Amendment AA1-AB843

LRBa1146/1

MCP:ahe

2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 843

February 11, 2020 - Offered by Representative Nygren.

AB843-AA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

AB843-AA1,1,2 1. Page 4, line 7: after “receives" insert “or has received".

AB843-AA1,1,5 2. Page 4, line 11: after “services" insert “or the first day of the 7th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], whichever is later”.

AB843-AA1,1,7 3. Page 4, line 25: delete the material beginning with “or any other" and ending with “toxic compound" on page 5, line 1.

AB843-AA1,1,8 4. Page 5, line 5: delete “or any other toxic compound".

AB843-AA1,1,10 5. Page 5, line 21: delete “standards for any known" and substitute “standards, for".

AB843-AA1,2,2 6. Page 5, line 22: after “substances" insert “for which the department has received a recommended groundwater enforcement standard from the department of health services or that has been identified by the federal Environmental Protection Agency as having an inhalation effect,".

AB843-AA1,2,3 7. Page 6, line 15: after that line insert:

AB843-AA1,2,6 “(a) “Municipality” means a city, town, village, county, county utility district, town sanitary district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, sewerage district, or metropolitan sewage district.”.

AB843-AA1,2,7 8. Page 6, line 16: delete “(a)" and substitute “(b)".

AB843-AA1,2,8 9. Page 6, line 17: delete lines 17 to 21.

AB843-AA1,2,10 10. Page 6, line 23: delete the material beginning with “that are not" and ending with “par. (b)" on line 24.

AB843-AA1,2,12 11. Page 6, line 25: delete the material beginning with “Except as provided" and ending with “eligible activity." on page 7, line 2.

AB843-AA1,2,15 12. Page 7, line 3: delete the material beginning with “that is a responsible" and ending with “applies:" on line 4 and substitute “only if the municipality proposes to conduct an eligible activity under sub. (3) in response to any of the following:”.

AB843-AA1,2,17 13. Page 7, line 5: delete the material beginning with “discharge of PFAS" and ending with “from the" on line 6.

AB843-AA1,2,19 14. Page 7, line 8: delete “prior to August 1, 2020" and substitute “in accordance with state and federal law".

AB843-AA1,2,21 15. Page 7, line 11: delete the material beginning with “discharge of PFAS" and ending with “from the" on line 12.

AB843-AA1,2,22 16. Page 7, line 12: delete “or making any other discharge".

AB843-AA1,2,23 17. Page 7, line 13: delete “or discharge".

AB843-AA1,3,2 18. Page 7, line 14: delete the material beginning with “and was done" and ending with “[LRB inserts date]" on line 15.

AB843-AA1,3,3 19. Page 7, line 15: after that line insert:

AB843-AA1,3,7 “3. Any other municipal operations for which the municipality wishes to sample for PFAS, if the operations were done in accordance with state and federal law and, if applicable, with a pollution discharge elimination system permit issued under ch. 283.

AB843-AA1,3,12 4. The discharge of PFAS or the presence of environmental pollution caused by PFAS, if the discharge or pollution is suspected to have impacted or is known to be impacting a municipal or private water supply and if the person that caused the discharge or pollution is unknown or is unwilling or unable to take the necessary response actions.”.

AB843-AA1,3,15 20. Page 7, line 18: delete the material beginning with “environmental pollution" and ending with “discharge" on line 19 and substitute “impacts to the air, land, or water”.

AB843-AA1,3,17 21. Page 7, line 24: delete “contain PFAS" and substitute “have caused the discharge of PFAS or environmental pollution from PFAS".

AB843-AA1,3,20 22. Page 8, line 3: after “environmental pollution" insert “, including by treating or disposing of contaminated groundwater, sediment, biosolids, soil, and other affected media".

AB843-AA1,3,22 23. Page 8, line 10: delete “The department may, if it" and substitute “(a) In this section:”.

AB843-AA1,3,23 24. Page 8, line 10: after that line insert:

AB843-AA1,4,3 “1. “Municipality” means a city, town, village, county, county utility district, town sanitary district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, sewerage district, or metropolitan sewage district.

AB843-AA1,4,4 2. “PFAS” means a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance.” .

AB843-AA1,4,6 25. Page 8, line 11: delete “is necessary to protect human health or the environment" and substitute “is in the financial best interests of the state".

AB843-AA1,4,9 26. Page 8, line 11: before “determines doing so" insert “(b) At sites or facilities where the department has directed a responsible party, in writing, to take action under ch. 292, the department may, if it".

AB843-AA1,4,12 27. Page 8, line 12: delete the material beginning with “controls" and ending with “substance" on line 13 and substitute “controls PFAS or who causes the discharge of PFAS or environmental pollution from PFAS”.

AB843-AA1,4,14 28. Page 8, line 14: delete “for conducting emergency response actions," and substitute “to ensure that the necessary".

AB843-AA1,4,18 29. Page 8, line 15: delete the material beginning with “to address contamination" and ending with “substances" on line 17 and substitute “ at the site or facility can be conducted. This requirement applies only if the department estimates that these costs would exceed $1,000,000.”.

AB843-AA1,4,23 30. Page 9, line 2: after “state." insert “This section also does not apply to a person who owns an agricultural site at which biosolids received from a municipality are spread on land, if the application is done in accordance with a pollution discharge elimination system permit issued under ch. 283 and only while the site remains under agricultural use.".

AB843-AA1,4,24 31. Page 9, line 4: delete “all known".

AB843-AA1,5,5 32. Page 9, line 6: after “per year." insert “Reporting to the department shall be limited to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances for which the department has received a recommended groundwater enforcement standard from the department of health services or that has been identified by the federal Environmental Protection Agency as having an inhalation effect".

AB843-AA1,5,6 (End)