Wisconsin Legislature: Natural resources, Department of

Special order of business for March 10, 2004 established re AB-480 - AR38

Stewardship land acquisition and development projects: JCF review reinstated re 2003 WisAct 33 veto - AB528

Stewardship land acquisition and development projects: JCF review reinstated re 2003 WisAct 33 veto [S.Amdt.1: Building Commission approval provision] - SB252

Stewardship land acquisition and development projects: JCF review reinstated re 2003 WisAct 33 veto - SB368

Stewardship program bonding authority reduced; Peshtigo River State Forest provision - AB480

Stewardship program debt service payment [Sec. 412, 413; S.Sub.Amdt.1: reduction in stewardship bonding authority, funds obligated re land acquisition for Peshtigo River State Forest, 680r, 801c-t, 802g-n, 804f-k] - SB44

Stewardship 2000 program revisions re calculating acquisition costs, JCF review requirements, property tax, and ``land" definition; prohibitions on expenditure of funds - AB303

Stewardship 2000 trust fund created - AB618

natural resources, department of _ administrationNatural resources, Department of — Administration, see also Natural resources board

Aids in lieu of taxes: calculation of and payment from conservation fund [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 404n-r, 1536bm, c] - SB44

Air filtration for certain residential wells required; DNR secretary duty specified - SB429

Applications for specified licenses, permits, and other approvals: certain agencies required to promulgate rules establishing deadlines for approval or disapproval; failure to meet deadlines and fee refund provisions - AB486

Appropriation revisions [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - JR3 SB1

Aquatic invasive species management: grants from conservation fund; includes education and inspection at boat landings [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 406c, 804n] - SB44

Asbestos inspection fees increased; DNR may charge for laboratory testing [Sec. 401, 2473, 2474] - SB44

Clean Water Fund Program financial hardship assistance for the Elcho Sanitary District revised - AB396

County park district creation authorized; property tax, issuing debt, impact fee, and certain DNR funding provisions - SB556

DNR administrative appropriation reductions plan: DOA secretary to approve, JCF to review [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9138 (5g)] - SB44

DNR Secretary appointment by NRB - AB30

DNR to reconvey easement to Town of Harding previously conveyed from Harding to DNR - AB553

Gaming revenues transfer to conservation fund [Sec. 9238 (3)] - SB44

Land owned by the state and under DNR jurisdiction: acreage limited - AB607

Manufacturing extension center grant program repealed; Indian gaming receipts reallocated to conservation fund [Sec. 293, 294, 606, 608, 2624, 2627, 2628; S.Sub.Amdt.1: program restored, funding provision, 292f, 2624d, deletes 2624, 2627] - SB44

Manufacturing extension center grants: funding increased; technology-based nonprofit organization provision - SB460

Nudity prohibited on state-owned or state-managed land; parking in certain DNR-owned parking lot in Town of Mazomanie restricted - AB574

Property under DNR control: sale provisions; JCF to approve [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9138 (3x)] - SB44

Real property purchased with stewardship money: DNR required to create a mapping tool on its website; public access to the land and signage requirements - SB394

Stewardship 2000 program revisions re calculating acquisition costs, JCF review requirements, property tax, and ``land" definition; prohibitions on expenditure of funds - AB303

natural resources, department of _ environmental protectionNatural resources, Department of — Environmental protection

Agrichemical management and Agricultural chemical cleanup funds revised; fee and surcharge provisions [for section numbers and further revisions, see entry under ``Agriculture"] - SB44

Air quality management: DNR authority revised re emission standards for hazardous pollutants, nonattainment areas, and permit requirements, process, and approval; report required; JCRAR provision [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, JCRAR provision removed] - AB655

Alternate method of complying with recycling requirements: pilot program sunset extended - AB295

Aquatic invasive species management: grants from conservation fund; includes education and inspection at boat landings [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 406c, 804n] - SB44

Best forestry management practices for water quality required; JCF may provide exemption [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 868p] - SB44

Bluff erosion mitigation in Sheboygan county: nonpoint pollution funding for [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9138 (3f)] - SB44

Brownfields program and grants revised and consolidated; Comm.Dept responsibilities removed [Sec. 292, 295, 296, 409-411, 1633, 1838, 2476-2478, 2480, 2620-2622, 2625, 2626, 9138 (1), (2); original bill only] - SB44

Brownfields revolving loan program established with funding from the EPA - AB907

Brownfields revolving loan program established with funding from the EPA - SB471

Damaged timber for sale by DNR or county: procedures revised - AB13

DNR administration re management of fish and wildlife resources: JCF to determine [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, administrative costs provision and report required] - AB4

DNR forester educational requirements specified; persons authorized to mark certain trees for cutting revised [A.Amdt.1: further revisions, ``field forester" specified] - AB12

Dredged materials that contain PCBs: solid waste disposal facility prohibited from accepting; municipal liability re materials from Great Lakes basin contaminated with PCBs provision - AB915

Dry Cleaner Environmental Response Program revisions [S.Amdt.2: costs incurred by 3rd parties provision] - SB324

Electric generating facilities and transmission lines: DNR and PSC requirements changed; environmental impact statement and utility aid payment provisions; state policy on siting of electric transmission facilities - AB632

Electronic equipment disposal laws revised re producer responsibility, prohibition on hazardous substances in equipment, landfill ban, and state purchasing - AB877

Environmental fund transfers to the general fund [Sec. 9238 (1)] - SB44

Environmental Improvement Program and Environmental Results Program created; provisions re audits, incentives, immunity from civil liability, and access to certain information; penalty and sunset provided - AB228

Environmental insurance: DNR, in cooperation with DOA, to make available re cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated property - AB914

Environmental insurance: DNR, in cooperation with DOA, to make available re cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated property - SB472

Environmental Results Program and Environmental Improvement Program created; DNR, Comm.Dept, and DOJ duties specified [S.Amdt.2: waiver of enforcement record requirements and forfeiture provisions] - SB61

Environmental Results Program created; DNR duties specified; Comm.Dept and sunset provisions - AB700

Ethanol plant near a school: DNR prohibited from issuing an air pollution control permit for - SB299

Falconry fees: DNR may use for endangered resources program [Sec. 397, 875] - SB44

Forestry appropriation structure revised [Sec. 399, 400, 404, 869, 1647, 1652, 1653] - SB44

Gypsy moth suppression program: DNR may establish under certain conditions; aerial insecticide treatment provision [A.Amdt.2: landowner and tenant notification requirements] - AB9

Gypsy moth suppression program: DNR may establish under certain conditions; aerial insecticide treatment provision - SB5

Hazardous substance enforcement actions: DNR may impose fees on persons subject to [Sec. 402, 2481] - SB44

High capacity wells regulation and approval; environmental impact statement, groundwater protection and management areas, and DNR provisions; Groundwater Quantity Committee created and report required [A.Amdt.1: further revisions, ``Quantity" changed to ``Advisory"; A.Amdt.4: deletes position authority] - AB926

Invasive nonnative aquatic species: releasing, possessing, controlling, storing, selling, or transporting prohibited; DNR authority specified - SB413

Law enforcement relating to the state's water resources: funding for [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 403m] - SB44

Managed forest land program revisions; DNR provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, outdoor recreation grants removed, management plan and recording fee provisions] - AB323

Managed forest land program revisions: effective date re 2003 WisAct 228 (AB-323) revised - AB908

Metallic minerals mining law revisions re groundwater, hazardous waste, and exemptions from rules; notice to transferee of interests provision - AB420

Metallic minerals mining laws revised re groundwater requirements, hazardous waste regulations, certain DNR rule exemptions, and applicability of other laws; notice to transferee of interests provision - SB157

Metallic mining permit: additional application information required; grounds for denial revised - AB935

Mining on state land under DNR jurisdiction prohibited; NRB prohibited from selling land for mining - AB936

Mining, prospecting, and mining waste: DNR prohibited from granting rule exemptions - AB934

Motor vehicle salvage dealer license revisions re storm water discharge and refrigerant recovery permits and county ordinance compliance - AB711

Municipal sewage system requirement revised re treatment of septage from person licensed to service septic systems - AB154

Nonpoint source program: use of repayment for grants set [Sec. 406, 416] - SB44

Ordinary high-water mark: county determination prevails if it differs from DNR's determination - AB944

Panning for gold: DNR allowed to issue annual permits, conditions specified - AB291

Public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts: laws revised; DNR provision - SB440

Public Intervenor, Office of, recreated in DOJ; AG and DNR provisions; advisory committee created - AB46

Recreational boating aids funding for aquatic invasive species control [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 918t] - SB44

Solid waste used in public works projects: immunity from liability under certain conditions; DNR duty specified - SB29

Southeastern Wisconsin Fox River commission funding [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 404g, j, 9138 (4k), 9438 (1k)] - SB44

Sustainable urban development zone grant program re brownfields repealed [Sec. 408, 2479] - SB44

Waste facility siting board transferred from DOA to DNR [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 92x, 402p, 587p, 2475g, 9101 (8c)] - SB44

Water systems, drinking water, withdrawal of groundwater, and wells and drill holes: laws revised; Council on Well Drilling and Pump Installing created; DOJ, DNR, and AG provisions - SB244

Well withdrawal (high-capacity): DNR required to disapprove or condition its approval to ensure waters of the state will be protected - AB191

Wetlands compliance exemption to water quality standards created; adoption of comprehensive plan by local governmental unit and other conditions required - AB780

Wild crane crop damage study re Indian gaming revenues: obsolete appropriation repealed [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 398r, 609m] - SB44

Willow flowage project land designated as state forest lands and named Willow Flowage State Forest - AB492

Youth environmental education programs: organizations or agencies must enter into a contract with DNR and comply with conditions to receive payment; funding from surcharge re environmental law violations - AB910