Under current law and under this bill, before beginning mining the operator
must furnish to DNR a bond or other security in an amount sufficient to cover the
cost of reclamation of the mining site, in relation to the portion of the mining site that
will be disturbed at the end of the following year.
Current law also requires the operator of a mining waste facility to provide
proof of financial responsibility for the costs of the care, maintenance, and
monitoring of the facility after it is closed (long-term care). The requirement to
provide proof of financial responsibility for long-term care continues until DNR
terminates that requirement, which it may not do until at least 40 years after closure
of the mine.
Under this bill, the operator of an iron mining waste facility is also required to
provide proof of financial responsibility for the costs of the long-term care of the
facility. Under the bill, the requirement to provide proof of financial responsibility
for long-term care of the mining waste facility terminates after 40 years.
Water withdrawals
Under current law
There are several laws that may currently apply to withdrawals of groundwater
or surface water.
Current law requires a permit (surface water withdrawal permit) issued by
DNR for certain withdrawals of water from a stream or lake, including withdrawals
for metallic mining. The law requires DNR to deny a surface water withdrawal
permit for metallic mining if the injury to public rights caused by the withdrawal
exceeds the public benefits generated by the mining or if the withdrawal would
unreasonably injure rights of riparian (waterfront) property owners unless the
riparian property owners consent to the proposed withdrawal. Current law also

regulates withdrawals of groundwater. The law prohibits a property owner from
constructing a well that, together with other wells on the same property, has a
capacity of more than 100,000 gallons per day (a high capacity well) or from engaging
in the removal of more than 100,000 gallons per day of water from a mine without
an approval from DNR. Current law prohibits DNR from issuing an approval for the
withdrawal of groundwater for mining or for removing water from (dewatering) a
mine if the withdrawal or removal would result in the unreasonable detriment of
public or private water supplies or the unreasonable detriment of public rights in the
waters of the state. Current law provides that if DNR determines that a proposed
high capacity well may impair the water supply of a public utility, then DNR may not
approve the well unless it includes certain approval conditions that will ensure that
the water supply of the public utility will not be impaired. If DNR determines that
a proposed high capacity well that has a water loss of 95 percent of the amount of
water withdrawn, may have a significant impact on a spring, or is located in an area
within 1,200 feet of certain outstanding or exceptional resource waters or certain
trout streams, then DNR generally may not approve the well unless it includes
certain approval conditions that will ensure that the high capacity well will not cause
significant adverse environmental impact.
Current law also provides that if a person to whom DNR has issued a surface
water withdrawal permit or a high capacity well approval proposes to begin a new
withdrawal or increase an existing withdrawal that will result in a water loss beyond
a specified threshold amount, then that person must apply to DNR for approval
(water loss application). A water loss is a loss of water from the basin from which
it is withdrawn as a result of interbasin diversion or consumptive use. The water loss
application must contain certain information including the place and source of the
proposed withdrawal, the estimated average volumes and rates of water loss, the
anticipated costs of any proposed construction, and a description of the conservation
practices that the applicant intends to follow. To approve a water loss application,
DNR must find, among other things, that the proposed withdrawal and use of the
water is consistent with the protection of public health, safety, and welfare and will
not be detrimental to the public interest; that the proposed withdrawal will not have
a significant detrimental effect on the quantity and quality of the waters of the state;
that no public rights in navigable waters will be adversely affected; and that the
applicant incorporates reasonable conservation practices. If DNR approves the
water loss application, it must specify certain conditions with regard to the water
withdrawal, such as the amount of water loss that is allowed and any other
conditions necessary to protect the environment and public health, safety, and
welfare.
Finally, the current law that implements the Great Lakes Water Resources
Compact requires water use permits for certain withdrawals of groundwater or
surface water.
This bill establishes different requirements for surface water and groundwater
withdrawals relating to iron mining, except that the current law that implements the
Great Lakes Water Resources Compact continues to apply. In lieu of a surface water
withdrawal permit, an approval for a high capacity well or dewatering a mine, and

approval of a water loss application, a person who, as part of an iron mining operation
or bulk sampling (explained below), engages in a surface water withdrawal, in a
withdrawal of groundwater that exceeds 100,000 gallons a day, or in the dewatering
of mines that exceeds 100,000 gallons a day, must obtain a water withdrawal permit
from DNR (mining water withdrawal permit). This bill specifies that a person is not
required to be the owner of riparian property in order to obtain a permit to withdraw
surface water from that riparian property if the person leases the riparian property
from the owner or holds an easement on the riparian property. The bill also specifies
that a person is not required to be the owner of a piece of property in order to obtain
a permit to withdraw groundwater from that piece of property if the person leases
the piece of property from the owner, the person holds an easement on the piece of
property, or the person has obtained permission from the owner to withdraw
groundwater from that piece of property. If the withdrawal of water will involve one
or more high capacity wells, DNR must require the applicant to submit a siting
analysis that includes alternate proposed locations for each well. In evaluating the
siting analysis, DNR must recognize that there is a need for mining waste sites and
processing facilities to be contiguous to the location of the ferrous mineral deposits
and must allow any high capacity well to be located so that need will be met. DNR
must approve the location of each well as part of the process for issuing a mining
water withdrawal permit.
The bill requires DNR to issue a mining water withdrawal permit if the
withdrawal meets certain requirements (general requirements). Among those
requirements is that the proposed withdrawal and use of the water is substantially
consistent with the protection of public health, safety, and welfare and will not be
significantly detrimental to the public interest; that it will not be significantly
detrimental to the quantity or quality of the waters of this state; that it will not
significantly impair the rights of riparian owners or the applicant obtains the
consent of riparian owners; and that it will not result in significant injury to public
rights in navigable waters. The bill requires that the applicant submit a plan to DNR
that contains proposed conservation measures, such as mitigation, compensation, or
offsetting of significant impacts to navigable waters by restoring or enlarging up to
1.5 acres of a natural navigable water in exchange for each acre of a natural
navigable water that is significantly impacted (offsetting impacts to navigable
waters). After DNR reviews the application and plan, DNR must issue a permit if
it finds that the general requirements will be met by implementing some or all of the
conservation measures.
Under the bill, if DNR determines that a high capacity well proposed by an
applicant may impair a privately owned high capacity well, DNR must include
conditions in the water withdrawal permit that will ensure that the privately owned
well will not be impaired, unless the owner of the private well agrees to the
impairment. The bill authorizes DNR to impose other reasonable conditions in the
mining water withdrawal permit, as long as the conditions do not interfere with, or
limit the amount of water needed for, the iron mining operation or bulk sampling.
The bill also allows an iron mining operator to request a modification of any condition
in the mining water withdrawal permit and establishes certain deadlines under

which DNR must approve or deny the request for modification. The bill specifies that
if a request for modification results in an increase in an existing withdrawal
resulting in a water loss averaging more than a specified number of gallons per day
in a 30-day period, then DNR must determine whether, under its rules, it is required
to prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement. If so,
then DNR must prepare the environmental assessment or environmental impact
statement.
Navigable waters
Under current law, DNR regulates certain activities that occur in or near
navigable waterways. In order for a person to conduct such an activity, the person
may be required to obtain one or more permits from DNR. Among the permits that
DNR issues are permits to place structures or deposits in navigable waters, permits
to construct or maintain bridges and culverts, permits to enlarge or connect
waterways, permits to change the courses of streams and rivers, and permits to
remove material from beds of navigable waterways (waterway permits). Current
law also requires that DNR have in place general permits for some of these activities.
Under current law, some activities are exempt from these requirements.
In order to receive an individual waterway permit for the navigable waters
activities regulated by DNR, the activity must meet certain requirements. These
requirements vary depending on the type of permit issued, and may include
requirements that address possible environmental pollution, obstruction to
navigation, reduction to flood flow capacity, and interference with the rights of other
riparian owners. The bill modifies certain of these requirements for the purpose of
issuing individual waterway permits associated with bulk sampling or iron mining.
Under the bill, in lieu of these requirements in current law, an individual waterway
permit will be issued if it will not significantly impair the public's rights and interests
in navigable waters, will not significantly reduce flood flow capacity, will not
significantly affect riparian rights, and will not significantly degrade water quality.
Requirements for issuing individual waterway permits under current law that are
not modified under the bill continue to apply to the extent that they do not conflict
with any other provision in the bill. The bill requires that the applicant submit a plan
to DNR that contains proposed measures, such as improving public rights in
navigable waters, conducting wetland mitigation, or offsetting impacts to navigable
waters. After DNR reviews the application and plan, DNR must issue a permit if it
finds that the requirements will be met by implementing some or all of the measures.
Under current law, to qualify for some individual waterway permits or to conduct
activities under certain permit exemptions, a person must be an owner of riparian
property. This bill provides that for the purposes of obtaining an individual
waterway permit associated with bulk sampling or iron mining, a person who is not
a riparian owner may exercise a riparian right held by a riparian owner if the person
exercises that right with respect to riparian property that the person leases or on
which the person holds an easement.
Exemptions
Current law authorizes DNR to promulgate rules under which it may grant to
an applicant for a metallic mining permit an exemption to a rule promulgated under

the solid waste, hazardous waste, or metallic mining laws, but not to a statute, if the
exemption does not result in a violation of any federal or state environmental statute
or endanger public health, safety, or welfare or the environment.
This bill authorizes an applicant for an iron mining permit to request an
exemption from any requirement in the iron mining laws created in the bill
applicable to a mining permit application, a mining permit, or any other approval
issued by DNR that is needed to conduct the iron mining. The request must be
submitted no more than 180 days after the application for the mining permit is
considered to be complete. DNR must grant or deny the exemption within 15 days.
DNR must grant the exemption if it is consistent with the purposes of the iron mining
laws created in the bill; it does not violate other applicable environmental laws; and
either: 1) it will not result in significant adverse environmental impacts, or 2) it will
result in significant adverse environmental impacts but the applicant will offset
those impacts through compensation, mitigation, or conservation measures, except
that DNR may not grant the exemption if granting it would violate federal law.
Relation to other laws
Current law provides that if there is a standard under other state or federal
statutes or rules that specifically regulates in whole an activity also regulated under
the metallic mining law, the standard under the other statutes or rules is the
controlling standard. If the other federal or state statute or rule only specifically
regulates the activity in part, it is controlling as to that part.
Under this bill, if there is a conflict between a provision of the iron mining laws
and a provision in another state environmental law, other than the law related to the
Great Lakes Water Resources Compact, the provision in the iron mining laws
controls.
Exploration
Current law requires a person who intends to engage in exploration to be
licensed by DNR. Exploration is drilling to search for minerals or to establish the
nature of a known mineral deposit. The law requires DNR to promulgate rules
containing minimum standards for exploration and for the reclamation of
exploration sites.
This bill also requires a person who intends to engage in exploration for iron ore
to be licensed by DNR. The bill requires an applicant for an exploration license to
file an exploration plan and a reclamation plan that include provisions related to the
matters for which DNR is required to establish standards under current law. The
bill contains requirements for filling drillholes once exploration has been completed
that are similar to the requirements in DNR's current rules.
Under the current rules, DNR must deny the application for an exploration
license if it finds that the exploration will not comply with the standards for
exploration and reclamation or if the explorer is in violation of the rules.
Under the bill, DNR must deny the application for an exploration license if it
concludes that, after the reclamation plan has been completed, the exploration will
have a substantial and irreparable adverse impact on the environment or present a
substantial risk of injury to public health and welfare. If DNR intends to deny a

license, it must notify the applicant of that intent and the reasons for the intended
denial and give the applicant ten days to correct the problems with its application.
As under current DNR rules, the bill generally requires DNR to issue or deny
an application for an exploration license within ten business days of receipt of the
application. Under the bill, however, if DNR does not comply with that deadline, the
exploration license is automatically issued.
Bulk sampling
Under current law, a person may not prospect for metallic ore without a
prospecting permit from DNR. Prospecting is examining an area to determine the
quantity and quality of metallic minerals by means other than drilling, for example,
by excavating. Under current law, the process for obtaining a prospecting permit is
similar to the process for obtaining a mining permit. When a person completes
prospecting, the person must conduct reclamation, that is, must rehabilitate the site
to either its original state or, if that is physically or economically impracticable or
environmentally or socially undesirable, to a state that provides long-term
environmental stability.
Under the bill, a person intending to examine an area to determine the quantity
and quality of iron ore by means other than drilling is not required to obtain a
prospecting license.
The bill allows a person who intends to engage in bulk sampling to file a bulk
sampling plan with DNR. Bulk sampling is excavating in a potential mining site to
assess the quality and quantity of iron ore deposits and to collect and analyze data
to prepare the application for a mining permit or other approval. A person who files
a bulk sampling plan must do all of the following:
1. Describe the bulk sampling site and the methods to be used for bulk
sampling.
2. Submit a plan for controlling surface erosion that identifies how adverse
impacts to plant and wildlife habitats will be avoided or minimized to the extent
practicable.
3. Submit a plan for revegetation, but not for reclamation, that describes how
adverse environmental impacts will be avoided or minimized to the extent
practicable, how the site will be revegetated and stabilized, and how adverse impacts
to plant and wildlife habitats will be avoided or minimized to the extent practicable.
4. Describe any known adverse environmental impacts that are likely to be
caused by bulk sampling and how those impacts will be avoided or minimized to the
extent practicable.
5. A description of any adverse effects that the bulk sampling might have on
any historic property or on any scenic or recreational areas and plans to avoid or
minimize those adverse effects to the extent practicable.
The bill requires DNR, within 14 days of receipt of a bulk sampling plan, to
identify in writing any kind of approval that DNR issues that is needed to conduct
the proposed bulk sampling, such as a wastewater discharge permit or a permit for
a discharge into wetlands, and any waivers, exemptions, or exceptions to those
approvals that may be available.

The bill requires a person who has submitted a bulk sampling plan to submit
all applications for approvals and for waivers, exemptions, or exceptions to approvals
for the bulk sampling at one time.
The bill specifies deadlines for DNR to act on approvals needed to conduct bulk
sampling that would not otherwise apply to those types of approvals. When a person
who files a bulk sampling plan applies for an approval or a waiver, exemption, or
exception to an approval, the application is considered to be complete on the 30th day
after DNR receives the application, unless before that day DNR informs the person
that the application is not complete. Once an application is considered to be
complete, DNR must act within 30 days on an application for a waiver, exemption,
or exception to an approval, for a determination that an activity is below the
threshold that requires an approval, or for a determination of eligibility for coverage
under a general permit or a registration permit. For other approvals, DNR must act
within 60 days after the application is considered to be complete, except that DNR
must act on an approval for an individual permit, such as a wastewater discharge
permit, for which federal law requires an opportunity for public comment or the
ability to request a hearing before issuance of the permit within 180 days.
DNR is not required to prepare an environmental impact statement for
proposed bulk sampling. Also, the bill requires DNR to act on any required
construction site erosion control or storm water management approval, even if DNR
has authorized a local program to issue approvals for construction site erosion
control or stormwater management. This bill does not allow a contested case hearing
on any approval needed to conduct bulk sampling.
Fees
Under current law, a person who gives notice of intent to apply for a metallic
mining permit must pay a fee established by DNR by rule designed to cover the costs
incurred by DNR in connection with the proposed mining during the year following
receipt of the notice of intent. The person must also pay fees for any approvals other
than the mining permit that are needed to conduct the mining. The law requires
DNR to annually compare the fees paid by an applicant with the costs incurred by
DNR in connection with the proposed mining. If the costs incurred by DNR exceed
the fees paid, the person must pay a fee equal to the difference.
Under this bill, an applicant is required to pay a mining permit application fee,
but is not required to pay an application or filing fee for any other approval, except
for an application fee for an approval for a water diversion for which review by the
other parties to the Great Lakes Water Resources Compact is required. The bill
requires DNR to assess a mining permit application fee equal to its costs for
evaluating a mining project or $2,000,000, whichever is less. An applicant must pay
$100,000 with the bulk sampling plan or, if no bulk sampling plan is filed, with the
notice of intent to file a mining permit application and then must make $250,000
payments when DNR shows that the previous payments have been fully allocated
against actual costs. In addition to these fees, if DNR contracts with a consultant to
assist in preparation of the EIS and awards that contract on the basis of competitive
bids, the applicant must pay the full costs under the contract.

Current law imposes fees on the disposal of solid waste, commonly called
tipping fees. Of those fees, under the bill, the operator of a mining waste site must
pay the groundwater fee, the environmental repair fee, and the solid waste facility
siting board fee but is not subject to the recycling fee.
Net proceeds occupation tax
Under current law, the state imposes a net proceeds occupation tax on the
mining of metallic minerals in this state. The tax is based, generally, on a percentage
of net income from the sale of ore or minerals after certain mining processes have
been applied to the ore or minerals.
Under current law, the revenue collected from the net proceeds occupation tax
is deposited into the investment and local impact fund. The fund is managed by the
local impact fund board. The revenue is then, generally, distributed to the counties
and municipalities in which metallic minerals are being mined.
Under the bill, 60 percent of the revenue collected from the net proceeds
occupation tax on extracting ferrous metallic minerals in this state is deposited into
the investment and local impact fund and 40 percent of the revenue is deposited into
the economic development fund.
The bill provides that when the revenue that is deposited into the economic
development fund is appropriated to the Wisconsin Economic Development
Corporation (WEDC), WEDC must use the revenue to make grants and loans to
businesses in this state, giving preference to businesses in an area affected by iron
mining.
Under current law, in addition to paying the net proceeds occupation tax, a
person who intends to apply for a mining permit must make three payments of
$50,000 each to the investment and local impact fund. The bill increases the
payments to $75,000 each.
Other
Procedures for utility facility approvals
Under current law, with certain exceptions, a person may not begin the
construction of certain utility facilities before the Public Service Commission (PSC)
has issued to the person either a certificate of public convenience and necessity
(CPCN) or a certificate authorizing the person to transact public utility business
(PSC certificate). Current law also provides that a utility facility that is required to
obtain a PSC certificate and that is required to obtain one or more permits from the
Department of Natural Resources (DNR), such as a permit allowing the placement
of a structure in navigable waters, must use a procedure that requires the utility
facility to submit only one application to DNR for all of the required DNR permits
(combined permit procedure) rather than submitting separate applications to DNR
for each permit. Current law also specifies that the applicant under the combined
permit procedure must submit the combined application for permits to DNR at the
same time that the applicant files an application for a PSC certificate.
This bill makes the combined permit procedure optional for an applicant
proposing to construct a utility facility for iron mining activities and allows the
applicant to submit separate applications to DNR for each required permit. Under
the bill, if the utility facility does not use the combined permit procedure, it is not

required to file a DNR permit application at the same time that it files an application
for a PSC certificate.
Current law requires a person proposing to construct a large electric generating
facility or high-voltage transmission line (facility) to provide DNR with an
engineering plan or project plan for the facility at least 60 days before filing an
application with PSC for a CPCN. Within 30 days thereafter, DNR must provide the
person with a listing of each DNR approval that appears to be required for the
construction or operation of the facility. Current law requires the person to file the
application for these approvals within 20 days after receiving the listing from DNR.
This bill eliminates this 20-day deadline for a person proposing to construct a facility
for iron mining activities and also specifies that the person must only apply for those
approvals identified in the listing that are applicable.
Shoreland and floodplain zoning
Current law prohibits locating a solid waste facility in an area that is covered
by a shoreland or floodplain zoning ordinance unless the facility is authorized under
a permit issued by DNR. This bill requires DNR to specify in the permit the
authorized location, height, and size of the facility that may be located in the area.
This bill also specifies that DNR may not prohibit a waste site, structure, building,
fill, or other development or construction activity (activity) to be located in an area
that would otherwise be prohibited under a shoreland zoning ordinance if the
activity is authorized by DNR as part of a mining operation covered by an iron mining
permit.
Current law provides that a structure, building, fill, or development (structure)
that is placed or maintained in a floodplain in violation of a floodplain zoning
ordinance is a public nuisance and provides that any person placing or maintaining
the structure may be subject to a fine. The bill specifies that these provisions do not
apply to a structure placed or maintained as part of a mining operation covered by
an iron mining permit issued by DNR, except to the extent necessary for the
municipality to which the ordinance applies to maintain eligibility for participation
in the National Flood Insurance Program.
Local impact committees
Current law authorizes a local or tribal government likely to be substantially
affected by proposed metallic mining to establish a local impact committee for
purposes that include facilitating communications with the mining company,
reviewing and commenting on reclamation plans, and negotiating an agreement
between the local or tribal government and the mining company. The law requires
the mining company to appoint a person to be the liaison with the local impact
committee and requires the mining company to make reasonable efforts to design
and carry out mining operations in harmony with community development
objectives. Under some circumstances, a local impact committee may receive
funding from the investment and local impact fund board.
This bill provides for local impact committees for proposed iron mines in a
manner similar to the manner in which those committees are established under
current law.

Rights and conditions relating to mining contracts and leases
Current law establishes certain rights and imposes certain conditions with
respect to contracts or leases that authorize a person to dig for ores and minerals,
including the conditions under which a miner may retain ore and minerals
discovered on the land, a miner's obligation to keep and to provide certain records
concerning mine operations, and the consequences to a miner who conceals or
disposes of any ores or minerals for the purpose of defrauding a lessor. Current law
also establishes a maximum term for exploration mining leases with regard to
minerals that contain metals.
This bill limits these current law provisions to mining activities relating to
nonferrous metallic mining.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB1,1 1Section 1. 20.370 (2) (gh) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,27,62 20.370 (2) (gh) Mining — Nonferrous metallic mining regulation and
3administration.
The amounts in the schedule for the administration, regulation and
4enforcement of nonferrous metallic mining exploration, prospecting, mining and
5mine reclamation activities under ch. 293. All moneys received under ch. 293 shall
6be credited to this appropriation.
SB1,2 7Section 2. 20.370 (2) (gi) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1,27,108 20.370 (2) (gi) Ferrous metallic mining operations. All moneys received under
9subch. III of ch. 295 for the department of natural resource's operations related to
10ferrous metallic exploration and mining.
SB1,3 11Section 3. 20.455 (1) (gh) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,28,212 20.455 (1) (gh) Investigation and prosecution. Moneys received under ss. 23.22
13(9) (c), 49.49 (6), 100.263, 133.16, 281.98 (2), 283.91 (5), 289.96 (3) (b), 291.97 (3),

1292.99 (2), 293.87 (4) (b), 295.19 (3) (b) 2., 295.79 (4) (b), and 299.97 (2), for the
2expenses of investigation and prosecution of violations, including attorney fees.
SB1,4 3Section 4. 20.566 (7) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,28,64 20.566 (7) (e) Investment and local impact fund supplement. The amounts in
5the schedule to supplement par. (v) for the purposes of ss. 70.395, 293.33 (4) and,
6293.65 (5) (a), 295.443, and 295.61 (9) (a) and (c).
SB1,5 7Section 5. 20.566 (7) (v) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,28,118 20.566 (7) (v) Investment and local impact fund. From the investment and local
9impact fund, all moneys received under s. 70.395 (1e) and (2) (dc) and (dg), less the
10moneys appropriated under s. 20.370 (2) (gr), to be disbursed under ss. 70.395 (2) (d)
11to (g), 293.33 (4) and, 293.65 (5) (a) , 295.443, and 295.61 (9) (a) and (c).
SB1,6 12Section 6. 23.321 (2g) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1,28,1813 23.321 (2g) Services for mining operations. In addition to those persons
14authorized to request a wetland identification or confirmation under sub. (2) (b) or
15(c), a holder of an easement may request such an identification or confirmation if the
16identification or confirmation is associated with an application for a wetland
17individual permit or other approval for which a wetland impact evaluation is
18required and that is subject to s. 295.60.
SB1,7 19Section 7. 25.46 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,28,2220 25.46 (7) The fees imposed under s. 289.67 (1) for environmental management,
21except that for each ton of waste, of the fees imposed under s. 289.67 (1) (cp) or (cv),
22$3.20 for each ton of waste is for nonpoint source water pollution abatement.
SB1,8 23Section 8. 25.49 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1,28,2424 25.49 (2m) The moneys transferred under s. 70.395 (1e).
SB1,9 25Section 9. 29.604 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,29,2
129.604 (4) Prohibition. (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (6r) and (7m) or as
2permitted by departmental rule or permit:
SB1,10 3Section 10. 29.604 (4) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB1,29,84 29.604 (4) (c) (intro.) No person may do any of the following to any wild plant
5of an endangered or threatened species that is on public property or on property that
6he or she does not own or lease, except in the course of forestry or agricultural
7practices or, in the construction, operation, or maintenance of a utility facility, or as
8part of bulk sampling activities under s. 295.45
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