AB926,215,1310 101.143 (3) (cs) 3. In making determinations under subds. 1. and 2., the
11department of natural resources environmental quality and the department of
12commerce shall determine whether natural attenuation will achieve compliance
13with par. (c) 3. and with enforcement standards.
AB926, s. 890 14Section 890. 101.143 (3) (cs) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,215,2115 101.143 (3) (cs) 4. The department of commerce may review and modify an
16amount established under subd. 1. if the department determines that new
17circumstances, including newly discovered contamination at a site, warrant those
18actions. The department of commerce and the department of natural resources
19environmental quality may review and modify an amount established under subd.
202. if the departments determine that new circumstances, including newly discovered
21contamination at a site, warrant those actions.
AB926, s. 891 22Section 891. 101.143 (3) (cw) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,216,623 101.143 (3) (cw) 2. The department of natural resources environmental quality
24and the department of commerce shall conduct the annual review required under
25sub. (2) (i) 1. for a site that is classified as high risk under s. 101.144 and shall jointly

1determine the least costly method of completing remedial action at the site in order
2to comply with par. (c) 3. and with enforcement standards. The departments shall
3notify the owner or operator of their determination of the least costly method and
4shall notify the owner or operator that reimbursement under this section for
5remedial action conducted after the date of the notice is limited to the amount
6necessary to implement that method.
AB926, s. 892 7Section 892. 101.143 (3) (cw) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,216,118 101.143 (3) (cw) 3. In making determinations under subds. 1. and 2., the
9department of natural resources environmental quality and the department of
10commerce shall determine whether natural attenuation will achieve compliance
11with par. (c) 3. and with enforcement standards.
AB926, s. 893 12Section 893. 101.143 (3) (cw) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,216,1913 101.143 (3) (cw) 4. The department of commerce may review and modify an
14amount established under subd. 1. if the department determines that new
15circumstances, including newly discovered contamination at a site, warrant those
16actions. The department of commerce and the department of natural resources
17environmental quality may review and modify an amount established under subd.
182. if the departments determine that new circumstances, including newly discovered
19contamination at a site, warrant those actions.
AB926, s. 894 20Section 894. 101.143 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,216,2521 101.143 (3) (d) Final review of remedial action activities. The department of
22natural resources environmental quality or, if the discharge is covered under s.
23101.144 (2) (b), the department of commerce shall complete a final review of the
24remedial action activities within 60 days after the claimant notifies the appropriate
25department that the remedial action activities are completed.
AB926, s. 895
1Section 895. 101.143 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,217,42 101.143 (3) (e) Notifications. The department of natural resources
3environmental quality shall notify the department when it gives a claimant written
4approval under par. (c) 4.
AB926, s. 896 5Section 896. 101.143 (3) (f) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,217,76 101.143 (3) (f) 5. The written approval of the department of natural resources
7environmental quality or the department of commerce under par. (c) 4.
AB926, s. 897 8Section 897. 101.143 (3) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,217,189 101.143 (3) (g) Emergency situations. Notwithstanding pars. (a) 3. and (c) 1.
10and 2., an owner or operator or the person may submit a claim for an award under
11sub. (4) after notifying the department under par. (a) 3., without completing an
12investigation under par. (c) 1. and without preparing a remedial action plan under
13par. (c) 2. if an emergency existed which made the investigation under par. (c) 1. and
14the remedial action plan under par. (c) 2. inappropriate and, before conducting
15remedial action, the owner or operator or person notified the department of
16commerce and the department of natural resources environmental quality of the
17emergency and the department of commerce and the department of natural
18resources
environmental quality authorized emergency action.
AB926, s. 898 19Section 898. 101.143 (4) (ei) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,217,2420 101.143 (4) (ei) 2m. The owner or operator of the farm tank has received a letter
21or notice from the department of commerce or department of natural resources
22environmental quality indicating that the owner or operator must conduct a site
23investigation or remedial action because of a discharge from the farm tank or an
24order to conduct such an investigation or remedial action.
AB926, s. 899 25Section 899. 101.143 (4) (es) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,218,7
1101.143 (4) (es) 1. The department shall issue an award for a claim filed after
2August 9, 1989, for eligible costs, under par. (b), incurred on or after August 1, 1987,
3by an owner or operator or a person owning a home oil tank system in investigating
4the existence of a discharge or investigating the presence of petroleum products in
5soil or groundwater if the investigation is undertaken at the written direction of the
6department of commerce or the department of natural resources environmental
7quality
and no discharge or contamination is found.
AB926, s. 900 8Section 900. 101.143 (11) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,218,149 101.143 (11) Reports. (intro.) No later than each January 1 and July 1, the
10department of commerce and the department of natural resources environmental
11quality
shall submit to the governor, to the joint legislative audit committee, to the
12joint committee on finance and to the appropriate standing committees of the
13legislature, under s. 13.172 (3), a report on the program under this section. The
14departments shall include all of the following information in the report:
AB926, s. 901 15Section 901. 101.144 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,218,2416 101.144 (2) (a) The department shall administer a program under which
17responsible persons investigate, and take remedial action in response to, those
18discharges of petroleum products from petroleum storage tanks that are covered
19under par. (b). The department may issue an order requiring a responsible person
20to take remedial action in response to a discharge of a petroleum product from a
21petroleum storage tank if the discharge is covered under par. (b). In administering
22this section, the department shall follow rules promulgated by the department of
23natural resources environmental quality for the cleanup of discharges of hazardous
24substances.
AB926, s. 902 25Section 902. 101.144 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,219,4
1101.144 (3) (intro.) The department of natural resources environmental
2quality
may take action under s. 292.11 (7) (a) or may issue an order under s. 292.11
3(7) (c) in response to a discharge that is covered under sub. (2) (b) only if one or more
4of the following apply:
AB926, s. 903 5Section 903. 101.144 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,219,76 101.144 (3) (b) The department of commerce requests the department of
7natural resources environmental quality to take the action or issue the order.
AB926, s. 904 8Section 904. 101.144 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,219,109 101.144 (3) (c) The secretary of natural resources environmental quality
10approves the action or order in advance after notice to the secretary of commerce.
AB926, s. 905 11Section 905. 101.144 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,219,1412 101.144 (3) (d) The department of natural resources environmental quality
13takes action under s. 292.11 (7) (a) after the responsible person fails to comply with
14an order that was issued under s. 292.11 (7) (c) in compliance with this subsection.
AB926, s. 906 15Section 906. 101.144 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,219,1816 101.144 (3) (e) The department of natural resources environmental quality
17takes the action under s. 292.11 (7) (a) because the identity of the responsible person
18is unknown.
AB926, s. 907 19Section 907. 101.144 (3g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,220,1220 101.144 (3g) (a) If, on December 1, 1999, more than 35% of sites classified
21under this section, excluding sites that are contaminated by a hazardous substance
22other than a petroleum product or an additive to a petroleum product, are classified
23as high-risk sites, the department of commerce and the department of natural
24resources
environmental quality shall attempt to reach an agreement that specifies
25standards for determining whether the site of a discharge of a petroleum product

1from a petroleum storage tank is classified as high risk. The standards shall be
2designed to classify no more than 35% of those sites as high-risk sites and may not
3classify all sites at which an enforcement standard is exceeded as high-risk sites.
4If the department of commerce and the department of natural resources
5environmental quality are unable to reach an agreement, they shall refer the
6matters on which they are unable to agree to the secretary of administration for
7resolution. The secretary of administration shall resolve any matters on which the
8departments disagree in a manner that is consistent with this paragraph. The
9department of commerce shall promulgate rules incorporating any agreement
10between the department of commerce and the department of natural resources
11environmental quality under this paragraph and any resolution of disagreements
12between the departments by the secretary of administration under this paragraph.
AB926, s. 908 13Section 908. 101.144 (3m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,220,1614 101.144 (3m) (a) (intro.) The department of commerce and the department of
15natural resources environmental quality shall enter into a memorandum of
16understanding that does all of the following:
AB926, s. 909 17Section 909. 101.144 (3m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,220,2218 101.144 (3m) (b) The department of commerce and the department of natural
19resources
environmental quality shall submit a memorandum of understanding
20under this subsection to the secretary of administration for review. A memorandum
21of understanding under this subsection does not take effect until it is approved by
22the secretary of administration.
AB926, s. 910 23Section 910. 101.653 (6m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,221,524 101.653 (6m) Review. The department and the department of natural
25resources
environmental quality shall enter into a memorandum of agreement that

1establishes a process for reviewing the standards established under sub. (2),
2periodically updating those standards and reviewing the training program. The
3memorandum of understanding shall ensure that local officials and other persons
4interested in the standards established under sub. (2) and the training program may
5participate in the process.
AB926, s. 911 6Section 911. 107.15 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,221,117 107.15 (2) (b) "Licensee" means any person licensed to conduct exploration
8activities by the department of natural resources environmental quality under s.
9293.21. If the person is a corporation or limited liability company, "licensee" includes
10the parent and any subsidiary or affiliates of the corporation or limited liability
11company engaged in mining or activities related to mining in this state.
AB926, s. 912 12Section 912. 107.15 (6) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,221,2213 107.15 (6) (c) 2. By the secretary of the department of natural resources
14environmental quality for purposes of specific environmental analysis and permit
15application evaluation and by the secretary of the department of revenue provided
16that the confidential information shall not be released by either the department of
17revenue or the department of natural resources environmental quality, that the
18departments of revenue and natural resources environmental quality shall establish
19procedures to keep any confidential information confidential, and that the
20responsible person or persons in each department shall be subject to the penalty
21specified under this paragraph for the unauthorized release of confidential
22information.
AB926, s. 913 23Section 913. 110.20 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,222,224 110.20 (4) Departmental cooperation. The department shall consult and
25cooperate with the department of natural resources environmental quality in order

1to efficiently and fairly establish and administer the program established under this
2section.
AB926, s. 914 3Section 914. 110.20 (8) (am) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,222,74 110.20 (8) (am) 5. No inspection station may be established within 0.5 mile of
5an air monitoring station which reported a violation during the period from 1976 to
61979 of the carbon monoxide primary national ambient air quality standard as
7defined by the department of natural resources environmental quality.
AB926, s. 915 8Section 915. 110.20 (8) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,222,129 110.20 (8) (d) No inspection station may be established within 0.5 mile of an
10air monitoring station which reported a violation during the period from 1976 to 1979
11of the carbon monoxide primary national ambient air quality standard as defined by
12the department of natural resources environmental quality.
AB926, s. 916 13Section 916. 110.20 (13) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,222,1614 110.20 (13) (b) The department of natural resources environmental quality
15shall, by rule, establish the amount of the repair cost limit to equal the amount
16required under 42 USC 7511a (b) 4. or (c) (3) (C).
AB926, s. 917 17Section 917. 110.215 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,222,25 18110.215 Motor vehicle emission control equipment grant program.
19From the appropriation under s. 20.395 (5) (hq), the department shall, in
20consultation with the department of natural resources environmental quality,
21develop and administer a program to provide grants for the purchase and
22installation of oxidation catalyst mufflers on school buses customarily kept in
23counties identified in s. 110.20 (5). The department shall adopt rules to implement
24and administer this section, including procedures, standards, and criteria for
25awarding and distributing the grants.
AB926, s. 918
1Section 918. 118.025 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,223,6 2118.025 Arbor day observance. A school principal may request one free tree
3provided from state forest nurseries by the department of natural resources
4agriculture, trade and consumer protection under s. 28.06 for each 4th grade pupil
5in the school for planting in conjunction with an annual observance and celebration
6of arbor day.
AB926, s. 919 7Section 919. 125.52 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,223,138 125.52 (2) Limited manufacturer's permit. The department shall issue a
9limited manufacturer's permit which authorizes the use or sale of the intoxicating
10liquor produced only if it is rendered unfit for use as a beverage and is used or sold
11for use as fuel. The department shall notify the department of natural resources
12environmental quality of the name and address of any person to whom a limited
13manufacturer's permit is issued.
AB926, s. 920 14Section 920. 134.60 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,224,21 15134.60 Cutting or transportation of evergreens. No person may cut for
16sale in its natural condition and untrimmed, with or without roots, any evergreen or
17coniferous tree, branch, bough, bush, sapling or shrub, from the lands of another
18without the written consent of the owner, whether such land is publicly or privately
19owned. The written consent shall contain the legal description of the land where the
20tree, branch, bough, bush, sapling or shrub was cut, as well as the name of the legal
21owner. The written consent or a certified copy of the consent shall be carried by every
22person in charge of the cutting or removing of the trees, branches, boughs, bushes,
23saplings or shrubs, and shall be exhibited to any officer of the law, state forest ranger,
24forest patrol officer, conservation warden, or other officer of the department of
25natural resources agriculture, trade and consumer protection at the officer's request

1at any time. The officer may inspect the trees, branches, boughs, bushes, saplings
2or shrubs when being transported in any vehicle or other means of conveyance and
3may investigate to determine whether or not this section has been complied with.
4The officer may stop any vehicle or means of conveyance found carrying any trees,
5branches, boughs, bushes, saplings or shrubs upon any public highway of this state
6for the purpose of making such inspection and investigation, and may seize and hold,
7subject to the order of the court, any such trees, bushes, saplings or shrubs found
8being cut, removed or transported in violation of this section. No person may ship
9or transport any such trees, bushes, saplings or shrubs outside the county where they
10were cut unless the person attaches to the outside of each package, box, bale,
11truckload or carload shipped a tag or label on which appears the person's name and
12address. No common carrier or truck hauler may receive for shipment or
13transportation any such trees, bushes, saplings or shrubs unless the tag or label is
14attached. Any person who violates this section shall be fined not less than $10 nor
15more than $100. Any person who signs any such written consent or certified copy
16under this section who is not authorized to do so, and any person who lends or
17transfers or offers to lend or transfer any such written consent or certified copy to
18another person who is not entitled to use it, and any person not entitled to use any
19such written consent or certified copy, or who borrows, receives or solicits from
20another any such written consent or certified copy thereof shall be fined not less than
21$100 nor more than $500.
AB926, s. 921 22Section 921. 138.09 (7) (i) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,224,2523 138.09 (7) (i) 3. On motor vehicle loans, the actual filing fee required for filing
24with the department of transportation under ch. 342 or, on boat loans, the filing fee
25required for filing with the department of natural resources under subch. V of ch. 30.
AB926, s. 922
1Section 922. 145.20 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,225,82 145.20 (5) (c) The department of natural resources environmental quality may
3suspend or revoke a license issued under s. 281.48 or a certificate issued under s.
4281.17 (3) to the operator of a septage servicing vehicle if the department of natural
5resources
environmental quality finds that the licensee or operator falsified
6information on inspection forms. The department of commerce may suspend or
7revoke the license of a plumber licensed under this chapter if the department finds
8that the plumber falsified information on inspection forms.
AB926, s. 923 9Section 923. 146.60 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,225,1210 146.60 (1) (c) "Departments" means the department of agriculture, trade and
11consumer protection and the department of natural resources environmental
12quality
.
AB926, s. 924 13Section 924. 146.60 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,225,1614 146.60 (2) (a) The department of natural resources environmental quality shall
15be the reviewing department for any regulated release subject to 15 USC 2601 to
162629.
AB926, s. 925 17Section 925. 146.60 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,225,2118 146.60 (3) (c) 1. If the department of natural resources environmental quality
19receives information under this subsection or sub. (4) (c), it shall provide the
20department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection with a copy of the
21information.
AB926, s. 926 22Section 926. 146.60 (3) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,226,223 146.60 (3) (c) 2. If the department of agriculture, trade and consumer
24protection receives information under this subsection or sub. (4) (c), it shall provide

1the department of natural resources environmental quality with a copy of the
2information.
AB926, s. 927 3Section 927. 146.60 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,226,104 146.60 (5) Memorandum of understanding. Within 6 months after June 13,
51989, the department of natural resources environmental quality shall enter into a
6memorandum of understanding with the department of agriculture, trade and
7consumer protection setting forth the procedures and responsibilities of the
8departments in the administration of this section. The memorandum shall establish
9procedures that minimize the duplication of effort between the departments and for
10the person providing information under sub. (3).
AB926, s. 928 11Section 928. 160.001 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,226,1512 160.001 (6) Where necessary to comply with federal statutes or regulations, the
13department of natural resources environmental quality may adopt rules in
14regulatory programs administered by it which are more stringent than the
15enforcement standards and preventive action limits adopted under this chapter.
AB926, s. 929 16Section 929. 160.001 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,227,217 160.001 (7) A regulatory agency may take any actions within the context of
18regulatory programs established in statutes outside of this chapter, if those actions
19are necessary to protect public health and welfare or prevent a significant damaging
20effect on groundwater or surface water quality for present or future consumptive or
21nonconsumptive uses, whether or not an enforcement standard and preventive
22action limit for a substance has been adopted under this chapter. Nothing in this
23chapter requires the department of health services or the department of natural
24resources
environmental quality to establish an enforcement standard for a
25substance if a federal number or state drinking water standard has not been adopted

1for the substance and if there is not sufficient scientific information to establish the
2standard.
AB926, s. 930 3Section 930. 160.01 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,227,54 160.01 (1) "Department", when used without qualification, means the
5department of natural resources environmental quality.
AB926, s. 931 6Section 931. 160.01 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,227,127 160.01 (7) "Regulatory agency" means the department of agriculture, trade and
8consumer protection, the department of commerce, the department of
9transportation, the department of natural resources environmental quality and
10other state agencies which regulate activities, facilities or practices which are
11related to substances which have been detected in or have a reasonable probability
12of entering the groundwater resources of the state.
AB926, s. 932 13Section 932. 160.07 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,227,1814 160.07 (5) Within 9 months after transmitting the name of a substance to the
15department of health services under sub. (2), the department of natural resources
16environmental quality shall propose rules establishing the recommendation of the
17department of health services as the enforcement standard for that substance and
18publish the notice required under s. 227.16 (2) (e), 227.17 or 227.24 (3).
AB926, s. 933 19Section 933. 160.07 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB926,227,2420 160.07 (6) If a federal number is established or changed for a substance after
21an enforcement standard is recommended by the department of health services and
22if any person or regulatory agency submits a request, the department of natural
23resources
environmental quality shall determine whether the enforcement standard
24needs revision based on recommendations under sub. (4).
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