SB37SB37
Senate
Record of Committee Proceedings
Committee on Environmental Resources
Relating to: water quality certification for wetlands.
By the Committee on Environmental Resources.
January 31, 2001 Referred to Committee on Environmental Resources.
February 1, 2001 PUBLIC HEARING HELD
Present: (5) Senators Baumgart, Hansen, Wirch, Cowles and Schultz.
· George Meyer, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
· Ronald G. Spry, Green Bay, WI, for U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
· Charlie Luthin, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin Wetlands Association
· Elmer A. Goetsch, Three Lakes, WI, for WI Association of Lakes
· Kevin Brewster, Eagle River, WI, for himself & Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force (DAPTF)
· Sandi Beitzel, Manitowoc, WI, for herself and Ducks Unlimited
· Lon Knoedler, Kenosha, WI, for Ducks Unlimited
· Donald M. Reed, New Berlin, WI, for S.E. Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
· Kirk McVoy, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin Wetlands Association
· Tom Wilson, Viroqua, WI, for Wisconsin Stewardship Network
· Caryl Terrell, Madison, WI, for Sierra Club, John Muir Chapter
· Wellington Huffaker, Reedsburg, WI, for Aldo Leopold Foundation
· Jeff Bord, Delafield, WI, for Wisconsin Waterfowl Association
· Galen Smith, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin Wetlands Association
· Jeff Nania, Portage, WI, for himself
· Attorney Dale W. Arenz, Delafield, WI, for Wisconsin Waterfowl Association
· Karen Etter Hale, Madison, WI, for Madison Audubon Society and WI Audubon Council
· Ben Bauch, 3rd Grade Student, Madison, WI, for Lincoln Elementary School
· Isis Bernard, 3rd Grade Student, Madison, WI, for Lincoln Elementary School
· Clifford Johnson, 3rd Grade Student, Madison, WI, for Lincoln Elementary School
· Jacki German, 3rd Grade Student, Madison, WI, for Lincoln Elementary School
· Julia Rowe, 3rd Grade Student, Madison, WI, for Lincoln Elementary School
· Kali Pruss, 3rd Grade Student, Madison, WI, for Lincoln Elementary School
· Todd Hanson, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin Trout Unlimited
· Todd Hanson, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin Trout Unlimited
· Ed Huck, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin Alliance of Cities
· Attorney Paul Kent, Madison, WI, for himself
· Michael Theo, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin Realtors Assn.
· Tom Larson, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin Realtors Assn.
· Ron Kuehn, Madison, WI, for WI Cranberry Growers Assn., WI Potato & Vegetable Growers Assn., & WI Pork Producers Assn.
· Marcus Gumz, Endeavor, WI, for himself
· Jerry Deschane, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin Builders Assn.
· Roger Cliff, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin Farm Bureau
· Ben Wopat, for St. Paul District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
· Dr. Randy Hunt, Middleton, WI, for U. S. Geological Survey
· Pat Stevens, Madison, WI, for WI Transportation Builders Assn.
· Curtis Witynski, Madison, WI, for League of Wisconsin Municipalities
· P. Scott Hausmann, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
· Mike Cain, Esq., Madison, WI, for Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
· Don Hammes, Middle, WI, for Dane County Conservation League
· Jim March, Verona, WI, for himself
· Gregory Kidd, wetland biologist, Madison, WI, for himself
· Mark Redster, Madison, WI, for WI Environmental Decade
· Todd Ambs, Madison, WI, for River Alliance of Wisconsin
· John Holmes, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin Conservation Congress
· Daniel Azrnstorff, Stoughton, WI, for himself
· John Ebsen, Madison, WI, for WI Wetlands Assn.
· Chuck Sleeter, Pickerel Lake, WI, for Town of Nashville
· Brenda Hill, Madison, WI, for herself
· Dave Cieslewicz, Madison, WI, for 1000 Friends of Wisconsin
· Marian Possin, Green Lake, WI, for Green Lake Preservation Society
· Caroline Clarin, Portage, WI, for herself
· Hiroshi Kanno, Wisconsin Dells, WI, for Concerned Citizens of Newport
· Mayor Kevin Crawford, Manitowoc, WI, for City of Manitowoc
· Eric Johnson, Winnecone, WI, for himself
· Eric Parker, Waterford, WI, for himself
· Elizabeth Daines, Madison, WI, for herself
· Donna Sefton, Exec. Director of WI Association of Lakes, Madison, WI, for Association
· Marcus Looze, Madison, WI, for himself
· Melissa Scanlan, Madison, WI, for herself
· Claire Schmidt, Madison, WI, for herself
· Liz Wessel, Madison, WI, for herself
· Dennis Presser, Madison, WI, for himself
· William Richie, Grafton, WI, for himself
· Bret Hagemeyer, Madison, WI, for himself
· Eugene M. Roark, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin Wetlands Assn.
· Lyle Hasenberg, Madison, WI, for himself
· Riss Schnitzer, Madison, WI, for himself
· Morgan Robertson, Madison, WI, for The Environmental Taskforce Affiliated with Progressive Dane
· Mark T. Hasenberg, Kenosha, WI, for Kenosha Sportsfishing & Conservation Assn.
· Jordana Lenon, Madison, WI, for herself
· Hilda McVoy, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin Wetlands Assn.
· Claire Schmidt, Madison, WI, for herself
· Daniel Webb, 3rd Grade Student, Madison, WI, for Lincoln Elementary School
· Peter Tha, 3rd Grade Student, Madison, WI, for Lincoln Elementary School
· Bounmy Vue, 3rd Grade Student, Madison, WI, for Lincoln Elementary School
· Taylor Chambers, 3rd Grade Student, Madison, WI, for Lincoln Elementary School
· Mireace Williams, 3rd Grade Student, Madison, WI, for Lincoln Elementary School
· Rebecca Rosenberg, Madison, WI, for herself & Lincoln Elementary School
· Susan O'Leary, Madison, WI, for herself & Lincoln Elementary School
· Barbara Rames, Madison, WI, for herself
· Norbert S. Theine, South Milwaukee, WI, for himself
· Pat Osborne, Madison, WI, for Aggregate Producers of WI
· Michael R. Vaughan, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin Muck Farmers Assn.
· Jeff Schoepke, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce
· David Gollon, Dodgeville, WI, for Wisconsin Aquaculture Assn.
· Calvin Frelk, Merrillan, WI, for himself
· Arlene Frelk, Merrillan, WI, for herself
· Rep. Scott Suder, 69th Assembly District, for himself
February 8, 2001
EXECUTIVE SESSION - POLLING
Moved by Senator Baumgart, Chair, that
Senate Substitute Amendment LRB s0024/2
be recommended for introduction and adoption.
Ayes: (5) Senators Baumgart, Hansen, Wirch, Cowles and Schultz.
Noes: (0) None.
INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION RECOMMENDED, Ayes 5, Noes 0, Absent 0
Moved by Senator Baumgart, Chair, that
Senate Bill 37
be recommended for passage as amended.
Ayes: (5) Senators Baumgart, Hansen, Wirch, Cowles and Schultz.
Noes: (0) None.
PASSAGE AS AMENDED RECOMMENDED, Ayes 5, Noes 0, Absent 0
Committee Clerk