SB459-SSA1,15,10 1030.125 Shoreline maintenance in outlying waters. (1) In this section:
SB459-SSA1,15,1111 (a) "Outlying waters" has the meaning given in s. 29.001 (63).
SB459-SSA1,15,1312 (b) "Shoreline area" means the area that is located between the ordinary
13high-water mark and water's edge.
SB459-SSA1,15,17 14(2) If the conditions under sub. (3) are met, the permitting requirements under
15ss. 23.24 (3) and 30.12 and the contract and permitting requirements under s. 30.20
16do not apply to any of the following maintenance activities conducted in a shoreline
17area of an outlying water:
SB459-SSA1,15,2118 (a) The leveling of sand or the grooming of soil if the leveling or grooming will
19occur in an area of unconsolidated material predominately composed of sand, rock,
20and pebble that is authorized by the owner of the riparian land that abuts the
21shoreline area.
SB459-SSA1,15,2322 (b) The removal of debris or the mowing of vegetation that is authorized by the
23owner of the riparian land that abuts the shoreline area.
SB459-SSA1,15,25 24(3) All of the following conditions apply to the activities described under sub.
25(2):
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1(a) No material may be brought in from offsite sources to conduct the activity.
SB459-SSA1,16,42 (b) No removal of material may be conducted in an area known to contain any
3species listed as endangered or threatened under s. 29.604 (3) or any floating bogs
4or wild rice.
SB459-SSA1,16,65 (c) The removal of material may not interfere with the rights of other riparian
6owners.
SB459-SSA1,16,97 (d) The removal of invasive species shall be conducted in a manner that
8prevents the spread of invasive species into the waters of this state and onto adjacent
9land.
SB459-SSA1,16,1110 (e) The activity may not involve the filling of a coastal wetland or the alteration
11of a coastal dune.
SB459-SSA1,30 12Section 30. 30.133 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB459-SSA1,16,2413 30.133 (1) Beginning on April 9, 1994, and except as provided in s. 30.1335, no
14owner of riparian land that abuts a navigable water may grant by an easement or
15by a similar conveyance any riparian right in the land to another person, except for
16the right to cross the land in order to have access to the navigable water. This right
17to cross the land may not include the right to place any structure or material,
18including a boat docking facility, as defined in s. 30.1335 (1) (a), in the navigable
19water. This subsection does not prohibit an owner of riparian land that abuts a
20navigable water who owns a boat docking facility that is lawfully placed on that
21water from entering into an agreement with another owner of riparian land that
22abuts the same navigable water to use a shared boat docking facility in lieu of
23separate piers, provided that the agreement does not result in more boat slips than
24are authorized under s. 30.12.
SB459-SSA1,31 25Section 31. 30.19 (1b) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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130.19 (1b) (a) "Artificial water body" means a proposed or existing body of
2water that does not have a history of being a lake or stream or of being part of a lake
3or stream.
SB459-SSA1,32 4Section 32. 30.19 (1g) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB459-SSA1,17,65 30.19 (1g) (a) Construct, dredge, or enlarge any artificial water body that
6connects with a an existing navigable waterway.
SB459-SSA1,33 7Section 33. 30.19 (1g) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB459-SSA1,17,138 30.19 (1g) (am) Construct, dredge, or enlarge any part of an artificial water
9body that is or will be located within 500 feet of the ordinary high-water mark of, but
10that does not or will not connect with,
an existing navigable waterway, including.
11An artificial water body that meets the requirements of this paragraph includes
a
12stormwater management pond that does not discharge into a navigable waterway
13except as a result of storm events.
SB459-SSA1,34 14Section 34. 30.19 (1m) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB459-SSA1,17,1815 30.19 (1m) (dm) The dredging of any part of an artificial water that does not
16connect with a navigable waterway. An artificial water body that meets the
17requirements of this paragraph includes a stormwater management pond that does
18not discharge into a navigable waterway except as a result of storm events.
SB459-SSA1,35 19Section 35. 30.19 (4) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB459-SSA1,17,2120 30.19 (4) (d) 1. In this paragraph, "covered municipality" has the meaning
21given in s. 281.16 (1) (br).
SB459-SSA1,18,422 2. If the applicant is a covered municipality seeking an individual permit for
23the construction of a stormwater management pond in an artificial water body,
24whether navigable or nonnavigable, for the purpose of achieving compliance with
25performance standards specified in a permit under s. 283.33 (1) (b), (c), (cg), or (cr)

1or with an approved total maximum daily load under 33 USC 1313 (d) (1) (C), the
2department shall, in making its determinations under par. (c), take into
3consideration the sediment control in and water quality improvements to the
4watershed as a whole that result from the stormwater management pond.
SB459-SSA1,36 5Section 36. 30.20 (1g) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
SB459-SSA1,18,76 30.20 (1g) (b) 3. The removal is necessary to perform an activity authorized
7under s. 30.125 (2).
SB459-SSA1,37 8Section 37. 30.20 (1t) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB459-SSA1,18,99 30.20 (1t) (b) 1. In this paragraph:
SB459-SSA1,18,1010 a. "Inland lake" means an inland water that is a lake.
SB459-SSA1,18,1111 b. "Inland water" has the meaning given in s. 29.001 (45).
SB459-SSA1,18,1312 c. "Line of navigation" means the depth of a navigable water required to operate
13a boat on the navigable water.
SB459-SSA1,18,1714 d. "Riparian zone" means the area that extends from riparian land waterward
15to the line of navigation as determined by a method that establishes riparian zone
16lines between adjacent riparian owners in a manner that equitably apportions access
17to the line of navigation.
SB459-SSA1,18,2018 2. The department shall issue a statewide general permit under s. 30.206 that
19authorizes any riparian owner to remove material in the following amounts from a
20lake bed in the riparian owner's riparian zone:
SB459-SSA1,18,2121 a. From an inland lake, up to 30 cubic yards.
SB459-SSA1,18,2222 b. From an outlying water, up to 100 cubic yards.
SB459-SSA1,18,2323 2m. The department may impose any of the following conditions on the permit:
SB459-SSA1,18,2524 a. That the removal may not occur in a navigable water that is identified as an
25outstanding or exceptional resource water under s. 281.15.
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1b. That the total amount of material removed may not exceed 50 cubic yards
2per year.
SB459-SSA1,19,53 c. That the material may be removed only as necessary to allow the riparian
4owner to navigate from the shoreline of his or her riparian property to the line of
5navigation.
SB459-SSA1,19,86 d. That the riparian owner shall use best management practices, established
7by the department and published on its Internet site, for the removal and disposal
8of the material.
SB459-SSA1,19,129 e. That the removal may not result in a water depth of more than 3 feet, as
10measured at summer low levels, a depth adequate for mooring a boat or using a boat
11hoist or boat lift, or a depth extending to the bottom of a layer of primarily organic
12sediment, whichever is greater.
SB459-SSA1,19,1413 f. That the removal may not interfere with the rights of neighboring riparian
14owners.
SB459-SSA1,19,1715 3. The department may not limit to non-mechanized equipment the types of
16equipment that may be used to conduct the activity under the general permit under
17this paragraph.
SB459-SSA1,38 18Section 38. 30.20 (1t) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB459-SSA1,19,2219 30.20 (1t) (c) The department may not require a person to collect a sediment
20sample prior to proceeding under a general permit issued under par. (a) unless the
21department has specific information that indicates the potential that contaminants
22may be present in the material proposed to be dredged.
SB459-SSA1,39 23Section 39. 30.20 (2) (cn) of the statutes is created to read:
SB459-SSA1,20,224 30.20 (2) (cn) The department may not require an applicant for a permit under
25par. (bn) to collect a sediment sample unless the department has specific information

1that indicates the potential that contaminants may be present in the material
2proposed to be dredged.
SB459-SSA1,40 3Section 40. 30.206 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB459-SSA1,20,64 30.206 (1) (a) The department shall issue the statewide general permits
5required under ss. 30.12 (3) (a) and (b), 30.123 (7), 30.19 (3r), and 30.20 (1t) (a) and
6(b)
.
SB459-SSA1,41 7Section 41. 30.29 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB459-SSA1,20,138 30.29 (3) (d) Activities for which a permit is issued Authorized activities . A
9person or agent of a person who is engaged in activities as authorized under a general
10or individual permit issued under this subchapter or as authorized under a contract
11entered into under this subchapter or who is engaged in activities landward of a
12lawfully established bulkhead line for which no permit or contract is required under
13this subchapter
.
SB459-SSA1,42 14Section 42. 31.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB459-SSA1,21,215 31.02 (1) The department, in the interest of public rights in navigable waters
16or, to promote safety, and to protect life, health and , property, property values, and
17economic values
may regulate and control the level and flow of water in all navigable
18waters and may erect, or may order and require bench marks to be erected, upon
19which shall be designated the maximum level of water that may be impounded and
20the lowest level of water that may be maintained by any dam heretofore or hereafter
21constructed and maintained and which will affect the level and flow of navigable
22waters; and may by order fix a level for any body of navigable water below which the
23same shall not be lowered except as provided in this chapter; and shall establish and
24maintain gauging stations upon the various navigable waters of the state and shall

1take other steps necessary to determine and record the characteristics of such
2waters.
SB459-SSA1,43 3Section 43. 31.185 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB459-SSA1,21,84 31.185 (5) As a prerequisite to the granting of a permit under this section, the
5department may require the applicant to comply with such conditions as it deems
6reasonably necessary in the particular case to preserve public rights in navigable
7waters, to promote safety, and to protect life, health and, property, property values,
8and economic values
.
SB459-SSA1,44 9Section 44. 281.16 (1) (bg) of the statutes is created to read:
SB459-SSA1,21,1110 281.16 (1) (bg) "Artificial water body" has the meaning given in s. 30.19 (1b)
11(a).
SB459-SSA1,45 12Section 45. 281.16 (2) (am) 1. a. of the statutes is renumbered 281.16 (1) (br).
SB459-SSA1,46 13Section 46. 281.16 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB459-SSA1,21,2314 281.16 (2) (c) If a covered municipality has obtained all permits required for
15the construction of a storm water management pond in an artificial water body,
16whether navigable or nonnavigable, the department may not prohibit the
17construction of the storm water management pond as a method by which the covered
18municipality may achieve compliance with performance standards under par. (a) or
19with an approved total maximum daily load under 33 USC 1313 (d) (1) (C). The
20department shall give credit to the covered municipality for any pollutant reduction
21achieved by the storm water management pond in determining compliance with
22performance standards specified in a permit under s. 283.33 (1) (b), (c), (cg), or (cr)
23or an approved total maximum daily load under 33 USC 1313 (d).
SB459-SSA1,47 24Section 47. 281.36 (3m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1281.36 (3m) (b) Analysis of practicable alternatives. An applicant shall include
2in an application submitted under par. (a) an analysis of the practicable alternatives
3that will avoid and minimize the adverse impacts of the discharge on wetland
4functional values and that will not result in any other significant adverse
5environmental consequences, subject to the limitations in sub. (3n) (a).
SB459-SSA1,48 6Section 48. 281.36 (3n) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 281.36 (3n) (a) (intro.)
7and amended to read:
SB459-SSA1,22,148 281.36 (3n) (a) Review limits. (intro.) For the purpose of issuing a wetland
9individual permit, during the period between the date on which the application
10under sub. (3m) (a) is submitted and the date on which a decision under sub. (3m)
11(i) is rendered, the department shall conduct its review under this subsection. The
12department shall review the analysis of practicable alternatives presented in the
13application under sub. (3m) (b). The department shall limit its review of practicable
14alternatives as follows:
SB459-SSA1,22,22 151. The department shall limit its review to those practicable alternatives that
16are located at the site of the discharge and that are located adjacent to that site if the
17applicant has demonstrated that the proposed project causing the discharge will
18result in a demonstrable economic public benefit, that the proposed project is
19necessary for the expansion of an existing industrial, commercial, or agricultural
20facility that is in existence at the time the application is submitted, or that the
21proposed project will occur in an industrial park that is in existence at the time the
22application is submitted.
SB459-SSA1,49 23Section 49. 281.36 (3n) (a) 2. and 3. of the statutes are created to read:
SB459-SSA1,23,224 281.36 (3n) (a) 2. Except as provided in par. (am), the department shall limit
25its review to those practicable alternatives that are located on the property owned

1by the applicant for a project involving fewer than 2 acres of wetland if the project
2is limited to one of the following:
SB459-SSA1,23,43 a. The construction or expansion of a single-family home and attendant
4features.
SB459-SSA1,23,55 b. The construction or expansion of a barn or farm buildings.
SB459-SSA1,23,66 c. The expansion of a business project.
SB459-SSA1,23,117 3. The department shall limit its review to those practicable alternatives that
8are consistent with the overall purpose and scope of the project. The department
9shall impose a level of scrutiny and require an applicant to provide an amount of
10information that is commensurate with the severity of the environmental impact of
11the project, as determined by the department.
SB459-SSA1,50 12Section 50. 281.36 (3n) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
SB459-SSA1,23,1713 281.36 (3n) (am) Exception to review limit. A project that is part of a common
14plan of development that is initiated after July 1, 2012, is not eligible for the limited
15review under par. (a) 2. unless the wetland boundaries on the project site as shown
16in an onsite delineation have changed since commencement of the development
17project.
SB459-SSA1,51 18Section 51. 281.36 (4) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB459-SSA1,23,2119 281.36 (4) (d) Maintenance of drainage or roadside ditches except for those
20drainage or roadside ditches that serve as fish spawning habitat or passages to
21spawning habitat in the counties of Brown and Oconto
.
SB459-SSA1,52 22Section 52. 281.36 (4) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
SB459-SSA1,23,2423 281.36 (4) (f) Maintenance, operation, or abandonment of a sedimentation or
24stormwater detention basin and associated conveyance features.
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