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April 1998 Special Session
1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE
SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO SENATE BILL 4
May 13, 1998 - Offered by Joint committee on Finance.
SB4-SSA1,1,4 1An Act to create 299.05 (3) and 299.052 of the statutes; relating to: establishing
2a time period for review by the department of natural resources of applications
3for certain permits, licenses, approvals and determinations and requiring the
4exercise of rule-making authority.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB4-SSA1, s. 1 5Section 1. 299.05 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB4-SSA1,1,76 299.05 (3) An applicant entitled to a refund of fees under this section may
7refuse to accept the refund and proceed as provided in s. 299.052.
SB4-SSA1, s. 2 8Section 2. 299.052 of the statutes is created to read:
SB4-SSA1,1,12 9299.052 Deadlines for reviewing certain applications. (1) (a) The
10department by rule shall establish time periods within which the department
11intends to approve or disapprove an application for any of the following licenses,
12permits, approvals or determinations:
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11. Permits, approvals and determinations under ss. 30.10, 30.12, 30.123, 30.18,
230.19 and 30.20, and ch. NR 110, Wis. Adm. Code.
SB4-SSA1,2,332. Permits issued under ch. NR 103, Wis. Adm. Code, pursuant to 33 CFR 330.6.
SB4-SSA1,2,44 3. Approvals under s. 281.17 (1).
SB4-SSA1,2,55 4. Permits under s. 283.33.
SB4-SSA1,2,66 (b) The rules required under par. (a) may establish any of the following:
SB4-SSA1,2,97 1. Methods for determining the commencement of the time period established
8under par. (a) and for determining when the application for a license, permit,
9approval or determination is complete.
SB4-SSA1,2,1210 2. Extensions of the time period established under par. (a) if the applicant
11makes a material modification to the application that affects the public interest in
12waters.
SB4-SSA1,2,1613 3. Contingencies if information needed by the department to complete its
14review of an application for a license, permit, approval or determination is unknown
15or cannot be determined with certainty when the department receives the
16application.
SB4-SSA1,2,1817 4. Deadlines for the department to complete intermediate steps in the process
18of completing its review of an application.
SB4-SSA1,2,21 19(2) Upon receiving an application for a license, permit, approval or
20determination specified in sub. (1) (a), the department shall inform the applicant of
21the time period established under sub. (1) (a) for the license, permit or approval.
SB4-SSA1,3,8 22(3) (a) Notwithstanding s. 30.02 (3), upon receipt of a complete application for
23a permit, license, approval or determination specified in sub. (1) (a), the department
24shall either schedule a hearing as required by law or provide notice stating that it
25will proceed on the application without a hearing if no substantive written objection

1to issuance of the permit, license, approval or determination is received within 30
2days after publication of the notice. The notice shall be provided to the clerk of each
3municipality in which the project is located and to any other person required by law
4to receive notice. The department may provide notice to other persons as it deems
5appropriate. The department shall provide a copy of the notice to the applicant, who
6shall publish it as a class 1 notice under ch. 985 in a newspaper designated by the
7department that is likely to give notice in the area affected. The applicant shall file
8proof of publication with the department.
SB4-SSA1,3,149 (b) 1. If a public hearing is ordered by the department, the department shall
10within 10 days after the time the requirement for a hearing becomes known, schedule
11a hearing date at the soonest time available on the docket of division of hearings and
12appeals. The division of hearings and appeals shall mail a written notice at least 10
13days before the hearing to each person given notice under par. (a) and to any person
14who submitted a substantive written objection to issuance of the permit.
SB4-SSA1,3,1815 2. The applicant shall publish a class 1 notice under ch. 985 of the hearing in
16a newspaper designated by the department that is likely to give notice in the area
17affected. The applicant shall file proof of publication under this subdivision with the
18hearing examiner at or prior to the hearing.
SB4-SSA1,3,22 19(4) (a) During the time period established under sub. (1) (a), the department
20and the applicant may jointly agree to a different time period for acting on an
21application for a license, permit, approval or determination than that specified under
22sub. (1) (a).
SB4-SSA1,4,223 (b) The department may unilaterally extend the time period established under
24sub. (1) (a) only if, within the time period established under sub. (1) (a), the
25department finds that an extension of the time period is necessary to prevent

1substantial harm to public health or the environment and provides written notice to
2the applicant that states with particularity the facts on which that finding is based.
SB4-SSA1,4,17 3(5) (a) Subject to subs. (1) (b) 2., (3) and (4), if the department does not provide
4the applicant written notice that the department has disapproved the application for
5a license, permit, approval or determination, including the specific facts upon which
6the disapproval is based, before the expiration of the time period established under
7sub. (1) (a) for the license, permit, approval or determination, the application is
8considered approved. A license, permit, approval or determination considered
9approved under this paragraph is subject to any terms or conditions specified by
10statute or rule for the license, permit, approval or determination and the department
11may suspend, limit, revoke or withdraw the license, permit, approval or
12determination for substantial failure to comply with those terms or conditions.
13Within 30 days after a license, permit, approval or determination is considered
14approved under this paragraph, the department shall provide the applicant with a
15statement of any terms and conditions that customarily apply to that license, permit,
16approval or determination. This paragraph does not apply if the applicant accepts
17a refund of fees under s. 299.05.
SB4-SSA1,4,2018 (b) The department may not disapprove an application for a license, permit,
19approval or determination solely because the department is unable to complete its
20review of the application within the time period established under sub. (1).
SB4-SSA1,4,23 21(6) This section does not apply to any application for a permit, license, approval
22or determination that requires the preparation of an environmental impact
23statement under s. 1.11.
SB4-SSA1, s. 3 24Section 3 . Nonstatutory provisions.
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1(1) Rules establishing deadline for reviewing certain applications. The
2department of natural resources shall submit in proposed form the rules required
3under section 299.052 (1) of the statutes, as created by this act, to the legislative
4council staff under section 227.15 (1) of the statutes no later than the first day of the
53rd month beginning after the effective date of this subsection.
SB4-SSA1, s. 4 6Section 4 . Initial applicability.
SB4-SSA1,5,87 (1)  This act first applies to an application for a license, permit, approval or
8determination submitted on the effective date of this subsection.
SB4-SSA1, s. 5 9Section 5. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication,
10except as follows:
SB4-SSA1,5,1211 (1) The treatment of section 299.05 (3) of the statutes takes effect on November
121, 1998.
SB4-SSA1,5,1413 (2) The treatment of section 299.052 (2) and (5) of the statutes and Section 4
14of this act take effect on the first day of the 12th month beginning after publication.
SB4-SSA1,5,1515 (End)
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