Amendment SSA3-SB239

SB239-SSA3,16,17 (c) The department shall design the groundwater management plan to protect surface water and groundwater, to ensure that the groundwater management area will no longer qualify for designation as a groundwater management area by the target date established under sub. (2) (f), and to achieve the sustainable hydrologic conditions established under sub. (2) (f), and shall include all of the following in the groundwater management plan:

SB239-SSA3,16,18 1. Measurable goals.

SB239-SSA3,16,21 2. Requirements for the county or counties to report to the department, including requirements to report progress toward achieving the sustainable hydrologic conditions established under sub. (2) (f).

SB239-SSA3,16,22 3. Opportunities for public participation in the implementation of the plan.

SB239-SSA3,16,23 4. Water conservation measures.

SB239-SSA3,16,25 5. Any other provision that the department determines is necessary to meet the sustainable hydrologic conditions established under sub. (2) (f).

SB239-SSA3,22 Section 22. 281.344 (4s) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB239-SSA3,17,8 281.344 (4s) (dm) Requiring individual permit. The department may require a person who is making or proposes to make a withdrawal that averages 100,000 gallons per day or more in any 30-day period, but that does not equal at least 1,000,000 gallons per day for any 30 consecutive days, to obtain an individual permit under sub. (5) if the withdrawal is located in a groundwater protection area, as defined in s. 281.34 (1) (a), or a groundwater management area designated under s. 281.34 (9) or 281.341 (2).

SB239-SSA3,23 Section 23 . 281.344 (4s) (dm) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Acts 177 and .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB239-SSA3,17,17 281.344 (4s) (dm) Requiring individual permit. The department may require a person who is making or proposes to make a withdrawal that averages 100,000 gallons per day or more in any 30-day period, but that does not equal at least 1,000,000 gallons per day for any 30 consecutive days, to obtain an individual permit under sub. (5) if the withdrawal is located in a groundwater protection area, as defined in s. 281.34 (1) (am), or a groundwater management area designated under s. 281.34 (9) or 281.341 (2).

SB239-SSA3,24 Section 24. 281.346 (4s) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB239-SSA3,17,25 281.346 (4s) (dm) Requiring individual permit. The department may require a person who is making or proposes to make a withdrawal that averages 100,000 gallons per day or more in any 30-day period, but that does not equal at least 1,000,000 gallons per day for any 30 consecutive days, to obtain an individual permit under sub. (5) if the withdrawal is located in a groundwater protection area, as defined in s. 281.34 (1) (a), or a groundwater management area designated under s. 281.34 (9) or 281.341 (2).

SB239-SSA3,25 Section 25 . 281.346 (4s) (dm) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Acts 177 and .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB239-SSA3,18,9 281.346 (4s) (dm) Requiring individual permit. The department may require a person who is making or proposes to make a withdrawal that averages 100,000 gallons per day or more in any 30-day period, but that does not equal at least 1,000,000 gallons per day for any 30 consecutive days, to obtain an individual permit under sub. (5) if the withdrawal is located in a groundwater protection area, as defined in s. 281.34 (1) (am), or a groundwater management area designated under s. 281.34 (9) or 281.341 (2).

SB239-SSA3,26 Section 26. 281.346 (8) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB239-SSA3,18,15 281.346 (8) (cm) Withdrawals in groundwater management areas. 1. The department shall include requirements for water conservation in any approval under s. 30.18 (2) (a) or 281.41 if the withdrawal is in a groundwater management area designated under s. 281.341 (2) for which a groundwater management plan under s. 281.341 (3) is in effect.

SB239-SSA3,18,20 2. In any approval under this section or s. 30.18 (2) or 281.41 for a withdrawal in a groundwater management area designated under s. 281.341 (2) for which a groundwater management plan under s. 281.341 (3) is in effect, the department shall ensure that the requirements for water conservation included in the approval are consistent with the groundwater management plan.

SB239-SSA3,27 Section 27. 281.346 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB239-SSA3,19,2 281.346 (12) (a) A person who has a water supply system with the capacity to make a withdrawal from the waters of the state averaging 100,000 gallons per day or more in any 30-day period shall pay to the department an annual fee of $125 $250, except that the department may promulgate a rule specifying a different amount and except that, notwithstanding the department's rule-making authority, no person is required to pay more than $1,000 per year under this paragraph.

SB239-SSA3,28 Section 28. 281.346 (12) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB239-SSA3,19,7 281.346 (12) (b) In addition to the fee under par. (a), a person who withdraws from the Great Lakes basin more than 50,000,000 gallons per year from the waters of the state shall pay to the department an annual fee in an amount specified under par. (c).

SB239-SSA3,29 Section 29 . 281.348 (3) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB239-SSA3,19,21 281.348 (3) (cm) For the purposes of plans under par. (a), an areawide water quality planning agency designated by the governor under ch. NR 121, Wis. Adm. Code, shall delineate the proposed water supply service areas for all of the public water supply systems in the planning area for which the agency is designated. An areawide water quality planning agency shall delineate proposed water supply service areas that are consistent with the approved areawide water quality management plan under s. 283.83 for the planning area and that permit the development of plans that are approvable under par. (d). An areawide water quality planning agency may also provide regional water needs assessments and other regional water supply planning information. The process for conducting regional activities under this subsection may be the same as the process for regional water supply planning for a groundwater management area designated under s. 281.34 (9) or 281.341 (2).

SB239-SSA3,30 Section 30 . 281.348 (3) (cm) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is amended to read:

SB239-SSA3,20,11 281.348 (3) (cm) For the purposes of plans under par. (a), an areawide water quality planning agency designated by the governor under ch. NR 121, Wis. Adm. Code, shall delineate the proposed water supply service areas for all of the public water supply systems in the planning area for which the agency is designated. An areawide water quality planning agency shall delineate proposed water supply service areas that are consistent with the approved areawide water quality management plan under s. 283.83 for the planning area and that permit the development of plans that are approvable under par. (d). An areawide water quality planning agency may also provide regional water needs assessments and other regional water supply planning information. The process for conducting regional activities under this subsection may be the same as the process for regional water supply planning for a groundwater management area designated under s. 281.34 (9) or 281.341 (2).

SB239-SSA3,31 Section 31. Nonstatutory provisions.

SB239-SSA3,20,20 (1) Report on Internet-based system development. No later than the first day of the 13th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection, the department of natural resources shall submit to the legislature, in the manner provided in section 13.172 (2) of the statutes, a report on the department's efforts to develop an Internet-based system that prospective applicants for the approval of a high capacity well may use to estimate the likely environmental impact of the proposed withdrawal, and a discussion of the department's needs for completing and maintaining that system.

SB239-SSA3,32 Section 32. Effective date. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:

SB239-SSA3,21,2 (1) The treatment of sections 20.370 (6) (eg), 281.34 (9), 281.344 (4s) (dm) (by Section 23), 281.346 (4s) (dm) (by Section 25 ), and 281.384 (3) (cm) (by Section 30 ) of the statutes takes effect on the first day of the 25th month beginning after publication.

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