AB150-ASA,1253,7 7101.143 (title) Petroleum storage remedial action; financial assistance.
AB150-ASA, s. 3666 8Section 3666. 101.143 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,1253,129 101.143 (2) (d) The department shall reserve a portion, not to exceed 20%, of
10the amount annually appropriated under s. 20.445 (1) 20.143 (3) (v) for awards under
11this section to be used to fund emergency remedial action and claims that exceed the
12amount initially anticipated.
AB150-ASA, s. 3667 13Section 3667. 101.143 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,1253,1914 101.143 (2m) Interdepartmental coordination. Whenever the department of
15industry, labor and human relations development receives a notification under sub.
16(3) (a) 3. or the department of natural resources receives a notification of a petroleum
17product discharge under s. 144.76, the department receiving the notification shall
18contact the other department and shall schedule a meeting of the owner or operator
19or person owning a home oil tank system and representatives of both departments.
AB150-ASA, s. 3668 20Section 3668. 101.143 (3) (ae) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,1254,221 101.143 (3) (ae) 1. An owner or operator or a person owning a home oil tank
22system is not eligible for an award under this section for costs incurred because of
23a petroleum product discharge from a petroleum product storage system or a home
24oil tank system that meets the performance standards in 40 CFR 280.20 or s. ILHR
2510.51, Wis. adm. code
in rules promulgated by the department relating to

1underground storage tank systems installed after December 22, 1988
, except as
2provided in subd. 2.
AB150-ASA, s. 3669 3Section 3669. 101.143 (3) (ae) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,1254,184 101.143 (3) (ae) 2. If a petroleum product storage system or home oil tank
5system that meets the performance standards in 40 CFR 280.20 or s. ILHR 10.51,
6Wis. adm. code
in rules promulgated by the department relating to underground
7storage tank systems installed after December 22, 1988
, is located on a site on which
8a petroleum product discharge is confirmed before the date on which the petroleum
9product storage system or home oil tank system is installed and the department of
10natural resources does not issue a case closure letter with respect to that discharge
11before the installation date, then the owner or operator or person owning the home
12oil tank system remains eligible for an award for costs incurred because of a
13petroleum product discharge, from that petroleum product storage system or home
14oil tank system, which is confirmed, and with respect to which activities under par.
15(c) or (g) are begun, before January 1, 1996, or before the 91st day after the day on
16which the department of natural resources issues a case closure letter with respect
17to the discharge that occurred before the installation of the petroleum product
18storage system or home oil tank system, whichever is earlier.
AB150-ASA, s. 3670 19Section 3670. 101.143 (3) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,1255,320 101.143 (3) (am) 1. An owner or operator or a person owning a home oil tank
21system is not eligible for an award under this section for costs incurred because of
22a petroleum product discharge from a petroleum product storage system or a home
23oil tank system if the discharge is confirmed, or activities under par. (c) or (g) are
24begun with respect to that discharge, after the day on which the petroleum product
25storage system or home oil tank system first meets the upgrading requirements in

140 CFR 280.21 (b) to (d) or s. ILHR 10.52 (2) to (4), Wis. adm. code in rules
2promulgated by the department relating to the upgrading of existing underground
3storage tank systems
, except as provided in subds. 2. to 4.
AB150-ASA, s. 3671 4Section 3671. 101.143 (3) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,1255,185 101.143 (3) (am) 2. If a petroleum product storage system or home oil tank
6system first meets the upgrading requirements in 40 CFR 280.21 (b) to (d) or s. ILHR
710.52 (2) to (4), Wis. adm. code
in rules promulgated by the department relating to
8the upgrading of existing underground storage tank systems
, after December 31,
91993, and the owner or operator or person owning the home oil tank system applies
10for private pollution liability insurance covering the petroleum product storage
11system or home oil tank system within 30 days after the day on which the petroleum
12product storage system or home oil tank system first meets those upgrading
13requirements, then the owner or operator or person remains eligible for an award for
14costs incurred because of a petroleum product discharge, from that petroleum
15product storage system or home oil tank system, which is confirmed, and with respect
16to which activities under par. (c) or (g) are begun, before the 91st day after the day
17on which the petroleum product storage system or home oil tank system first meets
18those upgrading requirements.
AB150-ASA, s. 3672 19Section 3672. 101.143 (3) (am) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,1256,920 101.143 (3) (am) 4. If a petroleum product storage system or home oil tank
21system first meets the upgrading requirements in 40 CFR 280.21 (b) to (d) or s. ILHR
2210.52 (2) to (4), Wis. adm. code
in rules promulgated by the department relating to
23the upgrading of existing underground storage tank systems
, after April 30, 1991,
24and is located on a site on which a petroleum product discharge is confirmed before
25the date on which the petroleum product storage system or home oil tank system first

1meets those upgrading requirements and the department of natural resources does
2not issue a case closure letter with respect to that discharge before that date, then
3the owner or operator or person owning the home oil tank system remains eligible
4for an award for costs incurred because of a petroleum product discharge, from that
5petroleum product storage system or home oil tank system, which is confirmed, and
6with respect to which activities under par. (c) or (g) are begun, before January 1,
71996, or before the 91st day after the day on which the department of natural
8resources issues a case closure letter with respect to the discharge that occurred
9before the upgrading requirements were met, whichever is earlier.
AB150-ASA, s. 3673 10Section 3673. 101.143 (3) (as) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,1257,211 101.143 (3) (as) 4. If the department issues an award under this section for
12remedial action activities that were necessitated by a petroleum product discharge
13from a petroleum product storage system or home oil tank system that does not meet
14the performance standards in 40 CFR 280.20 or s. ILHR 10.51, Wis. adm. code in
15rules promulgated by the department relating to underground storage tank systems
16installed after December 22, 1988
, and that, at the time of that discharge, does not
17meet the upgrading requirements in 40 CFR 280.21 (b) to (d) or s. ILHR 10.52 (2) to
18(4), Wis. adm. code
in rules promulgated by the department relating to the upgrading
19of existing underground storage tank systems
, then the owner or operator or person
20owning the home oil tank system remains eligible for an award for costs incurred
21because of any later petroleum product discharge from the same petroleum product
22storage system or home oil tank system and within the same area which is confirmed,
23and with respect to which activities under par. (c) or (g) are begun, before January
241, 1996, or before the 91st day after the day on which the petroleum product storage

1system or home oil tank system first meets those upgrading requirements,
2whichever is earlier.
AB150-ASA, s. 3673p 3Section 3673p. 101.143 (3) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,1257,104 101.143 (3) (bm) Agents. Except as provided in par. (bn), an owner or operator
5or a person owning a home oil tank system may enter into a written agreement with
6another a county or any other person under which that county or other person acts
7as an agent for the owner or operator or person owning a home oil tank system in
8conducting the activities required under par. (c). The owner or operator or person
9owning a home oil tank system and the agent shall jointly submit the claim for an
10award under sub. (4).
AB150-ASA, s. 3674 11Section 3674. 101.143 (3) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,1257,1512 101.143 (3) (c) 4. Receive written approval from the department of natural
13resources or, if the discharge is covered under s. 101.144 (2) (b), from the department
14of development
that the remedial action activities performed under subd. 3. meet the
15requirements of s. 144.76.
AB150-ASA, s. 3675 16Section 3675. 101.143 (3) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,1257,2217 101.143 (3) (cm) Monitoring as remedial action. An owner or operator or person
18owning a home oil tank system may, with the approval of the department of natural
19resources or, if the discharge is covered under s. 101.144 (2) (b), the department of
20development
, satisfy the requirements of par. (c) 2. and 3. by proposing and
21implementing monitoring to ensure the effectiveness of the natural process of
22degradation of petroleum product contamination.
AB150-ASA, s. 3676 23Section 3676. 101.143 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,1258,924 101.143 (3) (d) Review of site investigations, remedial action plans and
25remedial action activities.
The department of natural resources or, if the discharge

1is covered under s. 101.144 (2) (b), the department of development
shall, at the
2request of the claimant, review the site investigation and the remedial action plan
3and advise the claimant on the adequacy of proposed remedial action activities in
4meeting the requirements of s. 144.76. The advice is not an approval of the remedial
5action activities. The department of natural resources or, if the discharge is covered
6under s. 101.144 (2) (b), the department of development
shall complete a final review
7of the remedial action activities within 60 days after the claimant notifies the
8appropriate department of natural resources that the remedial action activities are
9completed.
AB150-ASA, s. 3677b 10Section 3677b. 101.143 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,1258,1211 101.143 (3) (e) Notifications. The department of natural resources shall notify
12the department when it gives the a claimant written approval under par. (c) 4.
AB150-ASA, s. 3678 13Section 3678. 101.143 (3) (f) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,1258,1514 101.143 (3) (f) 5. The written approval of the department of natural resources
15or the department of development under par. (c) 4.
AB150-ASA, s. 3679 16Section 3679. 101.143 (4) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,1258,1917 101.143 (4) (a) 6. In any fiscal year, the department may not award more than
185% of the amount appropriated under s. 20.445 (1) 20.143 (3) (v) as awards for
19petroleum product storage systems described in par. (ei) 1.
AB150-ASA, s. 3680 20Section 3680. 101.143 (4) (a) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,1258,2421 101.143 (4) (a) 7. In any fiscal year, the department may not award more than
225% of the amount appropriated under s. 20.445 (1) 20.143 (3) (v) as awards for
23petroleum product storage systems that are owned by school districts and that are
24used for storing heating oil for consumptive use on the premises where stored.
AB150-ASA, s. 3680n 25Section 3680n. 101.143 (4) (dm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,1259,9
1101.143 (4) (dm) 1. The department shall issue an award under this paragraph
2for a claim for eligible costs, under par. (b), incurred on or after May 7, 1994 August
31, 1987
, and before July 1, 1998, by the owner or operator of a petroleum product
4storage system that is not an underground petroleum product storage tank system
5and for eligible costs, under par. (b), incurred on or after July 1, 1998, by the owner
6or operator of a petroleum product storage system that is not an underground
7petroleum product storage tank system if the petroleum product discharge on which
8the claim is based is confirmed and activities under sub. (3) (c) or (g) are begun before
9July 1, 1998.
AB150-ASA, s. 3680p 10Section 3680p. 101.143 (4) (dm) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA,1259,2011 101.143 (4) (dm) 5. The department shall recalculate all awards issued under
12par. (e) before the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date], for
13eligible costs incurred before May 7, 1994, by the owner or operator of a petroleum
14product storage system that is not an underground petroleum product storage tank
15system according to the eligibility requirements at the time that the awards were
16made except that the awards shall be subject to the deductible amounts under subd.
172. and the maximum amounts under subds. 3. and 4. The department shall issue an
18award under this subdivision for the difference between the award as recalculated
19under this subdivision and the award issued before the effective date of this
20subdivision .... [revisor inserts date].
AB150-ASA, s. 3680q 21Section 3680q. 101.143 (4) (e) 1. a. of the statutes is repealed.
AB150-ASA, s. 3680r 22Section 3680r. 101.143 (4) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,1260,823 101.143 (4) (e) 2. The department shall issue the award under this paragraph
24without regard to fault in an amount equal to the amount of the eligible costs that
25exceeds a deductible amount of $2,500 plus 5% of the eligible costs, but not more than

1$7,500 per occurrence, for eligible costs incurred before July 1, 1993, or a deductible
2amount of $10,000 for eligible costs incurred on or after July 1, 1993
$10,000, except
3that the deductible amount for a petroleum product storage system that is owned by
4a school district or a technical college district and that is used for storing heating oil
5for consumptive use on the premises where stored is 25% of eligible costs and except
6that the deductible for a petroleum product storage system that is described in par.
7(ei) 1. is $2,500 plus 5% of the eligible costs, but not more than $7,500 per occurrence
8without regard to when the eligible costs are incurred.
AB150-ASA, s. 3680s 9Section 3680s. 101.143 (4) (e) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,1260,1810 101.143 (4) (e) 2m. An award issued under this paragraph may not exceed
11$195,000 for eligible costs incurred before July 1, 1993, or $190,000 for eligible costs
12incurred on or after July 1, 1993,
$190,000 for each occurrence, except that an award
13under this paragraph to a school district or a technical college district with respect
14to a discharge from a petroleum product storage system that is used for storing
15heating oil for consumptive use on the premises where stored is $190,000 for each
16occurrence, without regard to when the eligible costs are incurred, and
except that
17an award under this paragraph to the owner or operator of a petroleum product
18storage system described in par. (ei) 1. may not exceed $100,000 per occurrence.
AB150-ASA, s. 3680t 19Section 3680t. 101.143 (4) (e) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,1260,2320 101.143 (4) (e) 3. The department may not issue awards under this paragraph
21to an owner or operator for eligible costs incurred in one program year that total more
22than $195,000 for eligible costs incurred before July 1, 1993, or $190,000, for eligible
23costs incurred on or after July 1, 1993
$190,000.
AB150-ASA, s. 3682 24Section 3682. 101.143 (4) (ei) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,1261,5
1101.143 (4) (ei) 1. b. The owner or operator of the farm tank has received a letter
2or notice from the department of development or department of natural resources
3indicating that the owner or operator must conduct a site investigation or remedial
4action because of a discharge from the farm tank or an order to conduct such an
5investigation or remedial action.
AB150-ASA, s. 3683 6Section 3683. 101.143 (4) (es) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,1261,137 101.143 (4) (es) 1. The department shall issue an award for a claim filed after
8August 9, 1989, for eligible costs, under par. (b), incurred on or after August 1, 1987,
9by an owner or operator or a person owning a home oil tank system in investigating
10the existence of a discharge or investigating the presence of petroleum products in
11soil or groundwater if the investigation is undertaken at the written direction of the
12department of industry, labor and human relations development or the department
13of natural resources and no discharge or contamination is found.
AB150-ASA, s. 3683g 14Section 3683g. 101.143 (4e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA,1261,2115 101.143 (4e) Payments to lenders. (a) Notwithstanding sub. (4) (g), when the
16department denies a claim under sub. (3) because of fraud, gross negligence or wilful
17misconduct on the part of an owner or operator, the department shall pay, to a person
18who loaned money to the owner or operator for the purpose of conducting activities
19under sub. (3) (c), an amount equal to the amount that would have been paid under
20sub. (4) for otherwise eligible expenses actually incurred, but not more than the
21amount specified under par. (b), if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
AB150-ASA,1262,222 1. The lender assigns to the department an interest in the collateral pledged
23by the owner or operator for the sole purpose of securing the loan that was made to
24finance the activities under sub. (3) (c). If the amount of the payment under this
25subsection is less than the amount of the loan, the lender shall assign to the

1department that fraction of the lender's interest in the collateral that equals the ratio
2of the amount of the payment under this subsection to the amount of the loan.
AB150-ASA,1262,63 2. For a loan that is made after the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor
4inserts date], before the lender made any disbursement of the loan the department
5provided a letter indicating its preliminary determination that the owner or operator
6was eligible for an award under sub. (4).
AB150-ASA,1262,107 3. For a loan that is made after the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor
8inserts date], claims for payment under sub. (3) are made after completion of the site
9investigation and remedial action plan, after completion of the remedial action and
10annually for any continuing maintenance, monitoring and operation costs.
AB150-ASA,1262,1411 (b) Payment under this section may not exceed the amount of the loan. If the
12loan is made after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date],
13payment under this section may not exceed the amount of the loan disbursements
14made before the department notifies the lender that the claim may be denied.
AB150-ASA,1262,1715 (c) Assignment of an interest in collateral to the department under par. (a) 1.
16does not deprive a lender of its right to any cause of action arising out of the loan
17documents.
AB150-ASA,1262,2118 (d) Any payments made by the department under this subsection constitute a
19lien upon the property on which the remedial action is conducted if the department
20records the lien with the register of deeds in the county in which the property is
21located.
AB150-ASA, s. 3683m 22Section 3683m. 101.143 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,1263,323 101.143 (5) (a) Right of action. A right of action under this section shall accrue
24to the state against an owner, operator or other person only if the owner, operator or
25other person submits a fraudulent claim or does not meet the requirements under

1this section and if an award is issued under this section to the owner, operator or
2other person for eligible costs under this section or if payment is made to a lender
3under sub. (4e)
.
AB150-ASA, s. 3685 4Section 3685. 101.144 of the statutes is created to read:
AB150-ASA,1263,5 5101.144 Petroleum storage tank discharges. (1) In this section:
AB150-ASA,1263,66 (a) "Discharge" has the meaning given in s. 144.76 (1) (a).
AB150-ASA,1263,77 (am) "Hazardous substance" has the meaning given in s. 144.01 (4m).
AB150-ASA,1263,88 (b) "Petroleum product" has the meaning given in s. 101.143 (1) (f).
AB150-ASA,1263,119 (bm) "Petroleum storage tank" means a storage tank that is used to store
10petroleum products together with any on-site integral piping or dispensing system.
11"Petroleum storage tank" does not include a pipeline facility.
AB150-ASA,1263,1512 (c) "Remedial action" means action that is taken in response to a discharge and
13that is necessary to restore the environment to the extent practicable and to
14minimize the harmful effects of the discharge to the air, lands and waters of this
15state.
AB150-ASA,1263,1816 (d) "Responsible person" means a person who owns or operates a petroleum
17storage tank, a person who causes a discharge from a petroleum storage tank or a
18person on whose property a petroleum storage tank is located.
AB150-ASA,1264,2 19(2) (a) The department shall administer a program under which responsible
20persons investigate, and take remedial action in response to, those discharges of
21petroleum products from petroleum storage tanks that are covered under par. (b).
22The department may issue an order requiring a responsible person to take remedial
23action in response to a discharge of a petroleum product from a petroleum storage
24tank if the discharge is covered under par. (b). In administering this section, the

1department shall follow rules promulgated by the department of natural resources
2for the cleanup of discharges of hazardous substances.
AB150-ASA,1264,43 (b) The program under this section covers a discharge of a petroleum product
4from a petroleum storage tank if all of the following apply:
AB150-ASA,1264,75 1. The site of the discharge is classified, as provided under sub. (3m) (a) 3., as
6medium priority or low priority, based on the threat that the discharge poses to public
7health, safety and welfare and to the environment.
AB150-ASA,1264,98 2. The site of the discharge is not contaminated by a hazardous substance other
9than the petroleum product that was discharged from the petroleum storage tank.
AB150-ASA,1264,12 10(3) The department of natural resources may take action under s. 144.76 (7)
11(a) or may issue an order under s. 144.76 (7) (c) in response to a discharge that is
12covered under sub. (2) (b) only if one or more of the following apply:
AB150-ASA,1264,1413 (a) The action or order is necessary in an emergency to prevent or mitigate an
14imminent hazard to public health, safety or welfare or to the environment.
AB150-ASA,1264,1615 (b) The department of development requests the department of natural
16resources to take the action or issue the order.
AB150-ASA,1264,1817 (c) The secretary of natural resources approves the action or order in advance
18after notice to the secretary of development.
AB150-ASA,1264,2119 (d) The department of natural resources takes action under s. 144.76 (7) (a)
20after the responsible person fails to comply with an order that was issued under s.
21144.76 (7) (c) in compliance with this subsection.
AB150-ASA,1264,2322 (e) The department of natural resources takes the action under s. 144.76 (7) (a)
23because the identity of the responsible person is unknown.
AB150-ASA,1265,3
1(3m) (a) The department of development and the department of natural
2resources shall enter into a memorandum of understanding that does all of the
3following:
AB150-ASA,1265,54 1. Establishes the respective functions of the 2 departments in the
5administration of this section and s. 101.143.
AB150-ASA,1265,76 2. Establishes procedures to ensure that remedial actions taken under this
7section are consistent with actions taken under s. 144.76 (7).
AB150-ASA,1265,108 3. Establishes procedures, standards and schedules for determining whether
9the site of a discharge of a petroleum product from a petroleum storage tank is
10classified as high priority, medium priority or low priority.
AB150-ASA,1265,1411 (b) The department of development and the department of natural resources
12shall submit a memorandum of understanding under this subsection to the secretary
13of administration for review. A memorandum of understanding under this
14subsection does not take effect until it is approved by the secretary of administration.
AB150-ASA,1265,17 15(4) Any person who violates a rule promulgated or an order issued under this
16section shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $5,000 for each violation. Each
17day of continued violation is a separate offense.
AB150-ASA, s. 3686 18Section 3686. 101.17 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,1265,25 19101.17 Machines and boilers, safety requirement. No machine,
20mechanical device, or steam boiler shall be installed or used in this state which does
21not fully comply with the requirements of the laws of this state enacted for the safety
22of employes and frequenters in places of employment and public buildings and with
23the orders of the department adopted and published in conformity with ss. 101.01 to
24101.25
this subchapter. Any person violating this section shall be subject to the
25forfeitures provided in s. 101.02 (12) and (13).
AB150-ASA, s. 3687
1Section 3687. 101.22 of the statutes is renumbered 106.04.
AB150-ASA, s. 3688 2Section 3688. 101.221 of the statutes is renumbered 106.05, and 106.05 (2),
3as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,1266,74 106.05 (2) The council shall give consideration to the practical operation and
5application of ss. 101.22 to 101.222 106.04 to 106.06 and report to the proper
6legislative committee its view on any pending bill relating to the subject matter of
7ss. 101.22 to 101.222 106.04 to 106.06.
AB150-ASA, s. 3689 8Section 3689. 101.222 of the statutes is renumbered 106.06, and 106.06 (3),
9as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB150-ASA,1266,1210 106.06 (3) All gifts, grants, bequests and devises to the division for its use for
11any of the purposes mentioned in s. 101.221 106.05 are valid and shall be used to
12carry out the purposes for which made and received.
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