SB45,1190,218 292.65 (4) (i) Review of site investigation and remedial action plan options
19report
. The department shall, at the request of an owner or operator, review the site
20investigation results and the remedial action plan options report and advise the
21owner or operator on the adequacy of the proposed remedial action activities in
22meeting the requirements of this section. The department shall complete the review
23of the site investigation and remedial action plan options report within 45 days. The
24department shall also provide an estimate of when funding will be available to pay

1an award for remedial action conducted in response to the dry cleaning solvent
2discharge.
SB45, s. 2627 3Section 2627. 292.65 (4) (m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1190,74 292.65 (4) (m) Notification of insurance claims and receipt of proceeds. An
5owner or operator shall notify the department of any insurance claim made to cover
6eligible costs, the status of the claim, and, if the owner or operator has received any
7insurance proceeds arising from the claim, the amount of the proceeds.
SB45, s. 2628 8Section 2628. 292.65 (4) (n) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1190,129 292.65 (4) (n) Notification of intent to file suit. An owner or operator shall
10notify the department of the owner's or operator's intent to file suit against an
11insurance company for the purpose of recovering the proceeds of an insurance policy
12intended to cover any eligible costs.
SB45, s. 2629 13Section 2629. 292.65 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2630 14Section 2630. 292.65 (7) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1190,1515 292.65 (7) (a) 3. Preparation of remedial action plans options reports.
SB45, s. 2631 16Section 2631. 292.65 (7) (a) 16. of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2632 17Section 2632. 292.65 (7) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB45, s. 2633 18Section 2633. 292.65 (7) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1190,2119 292.65 (7) (c) 4. Costs that the department determines to be unreasonable or
20unnecessary to carry out the remedial action activities as specified in the remedial
21action plan options report.
SB45, s. 2634 22Section 2634. 292.65 (7) (c) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1190,2323 292.65 (7) (c) 6. Costs of financing eligible activities.
SB45, s. 2635 24Section 2635. 292.65 (8) (a) (intro.) and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
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1292.65 (8) (a) Application. (intro.) An owner or operator shall submit an
2application on a form provided by the department. An owner or operator may not
3submit an application before September 1, 1998. An owner or operator may not
4submit an application after August 30, 2003, if the application relates to a dry
5cleaning facility that ceased to operate before September 1, 1998. An owner or
6operator may not submit an application after August 20, 2008, if the application
7relates to any other dry cleaning facility. The department shall authorize owners and
8operators to apply for awards at stages in the process under sub. (4) that the
9department specifies by rule. An application shall include all of the following
10documentation of activities, plans reports and expenditures associated with the
11eligible costs incurred because of a dry cleaning solvent discharge from a dry cleaning
12facility:
SB45,1191,1313 2. A remedial action plan options report.
SB45, s. 2636 14Section 2636. 292.65 (8) (a) 4m. of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1191,1615 292.65 (8) (a) 4m. If the owner or operator receives any proceeds arising from
16an insurance claim for any eligible costs, a record of the payment.
SB45, s. 2637 17Section 2637. 292.65 (8) (e) 3a. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to
18read:
SB45,1191,1919 292.65 (8) (e) 3a. If eligible costs are $200,000 or less, $10,000.
SB45, s. 2638 20Section 2638. 292.65 (8) (e) 3am. of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1191,2221 292.65 (8) (e) 3am. If eligible costs exceed $200,000 but do not exceed $400,000,
22$10,000 plus 8% of the amount by which eligible costs exceed $200,000.
SB45, s. 2639 23Section 2639. 292.65 (8) (e) 3ar. of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1191,2524 292.65 (8) (e) 3ar. If eligible costs exceed $400,000, $26,000 plus 10% of the
25amount by which eligible costs exceed $400,000.
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1Section 2640. 292.65 (8) (e) 3b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1192,52 292.65 (8) (e) 3b. For each year in which the owner or operator has not paid the
3annual license fee under s. 77.9961 (1) for the dry cleaning facility, an
An amount
4equal to 30 times the average annual license fee paid under s. 77.9961 (1) for that the
5year in which an award is made.
SB45, s. 2641 6Section 2641. 292.65 (8) (e) 3c. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1192,117 292.65 (8) (e) 3c. For each year in which the dry cleaning solvents fee under s.
877.9962 was imposed and the dry cleaning facility was not in operation, an
An
9amount equal to 30 times the total amount collected under s. 77.9962 for that the
10year in which an award is made divided by the number of dry cleaning facilities in
11operation during that year.
SB45, s. 2642 12Section 2642. 292.65 (9m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1192,1913 292.65 (9m) Subrogation. The department is subrogated to the rights of an
14applicant who obtains an award under this section or s. 292.66 in an amount equal
15to the award and may join in an action by an applicant against an insurance company
16to recover eligible costs. An applicant who receives an award under this section shall
17cooperate with the state in any action under this subsection. The amounts collected
18by the department under this subsection shall be deposited in the dry cleaner
19environmental response fund.
SB45, s. 2643 20Section 2643. 292.65 (11) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1193,321 292.65 (11) Environmental fund reimbursement. If the department expends
22funds from the environmental fund under s. 292.11 (7) (a) or 292.31 (3) (b) because
23of a discharge of dry cleaning solvent at a dry cleaning facility, the department shall
24transfer from the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (6) (eq) to the environmental
25fund an amount equal to the amount expended under s. 292.11 (7) (a) or 292.31 (3)

1(b). The department shall make transfers under this subsection when the
2department determines that sufficient funds are available in the appropriation
3account under s. 20.370 (6) (eq).
SB45, s. 2644 4Section 2644. 292.65 (12m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1193,75 292.65 (12m) Prohibition. No person may knowingly make or cause to be made
6a false or misleading statement in any document submitted to the department under
7this section.
SB45, s. 2645 8Section 2645. 292.66 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1193,159 292.66 (1) The department shall allocate 46% of the funds appropriated under
10s. 20.370 (6) (eq) in each fiscal year for awards to reimburse owners and operators
11for costs of preliminary site screening and the purchase and installation of
12equipment to begin the cleanup of discharges of dry cleaning solvent from dry
13cleaning facilities before the completion of full site investigations and remedial
14action plans options reports. The department may not make an award under this
15section before September 1, 1998, or after June 30, 2002.
SB45, s. 2646 16Section 2646. 292.66 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1193,2217 292.66 (3) An award under this section may not exceed $15,000, of which not
18more than $2,500 may be
shall equal 50% of the eligible costs, except that an award
19may not exceed $20,000. Of the total award, the reimbursement
for the preliminary
20site screening shall equal 50% of the
cost of conducting the preliminary site
21screening, except that the reimbursement for the preliminary site screening may not
22exceed $3,000
.
SB45, s. 2647 23Section 2647. 292.66 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
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1292.66 (5) No person may knowingly make or cause to be made a false or
2misleading statement in any document submitted to the department under this
3section.
SB45, s. 2648 4Section 2648. 292.70 of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1194,6 5292.70 Indemnification for disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls. (1)
6Definition. In this section, "PCBs" has the meaning given in s. 299.45 (1) (a).
SB45,1194,12 7(2) Indemnification agreement with Winnebago County. The department
8may enter into an agreement with Winnebago County under which this state agrees
9to indemnify the county and its agencies, officials, employes and agents against any
10liability or damage resulting from the county's acceptance for disposal of sediments
11contaminated with PCBs, if the sediments are disposed of in a manner approved by
12the department.
SB45,1194,19 13(3) Indemnification agreement with the city of Oshkosh. The department
14may enter into an agreement with the city of Oshkosh under which this state agrees
15to indemnify the city and its agencies, officials, employes and agents against any
16liability or damage resulting from the city's acceptance for treatment of leachate that
17is contaminated with PCBs and that is from a landfill that accepts sediments
18contaminated with PCBs, if the leachate is treated in a manner approved by the
19department.
SB45,1194,22 20(4) Review and payment. If a claim is filed under an agreement under sub. (2)
21or (3), the department shall review the claim to determine whether it is valid. A valid
22claim shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (fq).
SB45, s. 2649 23Section 2649. 292.75 of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1194,25 24292.75 Brownfield site assessment grants. (1) Definitions. In this
25section:
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1(a) "Eligible site or facility" means an abandoned, idle or underused industrial
2or commercial facility or site, the expansion or redevelopment of which is adversely
3affected by actual or perceived environmental contamination.
SB45,1195,64 (b) "Local governmental unit" means a city, village, town, county,
5redevelopment authority created under s. 66.431, community development
6authority created under s. 66.4325, or housing authority.
SB45,1195,10 7(2) Duties of the department. (a) The department shall administer a
8program to award brownfield site assessment grants from the appropriation under
9s. 20.370 (6) (et) to local governmental units for the purposes of conducting any of the
10eligible activities under sub. (3).
SB45,1195,1311 (b) The department may not award a grant to a local governmental unit under
12this section if that local governmental unit caused the environmental contamination
13that is the basis for the grant request.
SB45,1195,1714 (c) The department may only award grants under this section if the person that
15caused the environmental contamination that is the basis for the grant request is
16unknown, cannot be located or is financially unable to pay the cost of the eligible
17activities.
SB45,1195,1918 (d) The department shall promulgate rules as necessary to administer the
19program.
SB45,1195,21 20(3) Eligible activities. The department may award grants to local
21governmental units to cover the costs of the following activities:
SB45,1195,2322 (a) The investigation of environmental contamination on an eligible site or
23facility for the purposes of reducing or eliminating environmental contamination.
SB45,1195,2524 (b) The demolition of any structures, buildings or other improvements located
25on an eligible site or facility.
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1(c) The removal of abandoned containers, as defined in s. 292.41 (1), from an
2eligible site or facility.
SB45,1196,43 (d) Asbestos abatement activities, as defined in s. 254.11 (2), conducted on an
4eligible site or facility.
SB45,1196,7 5(4) Application for grant. The applicant shall submit an application on a form
6prescribed by the department and shall include any information that the department
7finds necessary to calculate the amount of a grant.
SB45,1196,9 8(5) Grant criteria. The department shall consider the following criteria when
9determining whether to award a grant:
SB45,1196,1210 (a) The local governmental unit's demonstrated commitment to performing and
11completing necessary environmental remediation activities on the eligible site,
12including the local governmental unit's financial commitment.
SB45,1196,1413 (b) The degree to which the project will have a positive impact on public health
14and the environment.
SB45,1196,1615 (c) Other criteria that the department finds necessary to calculate the amount
16of a grant.
SB45,1196,20 17(6) Limitation of grant . The total amount of all grants awarded to a local
18governmental unit in a fiscal year under this section shall be limited to an amount
19equal to 15% of the available funds appropriated under s. 20.370 (6) (et) for the fiscal
20year.
SB45,1196,23 21(7) Matching funds. The department may not distribute a grant unless the
22applicant contributes matching funds equal to 20% of the grant. Matching funds
23may be in the form of cash or in-kind contribution or both.
SB45,1197,2 24(8) Repayment requirement. If an applicant receives a loan under s. 281.60 for
25the purpose of conducting activities for which a grant under this section was

1awarded, the applicant shall repay the grant to the department. Money collected
2under this subsection shall be deposited in the environmental fund.
SB45, s. 2650 3Section 2650. 292.99 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1197,84 292.99 (1) Any Except as provided under sub. (1m), any person who violates
5this chapter or any rule promulgated or any plan approval, license or special order
6issued under this chapter shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $5,000 for each
7violation. Each day of continued violation is a separate offense. While an order is
8suspended, stayed or enjoined, this penalty does not accrue.
SB45, s. 2651 9Section 2651. 292.99 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1197,1110 292.99 (1m) Any person who violates s. 292.65 (12m) or 292.66 (5) shall forfeit
11not less than $10 nor more than $10,000.
SB45, s. 2652 12Section 2652. 292.99 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1197,2113 292.99 (2) In addition to the penalties provided under sub. subs. (1) and (1m),
14the court may award the department of justice the reasonable and necessary
15expenses of the investigation and prosecution of the violation, including attorney
16fees. The department of justice shall deposit in the state treasury for deposit into the
17general fund all moneys that the court awards to the department or the state under
18this subsection. Ten percent of the money deposited in the general fund that was
19awarded under this subsection for the costs of investigation and the expenses of
20prosecution, including attorney fees, shall be credited to the appropriation account
21under s. 20.455 (1) (gh).
SB45, s. 2653 22Section 2653. 295.11 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1198,723 295.11 (10) "Solid waste" means any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste
24treatment plant, water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility and
25other discarded or salvageable materials, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or

1contained gaseous materials resulting from industrial, commercial, mining and
2agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include solids
3or dissolved material in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation
4return flows or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits
5under ch. 283, or source material, as defined in s. 254.31 (10), special nuclear
6material, as defined in s. 254.31 (11), or by-product material, as defined in s. 254.31
7(3) (1).
SB45, s. 2654 8Section 2654. 299.07 (1) (a) 11. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1198,99 299.07 (1) (a) 11. A certification, accreditation or registration under s. 299.11.
SB45, s. 2655 10Section 2655. 299.11 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 299.11 (1) (am).
SB45, s. 2656 11Section 2656. 299.11 (1) (ae) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1198,1312 299.11 (1) (ae) "Accredited" means accredited under sub. (8m) or recognized as
13accredited under sub. (5).
SB45, s. 2657 14Section 2657. 299.11 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1198,1815 299.11 (1) (b) "Certified laboratory" means a laboratory which performs tests
16for hire in connection with a covered program and which receives certification

17certified under sub. (7) or receives recognition recognized as a certified laboratory
18under sub. (5).
SB45, s. 2658 19Section 2658. 299.11 (1) (em) of the statutes is created to read:
SB45,1198,2320 299.11 (1) (em) "National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation
21Conference" means the voluntary association of state and federal officials, sponsored
22by the federal environmental protection agency, with the purpose of establishing
23national performance standards for environmental laboratories.
SB45, s. 2659 24Section 2659. 299.11 (1) (eq) of the statutes is created to read:
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1299.11 (1) (eq) "National environmental laboratory accreditation program"
2means the program of the federal environmental protection agency that oversees the
3implementation of national performance standards established by the National
4Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference and determines whether to
5approve state and federal agencies as accrediting authorities for environmental
6laboratories.
SB45, s. 2660 7Section 2660. 299.11 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB45,1199,108 299.11 (1) (g) "Registered laboratory" means a laboratory which is registered
9under sub. (8) or receives recognition recognized as a registered laboratory under
10sub. (5).
SB45, s. 2661 11Section 2661. 299.11 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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