AB133-ASA1,1273,99 4. Protecting or improving fish populations, aquatic life or fish habitat in rivers.
AB133-ASA1,1273,1110 (c) Designate activities that are eligible for grants for management projects.
11Eligible activities under the rules for these grants shall include all of the following:
AB133-ASA1,1273,1512 1. The purchase of land or of a conservation easement, as defined in s. 700.40
13(1) (a) if the recipient enters into a contract under s. 281.71 and if the purchase will
14substantially contribute to the protection or improvement of the river's water quality
15or its natural ecosystem.
AB133-ASA1,1273,1616 2. The restoration of in-stream or shoreline habitat.
AB133-ASA1,1273,1817 3. The development of local regulations or ordinances that will protect or
18improve the river's water quality or its natural ecosystem.
AB133-ASA1,1273,2119 4. An activity that is approved by the department and that is needed to
20implement a recommendation made as a result of a plan to protect or improve the
21river's water quality or its natural ecosystem.
AB133-ASA1,1273,2222 5. Installation of pollution control practices.
AB133-ASA1,1273,25 23(6) Eligibility; types of rivers. The department shall promulgate rules
24establishing the types of natural riverine ecosystems that are eligible for grants
25under this section.
AB133-ASA1,1274,4
1(7) Eligibility; other. At the completion of a planning project, upon request
2of the recipient of the grant for the planning project, the department may approve
3as eligible activities for a management project grant the recommendations that were
4made as a result of the project.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2551m 5Section 2551m. 281.72 of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,1274,12 6281.72 River protection; contracts with nonprofit organizations. (1)
7Definition. In this section, "nonprofit conservation organization" means a river
8management organization that meets the qualifications under s. 281.70 (4) (b) or a
9nonprofit corporation, a charitable trust or other nonprofit association whose
10purposes include the protection of rivers and that is described in section 501 (c) (3)
11of the Internal Revenue Code and is exempt from federal income tax under section
12501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
AB133-ASA1,1274,17 13(2) Requirements to receive contracts. The department shall provide
14contracts to nonstock, nonprofit corporations that are described under section 501
15(c) (3) or (4) of the Internal Revenue Code and that are organized in this state. For
16a nonstock, profit corporation to qualify for a contract, the corporation shall meet all
17of the following requirements:
AB133-ASA1,1274,1918(a) The corporation is exempt from taxation under section 501 (a) of the
19Internal Revenue Code.
AB133-ASA1,1274,2020 (b) The corporation provides support to nonprofit conservation organizations.
AB133-ASA1,1274,2221 (c) The corporation has a board of directors that has a majority of members who
22are representatives of nonprofit conservation organizations.
AB133-ASA1,1274,2423 (d) The corporation contributes, to be used with the contract, $1 for every $3
24it receives under the contract.
AB133-ASA1,1275,2
1(3) Requirements under contracts. A corporation receiving a contract under
2this subsection shall do all of the following:
AB133-ASA1,1275,33 (a) Assist in the establishment of nonprofit conservation organizations.
AB133-ASA1,1275,44 (b). Provide technical assistance to nonprofit conservation organizations.
AB133-ASA1,1275,65 (c) Conduct conferences on topics for which technical assistance is provided
6under par. (b).
AB133-ASA1, s. 2554 7Section 2554. 285.01 (40) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1275,178 285.01 (40) "Solid waste" means any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste
9treatment plant, water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility and
10other discarded or salvageable materials, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or
11contained gaseous materials resulting from industrial, commercial, mining and
12agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include solids
13or dissolved material in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation
14return flows or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits
15under ch. 283, or source material, as defined in s. 254.31 (10), special nuclear
16material, as defined in s. 254.31 (11), or by-product material, as defined in s. 254.31
17(3) (1).
AB133-ASA1, s. 2554e 18Section 2554e. 285.11 (18) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,1275,2119 285.11 (18) Adopt and apply objective performance measurements, for the
20subunit of the department that administers this chapter, relating to the issuance of
21permits under subch. VII and to overall performance of the subunit.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2554f 22Section 2554f. 285.17 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,1276,423 285.17 (3) The department may not post on the Internet any information that
24is required to be reported to the department under this chapter and that relates to
25a facility's air emissions, including the nature and duration of specific emissions of

1an air contaminant source and any results of monitoring the emissions of a
2contaminant source or the ambient air in the vicinity of a contaminant source, unless
3the department certifies that the information is accurate on the date on which the
4information is posted.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2555n 5Section 2555n. 285.69 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1276,86 285.69 (2) (a) 1. That fees collected in a year before 2002 are based on actual
7emissions of all regulated pollutants and any other air contaminant specified by the
8department in the rules in the preceding year.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2555q 9Section 2555q. 285.69 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1276,1310 285.69 (2) (a) 4. That the fees collected in each year after 1994 and before 2002
11are calculated by increasing the fees collected in the preceding year by the percentage
12by which the consumer price index, as defined in 42 USC 7661a (b) (3) (B) (v),
13increased in the preceding year.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2555s 14Section 2555s. 285.69 (2) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1276,1915 285.69 (2) (a) 5. That fees are not based on emissions by an air contaminant
16source in excess of 4,000 5,000 tons per year of each regulated pollutant, except that,
17subject to par. (b), this limitation does not apply to a major utility, as defined in s.
18285.41 (1) (f), that owns or operates a phase I affected unit as listed in Table A of 42
19USC 7651c
.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2555u 20Section 2555u. 285.69 (2) (a) 7. to 11. of the statutes are created to read:
AB133-ASA1,1276,2221 285.69 (2) (a) 7. That the fees billed for a stationary source in each year after
222001 are based on the fees billed for the stationary source in 2001.
AB133-ASA1,1277,223 8. That the fee billed for each stationary source in each year after 2001 is based
24on the actual emissions of all regulated pollutants, and any other air contaminant

1specified by the department in the rules, in the preceding 5 years, using a 5-year
2rolling average.
AB133-ASA1,1277,83 9. That fees billed in years after 2001 are determined using a
4performance-based approach that increases a stationary source's fees in proportion
5to increases in the amount of pollutants emitted by the stationary source, as
6determined under subd. 8., and decreases a stationary source's fees in proportion to
7decreases in the amount of pollutants emitted by the stationary source, as
8determined under subd. 8.
AB133-ASA1,1277,109 10. That no multiplier or similar mechanism is used that would increase a
10stationary source's fees to compensate for decreases in overall amounts of emissions.
AB133-ASA1,1277,1211 11. That no provision is used that would increase the fee per unit of pollutant
12emitted in order to compensate for decreases in overall amounts of emissions.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2555w 13Section 2555w. 285.69 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1277,1814 285.69 (2) (b) The department may not charge a major utility fees on emissions
15in excess of 4,000 5,000 tons per year of each regulated pollutant beyond the amount
16necessary to recover the fees that would have been charged for any phase I affected
17unit listed in Table A of 42 USC 7651c owned by that major utility if the prohibition
18in par. (a) 6. did not exist.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2558 19Section 2558. 285.69 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1278,220 285.69 (3) Asbestos inspection fees. The department may promulgate rules
21for the payment and collection of fees for inspecting nonresidential asbestos
22demolition and renovation projects regulated by the department. The fees under this
23subsection may not exceed $200 $210 per project. The fees collected under this
24subsection shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (bi) for the direct

1and indirect costs of conducting inspections of nonresidential asbestos demolition
2and inspection projects regulated by the department.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2559 3Section 2559. 285.86 of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,1278,6 4285.86 Asbestos citations. (1) The department may follow the procedures
5for the issuance of a citation under ss. 23.50 to 23.99 to collect a forfeiture from a
6person who commits a violation specified under sub. (2).
AB133-ASA1,1278,12 7(2) The department shall promulgate rules that specify violations of rules
8relating to asbestos abatement and management that are promulgated under ss.
9285.11, 285.13, 285.17 and 285.27 to which sub. (1) applies. In a rule promulgated
10under this subsection, the department may limit the applicability of sub. (1) based
11on the frequency of violation and on health and environmental risks caused by the
12violation.
AB133-ASA1,1278,15 13(3) The department shall submit any proposed rules under sub. (2) to the
14department of justice. The department may not promulgate a rule under sub. (2)
15unless the rule is approved by the department of justice.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2560 16Section 2560. 287.11 (2) (dm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2561 17Section 2561. 287.23 (5) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1278,2118 287.23 (5) (c) 2. Except as provided in subd. 5. 2m. or sub. (5e), for all other
19responsible units, the amount of the grant for 1993 through 2000 2001 equals either
2066% of the difference between eligible expenses and avoided disposal costs or 33% of
21eligible expenses, whichever is greater.
AB133-ASA1,1278,24 222m. If the amount determined under subd. 2. is greater than $8 times the
23population of the responsible unit, whichever is less the grant equals $8 times the
24population of the responsible unit
.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2562 25Section 2562. 287.23 (5) (c) 5. of the statutes is repealed.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2563
1Section 2563. 287.23 (5e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1279,72 287.23 (5e) Proration. If available funds are insufficient, under sub. (5) (c) 2.
32m., to pay $8 times the population of all of the responsible units that are entitled
4to that amount, the department shall distribute the funds so that each responsible
5unit that would be entitled to $6 times its population if the per person amount in sub.
6(5) (c) 2. 2m. were $6 receives $6 times its population and shall prorate the remaining
7funds.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2564 8Section 2564. 287.23 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1279,109 287.23 (7) Sunset. No grant may be awarded under this section for any year
10after the year 2000 2001.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2568 11Section 2568. 289.01 (33) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1279,2112 289.01 (33) "Solid waste" means any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste
13treatment plant, water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility and
14other discarded or salvageable materials, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or
15contained gaseous materials resulting from industrial, commercial, mining and
16agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include solids
17or dissolved material in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation
18return flows or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits
19under ch. 283, or source material, as defined in s. 254.31 (10), special nuclear
20material, as defined in s. 254.31 (11), or by-product material, as defined in s. 254.31
21(3) (1).
AB133-ASA1, s. 2569h 22Section 2569h. 289.54 of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,1279,24 23289.54 Disposal of certain dredged materials. (1) In this section, "PCBs"
24has the meaning given in s. 299.45 (1) (a).
AB133-ASA1,1280,7
1(2) The department may not approve a request by the operator of a solid waste
2disposal facility to accept dredged materials that contain PCBs or heavy metals in
3a concentration of less than 50 parts per million for disposal in the solid waste
4disposal facility until after the department holds a public meeting in the city, village
5or town in which the solid waste disposal facility is located. At the public meeting,
6the department shall describe the nature of the requested disposal and shall solicit
7public comment.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2569n 8Section 2569n. 289.67 (2) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1280,119 289.67 (2) (b) 1. A generator of hazardous waste shall pay a base fee of $125
10$210 if the generator has generated more than zero pounds in that particular year,
11plus $12 $20 per ton of hazardous waste generated during the reporting year.
AB133-ASA1,1280,1212 2. No generator may pay a fee that is greater than $10,000 $17,000.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2569r 13Section 2569r. 291.09 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,1280,1514 291.09 (3) The department shall study whether the list of hazardous wastes
15under s. 291.05 (2) should be revised as it relates to commercial chemical products.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2570 16Section 2570. 292.11 (7) (d) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,1280,2017 292.11 (7) (d) 1m. The department may negotiate and enter into an agreement
18containing a schedule for conducting nonemergency actions required under sub. (3)
19with a local governmental unit, as defined in sub. (9) (e) 1., that is acting on behalf
20of owners of contaminated property within one of the following:
AB133-ASA1,1280,2121 a. A business improvement district, as defined in s. 66.608 (1) (b).
AB133-ASA1,1280,2422 b. An area designated by the local governmental unit if the area consists of 2
23or more properties affected by a contiguous region of groundwater contamination or
24contains 2 or more properties that are brownfields, as defined in s. 560.60 (1v).
AB133-ASA1, s. 2571 25Section 2571. 292.11 (7) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1281,3
1292.11 (7) (d) 2. The department may charge fees, in accordance with rules that
2it promulgates, to offset the costs of negotiating and entering into an agreement
3under subd. 1. or 1m.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2572 4Section 2572. 292.11 (9) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1281,85 292.11 (9) (e) 1. "Local In this paragraph, "local governmental unit" means a
6municipality, a redevelopment authority created under s. 66.431, a public body
7designated by a municipality under s. 66.435 (4), a community development
8authority
or a housing authority.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2573 9Section 2573. 292.11 (9) (e) 1m. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1281,1410 292.11 (9) (e) 1m. (intro.) A Except as provided in subds. 2., 4., 6. and 7., a local
11governmental unit is exempt from subs. (3), (4) and (7) (b) and (c) with respect to
12discharges of hazardous substances on or originating from property acquired by the
13local government unit before, on or after the effective date of this subdivision ....
14[revisor inserts date],
if any of the following applies:
AB133-ASA1, s. 2574 15Section 2574. 292.11 (9) (e) 1m. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1281,1816 292.11 (9) (e) 1m. b. The local governmental unit acquired the property from
17a local governmental unit that acquired is exempt under this subdivision with
18respect to
the property under a method described in subd. 1m. a.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2575 19Section 2575. 292.11 (9) (e) 1m. e. of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,1281,2120 292.11 (9) (e) 1m. e. The local governmental unit acquired the property through
21escheat.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2576 22Section 2576. 292.11 (9) (e) 1m. f. of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,1281,2423 292.11 (9) (e) 1m. f. The local governmental unit acquired the property using
24funds appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (tz).
AB133-ASA1, s. 2577 25Section 2577. 292.11 (9) (e) 1s. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB133-ASA1,1282,8
1292.11 (9) (e) 1s. An Except as provided in subds. 2. and 4. to 6., an economic
2development corporation described in section 501 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code,
3as defined in s. 71.22 (4), that is exempt from federal taxation under section 501 (a)
4of the Internal Revenue Code, or an entity wholly owned and operated by such a
5corporation, is exempt from subs. (3), (4) and (7) (b) and (c) with respect to property
6acquired before, on or after October 14, 1997, if the property is acquired to further
7the economic development purposes that qualify the corporation as exempt from
8federal taxation.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2578 9Section 2578. 292.11 (9) (e) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2579 10Section 2579. 292.11 (9) (e) 5. c. of the statutes is repealed.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2580 11Section 2580. 292.11 (9) (e) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,1282,1712 292.11 (9) (e) 6. Subdivisions 1m. and 1s. only apply if the local governmental
13unit or the economic development corporation agrees to allow the department, any
14authorized representatives of the department, any party that possessed or controlled
15the hazardous substance or caused the discharge of the hazardous substance and any
16consultant or contractor of such a party to enter the property to take action to respond
17to the discharge.
AB133-ASA1, s. 2581 18Section 2581. 292.11 (9) (e) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
AB133-ASA1,1282,2119 292.11 (9) (e) 7. Subdivision 1m. does not apply to property described in subd.
201m. f. unless the local governmental unit enters into an agreement with the
21department to ensure that the conditions in subds. 2. and 4. are satisfied.
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