Scope statements
Commerce
Subject
The objective of the rule is to amend ch.
Comm 2. The rule will address inconsistencies and administration problems that have been discovered since the complete update of ch.
Comm 2. The rule will not involve a general fee increase in ch.
Comm 2.
Policy analysis
Section
101.19, Stats., requires the Department to fix and collect fees by rule which shall, as closely as possible, equal the cost of providing services such as plan examination and inspections. The Department's fees for those services are contained in ch.
Comm 2. Since the last revision to these fees went into effect on September 1, 2000, a number of inconsistencies and clarification issues have been discovered which have caused administration and enforcement problems that have resulted in the Department not being able to collect the required fees. If the inconsistencies and clarification issues in ch.
Comm 2 are not addressed, there will continue to be problems with the administration of the chapter and the collection of the required fees.
Statutory authority
Staff time required
The Department estimates that it will take approximately 100 hours to develop this rule. This time includes drafting the rule and processing the rule through public hearings, legislative review and adoption. The Department will assign existing staff to develop the rule. There are no other resources necessary to develop the rule.
Commerce
Subject
The purpose of ch.
Comm 48 is to prescribe minimum product grade specifications for petroleum products, including motor fuels, that are sold in Wisconsin. These specifications are intended to follow generally accepted national standards to the maximum extent feasible.
The purpose of the rule revision is to codify recent changes in national consensus standards and USEPA regulations that effect petroleum product specifications.
Policy Analysis
No changes in policy that effect fees or tested products are currently being considered for this rule change. The changes are intended to reflect technical product specifications.
The only policy alternative identified would be to leave the code as is. This would result in the code growing progressively more out-of-step with national standards, federal regulations and petroleum industry practices.
Statutory authority
Oil Inspection – Ch.
168, Stats.
Staff time required
The rules will be developed with the assistance of an advisory committee with oversight by the department. Time will be spent forming the committee, meeting with the committee and department staff, and then drafting and processing the rule package through public hearings, legislative review and adoption. An estimate of the amount of time that state employees will spend to develop the rule is as follows:
Research and Committee meetings time 300 hours
Rule drafting time 80 hours
Rule promulgation time 100 hours
480 hours
Transportation
Subject
This proposal will amend ch.
Trans 276, which establishes a network of highways on which long combination vehicles may operate, by adding 11 highway segments to the network. The actual segments being proposed are:
STH 54 from Port Edwards to Black River Falls
STH 78 from STH 11 in Gratiot to the WI-IL Line
STH 88 from STH 35 to CTH E
STH 107 from STH 29 to STH 153
STH 153 from STH 51 to STH 13
CTH A from CTH E to Dorchester
CTH B from STH 73 to STH 64
CTH E from STH 29 to CTH O
CTH E from STH 28 to STH 67
CTH O from STH 64 to STH 13
CTH S from STH 53 to STH 124
Policy Analysis
Federal law requires the Department of Transportation to react within 90 days to requests for changes to the long truck route network. Wisconsin state law requires that the Department use the administrative rule process to deal with changes to the long truck route network. Chapter
Trans 276 is an existing rule set up for long truck routes. The Department has received a requests from Roehl Transport, Inc., and Marathon Cheese Corporation to add these highway segments.
Statutory authority
Staff time required
It is estimated that state employees will spend 40 hours on the rule-making process, including research, drafting and conducting a public hearing.
