Types of professional skills necessary for compliance with the rules.
No new professional skills are necessary for compliance with the rules.
Rules have a significant economic impact on small businesses.
No
Small business regulatory coordinator
Any inquiries for the small business regulatory coordinator for the Department of Commerce can be directed to Sam Rockweiler, as listed above.
Environmental Impact
The Department has considered the environmental impact of the proposed rules. In accordance with chapter Comm 1, the proposed rules are a Type III action. A Type III action normally does not have the potential to cause significant environmental effects and normally does not involve unresolved conflicts in the use of available resources. The Department has reviewed these rules and finds no reason to believe that any unusual conditions exist. At this time, the Department has issued this notice to serve as a finding of no significant impact.
Fiscal Estimate
Assumptions used in arriving at fiscal estimate
Although the rules will newly result in review of documentation relating to applications for grants under this chapter, the time needed for these reviews is expected to be spent by current employees. Therefore, the proposed rules are not expected to have any significant fiscal effect on the Department.
The proposed rules are not expected to impose any significant costs on the private sector because the rules address submittal of documentation only by entities that choose to pursue obtaining grants under this chapter.
State fiscal effect
None.
Local government fiscal effect
None.
Long-range fiscal implications
None known.
Agency Contact Person
Shelly Harkins
Wisconsin Department of Commerce
Bureau of Business Finance and Compliance
P.O. Box 7970
Madison, WI 53707-7970
Phone: (608) 266-0346
Notice of Hearing
Natural Resources
Fish, Game, etc., Chs.
NR 1—
(DNR # FH-17-09)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to ss.
23.11 (1),
29.014 (1),
29.041,
29.523,
29.526,
29.529,
29.531,
29.533 and
227.11 (2) (a), Stats., the Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing on proposed revisions to Chapters
NR 20,
21 and
22, Wis. Adm. Code, relating to commercial fishing on the Mississippi river boundary waters.
Hearing Information
The public hearing will be held:
Date: Monday, June 21, 2010
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Location: City Hall, Upstairs Community Room
214 E. Blackhawk Avenue
Prairie du Chien, WI 53821
Reasonable accommodations, including the provision of informational material in an alternative format, will be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Contact Thomas Van Haren, in writing at Department of Natural Resources, LE/8, PO Box 7921, 101 S. Webster Street, Madison, WI 53707, by calling (608) 266-3244 or by email at:
Thomas.VanHaren@wi.gov or by calling (608) 266-3244. A request must include specific information and be received at least 10 days before the date of the scheduled hearing.
Copies of the proposed rules and fiscal estimate
The proposed rule and supporting documents, including the fiscal estimate, may be viewed and downloaded from the
Administrative Rules System Web site at http://adminruleswisconsin.gov. If you do not have Internet access, a printed copy of the proposed rule and supporting documents, including the fiscal estimate, may be obtained free of charge by contacting: Thomas Van Haren, Department of Natural Resources, LE/8, PO Box 7921, 101 S. Webster Street, Madison, WI 53707, by calling (608) 266-3244 or by email at:
Thomas.VanHaren@wi.gov.
Submittal of Written Comments
Comments on the proposed rule must be received on or before
June 23, 2010. Written comments may be submitted by U.S. mail, fax, email, or through the Internet and will have the same weight and effect as oral statements presented at the public hearing. Written comments and any questions on the proposed rules should be submitted to: Thomas Van Haren, Department of Natural Resources, LE/8, PO Box 7921, 101 S. Webster Street, Madison, WI 53707, by calling (608) 266-3244 or by e-mail at:
Thomas.VanHaren@wi.gov.
Analysis Prepared by the Department of Natural Resources:
Statutes interpreted
Statutory authority
Plain language analysis
SECTIONS 1, 2 , 3, 5, 6 and 30 of the order amend cross references found in chs. NR 20 and NR 21 to definitions that have been renumbered by this rule or which were incorrect.
SECTIONS 4 and 15 repeal and recreate the definition sections in chs.
NR 21 and
NR 22. There are new definitions added to these sections, including bait net, bank pole, buffalo net, detrimental fish, drive set, drift set, frame net or fyke net, gill net, hoop net, lead, seine, seine haul, setline, slat net or basket trap and trammel nets. Several existing definitions are revised and all others are retained but have been renumbered. Unnecessary statutory references placed in parenthesis after some definitions were removed.
SECTIONS 7 and 19 clarify in both ch.
NR 21 and ch.
NR 22 that live carp taken for use as bait may not be transported away from any waters of the state unless specifically authorized. Such movement of live fish has been prohibited under s.
NR 19.05 effective November 2, 2007 as a result of new rules meant to reduce the risk of the spread of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) in fish.
SECTION 8 and 20 clarify in both ch.
NR 21 and ch.
NR 22 that a licensed commercial fisher and their agents are restricted to commercial fishing only within the state boundaries of the state they are licensed under.
SECTIONS 9, 10, 11, 21, 22 and 26 clarify in both ch.
NR 21 and ch.
NR 22 that each person who is required to hold a commercial fishing license must be present at all times when any of his or her nets or setlines are set, placed, tended or operated, while still allowing the licensee to move commercial fish by boat or on the ice and to load commercial fish into trucks at a boat landing while the crew continues to load fish at the net. These sections also provide that a commercial fishing licensee's fish helpers or crew members do not need to also hold a commercial fishing license when only assisting a licensed commercial fisher, but that the commercial fisher must notify the department of the names of all such helpers or crew members.
SECTIONS 12 and 24 repeal unnecessary references to the cost for tags issued for commercial fishing nets. These fees are established under ss.
29.523 and
29.563 (7) (c), Stats. SECTION 12 also clarifies that it is not legal to remove roe from a commercial fish while on the water, ice or shore, and that commercial fish shall remain intact until the fish reaches the final processing facility or place of business of the commercial fisher. This new language created in ch.
NR 21 is consistent with the current rule language found in s.
NR 22.11 (2m).
SECTIONS 13 and 28 clarify that either any small game or a fishing license is a valid approval for taking turtles. This change is consistent with a recent change made to s.
NR 19.275 (3) (a) under clearinghouse rule
CR 09-018 and which took effect March 1, 2010
SECTIONS 14 and 29 clarify that a person taking of turtles on the Wisconsin-Minnesota and Wisconsin-Iowa boundary waters shall comply with the regulations of the state in whose territorial waters they are taking the turtles.
SECTION 16 makes the s.
NR 22.05 (1) language consistent with the language found under ch.
NR 21, regarding the ability to sell or barter rough fish under one's control or possession if lawfully taken during the open season by hook and line, spear or bow and arrow.
SECTION 17 clarifies in ch.
NR 22 that fishing within 200 feet of any fishway, lock or dam by any means other than hook and line is not legal. This is consistent with the restrictions found in ss.
NR 20.05 (3) and
21.065.
SECTION 18 clarifies that set or bank poles are not commercial gear on the Wisconsin-Iowa boundary waters and that the same rules apply to their use on the Wisconsin portion of this water as apply to their use on non-boundary inland waters.
SECTION 23 makes a number of revisions to ss.
NR 22.11 and
22.12 so that the language in these sections is more consistent with current s.
NR 21.11.
SECTION 25 removes reference to tortoises and simply refers to these animals as turtles.
For consistency, SECTION 26 creates several new restrictions in s.
NR 22.11 that currently apply to commercial fishing on the Mississippi river in the Wisconsin-Minnesota boundary waters in s.
NR 21.11, but not to commercial fishing on the Mississippi river in the Wisconsin/Iowa boundary waters under ch.
NR 22.
SECTION 27 amends s.
NR 22.12 commercial fishing gear restrictions to make them more consistent with the commercial gear restrictions found in ch.
NR 21. These new restrictions will provide for more consistency in the commercial fishing rules up and down the Mississippi river, as well as provide additional opportunity to use commercial fishing gear on this water.
Comparison with federal regulations
The department is not aware of any existing or proposed federal regulation that would govern fishing in Wisconsin's boundary waters with Minnesota or Iowa.
Summary of the factual data and analytical methodologies
This rule was not based on a technical analysis of data. It was developed in consultation with commercial fishers to address concerns regarding the lack of legal descriptions of what the varieties of nets are and inconsistency between the rules that apply to the same Wisconsin commercial fisher depending on if he or she is fishing in the waters between Wisconsin and Iowa or the waters between Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Analysis and supporting documentation used to determine the rule's effect on small businesses
Small businesses engaged in commercial fishing may be affected by the rule. However, we currently have no basis for quantifying the economic impacts of the rule.
Small Business Impact (including how the rule will be enforced)
This rule will benefit commercial fishers on the Mississippi river by providing clear descriptions of the nets that their licenses authorize them to use on this water and not leaving the types of nets open for a variety of interpretations. This rule will also benefit commercial fishers by creating more consistency in the rules regardless of which part of the river in Wisconsin they are fishing. The rule will be enforced by department Conservation Wardens under the authority of chapters 23 and 29, Stats., through routine patrols, record audits of commercial fishers and follow up investigations of citizen complaints. Liberalization of some of the commercial fishing rules will also benefit commercial fishers such as the higher number of hooks on setlines allowed with these changes.
Environmental Impact
This is a type III action under Chapter
150, Wis. Adm. Code, and neither an environmental impact statement nor an environmental assessment is required.
Fiscal Estimate
The proposed rule would authorize commercial anglers fishing in the Wisconsin-Iowa boundary waters to use up to 12 setlines, instead of the current limit of 8. The cost for 4 additional setline tags which are set by statute at a cost of 25 cents each would be $1 per license. In 2009, there were 135 setlines issued for use on the Mississippi River. The cost to the state to purchase setline tags is 18.5 cents per metal tag or 74 cents per license.
Agency Contact Person
Thomas Van Haren
Department of Natural Resources
PO Box 7921
101 S. Webster Street, LE/8
Madison, WI 53707
Phone: (608) 266-3244
Notice of Hearing
Natural Resources
Fish, Game, etc., Chs.
NR 1—
(DNR # LF-14-10(E))
