 or ch. 36, 231,
25233, 234, 235, or 237, or 238.
SB21,4200
1Section 4200. Subchapter VII (title) of chapter 281 [precedes 281.81] of the
2statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1580,33 CHAPTER 281
SB21,1580,44 SUBCHAPTER VII
SB21,1580,5 5GREAT LAKES REMEDIAL ACTION
SB21,4201 6Section 4201. 281.87 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1580,13 7281.87 Great Lakes contaminated Contaminated sediment removal.
8The department may expend funds from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ti) to
9pay a portion of the costs of a project to remove contaminated sediment from Lake
10Michigan or Lake Superior or a tributary of Lake Michigan or Lake Superior
any
11waters of the state,
if the project is in an impaired water body that the department
12has identified under 33 USC 1313 (d) (1) (A) and the source of the impairment is
13contaminated sediment.
SB21,4202 14Section 4202. 281.96 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1580,25 15281.96 Visitorial powers of department. Every owner of an industrial
16establishment shall furnish to the department all information required by it in the
17discharge of its duties under subch. II, except s. 281.17 (6) and (7). Any member of
18the natural resources board or any
employee of the department may enter any
19industrial establishment for the purpose of collecting such information, and no
20owner of an industrial establishment shall refuse to admit such member or an
21employee of the department. The department shall make such inspections at
22frequent intervals. The secretary and all members of the board shall have has power
23for all purposes falling within the department's jurisdiction to administer oaths,
24issue subpoenas, and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of
25necessary or essential data.
SB21,4203
1Section 4203. 283.35 (1m) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21,4204 2Section 4204. 285.11 (6) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1581,123 285.11 (6) (intro.) Prepare and develop one or more comprehensive plans for
4the prevention, abatement, and control of air pollution in this state. The department
5thereafter shall be responsible for the revision and implementation of the plans. The
6rules or control strategies submitted to the federal environmental protection agency
7under the federal clean air act for control of atmospheric ozone shall conform with
8the federal clean air act unless, based on the recommendation of the natural
9resources board
secretary or the head of the department, as defined in s. 15.01 (8),
10of any other department, as defined in s. 15.01 (5), that promulgates a rule or
11establishes a control strategy, the governor determines that measures beyond those
12required by the federal clean air act meet any of the following criteria:
SB21,4205 13Section 4205. 285.59 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1581,2314 285.59 (1) (b) "State agency" means any office, department, agency, institution
15of higher education, association, society, or other body in state government created
16or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law which is entitled to expend
17moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, the Wisconsin
18Housing and Economic Development Authority,
the Bradley Center Sports and
19Entertainment Corporation, the University of Wisconsin System Authority, the
20University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Fox River Navigational
21System Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Wisconsin Economic
22Development Corporation
Forward Wisconsin Development Authority, and the
23Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority.
SB21,4206 24Section 4206. 285.85 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1285.85 (1) If the secretary finds that a generalized condition of air pollution
2exists and that it creates an emergency requiring immediate action to protect human
3health or safety, he or she shall order persons causing or contributing to the air
4pollution to reduce or discontinue immediately the emission of air contaminants, and
5such order shall fix a place and time, not later than 24 hours thereafter, for a hearing
6to be held before the department. Not more than 24 hours after the commencement
7of such hearing, and without adjournment thereof, the natural resources board
8department shall affirm, modify, or set aside the order of the secretary.
SB21,4207 9Section 4207. 287.03 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1582,1210 287.03 (1) (c) Coordinate research, technical assistance and education
11programs under this chapter with related activities of the University of Wisconsin
12System Authority.
SB21,4208 13Section 4208. 287.22 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1582,1614 287.22 (2) (d) Advise the department and the University of Wisconsin System
15Authority concerning educational efforts and research related to solid waste
16reduction, recovery and recycling.
SB21,4209 17Section 4209. 289.68 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1582,2218 289.68 (7) Report on waste management fund. With its biennial budget
19request to the department of administration under s. 16.42, the natural resources
20board
department shall include a report on the fiscal status of the waste
21management fund and an estimate of the receipts by and expenditures from the fund
22in the current fiscal year and in the future.
SB21,4210 23Section 4210. 292.11 (7) (d) 1m. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1583,224 292.11 (7) (d) 1m. b. An area designated by the local governmental unit if the
25area consists of 2 or more properties affected by a contiguous region of groundwater

1contamination or contains 2 or more properties that are brownfields, as defined in
2s. 238.13 235.13 (1) (a).
SB21,4211 3Section 4211. 292.255 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1583,8 4292.255 Report on brownfield efforts. The department of natural
5resources, the department of administration, and the Wisconsin Economic
6Development Corporation
Forward Wisconsin Development Authority shall submit
7a report evaluating the effectiveness of this state's efforts to remedy the
8contamination of, and to redevelop, brownfields, as defined in s. 238.13 235.13 (1) (a).
SB21,4212 9Section 4212. 292.63 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1583,1610 292.63 (3) (a) Who may submit a claim. (intro.) Subject to pars. (ac), (ae), (ah),
11(am) and (ap), an owner or operator or a person owning a home oil tank system may
12submit a claim to the department for an award under sub. (4) to reimburse the owner
13or operator or the person for the eligible costs under sub. (4) (b) that the owner or
14operator or the person incurs because of a petroleum products discharge from a
15petroleum product storage system or home oil tank system if all of the following
16apply:
SB21,4213 17Section 4213. 292.63 (3) (ac) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21,1583,2118 292.63 (3) (ac) Sunset. 1. An owner or operator or person owning a home oil
19tank system is not eligible for an award under this section for costs incurred because
20of a petroleum product discharge if the owner or operator or person does not provide
21notification under par. (a) 3. concerning the discharge before February 3, 2015.
SB21,1583,2422 2. An owner or operator or person owning a home oil tank system is not eligible
23for an award under this section if the owner or operator or person does not submit
24a claim for the costs before July 1, 2017.
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