323.60 Annotation The authority and responsibility of local units of government to respond to Level B hazardous substance releases is discussed. OAG 1-99.
323.61 323.61 Emergency planning grants.
323.61(1)(1)General.
323.61(1)(a)(a) There is created an emergency planning grant program for the purpose of assisting committees to comply with the requirements of s. 323.60 and the federal act.
323.61(1)(b) (b) Any committee may apply annually to the division for an emergency planning grant. Applications shall be made in the manner specified by the division.
323.61(2) (2) Eligible costs. Eligible costs for emergency planning grants are limited to the cost of all of the following:
323.61(2)(a) (a) Maintaining emergency response plans required under 42 USC 11003, including the cost of maintaining facility plans.
323.61(2)(b) (b) Reviewing, exercising and implementing emergency response plans required under 42 USC 11003.
323.61(2)(br) (br) Subject to sub. (2m), 80 percent of the costs of computers and emergency response equipment, but not to exceed $10,000. In-kind contributions may be used to meet the committee's contribution under this paragraph.
323.61(2)(c) (c) Committee operation and administration, including the cost of supplies and equipment reasonably necessary for committee operation and administration, but excluding the cost of computers and emergency response equipment.
323.61(2)(d) (d) Any other activity of the committee required under s. 323.60 or the federal act.
323.61(2)(dm) (dm) Hazardous materials response supplies.
323.61(2)(e) (e) The portion of a previous year's costs that was approved by the division but not paid because of insufficient funds.
323.61(2m) (2m) Strategic plan. A committee is eligible for grant funds under sub. (2) (br) for emergency response equipment only if it submits to the division a strategic plan for emergency response to hazardous substance releases that includes all of the following:
323.61(2m)(a) (a) An analysis of the risks of hazardous substance releases in the county.
323.61(2m)(b) (b) Identification of the existing capability for emergency response to hazardous substance releases in the county.
323.61(2m)(c) (c) An assessment of needs, including equipment and training needs, related to emergency response to hazardous substance releases in the county.
323.61(2m)(d) (d) A process to maintain or increase the capability for emergency response to hazardous substance releases in the county.
323.61(2m)(e) (e) Identification of a local emergency response team that is capable of responding to a level B release that occurs at any place in the county and whose members meet the standards for hazardous materials technicians in 29 CFR 1910.120 (q) (6) (iii) and national fire protection association standards NFPA 471 and 472.
323.61(2m)(f) (f) Procedures for local emergency response team actions that are consistent with local emergency response plans developed under s. 323.60 (3) and the state contingency plan established under s. 292.11 (5).
323.61(3) (3) Grant amount.
323.61(3)(a)(a) Emergency planning grants shall not exceed the sum of the following amounts:
323.61(3)(a)1. 1. The costs of each new facility plan completed by the committee and approved by the division in the period covered by the grant.
323.61(3)(a)2. 2. All costs incurred by the committee in the period covered by the grant related to subs. (2) (b) to (dm) and (2m).
323.61(3)(a)3. 3. The portion of a previous year's costs that was approved by the division but not paid because of insufficient funds.
323.61(3)(b) (b) The division shall reduce the grant amount calculated under par. (a) by the amount of any other gifts or grants received by the committee in the period covered by the grant for costs incurred by the committee related to sub. (2).
323.61(3)(c) (c) Notwithstanding sub. (2), the division shall deny that portion of a grant calculated under par. (a) 2. if the division determines that the committee has failed to meet grant obligations, including the development, review, exercise or implementation of local emergency response plans as required under s. 323.60 or the federal act.
323.61(3)(e) (e) Annually, the division shall establish a formula to determine the amount of emergency planning grant funds available to each county.
323.61(4) (4) Payment of grants. Annually, the division shall review all applications received under this section and make grants to committees from the appropriations under s. 20.465 (3) (jm) and (r). If insufficient funds are available to pay all approved grants, the division shall prorate the available funds among the eligible applicants in proportion to the approved grant amounts. A prorated payment shall be deemed full payment of the grant.
323.61(5) (5) Payment in advance.
323.61(5)(a)(a) The division may pay a portion of a grant before the end of the period covered by the grant if a committee requests the advance payment and if the division determines that the necessary funds are available and that the advance payment will not result in insufficient funds to pay other grants.
323.61(5)(b) (b) The division may pay an amount up to 50 percent of anticipated eligible costs covered by a grant up to 12 months before the end of the period covered by the grant. The division may pay an additional amount up to 25 percent of anticipated eligible costs up to 6 months before the end of the period covered by the grant. The division shall determine anticipated eligible costs from a budget submitted by the committee at the time that the committee requests payment in advance.
323.61(5)(c) (c) If a committee receives advance payments under this subsection which exceed the total grant amount calculated under sub. (3), the division shall subtract the amount of the overpayment from the amount of a grant paid to that committee in the next year that the committee receives a grant.
323.61 History History: 1987 a. 342; 1989 a. 31, 115; 1991 a. 104; 1993 a. 16; 1995 a. 13, 227; 1997 a. 27; 2001 a. 16; 2009 a. 42 ss. 207 to 213; Stats. 2009 s. 323.61.
323.62 323.62 Mobile field force grants. From the appropriation under s. 20.465 (3) (dm), the division may award grants to Wisconsin law enforcement agencies, as defined in s. 165.77 (1) (c), to fund crowd-control training and equipment used for crowd control.
323.62 History History: 2017 a. 59.
subch. VII of ch. 323 SUBCHAPTER VII
EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS
323.70 323.70 Hazardous substance emergency response.
323.70(1)(1)In this subchapter:
323.70(1)(a) (a) “Hazardous substance" has the meaning given in s. 299.01 (6).
323.70(1)(b) (b) “Local agency" means an agency of a county, city, village, or town, including a municipal police or fire department, a municipal health organization, a county office of emergency management, a county sheriff, an emergency medical service, a local emergency response team, or a public works department.
323.70(1)(c) (c) “Local emergency response team" means a team that the committee identifies under s. 323.61 (2m) (e).
323.70(2) (2)The division shall contract with no more than 9 regional emergency response teams, one of which shall be located in La Crosse County. Each regional emergency response team shall assist in the emergency response to level A releases in a region of this state designated by the division. The division shall contract with at least one regional emergency response team in each area designated under s. 323.13 (2) (a). The division may only contract with a local agency under this subsection. A member of a regional emergency response team shall meet the highest standards for a hazardous materials responder in 29 CFR 1910.120 (q) (6) (iv) and National Fire Protection Association standards NFPA 471 and 472. Regional emergency response teams shall have at least one member that is trained in each of the appropriate specialty areas under National Fire Protection Association standard NFPA 472. Payments to regional emergency response teams under this subsection shall be made from the appropriation account under s. 20.465 (3) (dd).
323.70(3) (3)From the appropriations under s. 20.465 (3) (dr) and (jt), the division shall reimburse a local agency contracted under sub. (2) for costs incurred by the team in responding to an emergency involving a level A release, or a potential level A release, if the division determines that an emergency requiring the response existed. Reimbursement under this subsection shall be issued to the local agency within 60 days after receiving a complete application for reimbursement on a form prescribed by the division if the agency applies for reimbursement within 45 days after the conclusion of the deployment of the regional emergency response team.
323.70(3m) (3m)From the appropriation under s. 20.465 (3) (jt), the division shall reimburse a local agency under sub. (1) for costs incurred by the local agency for any increase in contributions for duty disability premiums under s. 40.05 (2) (ax) for employees who receive duty disability benefits under s. 40.65 because of an injury incurred while performing duties as a member of a regional emergency response team under sub. (2).
323.70(4) (4)A person shall reimburse the division for costs incurred by a regional emergency response team in responding to an emergency involving a level A release or a potential level A release if an emergency requiring the team's response existed and if any of the following conditions applies:
323.70(4)(a) (a) The person possessed or controlled a hazardous substance that was involved in the emergency.
323.70(4)(b) (b) The person caused the emergency.
323.70(5) (5)A member of a regional emergency response team who is acting under a contract under sub. (2) is considered an employee of the state for purposes of worker's compensation benefits.
323.70(6) (6)The division shall notify the joint committee on finance in writing, before entering into a new contractual agreement under sub. (2) or renewing or extending a contractual agreement under sub. (2), of the specific funding commitment involved in that proposed new, renewed or extended contract. The division shall include in that notification information regarding any anticipated contractual provisions that involve state fiscal commitments for each fiscal year in the proposed new, renewed or extended contract. The division may enter into a new contractual agreement or renew or extend a contractual agreement, as proposed in the notification to the joint committee on finance, if within 14 working days after notification the committee does not schedule a meeting to review the division's proposed action. If, within 14 working days after notification to the joint committee on finance, the committee notifies the division that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the division's proposed action, the division may enter into the proposed new contact or renew or extend the contract as proposed only if the committee approves that action.
323.70(6m) (6m)From the appropriation under s. 20.465 (3) (df), the division may award grants to local agencies with which the division contracts under sub. (2). A grant awarded under this subsection shall be used to fund the replacement of equipment used in emergency responses to releases of hazardous substances under this section.
323.70 History History: 1991 a. 104; 1993 a. 253; 1995 a. 13; 1997 a. 27, 41; 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 16; 2005 a. 33; 2009 a. 42 ss. 176 to 178, 214 to 221, 223, 224; Stats. 2009 s. 323.70; 2017 a. 59; 2021 a. 104; 2021 a. 240 s. 30; s. 35.17 correction in (3m).
323.71 323.71 Local agency response and reimbursement.
323.71(1)(1)A person who possesses or controls a hazardous substance that is released or who causes the release of a hazardous substance shall take the actions necessary to protect public health and safety and prevent damage to property.
323.71(2) (2)If action required under sub. (1) is not being adequately taken or the identity of the person responsible for an emergency involving a release or potential release of a hazardous substance is unknown and the emergency involving a release or potential release threatens public health or safety or damage to property, a local agency may take any emergency action that is consistent with the contingency plan for the undertaking of emergency actions in response to the release or potential release of hazardous substances established by the department of natural resources under s. 292.11 (5) and that it considers appropriate under the circumstances.
323.71(3) (3)From the appropriation under s. 20.465 (3) (dr), the division shall reimburse a local emergency response team for costs incurred by the team in responding to an emergency involving a hazardous substance release, or potential release, if the division determines that an emergency requiring the team's response existed. Reimbursement is available under s. 20.465 (3) (dr) only if the local emergency response team has made a good faith effort to identify the person responsible under sub. (4) and that person cannot be identified, or, if that person is identified, the team has received reimbursement from that person to the extent that the person is financially able or has determined that the person does not have adequate money or other resources to reimburse the local emergency response team. Reimbursement under this subsection shall be issued to the local agency within 60 days after receiving a complete application for reimbursement on a form prescribed by the division if the agency applies for reimbursement within 45 days after the conclusion of the deployment of the local emergency response team.
323.71(4) (4)
323.71(4)(a)(a) Except as provided in par. (b), a person shall reimburse a local agency as provided in sub. (5) for actual, reasonable, and necessary expenses incurred in responding to an emergency involving the release or potential release of a hazardous substance if any of the following conditions applies:
323.71(4)(a)1. 1. The person possessed or controlled a hazardous substance involved in the emergency.
323.71(4)(a)2. 2. The person caused the emergency.
323.71(4)(b) (b) A local emergency response team may receive reimbursement under par. (a) only if the division determines that an emergency requiring the team's response existed.
323.71(5) (5)
323.71(5)(a)(a) The county board may designate a county employee or body as the reviewing entity under this subsection. If the county board does not make a designation, the local emergency planning committee is the reviewing entity.
323.71(5)(am) (am) A local agency seeking reimbursement under sub. (4) shall submit a claim stating its expenses to the reviewing entity for the county in which the emergency occurred.
323.71(5)(b) (b) The reviewing entity shall review claims submitted under par. (am) and determine the amount of reasonable and necessary expenses incurred. The reviewing entity shall provide a person who is liable for reimbursement under sub. (4) with a notice of the amount of expenses it has determined to be reasonable and necessary that arose from the emergency involving the release or potential release of a hazardous substance and that were incurred by all local agencies from which the reviewing entity receives a claim.
323.71(5)(c) (c) If a person receiving a notice under par. (b) objects to the amount of expenses in the notice, the person may ask the reviewing entity to review its determination. The reviewing entity may modify the determination and shall notify the person of the result of its review.
323.71(5)(d) (d) A person liable for reimbursement under sub. (4) shall pay the reimbursement directly to each local agency.
323.71(6) (6)A county may enact an ordinance in conformity with this section that governs the administration of claims under sub. (5).
323.71 History History: 1989 a. 256; 1995 a. 13, 227, 247; 1997 a. 27; 2001 a. 16; 2009 a. 42 ss. 222, 225 to 231; Stats. 2009 s. 323.71; 2021 a. 104.
323.72 323.72 Urban search and rescue emergency response.
323.72(1)(1)An urban search and rescue task force designated by the division shall assist at the direction of the division in an emergency response involving search, rescue, and recovery in the technical rescue disciplines, including structural collapse, rope rescue, vehicle extrication, machinery extrication, confined space, trench, excavation, and water operations in an urban search and rescue environment. Whenever an urban search and rescue task force assists in an emergency response under this subsection, the division shall determine whether an emergency requiring the urban search and rescue task force's response existed. If the division determines that such an emergency existed, it shall make a good faith effort to identify the person who is required to reimburse the division under sub. (3). The division shall contract with local agencies, as defined in s. 323.70 (1) (b), to establish an urban search and rescue task force. A member of an urban search and rescue task force shall meet the most current training, competency, and job performance requirement standards for a search and rescue task force issued by the National Fire Protection Association and the most current version of the urban search and rescue standard issued by the Emergency Management Accreditation program.
323.72(2) (2)From the appropriation under s. 20.465 (3) (h) or (hm), the division shall reimburse a local agency under sub. (1) for costs incurred by the local agency in responding to an emergency requiring an urban search and rescue task force response if the division determines that such a response was necessary. Reimbursement under this subsection shall be issued to the local agency within 60 days after receiving a complete application for reimbursement on a form prescribed by the division if the agency applies for reimbursement within 45 days after the conclusion of the deployment of the urban search and rescue task force.
323.72(2m) (2m)From the appropriation under s. 20.465 (3) (hm), the division shall reimburse a local agency under sub. (1) for costs incurred by the local agency for any increase in contributions for duty disability premiums under s. 40.05 (2) (aw) for employees who receive duty disability benefits under s. 40.65 because of an injury incurred while performing duties as a member of an urban search and rescue task force under sub. (1).
323.72(3) (3)A person shall reimburse the division for costs incurred by an urban search and rescue task force in responding to an emergency if the division determines that an emergency requiring the urban search and rescue task force's response existed and that the person caused the emergency.
323.72(4) (4)A member of an urban search and rescue task force who is acting under a contract under sub. (1) is considered an employee of the state for purposes of worker's compensation benefits.
323.72(6) (6)The department of military affairs may submit to the joint committee on finance a request to supplement the appropriation account under s. 20.465 (3) (hm) for the purposes for which the appropriation is made. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the department within 14 working days after receiving the request that the cochairpersons have scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the request, the appropriation account under s. 20.465 (3) (hm) shall be supplemented from the appropriation account under s. 20.865 (4) (a), as provided in the request. If, within 14 working days after receiving the request, the cochairpersons notify the department that the cochairpersons have scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the request, the appropriation account may be supplemented from the appropriation account under s. 20.865 (4) (a) only as approved by the committee. Notwithstanding s. 13.101 (3), the committee is not required to find that an emergency exists prior to supplementing the appropriation account under s. 20.465 (3) (hm).
323.72(7) (7)In this section, “urban search and rescue task force” means an all hazards rescue team that is a core component of a Search and Rescue Essential Support Function 9 (ESF 9) mission, including a type I urban search and rescue task force, type III urban search and rescue task force, or any component thereof, as designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency National Incident Management System Search and Rescue resource typing system.
323.72 History History: 2009 a. 43 s. 1; Stats. 2009 s. 323.72; 2011 a. 258 s. 67; 2021 a. 104; s. 35.17 correction in (1).
subch. VIII of ch. 323 SUBCHAPTER VIII
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACTS
323.80 323.80 Emergency management assistance compact. The following compact, by and between the state of Wisconsin and all other states that enter into the compact, is ratified and approved:
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT
323.80(1) (1) Article I — Purpose and Authorities.
323.80(1)(a) (a) This compact is made and entered into by and between the participating member states that enact this compact, called “party states" in this section. In this agreement, the term “states" means the several states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and all U.S. territorial possessions.
323.80(1)(b) (b) The purpose of this compact is to provide for mutual assistance among the party states in managing any emergency or disaster that is declared by the governor of the affected state, whether arising from natural disaster, technological hazard, man-made disaster, civil emergency aspects of resource shortages, community disorders, insurgency, or enemy attack.
323.80(1)(c) (c) This compact also provides for mutual cooperation in emergency-related exercises, testing, or other training activities using equipment and personnel simulating performance of any aspect of the giving and receiving of aid by party states or subdivisions of party states during emergencies if such activities occur outside actual declared emergency periods. Mutual assistance in this compact may include the use of the states' national guard forces, either in accordance with the national guard mutual assistance compact or by mutual agreement among states.
323.80(2) (2) Article II — General Implementation.
323.80(2)(a) (a) Each party state recognizes that many emergencies transcend political jurisdictional boundaries and that intergovernmental coordination is essential in managing these and other emergencies under this compact. Each party state recognizes that there will be emergencies which require immediate access and present procedures to apply outside resources to make a prompt and effective response to such an emergency.
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2021-22 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2023 Wis. Act 71 and through all Supreme Court and Controlled Substances Board Orders filed before and in effect on February 14, 2024. Published and certified under s. 35.18. Changes effective after February 14, 2024, are designated by NOTES. (Published 2-14-24)