These rules apply to deaf, deafblind or hard of hearing persons who need or request interpreting services, sign language and oral interpreters, those who provide such services and governmental agencies, courts and private agencies that request interpreting services or information about interpreting services under s.
46.295, Stats.
The Department maintains directories of certified and verified interpreters and certified real time captioners and reimburses them for their services.
Most of the 300 or so certified and verified sign language interpreters and oral transliterators for deaf and hard of hearing persons in Wisconsin operate as small businesses, as “small business" is defined in s.
227.114 (1) (a), Stats.
The principal rule changes - scheduling done by the requesting individual or organization rather than by the Department; use of the Wisconsin Interpreting and Transliterating Assessment (WITA) as the primary means for certifying and verifying interpreters, which will eventually replace the Wisconsin Quality Assurance Program; and replacing two terms used in the rules with terms generally preferred by persons who are deaf or hard of hearing - will not have any impact on those interpreters who may be classified as “small businesses."
Notice of Hearing
Natural Resources
(Fish, Game, etc., Chs.
NR 1—)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to ss.
29.014,
29.033,
29.307,
29.335,
29.885,
227.11 (2) (a) and
227.24, Stats., interpreting ss.
29.033,
29.177,
29.307,
29.335 and
29.361, Stats., the Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing on Natural Resources Board Emergency Order No. WM-32-02(E) pertaining to the control and management of chronic wasting disease. This emergency order took effect on July 3, 2002. The emergency rule:
1. Eliminates baiting for deer and feeding of wildlife statewide.
2. Extends deer seasons within the chronic wasting disease management zones.
3. Creates an earn-a-buck deer hunt requirement in the chronic wasting disease management zones.
4. Codifies the conditions for landowner permits to remove deer within the eradication zone.
5. Restricts the movement of deer harvested prior to registration.
6. Creates a protocol for department use of aircraft to help reduce deer numbers within the eradication zone.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the hearing will be held on:
August 12, 2002 Room 027, GEF #2
Monday at 3:00 p.m. 101 South Webster Street
Madison
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations, including the provision of informational material in an alternative format, will be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Please call Kurt Thiede at (608) 267-2452 with specific information on your request at least 10 days before the date of the scheduled hearing.
Written comments on the emergency rule may be submitted to Mr. Kurt Thiede, Bureau of Wildlife Management, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707 no later than August 15, 2002. Written comments will have the same weight and effect as oral statements presented at the hearing. A copy of the emergency rule [WM-32-02(E)] may be obtained from Mr. Thiede.
Fiscal Estimate
Increased Costs Totals:
Salary and fringe: $1,379,960
Mileage, meals and supplies: $2,508,273
Increased Costs Details:
Carcass Disposal: The disposal, by incineration, of the estimated 15,000 deer that will be harvested within the eradication zone is initially expected to cost the department $1,218,750 (15,000 deer x 125 lbs./deer x $.65/ lb).
Aerial Operations: The costs associated with supplies, staff and flight time if the department contracts with USDA-wildlife services to conduct aerial shooting and herding of deer in the eradication zone.
Staff: $206,774
Aircraft (20 hours/week for 12 weeks
x 2 helicopters x $700/hr.): $336,000
Materials and supplies: $254,548
Total: $797,322
CWD Deer Hunts: The costs associated with the implementation of the expanded deer hunt in the CWD intensive harvest and management zones.
Law Enforcement: The additional hunts will require 8 additional hours per pay period for each of the 26 wardens in the South Central Region. Added to this would be any necessary meals, miles, etc.
With an average salary of about $25, with an additional $10 for benefits and fringe, this works out as follows:
26 Wardens x 8 hours/pay period = 208 hrs/pay period x 10 pay periods = 2080/hrs x $35/hr salary and fringe = $72,800 salary and fringe. In addition, there will be the added cost of approximately $8,840 meals and $9,486 in mileage (meals and miles based upon previous cost estimates for CWD efforts).
$91,126 Total in salary, fringe, meals and mileage.
Wildlife Management: The costs associated with the implementation of the new CWD deer herd control hunts including the testing and permit issuance during the extended season at registration stations will result in an additional staff time including the use of an LTE's, as well as mileage and other equipment expenses.
10 LTE's x 20 hours/week = 200 hours x 10 pay periods = 2000 hours x $10/hour = $20,000.
10 hours of overtime / pay period x 75 (50% of the wildlife staff) = 750 hours x 10 pay periods = 7, 500 hours x $28/hour (salary and fringe) = $210,000
Meals, mileage and other 1614 appropriations based on the first 14 weeks of CWD operation expenditures (~ $12,000 / wk): 20 weeks x $12,000 = $240,000
An additional cost will be the production of a regulation pamphlet to explain the CWD special hunt framework regulations and requirements.
Regulation Pamphlet 550,000 x $ .02 = $11,000
Customer Service and Licensing: The production of special permits associated with the implementation of the special CWD hunts.
Est # Special Carcass Tags
(400k EAB, 200k Antlered,
25k Disease Replacement) 625,000
Cost per form $0.075
$46,875.00
An additional cost will be the time required by staff to answer CWD related questions and issue the special permits.
Equivalent FTE positions (Assuming
SCR&CO staff @15% and NOR, WCR,
NER, SER staff @ 5%) 10.1
Average Annual CS Salary
(not including benefits) $29,200.00
$294,920.00
Parks and Recreation: Signage and maps will need to be produced for the 8 state park properties where expanded herd control measures will be in effect.
Supplies and Services: Printing or updating Maps, Signs, Permits and Instructions:
$2,500.00 for Cadiz Springs
(currently not open to hunting) = $2,500
$500.00 for 7 other parks which have previously been open to deer hunting ($500x 7) = $3,500
Total = $6,000
Supplies and Services: Vehicle Maintenance and Expenses for Increased Patrol
$1,000 per park x 8 = $8,000
Salaries and Fringes - $30 per hour:
Determination of Hunting Boundaries, Preparing /Revising Maps and Signs, Posting Signs
32 hours for Cadiz Springs (currently not open to hunting) 32 x $30 = $960
16 hours for other 7 parks which have previously been open to deer hunting (16 x 7 x $30) = $3,360
Total = $4,320
Salaries and Fringes - $30 per hour: Distributing Permits, Law Enforcement, Admitting Hunters to Park and/or Documenting Permits
4 hours per park per day x $30 per hour x 8 x 38 days (based on the average number of days all 8 parks will be open to hunting) = $36,480
Landowner Permits: The printing and issuance of permits, sharp shooting, carcass collection and registration are all areas where staff time and resources will be required.
Permit issuance and landowner contacts = 10 perm. employees x 10 additional hours/pay period x 4 pay periods = 400 x $28 / hour = $11,200 salary and fringe.
Sharp shooting = 12 perm. employees x 20 additional hours/pay period x 14 pay periods = 3,360 x $28 / hour = $94,080 salary and fringe.
Carcass pick-up crews = 8 perm. employees x 20 additional hours/pay period x 4 pay periods = 640 x $28 / hour = $17,920 salary and fringe.
Registration Stations = 16 perm. employees x 20 additional hours/pay period x 4 pay periods = 1,280 x $28 / hour = $35,840 salary and fringe.
Meals, mileage and other 1614 appropriations based on the first 14 weeks of CWD operation expenditures (~ $12,000 / wk): 11 weeks x $12,000 = $132,000
Field operational expenses including fax machines, copiers, printers, computers, database, telecommunications, GIS software and office supplies: $30,000
Baiting and Feeding Enforcement: Respond to and investigate violations pertaining to the statewide ban on baiting and feeding. The new regulations will require approximately 8 FTE worth of effort statewide for Law Enforcement wardens.
2080 hours (1 FTE) x 8 x $35/ hour (salary and fringe): $582,400
Decreased Revenue Total: $634,000
Decreased Revenue Details:
There will be a loss in revenue stemming from the absence of bonus permit sales in the CWD management zones.
Est # of OTC Bonus Sales lost
(assumed 50% loss in split units) 24,048
Dollar figure assumes 4:1 ratio of
Resident:Non-resident sales $13.60
$327,052.80
Est # of Bonus Sales lost thru mail
(assumed 50% loss in split units) 22,570
Dollar figure assumes 4:1 ratio of Resident:
Non-resident sales $13.60
$306,952.00
Total: $634,004.80
Long-Range Fiscal Implications
The costs associated with the management and control of chronic wasting disease in the state will pose a significant financial burden including reduced revenues and increased costs in subsequent years.
Notice of Hearing
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to ss.
29.014 (1),
29.041,
29.519 (1) (b) and
227.11 (2) (a), Stats., interpreting ss.
29.014 (1),
29.041,
29.516 (2) and
29.519 (1) (b), Stats., the Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing on revisions to ss.
NR 25.06 (1) (a) and
25.09 (1), Wis. Adm. Code, relating to commercial and home use fishing in Lake Superior. The harvest of lake trout from Wisconsin waters of Lake Superior is guided by the 1995 State-Tribal Lake Superior Agreement among the Department and the Red Cliff and Bad River Bands of Lake Superior Chippewa. Wisconsin waters of Lake Superior are divided into two management areas, W-1 and W-2. The agreement was recently amended to change the allowable harvest of lake trout in each management area. The harvest limit for W-1 will be decreased from 14,500 to 11,300. In W-2, the harvest limit will be increased from 89,900 to 92,800.
The Department allocates the state share (43,768 lake trout under the amended agreement) between sport and commercial fishers. Because the harvest in W-1 is predominately by sport fishers while the harvest in W-2 is predominately by commercial fishers, the negotiated amendments to the State-Tribal Agreement and this proposed rule change will result in a slight increase in the state-licensed commercial harvest and a slight decrease in the number of lake trout reserved for sport harvest in W-1.
Revisions to s.
NR 25.09 include a requirement that every float on gill nets set in Lake Superior be legibly marked with the license number of the commercial fisher and that lake herring gill nets not be allowed within 12 feet of the lake's surface.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to s.
227.114, Stats., the proposed rule may have an impact on small businesses. The initial regulatory flexibility analysis is as follows:
a. Types of small businesses affected: Lake Superior commercial fishers
