SB1-SSA2,135,87 1. "Development or construction activity" means a waste site, structure,
8building, fill, or other development or construction activity.
SB1-SSA2,135,109 2. "Shoreland zoning ordinance" means a shoreland zoning ordinance or
10regulation adopted under s. 59.692, 61.351, 62.231, or 281.31.
SB1-SSA2,135,14 11(2) (a) The department may not prohibit a development or construction activity
12to be located in an area that would otherwise be prohibited under a shoreland zoning
13ordinance if the development or construction activity is authorized by the
14department as part of a mining operation covered by a mining permit under s. 295.58.
SB1-SSA2,135,2015 (b) A development or construction activity located in an area that would
16otherwise be prohibited under a shoreland zoning ordinance does not violate the
17applicable ordinance if the development or construction activity is authorized by the
18department as part of a mining operation covered by a mining permit under s. 295.58.
19No shoreland zoning variance is required for a development or construction activity
20located as provided under this paragraph.
SB1-SSA2,135,25 21(3) A municipal floodplain zoning ordinance under s. 87.30 may not prohibit
22development or construction activity authorized by the department as part of a
23mining operation covered by a mining permit under s. 295.58, except to the extent
24necessary for the municipality to which the floodplain zoning ordinance applies to
25maintain eligibility for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program.
SB1-SSA2,136,2
1295.61 Withdrawals of surface waters and groundwater. (1)
2Definitions. In this section:
SB1-SSA2,136,43 (a) "Authorized base level of water loss" has the meaning given in s. 281.35 (1)
4(b).
SB1-SSA2,136,65 (b) "Environmentally sound and economically feasible water conservation
6measures" has the meaning given in s. 281.346 (1) (i).
SB1-SSA2,136,77 (c) "Great Lakes basin" has the meaning given in s. 281.35 (1) (d).
SB1-SSA2,136,88 (d) "High capacity well" has the meaning given in s. 281.34 (1) (b).
SB1-SSA2,136,99 (e) "Interbasin diversion" has the meaning given in s. 281.35 (1) (g).
SB1-SSA2,136,1110 (em) "Riparian restoration project" means a project that will restore or enhance
11the natural beneficial uses and value of a watercourse.
SB1-SSA2,136,1212 (f) "Upper Mississippi River basin" has the meaning given in s. 281.35 (1) (j).
SB1-SSA2,136,1313 (g) Unless the context otherwise requires, "use" includes dewatering.
SB1-SSA2,136,1414 (h) "Water loss" has the meaning given in s. 281.35 (1) (L).
SB1-SSA2,136,1515 (i) "Withdrawal" has the meaning given in s. 281.35 (1) (m).
SB1-SSA2,136,24 16(2) Permit required. No person may engage in any withdrawal or use of surface
17water as part of a mining operation or bulk sampling, including a withdrawal or use
18associated with a system or plant under s. 281.41, unless the person has been issued
19a water withdrawal permit under this section. No person may engage in any
20withdrawal or use of groundwater, including a withdrawal or use associated with a
21system or plant under s. 281.41, as part of a mining operation or bulk sampling if the
22capacity and rate of withdrawal of all wells involved in the withdrawal of
23groundwater or in the dewatering of mines exceeds 100,000 gallons each day unless
24the person has been issued a water withdrawal permit under this section.
SB1-SSA2,137,4
1(3) Permit application. (a) Application. A person applying for a water
2withdrawal permit is required to submit only one application. An application for a
3water withdrawal permit shall include any information requested by the department
4under s. 295.45 (3).
SB1-SSA2,137,75 (am) Applicant status. 1. A person is not required to be the owner of a piece
6of riparian property in order to obtain a permit to withdraw surface water from that
7piece of riparian property if any of the following applies:
SB1-SSA2,137,88 a. The person leases the piece of riparian property from the owner.
SB1-SSA2,137,99 b. The person holds an easement on the piece of riparian property.
SB1-SSA2,137,1210 2. A person is not required to be the owner of a piece of property in order to
11obtain a permit to withdraw groundwater from that piece of property if any of the
12following applies:
SB1-SSA2,137,1313 a. The person leases the piece of property from the owner.
SB1-SSA2,137,1414 b. The person holds an easement on the piece of property.
SB1-SSA2,137,1615 c. The person has obtained permission from the owner to withdraw
16groundwater from that piece of property.
SB1-SSA2,138,217 (b) Siting analysis. If withdrawal of water at a mining operation or for bulk
18sampling will involve one or more high capacity wells, the department shall require
19an applicant for a water withdrawal permit to submit a siting analysis for the
20purpose of determining the location of the high capacity wells. The analysis shall
21include alternate proposed locations for each high capacity well. In evaluating a
22submitted analysis, the department shall recognize there is a need for mining waste
23sites and processing facilities, including wastewater and sludge storage or treatment
24lagoons, to be contiguous to the location of the ferrous mineral deposit, and shall
25allow any high capacity well to be located so that need will be met. The department

1shall approve the location of each high capacity well as part of the permit issued
2under sub. (4).
SB1-SSA2,138,83 (c) Entry to land. After an application for a water withdrawal permit has been
4submitted under this section, the applicant may enter any land from which the
5applicant proposes to withdraw water or use water for the purpose of making any
6surveys required for the mining operation or bulk sampling, but no work may be
7commenced necessary for the mining operation or the bulk sampling until the
8department issues the permit under this section.
SB1-SSA2,138,11 9(4) Permit issuance. (a) General requirements. The department shall issue
10a water withdrawal permit if it determines that the withdrawal or use of the surface
11water or groundwater meets all of the following requirements:
SB1-SSA2,138,1412 1. The proposed withdrawal and uses of the water are substantially consistent
13with the protection of public health, safety, and welfare and will not be significantly
14detrimental to the public interest.
SB1-SSA2,138,1715 2. The proposed withdrawal and uses of the water will not have a significant
16adverse impact on the environment and ecosystem of the Great Lakes basin or the
17Upper Mississippi River basin.
SB1-SSA2,138,1918 3. The proposed withdrawal and use of the water will not be significantly
19detrimental to the quantity and quality of the waters of the state.
SB1-SSA2,138,2220 4. The proposed withdrawal and use of the water will not significantly impair
21the rights of riparian owners or the applicant obtains the consent of the riparian
22owners.
SB1-SSA2,138,2423 5. The proposed withdrawal and use of the water will not result in significant
24injury to public rights in navigable waters.
SB1-SSA2,139,2
16. If the withdrawal or the use of the water will result in an interbasin
2diversion, the requirements of s. 281.35 (5) (d) 7. are met.
SB1-SSA2,139,43 7. The proposed withdrawal or use of the water will comply with any
4requirements imposed by the department under par. (cm).
SB1-SSA2,139,85 (b) Conservation measures. The person applying for the permit shall submit
6a plan to the department containing proposed conservation measures to meet the
7requirements under par. (a) and a proposed schedule for implementing the
8measures. The plan shall include one or more of the following measures:
SB1-SSA2,139,109 1. Environmentally sound and economically feasible water conservation
10measures.
SB1-SSA2,139,1311 2. Restoration of hydrologic conditions and functions of the source watershed,
12or if the withdrawal is from a stream tributary to one of the Great Lakes, restoration
13of the hydrologic conditions and functions of that stream.
SB1-SSA2,139,1414 3. Protection of important upland groundwater recharge areas.
SB1-SSA2,139,1515 4. Stabilization of shorelands.
SB1-SSA2,139,1716 5. Restoration or enhancement of the natural beneficial uses and values of a
17stream or river.
SB1-SSA2,139,1918 6. Implementation of any feasible methods to offset impacts to water quality
19or quantity.
SB1-SSA2,139,2120 7. Supplementation of additional water to water bodies to offset lower water
21levels.
SB1-SSA2,139,2322 8. Taking steps to improve public rights or interests in navigable waters, if
23navigable waters are subject to the permit.
SB1-SSA2,139,2424 9. A mitigation program as provided in s. 295.60 (8).
SB1-SSA2,140,3
110. Measures to offset significant impacts to navigable waters by providing
2public access to, restoring, or enlarging up to 1.5 acres of navigable waters in
3exchange for each acre of natural navigable waters that is significantly impacted.
SB1-SSA2,140,44 11. A riparian restoration project.
SB1-SSA2,140,55 12. Measures as provided in s. 295.605.
SB1-SSA2,140,136 (bn) Plan review; finding. In reviewing the plan, the department may require
7that conservation measures that are in addition to, or in conjunction with, one or
8more of the conservation measures specified in par. (b) 1. to 12. be included in the
9plan. After reviewing the plan and application, if the department finds that the
10requirements under par. (a) will be met by implementing some or all of the
11conservation measures contained in the plan, the department shall determine which
12measures shall be required, shall approve a schedule for implementation, and shall
13issue the permit.
SB1-SSA2,140,1914 (cm) Impacts to water supplies. If the department determines that a proposed
15withdrawal or use of water will result in a significant impact to a public or private
16water supply, the department shall require the applicant to offset that impact in a
17manner approved by the department, which may include a requirement that the
18applicant provide a replacement water supply of similar quality or provide an
19increased amount of water to the water supply.
SB1-SSA2,140,2120 (e) Use of waters on nonriparian property. Water withdrawn in accordance with
21a water withdrawal permit may be used on nonriparian property.
SB1-SSA2,141,222 (f) Limits on permit denials. If the department determines that one of the water
23withdrawal activities subject to an application for a water withdrawal permit does
24not meet the requirements for issuing the permit under par. (a) and will not be
25authorized under the permit, the failure to authorize the activity may not affect the

1department's determination as to whether to approve or deny the permit for other
2water withdrawal activities that are subject to the application.
SB1-SSA2,141,6 3(5) Permit conditions. (a) The department may impose reasonable conditions
4in a water withdrawal permit that, except as provided in par. (b), may not interfere
5with the mining operation or bulk sampling or limit the amount of water needed for
6the mining operation or bulk sampling and that relate to any of the following:
SB1-SSA2,141,77 1. The location of the withdrawal or use.
SB1-SSA2,141,88 2. The authorized base level of water loss from the withdrawal or use.
SB1-SSA2,141,109 3. The dates on which or seasons during which withdrawal or use of the water
10may occur.
SB1-SSA2,141,1111 4. The purposes for the withdrawal or use of the water.
SB1-SSA2,141,1312 5. The amount and quality of return flow required and the place of the
13discharge.
SB1-SSA2,141,1514 6. The requirements for reporting volumes and rates of withdrawal and any
15other data specified by the department.
SB1-SSA2,141,1816 7. Any other conditions that the department determines are necessary to
17protect the environment and the public health, safety, and welfare and to ensure the
18conservation and proper management of the waters of the state.
SB1-SSA2,141,2319 (b) If the department determines that a high capacity well that would be
20covered by a water withdrawal permit may impair a privately owned high capacity
21well, the department shall include in the water withdrawal permit conditions that
22will ensure that the privately owned high capacity well will not be impaired, unless
23the private high capacity well owner agrees to the impairment.
SB1-SSA2,141,25 24(6) Permit modifications. (a) 1. An operator to whom a permit has been issued
25under this section may request a modification of any condition in the permit.
SB1-SSA2,142,5
12. If the request for a modification under subd. 1. does not result in an increase
2in an existing withdrawal resulting in a water loss averaging more than 2,000,000
3gallons per day in any 30-day period above the operator's authorized base level of
4water loss, within 30 days of receiving the request the department shall approve the
5request and amend the permit to incorporate the modification.
SB1-SSA2,142,176 3. a. If the request for a modification under subd. 1. results in an increase in
7an existing withdrawal resulting in a water loss averaging more than 2,000,000
8gallons per day in any 30-day period above the operator's authorized base level of
9water loss, the department shall determine, using the environmental review process
10under s. 1.11, whether it is required to prepare an environmental assessment or
11environmental impact statement and, if so, shall prepare an environmental
12assessment or an environmental impact statement. If the department determines,
13using the environmental review process under s. 1.11, that the operator must
14prepare an environmental impact report, the department may only request
15information in the environmental impact report that relates to decisions that the
16department makes under this section related to the permit and the department shall
17limit its analysis to an evaluation of the request for the modification.
SB1-SSA2,143,718 b. The department shall publish a class 1 notice, under ch. 985, and shall
19publish notice on the department's Internet site, of the availability of information
20about a request to which this subdivision applies, its proposed decision on the
21request, the opportunity to comment within 30 days after the date of the publication
22of the notice, and the opportunity to request a public informational hearing. The
23department shall also provide the notice to the applicant, the persons specified in s.
2430.18 (4) (a), and if the modification involves a structure through which water
25transferred from the Great Lakes basin would be returned to the source watershed

1through a stream tributary to one of the Great Lakes, the governing body of each city,
2village, and town through which the stream flows or that is adjacent to the stream
3downstream from the point at which the water would enter the stream. The
4department's notice to interested persons under this subd. 3. b. may be given through
5an electronic notification system established by the department. The date on which
6the department first publishes notice on its Internet site shall be considered the date
7of the publication of the notice required to be published under this subd. 3. b.
SB1-SSA2,143,108 c. Within 180 days of receiving a request to which this subdivision applies, the
9department shall approve or deny as provided in sub. (4) the request and, if it
10approves the request, shall amend the permit to incorporate the modification.
SB1-SSA2,143,2211 (b) 1. The department may propose modifications to any of the conditions in the
12water withdrawal permit that it determines to be necessary to ensure compliance
13with the standards in sub. (4). If it proposes a modification, the department shall
14determine, using the environmental review process under s. 1.11, whether it is
15required to prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact
16statement and, if so, shall prepare an environmental assessment or an
17environmental impact statement. If the department determines, using the
18environmental review process under s. 1.11, that the operator must prepare an
19environmental impact report, the department may only request information in the
20environmental impact report that relates to decisions that the department makes
21under this section related to the permit and the department shall limit its analysis
22to an evaluation of the proposed modification.
SB1-SSA2,144,1223 2. The department shall publish a class 1 notice, under ch. 985, and shall
24publish notice on the department's Internet site, of the availability of information
25about a proposed modification under this paragraph, the opportunity to comment

1within 30 days after the date of the publication of the notice, and the opportunity to
2request a public informational hearing. The department shall also provide the notice
3to the applicant, the persons specified in s. 30.18 (4) (a), and if the modification
4involves a structure through which water transferred from the Great Lakes basin
5would be returned to the source watershed through a stream tributary to one of the
6Great Lakes, the governing body of each city, village, and town through which the
7stream flows or that is adjacent to the stream downstream from the point at which
8the water would enter the stream. The department's notice to interested persons
9under this subdivision may be given through an electronic notification system
10established by the department. The date on which the department first publishes
11notice on its Internet site shall be considered the date of the publication of the notice
12required to be published under this subdivision.
SB1-SSA2,144,1413 3. The department may not impose the modification until after the end of the
14public comment period under subd. 2.
SB1-SSA2,144,1815 4. Any modified condition under this paragraph may not interfere with the
16mining operation or limit the amount of water needed for the mining operation if the
17holder of the water withdrawal permit is implementing any conservation measures
18that are applicable under the permit.
SB1-SSA2,144,20 19(7) Relationship to other laws. None of the following apply to water
20withdrawal or use that is associated with mining operations or bulk sampling:
SB1-SSA2,144,2221 (a) Sections 30.18, 281.34, and 281.35 and any rules promulgated under those
22sections, except as specifically provided in this section.
SB1-SSA2,144,2523 (b) Any provision of ch. NR 812, Wis. Adm. Code, that conflicts with this section,
24except that s. NR 812.08, Wis. Adm. Code, does not apply to water withdrawal or use
25that is associated with mining operations or bulk sampling.
SB1-SSA2,145,2
1(8) Damage claims. (a) As used in this subsection, "person" does not include
2a city, village, or town.
SB1-SSA2,145,93 (b) A person claiming damage to the quantity or quality of the person's private
4water supply caused by bulk sampling or mining may file a complaint with the
5department and, if there is a need for an immediate alternative source of water, with
6the city, village, or town where the private water supply is located. The department
7shall conduct an investigation and if the department concludes that there is reason
8to believe that the bulk sampling or mining is interrelated to the condition giving rise
9to the complaint, it shall schedule a hearing.
SB1-SSA2,145,1510 (c) The city, village, or town in which is located the private water supply that
11is the subject of a complaint under par. (a) shall, upon request, supply necessary
12amounts of water to replace the water formerly obtained from the damaged private
13supply. Responsibility to supply water begins at the time the complaint is filed and
14ends at the time the decision of the department made at the conclusion of the hearing
15is implemented.
SB1-SSA2,146,916 (d) If the department concludes after the hearing that bulk sampling or mining
17is the principal cause of the damage to the private water supply, it shall issue an order
18to the operator requiring the provision of water to the person found to be damaged
19in a like quantity and quality to that previously obtained by the person and for a
20period of time that the water supply, if undamaged, would be expected to provide a
21beneficial use, requiring reimbursement to the city, village, or town for the cost of
22supplying water under par. (c), if any, and requiring the payment of compensation
23for any damages unreasonably inflicted on the person as a result of damage to the
24person's water supply. The department shall order the payment of full compensatory
25damages up to $75,000 per claimant. The department shall issue its written findings

1and order within 60 days after the close of the hearing. Any judgment awarded in
2a subsequent action for damages to a private water supply caused by bulk sampling
3or mining shall be reduced by any award of compensatory damages previously made
4under this subsection for the same injury and paid by the operator. The department
5shall change the dollar amount under this paragraph annually, beginning with 1978,
6according to the method under s. 70.375 (6). Pending the final decision on any appeal
7from an order issued under this paragraph, the operator shall provide water as
8ordered by the department. The existence of the relief under this section is not a bar
9to any other statutory or common law remedy for damages.
SB1-SSA2,146,1310 (e) If the department concludes after the hearing that bulk sampling or mining
11is not the cause of any damage, reimbursement to the city, village, or town for the
12costs of supplying water under par. (c), if any, is the responsibility of the person who
13filed the complaint.
SB1-SSA2,146,1614 (f) Failure of an operator to comply with an order under par. (d) is grounds for
15suspension or revocation of a mining permit or any approval required for bulk
16sampling.
SB1-SSA2,146,22 17(9) Costs reimbursed. (a) Costs incurred by a city, village, or town in
18monitoring the effects of bulk sampling or mining on surface water and groundwater
19resources, in providing water to persons claiming damage to private water supplies
20under sub. (8) (c), or in retaining legal counsel or technical consultants to represent
21and assist the city, village, or town appearing at the hearing under sub. (8) (b) are
22reimbursable through the investment and local impact fund under s. 15.435.
SB1-SSA2,147,223 (b) Any costs paid to a city, village, or town through the investment and local
24impact fund under par. (a) shall be reimbursed to the fund by the city, village, or town

1if the city, village, or town receives funds from any other source for the costs incurred
2under par. (a).
SB1-SSA2,147,73 (c) If an order under sub. (8) (d) requiring the operator to provide water or to
4reimburse the city, village, or town for the cost of supplying water is appealed and
5is not upheld, the court shall order the cost incurred by the operator in providing
6water or in reimbursing the city, village, or town pending the final decision to be
7reimbursed from the investment and local impact fund under s. 15.435.
SB1-SSA2,147,10 8295.62 Mining waste site construction and completion reports. (1) An
9operator shall construct a mining waste site substantially in accordance with the
10approved mining waste site feasibility study and plan of operation.
SB1-SSA2,147,20 11(2) The operator shall inspect the mining waste site before it is used and ensure
12that all associated structures are in substantial compliance with the mining waste
13site feasibility study and plan of operation. The operator shall have a professional
14engineer, registered as such under ch. 443, document mining waste site construction
15and render an opinion as to whether the mining waste site has been constructed in
16substantial conformance with the mining waste site feasibility study and plan of
17operation. The engineer may use aerial or ground photographs to document the
18inspection, but photographs do not in themselves constitute compliance with this
19subsection. The operator shall maintain a complete file describing the items
20inspected and their condition.
SB1-SSA2,147,23 21(3) An operator shall notify the department in writing when the mining waste
22site has been constructed in substantial compliance with the mining waste site
23feasibility study and plan of operation.
SB1-SSA2,148,11 24(4) (a) Within 5 business days of receipt of written notice from an operator that
25the mining waste site has been constructed in substantial compliance with the

1mining waste site feasibility study and plan of operation, the department shall either
2review and inspect the mining waste site to ensure that it was constructed according
3to the approved mining waste site feasibility study and plan of operation or notify the
4operator that the department will not conduct a review and inspection before
5disposal of mining waste in the mining waste site. Within 3 business days of any
6review and inspection, the department shall notify the operator that the mining
7waste site may be used for the disposal of mining waste or identify all steps that must
8be completed to bring the mining waste site into substantial compliance with the
9mining waste site feasibility study and plan of operation. After the operator
10completes the steps, the operator shall notify the department that the steps have
11been completed.
SB1-SSA2,148,1312 (b) An operator may dispose of mining waste in a mining waste site after one
13of the following occurs:
SB1-SSA2,148,1614 1. The operator receives notice from the department under par. (a) that the
15department will not conduct a review and inspection before disposal of mining waste
16in the mining waste site.
SB1-SSA2,148,1817 2. The operator receives notice from the department under par. (a) that the
18mining waste site may be used for the disposal of mining waste.
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