Senate
Record of Committee Proceedings
Committee on Workforce Development, Forestry, Mining, and Revenue
Senate Bill 349
Relating to: local regulation of nonmetallic mining; local regulation of air quality; local regulation of water quality; local regulation of the use of explosives in mining, quarrying, and related activities; highway use contracts by local governments; and local regulation of borrow sites and material disposal sites for transportation projects of the Department of Transportation.
By Senators Tiffany, Darling, Farrow, Gudex, Lasee and Lazich; cosponsored by Representatives Ballweg, Bies, Kuglitsch, Murphy, Nygren, Sanfelippo and Tittl.
October 22, 2013 Referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Forestry, Mining, and Revenue
October 24, 2013 Public Hearing Held
Present: (5) Senator Tiffany; Senators Darling, Grothman, Jauch and Lehman.
Absent: (0) None.
Excused: (0) None.
Appearances For
· Tom Tiffany - State Senator - Senate District 12
· Joan Ballweg - State Representative - 41st Assembly District
· Eric Bott - Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce
· Scott Manley - WI Manufacturers & Commerce
· Mark Reihl - WI State Council of Carpenters
· Terry McGowan - Local 139 International Union of Operating Engineers
· Eric McLeod
· Bob Bingen - APW
· Dick Marino - WTBA
· Rich Budinger - WISA
· Mark Krumenacher
· Martin Lehman - Badger Mining Corp.
· Aaron Scott - WISA
· Brian Nodolf - Greg Bechel Trucking & Excavating
Appearances Against
· Kathleen Vinehout - State Senator - Senate District 31
· Chris Danou - State Representative - 92nd Assembly District
· Rick Stadelman - Wisconsin Towns Association
· Jennifer Giegerich
· Scott Karl - WI Farmer's Union
· Paul Kent - Municipal Environmental Group - Wastewater
· Steve Rasmussen - Dunn County
· Jim VandenBrook - Wisconsin Land & Water Conservation Association
· Sarah Palodichuk - Town Chair - Oak Grove
· Jon Greendeer - Ho-Chunk Nation - President
· David Greendeer - Ho-Chunk Nation
· Bruce Johnson - Town of Pepin Board
· Victoria Trinko - Town of Cooks Valley
· Darrel Fehr - Cook's Valley
· William Greendeer - Ho-Chunk Nation
· Ron Koshoshek
· Edie Ehlert - Crawford Stewardship Project
· Ron Horwich
· Colleen Klemf
· Forest Jahnke - Crawford Stewardship Project
· Peg LaMartina
· Rob Danielson
· Russ Brown
· Genie Metoyer
· Shahla Werner - Sierra Club
· Charity Armstrong
· Connie Champnoise - Richland Stewardship Project
· Joseph Skulan
· Judith Gregor
· Linda Meadwocroft
· Jerry Derr - Town of Bristol
· John Keefe - Ferry Bluff Eagle Council
· Marga Krumins
· Philip Leavenworth
· Dave Peters
· Jillian Hussey
· Bruce Noble
· Juliana C. Reimann
· Mary Maronek
· Christine McDonough
· Patricia Hammel
· Kathryn Wolf
· Michael Tutleu
· Marcia Riquelme
Appearances for Information Only
· Dan Bahr - Wisconsin Counties Association
Registrations For
· Bob Welch - Local 139 International Union of Operating Engineers
· Terry Hayden - Wisconsin Pipetrades Association
· Heather Berlinski - WI Ready Mix Concrete Association
· Samuel Gratz - BNSF, CN, CP & Union Pacific Railroads
· Colin Millard - Iron Workers District Council of North Central States
· John Schmitt - WI Laborers District Council
· Chris Gulbrandson - IBEW State Conference
· Robert Guenther - Carpenters Union
· Rob Hanko - North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters
· Brian M. Sippel - North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters
· Michael Ervin - IUOE 139
· Tom Dewar - IUOE 139
· Bill Dionne - IUOE 139
· John Devine - Roland Machining Inc
· Robert Jewell
· Nick Kraemer - The Kraemer Company
· Joe Mikolajczak
Registrations Against
· Marilyn Wilson
· Angelica Engel
· Kyle Clark - City of Oshkosh
· Ryan Wherley
· Daina Zemliauskas-Juozevicius
· Whitney Steffen
· Ryan Conner
· Anica Bausin
· Marty O'Dea
· Genie Ogden
· Susan Nossal
· Kristine Petersen
· Peggy Wireman
· Gary Ellenberger
· Natalie Byrne
· Joanne Juhnke
· Lisa Wolters
· Leona Borktolger
· Jan Bohn
· Lisa Wells
· Kathy Stella
· Theresa Wigchers
· Susanne Breckenridge
· Christine Taylor
· Robert J. Bergman
· Paula Benton
· Carol Gatzke
· Ned Gatzke
· Elizabeth Scrader
· Tom Sullivan
· Diane Farsetta
· Judith Munger
· Elizabeth Arant
· Mary Clay
· Katie Posthuma
· Carol Nelson
· Ann Bell
· Mike Rynes
· Babette Grunow
· Mary Allexi
· Jon Lund
· John Stauber
· Christine Taylor - State Representative - 76th Assembly District
· Thomas Kemble
· Tom Robson
· Pam Robson
· Amber Meyer Smith - Clean Wisconsin
· Paula Mohan
· Diane Dahl
· Donner Weltery
· Marian Celesnik
· Janet Jesberger
· Mitchell Nussbaum
· Jacob Ahrens-Balwit
· Lars Prip
· Kenneth Schreiber
· Curt Witynski - League of WI Municipalities
· Frankie Fuller
· Teresa Nyhott
· Leonardo Sirios
· Debra Schwarze
· Ann Jablonski - WI Towns Association
· Helen Findley
· Vincent Fish
· Thomas Thoresen
· Marilyn Feol
· Michael Vickerman
· Timothy Riley
· James Lawrence
· Andrea Kaminski - League of Women Voters of Wisconsin
· Laurence Bach
· Karen McKim
· Josie Gobel
· Christopher Sherwood
· Elizabeth Ward
· Jacinda Tessmann
· Erin O'Brien - Wisconsin Wetlands Association
· Jane Jiumalek
· Katy Reeder
· Keith Nelson
· Ron Biendseil
· Susan Dopp
· Joan Kemble
· Jim Connors
· Brian Elvert
· Carrie Scherpelz
· Karen Ecklund
· Janet Murphy
· Dean Hoegger
· Margarete Worthington
· Roger Buffett
· Dawn Fish
· Dick Miller
· John Demma
· Adrienne Thunder
· Ralph Knudson
· Ellen Ochs
· Nancy Horton
· Susan Haake
· Mary Kenosian
· John Elliott
· Lou Anne Roby
· John Kraemer
· Heather Andersen
· Dennis Gjerseth
· Jane Justesen
· Patricia Popple
· Rick Chamberlin
· Gaylord Oppegard
· Catherine Erhard
· Barbara Morford
· Thomas Wik Sr.
· John Hermanson
· Nettie Rosenow
· Henning Garvin - Ho-Chunk Nation
· Steve Hiniker - 1000 Friends of WI
· Helen Sarakinos - River Alliance of WI
· Barbara Morford
· Timm Zumm - Friends of the Lower WI Riverway
· Tom Kriegl - Sauk County Supervisor
· JoAnne Jones
· Connie Johnson
· J. Eric Allen
· John Barnes
· Judith Zuckerman-Kaufman
· MaryJo Walters
· Timothy Roehl
· Sherry Caves
· James Parra - Midwest Environmental Advocates
· David Dexhimer
· Judy Haight
· Mickey Beil - Dane County
· Susan Faber Marks
· Carl Sack
· Hildy Feen
· Amy Mondloch
· Martina Rippon
· Donna Collingwood
· Abbie Kurtz
· Pat Oppegard
· David Antonioni
· Donald Vincent
· Patrick Olsen
· William P Rowe
· Melissa Sargent - State Representative - 48th Assembly District
· Christine Ahrens
· Patrick Miles - Dane County Supervisor
· Mike Klenz - United Rentals
· Max Hart - WI Farmers Union
· Andrew Nicholar
· Megan Severson
· Elizabeth Feil
· Kurt Moore
· Dorothy Demma
· James Probst
· Milton Friend
· Dennis Mandt
· Karen Wallenburg
· Roger Spingman
· Linda Atkins
· David Dueholm
· John Reindl
· David Werneacz
· Matt Dannenberg
· Stanley Schulte
· Joyce Schulte
· Terry Gunning
· Jeff Kravat
· Charles Litweiler
· Douglas Jones
· Carol Rollins - Ho-Chunk Nation
· Penny Ubaria
· Todd Ohnstad - State Representative - 65th Assembly District
· Rod Meyer - WI Laborers
· Mary Bracrey
· Rebecca Cole
· Mike Kanel
· Karen Baggot
· Sue Bradley - Columbia County Supervisor
· Luella Allen
· Lawrence Lowden
· Adrienne Thunder
· Stephanie Lowden
· Anne Sayers - WI League of Conservation Voters
· Charles Bradley Jr
· Nancy Meerens-Knudson
· Jolene Plautz - WI Towns Association
· Judy Skog
· Ed Jeannette
· Dave Blouin - Sierra Club
· Isabelle Druc
· Deborah Ross
· Beth Whittemore
· Roger Larson
· Charles Uphoff
· Ben Wilson
· Lara Berger
· Irene Golembiewski
· Lois Lehmann
· Carol Buelow
· Jeremy Bunk
· Jade Bunk
· Kelley Albrecht
· Sarah Wagner
· Gary Le Masters
· Dana Wachs - State Representative - 91st Assembly District
· Katharine Odell
· Thomas Chisholm
· John Elliott
· Jen Bloesch
· Gordon Hintz - State Representative - Assembly District 54
· Bonnie Golden
· Mary Anne Bixby
· Werner Haas
· Jennifer Gonda - City of Milwaukee
· Sheila Ellis
· Linda J. Pfeiffer
· Paul Woods
· Kathi Woods
· Sherry Caves
· Sonja Luetschwager
· Gerhard Luetschwager
· Shawn Olmstead
· Patricia Fleming
· Angela West Blank
· Annette Waitzmann
· Kerry Schumann
· Suzanne Peyer
· Sharon Nash
· Phyllis Hasbrouck
· Andy Jorgensen - State Representative - 43rd Assembly District
· Crystal Betterley
· Judith Jellies
· Scott Wetlaufer
· Mickey Beil - Dane County
· Gretchen LeBudde
· Rebecca Alwin
· Martha Munger
· Courtland White
· Zoe White
· Juliee de la Terre
· Carolyn McDonough
· Jerry McDonough
Registrations for Information Only
· Irving Smith
· Robert Mann
April 08, 2014 Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Eric Searing
Committee Clerk