AB516: Text as Enrolled

Date of enactment:
2003 Assembly Bill 516 Date of publication*:

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2001-02 : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

2003 WISCONSIN ACT

An Act to amend 285.60 (1) (a) 1.; and to create 285.60 (6m) of the statutes; relating to: an exemption from the requirement to obtain an air pollution construction permit for certain equipment at a nonmetallic mineral processing facility.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB516, s. 1 Section 1. 285.60 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

285.60 (1) (a) 1. Except as provided in sub. (6) or (6m), no person may commence construction, reconstruction, replacement, or modification of a stationary source unless the person has a construction permit from the department.

AB516, s. 2 Section 2. 285.60 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:

285.60 (6m) Construction permit exemption for nonmetallic mining facilities. (a) Definitions. In this section:

1. "Equipment" includes an engine or generator used to power other equipment.

2. "Initial crusher" means a crusher at a nonmetallic mineral processing facility into which nonmetallic minerals can be fed without prior crushing at that facility.

3. "Initial grinding mill" means a grinding mill at a nonmetallic mineral processing facility into which nonmetallic minerals can be fed without prior crushing at that facility.

(b) Permit exemption. A person is not required to obtain a construction permit under sub. (1) (a) for any equipment at a nonmetallic mineral processing facility, other than an initial crusher or an initial grinding mill, if the person has an operation permit under this section for the facility or has filed a complete application for an operation permit under this section for the facility.