Wisconsin Legislature: Natural Resources, Department of -- Environmental protection

natural resources, department of _ administrationNatural Resources, Department of -- Administration, see also Natural Resources Board

DNR authorized to lease state forest land in the Town of Boulder Junction to the Boulder Junction Shooting Range for terms not to exceed 30 years - AB359

DNR authorized to lease state forest land in the Town of Boulder Junction to the Boulder Junction Shooting Range for terms not to exceed 30 years - SB277

DNR radio tower or lookout tower site: lease with private person or governmental entity for telecommunications system purposes permitted; suspends portions of NR 1.483, Wis. Admin. Code - AB112

DNR radio tower or lookout tower site: lease with private person or governmental entity for telecommunications system purposes permitted; suspends portions of NR 1.483, Wis. Admin. Code - SB115

Drug disposal program for prescription drugs, controlled substances and analogs, and pharmaceutical items: DOJ may authorize operation of and political subdivision may operate or authorize another person to operate, policy and procedures provisions; written permission required to destroy another person's prescription drugs [A.Amdt.1: ``household pharmaceutical" specified and defined, drug disposal program required to report certain information to DNR] - AB448

Equipment pool operation appropriation modified [Sec. 289; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB40

Great Lakes research vessels owned by DNR: moneys received from rental of appropriated to DNR [Sec. 285, 288] - AB40

Inventory and mapping of roads on DNR property [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 509ye-ys, 2318m] - AB40

National forest income: DNR to make payments to certain towns; county treasurer duty repealed [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 280g, h, 286m, 500d, 1238t, 9132 (2i), 9432 (1i)] - AB40

NRB nominates DNR Secretary with advice and consent of the Senate, term of office provisions; filling an NRB member vacancy modified - AB517

NRB nominates DNR Secretary with advice and consent of the Senate, term of office provisions; filling an NRB member vacancy modified - SB388

Off-highway motorcycle (OHM): operation and registration requirements established; definition, fees, and trails provisions; DNR duties; Off-Highway Motorcycle Council created - AB694

Position elimination in DNR: DOA report to JCF required [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9101 (3u)] - AB40

UTV appropriation repealed [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 279m] - AB40

natural resources, department of _ administrative rulesNatural Resources, Department of -- Administrative rules

Rule-making procedure revised; various DNR rules modified or repealed re closing hours of state trails and trapping hours in state parks [Admin.Code NR 45.04] - AB730

Rule-making procedure revised; various DNR rules modified or repealed re closing hours of state trails and trapping hours in state parks [Admin.Code NR 45.04] - SB591

natural resources, department of _ environmental protectionNatural Resources, Department of -- Environmental protection

Air pollution: annual fee on federal operation permits increased [Sec. 2105-2120; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, facility fees created, 281f, 284c, 288t, 289j, 2104w, 2120m, deletes 2116-2118] - AB40

Air pollution control permit fee increased [Sec. 2121; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB40

Air pollution control permits: registration permit for certain stationary source; exemption for natural minor sources and report required; DNR required to contact owners or operators of stationary sources re benefits of registration permits and exemptions; and evaluation of reporting, monitoring, and record-keeping requirements [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2104i-je, n-r, 9132 (1L)] - AB40

Air quality monitoring station in nonattainment area: funding for [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 281k, 2121e] - AB40

Areawide water quality management plan for Dane County: DNR required to approve or reject proposed revisions; extension and contract provisions - AB848

Ballast water discharge general permit fees [Sec. 2103, 2104; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - AB40

Certificate of public convenience and necessity application process revisions re large electric generating facility or high-voltage transmission line; electric transmission company powers and definition modified - AB39

Clean Water Fund Program and Safe Drinking Water Loan Program revisions re providing financial assistance - AB13

Clean Water Fund Program and Safe Drinking Water Loan Program revisions re providing financial assistance [S.Amdt.1: federal grants provision added] - SB10

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, also called Superfund Act): DNR may enter into an agreement with responsible parties for management and technical support for a cleanup [Sec. 282, 2126] - AB40

Contaminated sediment removal from Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, or certain tributaries: general obligation bonding authority increased [Sec. 482] - AB40

Continuous disinfection of municipal water supply required - AB545

Continuous disinfection of municipal water supply required - SB417

County shoreland zoning ordinance not in effect in a county or town shoreland area annexed by or incorporated as a city or village [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, conditions expanded re zoning of annexed or incorporated shorelands, report and appropriation provisions] - SB183

Dam safety programs: DNR bonding authority increased [Sec. 483] - AB40

Deer management assistance program established in DNR [Sec. 280, 551, 9132 (3)] - AB40

Discharge into wetland: exemption from DNR permitting and mitigation requirements for site in City of Sturgeon Bay, conditions specified - AB602

DNR duty revisions re reports of violations, citation procedure re wetland discharge violations, minimum age for sturgeon spearing license, air dispersion modeling requirements, Dry Cleaner Environmental Response Council membership, and publishing class 1 notices for certain permit applications - AB231

Erosion control laws for construction sites with a land disturbance area of one or more acres transferred to DNR from DSPS; storm water discharge permit provision [Sec. 574, 575, 1245-1247, 1252-1257, 1259-1261, 1628, 1711, 1712, 2088-2092, 2097-2102, 9138 (2); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, statewide uniform standard required, 575ag-ar, 1568m, 2090c-j, 2091c-j, 2092d, deletes 2099; A.Amdt.3: further revisions, enforcement of ordinances stricter than the uniform standards allowed under certain conditions, 2092e] - AB40

Ferrous metallic mining regulations and permit process created; nonferrous metallic mining regulations and permit process revised; DNR, wetlands, water, mining waste, fees, occupational tax, utility facility approvals, and local impact committee provisions - AB1

Forestation state property tax: DNR to withhold from payment to the taxation district re land in the district purchased by DNR; conservation fund provision [Sec. 1280-1283, 9332 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, aid in lieu of taxes for land in the forest cropland program or Managed Forest Land Program determined, 1279d] - AB40

Forestry and fire prevention study required; JCF provision [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 286g, j, 532m, 9432 (1d)] - AB40

Frac sand exploration: county authority to issue licenses; bond, notification, and DNR provisions - SB140

Frac sand mining fee collected by DNR and portion designated as compensation to local governments; FTE positions authorized in DNR for monitoring industrial sand mining and processing operations - AB868

Gasoline vapor recovery system removal grants [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 287f, 2104k] - AB40

Gasoline vapor recovery system removal grants: DNR rules requirement eliminated; eligible costs specified, definitions provision - AB440

Gasoline vapor recovery system removal grants: DNR rules requirement eliminated; eligible costs specified, definitions provision - SB346

High capacity well approvals revised - AB679

High capacity well approvals revised - SB302

High capacity wells: consideration of cumulative impacts [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 2092g; A.Amdt.3: further revisions, 9332 (2L), 9432 (2L)] - AB40

Industrial sand mining and processing operations monitoring: FTE positions in DNR and funding authorized - AB306

Industrial sand mining and processing operations monitoring: FTE positions in DNR and funding authorized - SB411

Joint annual spring fish and wildlife rule hearing of the DNR and Wisconsin Conservation Congress: rule-making process changes for administrative rules proposed at re gubernatorial approval, statements of scope, economic impact analyses and their content - SB608

``Land" program appropriation renamed ``Land and forestry" [Sec. 276, 281] - AB40

MacKenzie Environmental Education Center: DOA report on status and condition of buildings required; DNR appropriation [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9101 (2i), 9132 (3i)] - AB40

Mercury-added thermostats: sale, collection, and recycling of requirements and restrictions created; knowingly incinerating or disposing of mercury-added products in landfills prohibited; DNR duties - AB424

Metallic mining regulation revisions and occupation tax modified; DNR and WEDC duties - AB46

Metallic mining regulation revisions and occupation tax modified; DNR and WEDC duties - SB3

MFL closed acreage fee payments modified for 2014; payments to town treasurer for town land designated as county forest land increased - AB732

MFL closed acreage fee payments modified for 2014; payments to town treasurer for town land designated as county forest land increased - SB575

MFL program revisions re eligibility, access to closed lands, lease or agreements for recreational activities, sale or transfer of lands, withdrawing land, withdrawal taxes, yield taxes, renewal orders, large property cutting notice and management plan, restoration after a natural disaster, and DNR preparation and completion of management plans; withdrawal of lands owned by Indian tribes from the forest cropland program provisions created - AB700

Milwaukee, City of, shoreline established re Lake Michigan; DNR not required to report re conveyances of lake bed areas [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 575ac, 9132 (4e)] - AB40

Mining and drilling activities that destroy or fill in a lake bed, reservoir, or flowage: prohibition expanded and DNR authorized exception eliminated; withdrawing water from a reservoir or flowage provision - AB778

Nitrogen oxide emissions from certain simple cycle combustion turbines: standards modified; DNR and EPA duties - AB463

Nitrogen oxide emissions from certain simple cycle combustion turbines: standards modified; DNR and EPA duties - SB371

Nonpoint source water pollution abatement projects: general obligation bonding authority increased [Sec. 480] - AB40

PECFA transferred from DSPS to DNR [Sec. 210, 214, 217-222, 283, 522-528, 1597-1599, 1634-1709, 1996, 1998, 2056, 2057, 2122-2125, 2127-2130, 2265, 2280, 9138 (7); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, federal aid for costs re petroleum spills provision added, contractor registration requirement eliminated, 210b, 1646b, 1708e, f, m, 9238 (2L), deletes 210, 1646] - AB40

Petroleum inspection fund supplement to environmental fund: two appropriations moved from DNR to miscellaneous appropriations [Sec. 284, 286, 519, 520; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, 284b, 286b, deletes 284, 286; A.Amdt.3: further revisions, 520p] - AB40

Phosphorus in state waters: statewide variance to water quality rules for certain dischargers and conditions specified, DOA and DNR duties; adaptive management to achieve compliance with water quality standard permitted - AB680

Pollinator report re status and habitat required; DNR to incorporate pollinator habitat in plans for land under its management or control - AB915

Ponds located entirely on private property: fishing without a license permitted; use of herbicide or algaecide without DNR permit allowed - AB84

Ponds located entirely on private property: fishing without a license permitted; use of herbicide or algaecide without DNR permit allowed - SB77

Possession of certain wild animals: laws revised re dangerous exotic animals; ordinance and DNR authority provisions - AB703

Proof of financial responsibility of landfill owner: escrow account and irrevocable trust provisions - AB286

Recreational activities on MFL designated as open: exemption if MFL is within a proposed iron mining site, conditions specified; DNR required to post to its Web site allowable recreational activities [S.Sub.Amdt.2: further revisions, voluntary withdrawal from MFL and taxation provisions added] - SB278

Replacing or maintaining an exisiting culvert that is not authorized by DNR's individual or general permitting requirements: additional exemptions created; DNR is responsible for design and engineering costs - SB664

Replacing or maintaining an existing culvert that is not authorized by DNR's individual or general permitting requirements: additional exemptions created; DNR is responsible for design and engineering costs - AB859

Sea lamprey control activities: DNR spending authorized - AB155

Sea lamprey control activities: DNR spending authorized [S.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, appropriation added] - SB134

Shoreline maintenance activities conducted in a shoreline area: exemption from permitting requirement created - AB804

State trail system to include water trails; list of specific persons who may use state trails eliminated - AB793

State trail system to include water trails; list of specific persons who may use state trails eliminated [S.Amdt.1: inspection of trail signs provision] - SB596

Stewardship program: moneys obligated for the land acquisition subprogram and property development and local assistance subprogram modified; Kettle Moraine Springs fish hatchery provision [Sec. 501-514; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, JCF duties and report on the fish hatchery project required, 478u, 500m, p, 501m, 509c-y, 9132 (4c), deletes 501-505, 512] - AB40

Summer tribal youth program established re conservation of natural resources [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 286t, 500g] - AB40