SB70: Bill Text

SB70,1410,10 281.75 (5) (g) If the appropriations under s. 20.370 (6) (cf) or (cr) are insufficient to pay claims, the department may, for claims based on nitrate levels, allocate money for the payment of those claims in the following order of priority:

SB70,1410,12 1. Claims based on water containing more than 40 parts per million of nitrate nitrogen.

SB70,1410,14 2. Claims based on water containing more than 30 but not more than 40 parts per million of nitrate nitrogen.

SB70,1410,16 3. Claims based on water containing more than 25 but not more than 30 parts per million of nitrate nitrogen.

SB70,1410,18 4. Claims based on water containing more than 20 but not more than 25 parts per million of nitrate nitrogen.

SB70,1410,20 5. Claims based on water containing more than 10 but not more than 20 parts per million of nitrate nitrogen.

SB70,2657 Section 2657. 281.75 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1410,25 281.75 (6) (a) Contamination of a private water supply, as defined under sub. (1) (b) 1. or, 2., 4., or 5. is required to be established by analysis of at least 2 samples of water, taken at least 2 weeks apart, in a manner which assures the validity of the test results. The samples shall be tested by a laboratory certified under s. 299.11.

SB70,2658 Section 2658. 281.75 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1411,7 281.75 (7) (a) If the department finds that the claimant meets all the requirements of this section and rules promulgated under this section and that the private water supply is contaminated or that the well is a well subject to abandonment, the department shall issue an award. The Except as provided under par. (am), the award may not pay more than 75 percent of the eligible costs. The award may not pay any portion of eligible costs in excess of $16,000.

SB70,2659 Section 2659. 281.75 (7) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,1411,11 281.75 (7) (am) An award under this subsection may pay up to 100 percent of the eligible costs if the annual family income of the claimant is below the median family income for the state, as determined by U.S. bureau of the census.

SB70,2660 Section 2660. 281.75 (7) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,2661 Section 2661. 281.75 (9) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,2662 Section 2662. 283.31 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1411,22 283.31 (8) The holder of a permit under this section for a concentrated animal feeding operation shall annually pay to the department a fee of $345 $545, which shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (ag). The department shall annually submit a report to the joint committee on finance and, under s. 13.172 (3), to the standing committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over agricultural and environmental matters describing the use of the moneys credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (ag) under this subsection and the use of the moneys appropriated under s. 20.370 (9) (ap).

SB70,2663 Section 2663. 283.35 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,2664 Section 2664 . 283.90 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,1412,15 283.90 Notification of violations. Whenever, on the basis of any information available to it, the department finds that a permit holder has violated any limitation in a permit that is based on a groundwater protection standard under ch. 160, the department shall notify the county health department and county land and conservation department in the county in which the permit holder is located and the county health department and county land and conservation department in any adjacent county that the department determines may be negatively affected as a result of the violation. The department shall provide this notice within 7 business days after confirming that a violation has occurred. The department shall create and maintain a notification system for notifying county health departments, county land and conservation departments, and interested parties of the violations described in this section. The department may establish, by rule, procedures for providing notice under this section. The notification system under this section shall ensure that county health departments and county land and conservation departments are notified at least 24 hours prior to notifying any other interested parties.

SB70,2665 Section 2665. 285.27 (2) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,1412,23 285.27 (2) (bm) Standards for PFAS. Emission standards for known perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances are needed to provide adequate protection for public health and welfare under par. (b). The department shall promulgate emission standards for any known perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances to provide adequate protection for public health and welfare, taking into account energy, economic, and environmental impacts and other costs related to the emission source.

SB70,2666 Section 2666 . 289.33 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1413,18 289.33 (3) (d) “Local approval" includes any requirement for a permit, license, authorization, approval, variance or exception or any restriction, condition of approval or other restriction, regulation, requirement or prohibition imposed by a charter ordinance, general ordinance, zoning ordinance, resolution or regulation by a town, city, village, county or special purpose district, including without limitation because of enumeration any ordinance, resolution or regulation adopted under s. 91.73, 2007 stats., s. 59.03 (2), 59.11 (5), 59.42 (1), 59.48, 59.51 (1) and (2), 59.52 (2), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (11), (12), (13), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), (25), (26) and (27), 59.53 (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (7), (8), (9), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (19), (20) and (23), 59.535 (2), (3) and (4), 59.54 (1), (2), (3), (4), (4m), (5), (6), (7), (8), (10), (11), (12), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), (25) (a), and (26), 59.55 (3), (4), (5) and (6), 59.56 (1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7), (9), (10), (11), (12), (12m), (13) and (16), 59.57 (1), 59.58 (1) and (5), 59.62, 59.69, 59.692, 59.693, 59.696, 59.697, 59.698, 59.70 (1), (2), (3), (5), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (21), (22) and (23), 59.79 (1), (2), (3), (5), (7), (8), and (10), 59.792 (2) and (3), 59.80, 59.82, 60.10, 60.22, 60.23, 60.54, 60.77, 61.34, 61.35, 61.351, 61.353, 61.354, 62.11, 62.23, 62.231, 62.233, 62.234, 66.0101, 66.0415, 87.30, 196.58, 200.11 (8), 236.45, 281.43 or 349.16, subch. VIII of ch. 60, or subch. III of ch. 91.

SB70,2667 Section 2667 . 292.31 (1) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1414,3 292.31 (1) (d) Access to information. (intro.) Upon the request of any officer, employee, or authorized representative of the department, any person who generated, transported, treated, stored, or disposed of solid or hazardous waste which that may have been disposed of at a site or facility under investigation by the department and any person who generated solid or hazardous waste at a site or facility under investigation by the department that was transported to, treated at, stored at, or disposed of at another site, facility, or location shall provide the officer, employee, or authorized representative access to any records or documents in that person's custody, possession, or control which relate to:

SB70,2668 Section 2668 . 292.31 (1) (d) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,1414,7 292.31 (1) (d) 1m. The type and quantity of waste generated at the site or facility that was transported to, treated at, stored at, or disposed of at another site, facility, or location, and the dates and locations of these activities.

SB70,2669 Section 2669. 292.65 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,1414,10 292.65 (14) Sunset. This section does not apply after June 30, 2032 the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date].

SB70,2670 Section 2670. 292.66 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,1414,12 292.66 Revitalize Wisconsin program. (1) Definitions. In this section:

SB70,1414,15 (a) “Brownfield” means a property that is abandoned, idle, or underused, the expansion or redevelopment of which is adversely affected by actual or perceived discharge or environmental pollution.

SB70,1414,16 (b) “Discharge” has the meaning given in s. 292.01 (3).

SB70,1414,17 (c) “Innocent landowner” means any of the following:

SB70,1414,23 1. A property owner that acquired the property prior to November 1, 2006, has continuously owned the property since the date of acquisition, and can demonstrate, through documentation, that the discharge or environmental pollution on the property was caused by another person and that the property owner did not know and had no reason to know of the discharge or environmental pollution when the owner acquired the property.

SB70,1415,5 2. A property owner that acquired the property on or after November 1, 2006, has continuously owned the property since the date of acquisition, and can demonstrate, through documentation, that the property owner conducted all appropriate inquiries in compliance with 40 CFR part 312 prior to acquisition, that the discharge or environmental pollution on the property was caused by another person, and that the property owner did not know and had no reason to know of the discharge or environmental pollution when the owner acquired the property.

SB70,1415,9 (d) “Interim action" means a response action that is taken to contain or stabilize a discharge or environmental pollution at a site or facility, in order to minimize any threats to public health, safety, or welfare or to the environment, while other response actions are being taken or planned for the site or facility.

SB70,1415,10 (e) “Local governmental unit” has the meaning given under s. 292.11 (9) (e) 1.

SB70,1415,11 (f) “Private party” means any of the following:

SB70,1415,12 1. A bank, trust company, savings bank, or credit union.

SB70,1415,13 2. A developer, as defined in s. 66.0617 (1) (b).

SB70,1415,17 3. An organization or enterprise, other than a sole proprietorship, that is operated for profit or that is nonprofit and nongovernmental, including an association, business trust, corporation, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, partnership, or syndicate.

SB70,1415,18 4. An innocent landowner.

SB70,1415,19 (g) “Remedial action” has the meaning given in s. 292.12 (1) (d).

SB70,1415,22 (2) Powers and duties of the department. (a) The department shall administer a program to award aids from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (6) (et) to eligible entities under sub. (5).

SB70,1415,25 (b) The department may not award aid to an entity under this section if that entity caused the discharge or environmental pollution at the site or facility for which aid is awarded, except to eligible entities for sites or facilities under sub. (4) (a).

SB70,1416,3 (c) The department may award aid to eligible entities in the form of grants or direct services or, for sites or facilities under sub. (4) (a), in the form of reimbursements.

SB70,1416,6 (d) The department may require a match from an eligible entity for an awarded aid in the form of cash or in-kind services, except from an eligible entity for a site or facility for which funds are designated under sub. (3) (a).

SB70,1416,12 (3) Allocation of funds. (a) In any fiscal year, if there remain any sites or facilities under sub. (4) (a) for which a claim for reimbursement was submitted before the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], but for which the claim has not been paid, the department shall designate $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated under s. 20.370 (6) (et), or the total amount of such unpaid claims, whichever is less, to the payment of those claims.

SB70,1416,18 (b) In any fiscal year, if there remain any sites or facilities under sub. (4) (a) for which an application for eligibility was submitted before the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], but for which a claim has not been made to the department, the department shall designate $450,000 of the funds appropriated under s. 20.370 (6) (et) to the payment of claims for such sites or facilities, until all such sites or facilities have received a case closure letter under s. 292.12.

SB70,1416,20 (c) The department shall designate 15 percent of the funds appropriated under s. 20.370 (6) (et) to provide aid in small or disadvantaged communities.

SB70,1416,22 (d) The department may not provide more than one award of aid for a site or facility in a single fiscal year, except for sites or facilities under sub. (4) (a).

SB70,1416,24 (4) Eligible sites and facilities. An eligible applicant under sub. (5) may receive aid under this section for any the following sites or facilities:

SB70,1417,4 (a) Sites or facilities for which an application for eligibility was submitted under the dry cleaner environmental response program under s. 292.65, 2021 stats., and that were deemed eligible for that program before the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date].

SB70,1417,5 (b) Brownfields.

SB70,1417,8 (c) Sites or facilities regulated under s. 292.11 that are owned by entities that are exempt from s. 292.11 (3), (4), and (7) (b) and (c) as provided under s. 292.11 (9) (e), 292.13, or 292.21.

SB70,1417,10 (d) Sites or facilities regulated under s. 292.11 that are owned by private parties.

SB70,1417,12 (5) Eligible entities. The following entities are eligible for an award under this section.

SB70,1417,14 (a) Local governmental units that did not cause the discharge or environmental pollution.

SB70,1417,16 (b) Owners or operators of dry cleaning facilities that own or operate an eligible site or facility under sub. (4) (a).

SB70,1417,19 (c) Private parties, other than a dry cleaning facility under par. (b), that did not cause the discharge or environmental pollution and can demonstrate that the party's property was fairly acquired through an arm's-length transaction.

SB70,1417,23 (6) Eligible activities; ineligible costs. (a) All activities for which aid is provided under this section shall comply with all state and federal laws and rules promulgated by the department, unless otherwise provided under this section or rules promulgated under this section.

SB70,1417,25 (b) The department may award aid under this section to cover the costs of any of the following activities:

SB70,1418,1 1. Assessment and investigation of a discharge or environmental pollution.

SB70,1418,3 2. Interim and remedial actions to remove hazardous substances from contaminated media.

SB70,1418,4 3. Treatment and disposal of contaminated media.

SB70,1418,5 4. Vapor intrusion assessment and mitigation.

SB70,1418,6 5. Removal of abandoned containers, as defined in s. 292.41 (1).

SB70,1418,8 6. Asbestos abatement activities, as defined in s. 254.11 (2), conducted as part of redevelopment activities.

SB70,1418,9 7. Environmental monitoring.

SB70,1418,11 8. Restoration or replacement of a private potable water supply, if eligible for temporary emergency water supplies under rules promulgated by the department.

SB70,1418,13 9. The removal of underground hazardous substance or petroleum product storage tanks.

SB70,1418,14 10. Preparation of documentation to apply for case closure under s. 292.11.

SB70,1418,17 11. Other costs identified by the department as reasonable and necessary for proper investigation, analysis of remedial action options, remedial action planning, and remedial action to meet the requirements of s. 292.11.

SB70,1418,19 (c) The department may not award aid under this section to cover any of the following costs:

SB70,1418,21 1. The cost of activities conducted prior to the award of aid under this section, except for activities conducted at a site or facility under sub. (4) (a).

SB70,1418,23 2. The cost of activities that the department determines are not integral to the investigation and remediation of a discharge or environmental pollution.

SB70,1418,24 3. Legal fees.

SB70,1418,25 4. The cost of investigations or remedial action conducted outside this state.

SB70,1419,1 5. Costs for financing eligible activities.

SB70,1419,5 (7) Application for aid. Eligible applicants shall submit an application on a form prescribed by the department and shall include any information the department finds necessary to evaluate the eligibility of the project and amount of aid to be awarded.

SB70,1419,11 (8) Rules; records. The department shall promulgate rules to administer the program under this section, including rules prescribing the criteria for determining the amount of aid to be awarded, the records that must be maintained by an applicant, and the periods for which those records must be retained. The department may inspect any document in the possession of an applicant or any other person if the document is relevant to an application for aid under this section.

SB70,2671 Section 2671. 292.67 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,1419,13 292.67 PFAS municipal grant program. (1) Definitions. In this section:

SB70,1419,14 (a) “Class B fire fighting foam” has the meaning given in s. 299.48 (1) (a).

SB70,1419,16 (b) “Municipality” means a city, village, town, county, tribal governing body, utility district, lake protection district, sewerage district, or municipal airport.

SB70,1419,17 (c) “PFAS” means a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance.

SB70,1419,21 (2) Financial assistance. The department shall administer a program to provide grants from the appropriations under s. 20.370 (6) (ed) and (es) to municipalities that meet the requirements under sub. (3) for the purpose of conducting any of the eligible activities under sub. (4).

SB70,1419,23 (3) Eligibility prerequisites. A grant may be awarded under sub. (2) only if one of the following has occurred: