Small Business Regulatory Coordinator
Rosie Greer
608-266-1279
Fiscal Estimate
Under s.
254.34 (1) (a), WI Stats., the Department of Health and Family Services is responsible for developing and enforcing rules, including registration and licensing of sources of ionizing radiation, to prohibit and prevent unnecessary radiation exposure. Sources of ionizing radiation include x-ray producing devices. The Department assesses an annual site registration fee, plus a fee for each x-ray tube, that supports the Department's x-ray registration and inspection program. The Department is authorized under s.
254.35 (3), Stats., to increase the fee by rule. The current x-ray registration fees are as follows:
Physicians and clinics, osteopaths, chiropractors, hospitals: $36 site fee, $44 for each x-ray tube
Podiatric or veterinary site: $36 site fee, $44 for each x-ray tube
Dental site: $36 site fee, $30 for each x-ray tube
Industrial, research or other site: $36 site fee, $44 for each x-ray tube.
Since the last fee increase in 1996, program costs have increased annually due to inflation. Revenue from current fees is not sufficient to cover current operating expenses. To meet current costs, the Department is proposing to increase the annual x-ray site registration and x-ray tube fees, as follows:
Increase the site fee to $50 from $36.
For all sites other than dental sites, increase the x-ray tube fee to $50 from $44.
For dental sites, increase the x-ray tube fee to $35 from $30.
As indicated, revenue from current fees is not sufficient to cover current operating expenses. The Department projects a deficit of ($27,770) in SFY 06 increasing to ($135,310) in SFY 07 with no fee increase. The proposed fee increase will nearly eliminate the deficit by SFY 07 and fully eliminate it in SFY 08. The net effect of this rule will be to provide sufficient revenue for the x-ray registration and inspection program to operate as authorized by state law.
The device-based fee structure has the least impact on small business. For example, a dental office with one x-ray tube would pay an additional $19 in annual fees as a result of the proposed fee increase ($66 current; $85 proposed). A medical, chiropractic or podiatry office with one x-ray tube would pay an additional $20 in annual fees as a result of the proposed fee increase ($80 current, $100 proposed).
Obtaining Copies of Rules and Fiscal Estimate
A copy of the full text of the rules and the fiscal estimate can be obtained at no charge from the Wisconsin Administrative Rules website at:
http://adminrules.wisconsin.gov or by contacting the contact person listed below.
Contact Person
Paul Schmidt, Chief
Radiation Protection Section
P.O. Box 2659
Madison, WI 53701-2659
608-267-4792
Notice of Hearings
Natural Resources
(Amended from 2/28/06 Register)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to ss.
23.09 (2) (b),
29.014,
29.089 (3),
29.091,
29.164 (4) (b),
29.184 (6) and
29.197 (2), Stats., interpreting ss.
23.09 (2) (b),
29.014,
29.089 (3),
29.091,
29.164 (4) (b),
29.184 (6) and
29.197 (2), Stats., the Department of Natural Resources will hold public hearings on revisions to chs.
NR 10,
15,
17 and
19, Wis. Adm. Code, relating to deer and turkey hunting, hunting and trapping techniques, permit and license issuance, dog training and learn-to-hunt programs. The proposed changes:
1. Extend the closing date of the ruffed grouse season in Zone A from December 31 to January 31, thereby consolidating ruffed grouse hunting zones from 3 to 2.
2. Expand the fall wild turkey hunting season from October 1 – November 10 to the Saturday nearest September 15 and continuing through the Thursday immediately prior to the opening of the deer gun season. This would be the same as the early archery deer season dates.
3. Create a 2-day youth turkey hunt on the weekend before the regular spring turkey season begins.
4. Extend the ending of the spring wild turkey hunting hours from 5:00 p.m. to sunset.
5. Prohibit possession of electronic turkey calling equipment while turkey hunting, and prohibit possession of electronic waterfowl calling equipment while waterfowl hunting.
6. Create consistent standards for body-gripping type traps, where traps 75 square inches or larger would be illegal as dry land sets, traps between 60 and 75 square inches would be legal only when half the trap in below water at all times, or when at least 5 feet off the ground, or when properly enclosed, and creating a maximum allowable height dimension of 7½
inches for dry land body-gripping traps.
7. Issue turkey carcass tags remaining after the initial special license drawing over-the-counter at a rate of one carcass tag per customer per day.
8. Change the “no dog training" period from April 15-July 31 to April 1-July 31.
9. Change the minimum age of the Youth Learn to Hunt Program from age 11 to age 10 to be consistent with current department policy.
10. Allow Class A bear licenses to be purchased up to the day prior to the ear season, and allow the purchase of a Class A bear license during the bear season, provided the license is not effective until three days after the date of purchase.
11. Allow the use of rifles in Kewaunee County during the gun deer season.
12. Create a limited entry nine-day shotgun deer gun season, followed by a ten-day muzzleloader season and late archery season at High Cliff State Park.
13. Eliminate the Greenwood “No Entry Wildlife Refuge" in Waushara County.
14. Require a pheasant stamp statewide for anyone who wishes to hunt pheasants.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to ss.
29.014 (1),
29.039,
29.041 and
227.11 (2) (a), Stats., interpreting ss.
29.014 (1),
29.039,
29.041,
29.161,
29.204,
29.207,
29.219,
29.228,
29.231,
29.235,
29.531,
29.533 and
29.624, Stats., the Department of Natural Resources will hold public hearings on revisions to chs.
NR 20,
21,
23 and
24, Wis. Adm. Code, relating to fishing on the inland, outlying and boundary waters of Wisconsin. The proposed changes:
1. Consider 50" minimum size limit for muskellunge in Lake Winnebago, to be consistent with Great Lakes spotted musky rehabilitation protocol in connected waters.
2. Consider 50" minimum size limit for muskellunge in Little Lake Butte des Morts and the Fox River downstream from the Neenah and Menasha dams to the DePere dam, to be consistent with Great Lakes spotted musky rehabilitation protocol in connected waters.
3. Extend sunset provision of Wisconsin, Lemonwier and Yellow River experimental regulations for walleye and sauger, from the Grandfather dam downstream to the Prairie du Sac dam. The experimental 15" minimum/20-28" no harvest slot will be extended until 2014 to enable the Department to fully evaluate the efficiency of the regulation.
4. Prohibit recreational harvest of live freshwater mussels from inland waters of the state, excluding the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.
5. Establish a catch-and-release only fishery for lake sturgeon in the Menominee River downstream from the Hattie St. dam, and modify the minimum length limit for lake sturgeon above the Hattie St. dam to coincide with recently approved changes to Michigan regulations.
6. Simplify walleye regulations in the Menominee River below the Hattie St. dam and in waters of Green Bay, to provide consistent regulations for anglers fishing either Wisconsin or Michigan waters.
7. Revise opening date for game fish season on the St. Croix River to provide anglers with an opening date consistent between Wisconsin and Minnesota waters.
8. Revise the minimum length limit for sauger on the St. Louis River to provide anglers with a regulation consistent in Wisconsin and Minnesota waters.]
9. Prohibit possession or use of a sinker release device while fishing in waters of the state.
10. Revise code to allow individuals younger than 16 years old to take, possess and control turtles without the requirement to hold a valid fishing or small game license.
11. Modify removal dates for ice shanties from March 1 (south of Hwy. 64) and March 15 (north of Hwy. 64) to “the first Saturday following March 1 and the first Saturday following March 12, respectively".
12. Expand the list of waters where bowfishing is permitted between sunset and sunrise.
13. Replace the 14" minimum size limits for largemouth and smallmouth bass in Pigeon Lake, Bayfield County, with a 14-18" no-harvest slot regulation and reduce the daily bag limit from 5 fish to 3 fish.
14. Extend sunset provision for 18" minimum/3 fish daily bag limit for walleye in Beaver Dam Lake, Dodge County, to enable the Department to fully evaluate the impacts of the regulation. This proposal will also encompass all Beaver Dam Lake tributary streams, which were inadvertently excluded from the original rule.
15. Increase the minimum length limit for walleye in Kangaroo Lake, Door County, from 15" to 18" and reduce the daily bag limit from 5 fish to 3 fish.
16. Increase the minimum size limits for largemouth and smallmouth bass in Muskellunge Lake, Lincoln County, from 14" to 18" and reduce the daily bag limit from 5 fish to one fish.
17. Replace the 18" minimum size limits for largemouth and smallmouth bass in Pigeon Lake, Bayfield County, with a 14-18" no-harvest slot regulation and increase the daily bag limit from one fish to 3 fish.
18. Increase the minimum size limit for muskellunge in Pelican Lake, Oneida County, from 34" to 50".
19. Replace the current 14" minimum size limits for largemouth and smallmouth bass with no minimum size limit in Big Butternut Lake, Polk County.
20. Replace the 14" minimum size limits for largemouth and smallmouth bass with no minimum size limit in Nelson Lake, Sawyer County.
21. Increase the minimum length limit for northern pike in Nelson Lake, Sawyer County, from “no minimum" to 32", and reduce the daily bag limit from 5 fish to one fish.
22. Reduce the daily bag limit for panfish in Smith lake, Sawyer County, from 25 fish to 10 fish.
23. Increase the minimum size limits for largemouth and smallmouth bass in Kentuck Lake, Vilas County, from 14" to 18" and reduce the daily bag limit from 5 fish to one fish.
24. Increase the minimum size limits for smallmouth bass in Pallette Lake, Vilas County, from 16" to 22" and reduce the daily bag limit from 2 fish to one fish.
25. Extend open trout season in Gilbert, Pine and Pearl Lakes, Waushara County, to coincide with regular gamefish season.
26. Remove special regulations for northern pike and muskellunge in Long Lake, Waushara County, and revert to statewide standard regulations.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to s.
227.114, Stats., it is not anticipated that the proposed rules will have an economic impact on small businesses. The Department's Small Business Regulatory Coordinator may be contacted at
SmallBusiness@dnr.state.wi.us or by calling (608) 266-1959.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Department has made a preliminary determination that this action does not involve significant adverse environmental effects and does not need an environmental analysis under ch.
NR 150, Wis. Adm. Code. However, based on the comments received, the Department may prepare an environmental analysis before proceeding with the proposal. This environmental review document would summarize the Department's consideration of the impacts of the proposal and reasonable alternatives.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, April 10, 2006, the County Conservation Congress for each county will hold its election of delegates. Upon completion of the delegate election, the joint Spring Hearing/Conservation Congress meeting will convene to take comments on the foregoing rule modifications.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the hearings will be held on Monday, April 10, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. at the following locations:
Adams - Adams-Friendship Middle School, Gymnasium, 420 North Main Street, Friendship
Ashland - Ashland Senior High School, Auditorium, 1900 Beaser Avenue, Ashland
Barron - Barron County Courthouse, Auditorium, 330 E. Lasalle Ave., Barron
Bayfield - Bayfield County Courthouse, 117 E. 5th, Washburn
Brown - West High School, Auditorium, 966 Shawano Avenue, Green Bay
Buffalo - Alma High School, Auditorium, S1618 STH 35, Alma
Burnett - Room #165, Siren Government Center, 7410 County Road K, Siren
Calumet - Chilton Public High School, Auditorium, 530 West Main Street, Chilton
Chippewa - Chippewa Falls Middle School, Auditorium A, 750 Tropicana Blvd., Chippewa Falls
Clark - Greenwood High School, West Gym, 306 W. Central Ave., Greenwood
Columbia - Portage Junior High School, 2505 New Pinery Road, Portage
Crawford - Prairie du Chien High School, Auditorium, 800 East Crawford Street, Prairie du Chien
Dane - Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Way, Madison
