AB64-ASA1,883,1811 281.36 (11) (a) The department shall set a surcharge fee to be charged for each
12application to proceed under a wetland general permit that is issued under sub. (3g)
13(a) 4., 5., or 6. The surcharge fee shall be set on an annual basis by the department
14and may not exceed more than 50 percent of the market price, as determined by the
15department, for the equivalent purchase of credits from a mitigation bank. These
16fees shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (4) (9) (bm) for the
17restoration and creation of wetlands. The department may enter into agreements
18with other entities for the restoration and creation of such wetlands.
AB64-ASA1,1806 19Section 1806 . 281.36 (11) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,883,2420 281.36 (11) (b) Any wetland that is restored or created using funding from the
21appropriation under s. 20.370 (4) (9) (bm) shall be open to the public for hunting,
22fishing, trapping, cross-country skiing, or hiking or any combination thereof, but the
23department may establish reasonable restrictions on the use of the land by the public
24in order to protect public safety or to protect a unique plant or animal community.
AB64-ASA1,1806f 25Section 1806f. 281.57 (7) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,884,7
1281.57 (7) (c) 1. Metropolitan sewerage districts that serve 1st class cities are
2limited in each fiscal year to receiving total grant awards not to exceed 33 percent
3of the sum of the amounts in the schedule for that fiscal year for the appropriation
4under s. 20.165 (2) (ke) and
the amount authorized under sub. (10) for that fiscal year
5plus the unencumbered balance at the end of the preceding fiscal year for the amount
6authorized under sub. (10). This subdivision is not applicable to grant awards
7provided during fiscal years 1985-86, 1986-87, 1988-89 and 1989-90.
AB64-ASA1,1808 8Section 1808 . 281.58 (6) (b) 6. of the statutes is repealed.
AB64-ASA1,1813 9Section 1813 . 281.58 (12) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 281.58 (12) (a)
101. (intro.) and amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,884,1311 281.58 (12) (a) 1. (intro.) Except as modified under par. (f) and except as
12restricted by sub. (8) (b), (c), (f) or (h), the interest rate for projects specified in sub.
13(7) (b) 1. to 5. is one of the following:
AB64-ASA1,884,20 14c. For a municipality that does not meet the requirements specified in subd. 1.
15a. or b.,
75 percent of market interest rate for projects for which the subsidy was
16allocated from the amount under s. 281.59 (3e) (b), 2013 stats., for a biennium before
17the 2015-17 biennium and 70 percent of market interest rate for projects for which
18the financial assistance is allocated under this section for the 2015-17 biennium or
19later
, and 55 percent of market interest rate for projects for which the financial
20assistance is allocated under this section for the 2017-19 biennium or later
.
AB64-ASA1,1814 21Section 1814 . 281.58 (12) (a) 1. a. of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-ASA1,884,2422 281.58 (12) (a) 1. a. For a municipality that has a population of less than 1,000,
23and in which the median household income is 65 percent or less of the median
24household income in this state, zero percent of market interest rate.
AB64-ASA1,1815 25Section 1815 . 281.58 (12) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-ASA1,885,3
1281.58 (12) (a) 1. b. For a municipality that has a population of less than 10,000,
2and in which the median household income is 80 percent or less of the median
3household income in this state, 33 percent of market interest rate.
AB64-ASA1,1816m 4Section 1816m. 281.58 (13) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,885,115 281.58 (13) (b) (intro.) A municipality with an application that is approved
6under sub. (9m) is eligible for state financial hardship assistance for the project costs
7that are eligible under the clean water fund program, except for costs to which sub.
8(8) (b), (c), (f) or (h) applies, if the initial application was submitted on or before June
930, 2017, the application, including the facility plan and the design plans and
10specifications, was completed on or before June 30, 2018, and
the municipality meets
11all of the following criteria:
AB64-ASA1,1816t 12Section 1816t. 281.59 (1m) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64-ASA1,1817m 13Section 1817m. 281.59 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,885,2014 281.59 (9) (a) A loan approved under the clean water fund program, the safe
15drinking water loan program or the land recycling loan program shall be for no longer
16than 20 years, as determined by the department of administration, be fully
17amortized not later than 20 years after the original date of the financial assistance
18agreement, and require the repayment of principal and interest, if any, to begin not
19later than 12 months after the expected date of completion of the project that it funds,
20as determined by the department of administration.
AB64-ASA1,1817mc 21Section 1817mc. 281.59 (9) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-ASA1,886,422 281.59 (9) (ag) A loan approved under the clean water fund program shall be
23for no longer than 30 years or the useful life of the project, whichever is less, as
24determined by the department of administration. The loan shall be fully amortized
25not later than 30 years after the original date of the financial assistance agreement

1or the end of the useful life of the project, whichever is less, as determined by the
2department of administration. Repayment of principal and interest, if any, shall
3begin not later than 12 months after the expected date of completion of the project
4that the loan funds, as determined by the department of administration.
AB64-ASA1,1818 5Section 1818 . 281.65 (4g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,886,126 281.65 (4g) The department may contract with any person from the
7appropriation account under s. 20.370 (4) (9) (at) for services to administer or
8implement this section, including information and education and training services.
9The department shall allocate $500,000 in each fiscal year from the appropriation
10account under s. 20.370 (4) (at) for contracts for educational and technical assistance
11related to the program under this section provided by the University of
12Wisconsin-Extension.
AB64-ASA1,1818g 13Section 1818g. 281.665 (4) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-ASA1,886,1714 281.665 (4) (c) 1. Notwithstanding pars. (a) and (b) and subject to subd. 2., the
15department shall provide a cost-sharing grant under this section for a project
16described under sub. (5) (d) in an amount sufficient to accomplish the flood-control
17goals of the project as proposed in the application, but not to exceed $14,600,000.
AB64-ASA1,887,418 2. The department may not provide a cost-sharing grant under subd. 1. unless
19the department first notifies the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance, in
20writing, that it intends to award the grant. The notice shall contain a description of
21the purposes proposed for expenditure of the moneys received as a part of the grant.
22If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the department that the
23committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed grant
24within 14 working days after the date of the department's notification, the moneys
25may be awarded as proposed by the department. If, within 14 working days after the

1date of the department's notification, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the
2department that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing
3the proposed grant, no moneys may be awarded without the approval of the
4committee.
AB64-ASA1,1818r 5Section 1818r. 281.665 (5) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-ASA1,887,96 281.665 (5) (d) Notwithstanding pars. (a) to (c), during the 2017-19 fiscal
7biennium, the department shall consider an applicant to be eligible for a
8cost-sharing grant for a project under this section if the project is funded or executed
9in whole or in part by the U.S. army corps of engineers under 33 USC 701s.
AB64-ASA1,1819 10Section 1819 . 281.73 of the statutes is repealed.
AB64-ASA1,1819m 11Section 1819m. 283.01 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,887,1812 283.01 (12) (a) A discernible, confined, and discrete conveyance, including but
13not limited to any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure,
14container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation , or vessel or other
15floating craft from which pollutants may be discharged either into the waters of the
16state or into a publicly owned treatment works except for a conveyance that conveys
17only storm water. This term does not include agricultural storm water discharges
18and return flows from irrigated agriculture.
AB64-ASA1,1819n 19Section 1819n. 283.01 (12) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,887,2220 283.01 (12) (b) A discernible, confined, and discrete conveyance of storm water
21for which a permit is required under s. 283.33 (1). This term does not include
22agricultural storm water discharges and return flows from irrigated agriculture.
AB64-ASA1,1820 23Section 1820 . 283.33 (9) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,887,2524 283.33 (9) (c) All moneys collected under par. (a) shall be credited to the
25appropriation under s. 20.370 (4) (9) (bj).
AB64-ASA1,1821
1Section 1821. 283.87 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,888,82 283.87 (4) Aids to municipalities; environmental damage compensation. The
3department may make grants to any county, city, village, or town for the acquisition
4or development of recreational lands and facilities from moneys appropriated under
5s. 20.370 (2) (4) (dv). Use and administration of the grant shall be consistent with
6any court order issued under sub. (3). A county, city, village , or town which receives
7a grant under this section is not required to share in the cost of a project under this
8section.
AB64-ASA1,1822 9Section 1822 . 285.69 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,888,1210 285.69 (2) (c) (intro.) The fees collected under pars. (a) and (e) shall be credited
11to the appropriations under s. 20.370 (2) (bg), (3) (bg), (4) (co), (8) (mg) and (9) (mh)
12for the following:
AB64-ASA1,1823 13Section 1823 . 285.69 (2e) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,888,1614 285.69 (2e) (c) The fees collected under this subsection shall be credited to the
15appropriation accounts under s. 20.370 (2) (bg), (3) (bg), (4) (co), (8) (mg), and (9) (mh)
16for the purposes in sub. (2) (c) 1. and 2.
AB64-ASA1,1824 17Section 1824 . 285.69 (2m) (bm) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,888,2118 285.69 (2m) (bm) (intro.) The fees collected under this subsection shall be
19credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (2) (bh) (4) (cm) for the
20following purposes as they relate to stationary sources for which an operation permit
21is required under s. 285.60 but not under the federal clean air act:
AB64-ASA1,1825 22Section 1825 . 285.69 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,889,1023 285.69 (3) (a) The department may promulgate rules for the payment and
24collection of fees for inspecting nonresidential asbestos demolition and renovation
25projects regulated by the department. The fees under this subsection for an

1inspection plus the fee under sub. (1) (c) may not exceed $700 if the combined square
2and linear footage of friable asbestos-containing material involved in the project is
3less than 5,000. The fees under this subsection for an inspection plus the fee under
4sub. (1) (c) may not exceed $1,325 if the combined square and linear footage of friable
5asbestos-containing material involved in the project is 5,000 or more. The fees
6collected under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.370
7(2) (bi) (4) (cn) for the direct and indirect costs of conducting inspections of
8nonresidential asbestos demolition and renovation projects regulated by the
9department and for inspecting property proposed to be used for a community fire
10safety training project.
AB64-ASA1,1826 11Section 1826 . 285.69 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,889,1712 285.69 (7) Emission reduction credit fees. The department may promulgate
13rules for the payment of fees by persons who hold emission reduction credits that
14may be used to satisfy the offset requirements in s. 285.63 (2) (a) and that have been
15certified by the department. The rules may waive the payment of fees under this
16subsection for categories of emission reduction credits. The fees collected under this
17subsection shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (bg) (4) (co).
AB64-ASA1,1827L 18Section 1827L. 285.72 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,889,19 19285.72 (title) Air quality monitoring station stations.
AB64-ASA1,1827m 20Section 1827m. 285.72 of the statutes is renumbered 285.72 (1) and amended
21to read:
AB64-ASA1,890,222 285.72 (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (ce) (4) (cv), the
23department shall fund the construction, operation, and maintenance of an air
24quality monitoring station in a county identified in its entirety as a nonattainment
25area for the 2008 8-hour national ambient air quality standard for ozone under 40

1CFR 50.15 for the purpose of assessing ozone concentrations. The department may
2designate the monitoring station as a special purpose monitor under 40 CFR 58.20.
AB64-ASA1,1827n 3Section 1827n. 285.72 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64-ASA1,890,114 285.72 (2) From the appropriation under s. 20.370 (4) (cv), the department
5shall fund the operation and maintenance of an air quality monitoring station in a
6county where a sulfur dioxide monitor has been in place for 3 years as a result of
7sulfur dioxide monitoring requirements under 40 CFR part 51 and the data
8requirement rule for the 2010 one-hour sulfur dioxide primary national ambient air
9quality standard published in the federal register on August 21, 2015. The
10department may designate the monitoring station as a special purpose monitor
11under 40 CFR 58.20.
AB64-ASA1,1828 12Section 1828 . 287.91 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,890,1513 287.91 (4) The department of natural resources shall reimburse the
14department of justice for the expenses incurred in enforcing this chapter from the
15appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (4) (ma).
AB64-ASA1,1829 16Section 1829 . 289.31 (7) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,890,2517 289.31 (7) (f) If the owner or operator of a site or facility subject to an order
18under par. (d) is a municipality, the municipality is responsible for conducting any
19monitoring ordered under par. (d). The department shall, from the environmental
20fund appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (4) (dv), reimburse the municipality for the
21costs of monitoring that exceed an amount equal to $3 per person residing in the
22municipality for each site or facility subject to an order under par. (d), except that the
23maximum reimbursement is $100,000 for each site or facility. The department shall
24exclude any monitoring costs paid under the municipality's liability insurance
25coverage in calculating the municipal cost of monitoring a site or facility.
AB64-ASA1,1830
1Section 1830. 289.43 (7) (e) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,891,32 289.43 (7) (e) 3. All fees collected under this paragraph shall be credited to the
3appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (4) (dg).
AB64-ASA1,1831 4Section 1831 . 289.64 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,891,75 289.64 (6) Use of solid waste facility siting board fees. The fees collected
6under sub. (2) shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (4) (eg) for
7transfer to the appropriation under s. 20.505 (4) (k).
AB64-ASA1,1832 8Section 1832 . 289.68 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,891,169 289.68 (1) Payments from the waste management fund. The department may
10expend moneys in the waste management fund only for the purposes specified under
11subs. (3) to (6) and 1991 Wisconsin Act 39, section 9142 (2w). The department may
12expend moneys appropriated under s. 20.370 (2) (4) (dq) for the purposes specified
13under subs. (3) and (5) and 1991 Wisconsin Act 39, section 9142 (2w). The
14department may expend moneys appropriated under s. 20.370 (2) (4) (dt) for the
15purposes specified under sub. (4). The department may expend moneys appropriated
16under s. 20.370 (2) (4) (dy) and (dz) for the purposes specified under sub. (6).
AB64-ASA1,1833 17Section 1833 . 289.68 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,891,2318 289.68 (3) Payments for long-term care after termination of proof of
19financial responsibility.
The department may spend moneys appropriated under
20s. 20.370 (2) (4) (dq) for the costs of long-term care of an approved facility for which
21the plan of operation was approved under s. 289.30 (6) before August 9, 1989, that
22accrue after the requirement to provide proof of financial responsibility expires
23under s. 289.41 (1m) (b) or (f) as authorized under s. 289.41 (11) (b) 2.
AB64-ASA1,1834 24Section 1834 . 289.68 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,892,4
1289.68 (4) Payment of closure and long-term care costs; forfeited bonds and
2similar moneys.
The department may utilize moneys appropriated under s. 20.370
3(2) (4) (dt) for the payment of costs associated with compliance with closure and
4long-term care requirements under s. 289.41 (11) (b) 1.
AB64-ASA1,1835 5Section 1835 . 289.68 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,892,86 289.68 (5) Prevention of imminent hazard. The department may utilize
7moneys appropriated under s. 20.370 (2) (4) (dq) for the payment of costs associated
8with imminent hazards as authorized under s. 289.41 (11) (c) and (cm).
AB64-ASA1,1836 9Section 1836 . 289.68 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,892,1210 289.68 (6) Payment of corrective action, forfeited bonds and recovered
11moneys.
The department may utilize moneys appropriated under s. 20.370 (2) (4)
12(dy) and (dz) for the payment of costs of corrective action under s. 289.41 (11) (bm).
AB64-ASA1,1837 13Section 1837 . 292.11 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,892,1914 292.11 (6) (a) Contingency plan; activities resulting from discharges. The
15department may utilize moneys appropriated under s. 20.370 (2) (4) (dv) and (my)
16(ms) in implementing and carrying out the contingency plan developed under sub.
17(5) and to provide for the procurement, maintenance, and storage of necessary
18equipment and supplies, personnel training, and expenses incurred in identifying,
19locating, monitoring, containing, removing, and disposing of discharged substances.
AB64-ASA1,1838 20Section 1838 . 292.11 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,892,2421 292.11 (6) (b) Limitation on equipment expenses. No more than 25 percent of
22the moneys available under the appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (4) (dv) or (my) (ms)
23during any fiscal year may be used for the procurement and maintenance of
24necessary equipment during that fiscal year.
AB64-ASA1,1839 25Section 1839 . 292.11 (6) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,893,3
1292.11 (6) (c) 2. Reimbursements to the department under section 311, federal
2water pollution control act amendments of 1972, P.L. 92-500, shall be credited to the
3appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (my) (4) (ms).
AB64-ASA1,1840 4Section 1840 . 292.31 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,893,115 292.31 (4) Monitoring costs at nonapproved facilities owned or operated by
6municipalities.
Notwithstanding the environmental response rules under sub. (2) or
7the environmental repair authority, remedial action sequence, and emergency
8response requirements under sub. (3), the department shall pay that portion of the
9cost of any monitoring requirement which is to be paid under s. 289.31 (7) (f) from
10the appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (4) (dv) prior to making other payments from
11that appropriation.
AB64-ASA1,1841 12Section 1841 . 292.31 (7) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,893,2013 292.31 (7) (am) 2. The department may acquire an interest in property from
14any person as part of a remedial action conducted in cooperation with the federal
15environmental protection agency if the acquisition is necessary to implement the
16remedy. Under this subdivision, the department may acquire an interest in property
17that is necessary to ensure that restrictions on the use of land or groundwater are
18enforceable. The department may expend moneys from the appropriations under ss.
1920.370 (2) (4) (dv) and 20.866 (2) (tg) if necessary to compensate a person for an
20interest in property acquired by the department under this subdivision.
AB64-ASA1,1842 21Section 1842 . 292.31 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,894,522 292.31 (7) (b) The department may expend moneys from the appropriations
23under ss. 20.370 (2) (4) (dv) and 20.866 (2) (tg) as required under 42 USC 9601, et seq.
24The department shall promulgate by rule criteria for the expenditure of moneys from
25the appropriations under ss. 20.370 (2) (4) (dv) and 20.866 (2) (tg). The criteria shall

1include consideration of the amount of moneys available in the appropriations under
2ss. 20.370 (2) (4) (dv) and 20.866 (2) (tg), the moneys available from other sources for
3the required sharing of costs, the differences between public and private sites or
4facilities, the potential for cost recovery from responsible parties , and any other
5appropriate factors.
AB64-ASA1,1843 6Section 1843 . 292.41 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,894,117 292.41 (6) (a) The department may utilize moneys appropriated under s.
820.370 (2) (4) (dv) and (my) (ms) in taking action under sub. (4). The department shall
9utilize these moneys to provide for the procurement, maintenance , and storage of
10necessary equipment and supplies, personnel training, and expenses incurred in
11locating, identifying, removing, and disposing of abandoned containers.
AB64-ASA1,1844 12Section 1844 . 292.41 (6) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,894,1513 292.41 (6) (b) No more than 25 percent of the total of all moneys available under
14the appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (4) (dv) and (my) (ms) may be used annually for
15the procurement and maintenance of necessary equipment during that fiscal year.
AB64-ASA1,1845 16Section 1845 . 292.55 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64-ASA1,894,2117 292.55 (2) The department may assess and collect fees from a person to offset
18the costs of providing assistance under sub. (1). The department shall promulgate
19rules for the assessment and collection of fees under this subsection. Fees collected
20under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370
21(2) (4) (dh).
AB64-ASA1,1846 22Section 1846 . 292.57 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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