NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to ss.
29.014,
29.041,
29.197 and
227.11 (2) (a), Stats., interpreting ss.
29.014,
29.041 and
29.197, Stats., the Department of Natural Resources will hold public hearings on revisions to ch.
NR 10, Wis. Adm. Code, relating to the 2002 migratory game bird season. The actual season lengths, dates and harvest allocations will change after the receipt of the federal framework regulations. The proposed significant regulations are:
Ducks - The state is divided into two zones each with 60-day season. The season begins at noon September 28 and continues for 60 days, closing November 26. The daily bag limit is 6 ducks including no more than: 4 mallards, of which only one may be a hen, one black duck, one pintail, 2 wood ducks, 2 redheads and 3 scaup. Shooting of canvasbacks is prohibited from September 28 to October 18 and November 10 to November 26. A canvasback season is created starting October 19 and continuing 20 days to November 9. The daily bag limit is one and this duck shall be counted as part of the 6 duck daily bag limit.
Canada geese - The state is apportioned into three goose hunting zones: Horicon, Collins and Exterior. Other special goose management subzones within the Exterior Zone include Brown County, Burnett County, Rock Prairie and the Mississippi River. Season length are as follows: Collins Zone - 72 days; Exterior Zone - 70 days; Horicon Zone - 94 days; Mississippi River Subzone - 70 days.
Youth hunt - The Canada goose bag limit is established for the youth waterfowl hunt and two days will be offered.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to s.
227.114, Stats., it is not anticipated that the proposed rule will have an economic impact on small businesses.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Department has made a preliminary determination that this action does not involve significant adverse environmental effects and does not need an environmental analysis under ch.
NR 150, Wis. Adm. Code. However, based on the comments received, the Department may prepare an environmental analysis before proceeding with the proposal. This environmental review document would summarize the Department's consideration of the impacts of the proposal and reasonable alternatives.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the hearings will be held on:
Monday, August 5, 2002 at 7:00 p.m.
DNR Northern Service Center
107 Sutliff
Rhinelander
Tuesday, August 6, 2002 at 7:00 p.m.
Room 310, Green Bay City Hall
100 N. Jefferson
Green Bay
Wednesday, August 7, 2002 at 7:00 p.m.
Comfort Suites, Highway J and I-94
Pewaukee
Thursday, August 8, 2002 at 7:00 p.m.
Auditorium, Administrative Center
400 4th Street North
La Crosse
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations, including the provision of informational material in an alternative format, will be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Please call Kurt Thiede at (608) 267-2452 with specific information on your request at least 10 days before the date of the scheduled hearing.
Fiscal Estimate
The proposed changes will not result in any significant changes in spending or revenue. There are no government costs anticipated due to the provisions of this bill.
Contact Person
Written comments on the proposed rule may be submitted to Mr. Kurt Thiede, Bureau of Wildlife Management, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707 no later than August 8, 2002. Written comments will have the same weight and effect as oral statements presented at the hearings. A copy of the proposed rule [WM-23-02] and fiscal estimate may be obtained from Mr. Thiede.
Notice of Hearing
Natural Resources
(Fish, Game, etc., Chs.
NR 1—)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to ss.
29.014 (1),
29.041 and
227.11 (2), Stats., interpreting ss.
29.014 (1) and
29.041, Stats., the Department of Natural Resources will hold public hearings on revisions to ch.
NR 20, Wis. Adm. Code, relating to fishing on the inland and outlying waters of Wisconsin. The proposed revisions will:
1. Eliminate unnecessary wording and redundancy regarding restrictions to fishing in trout streams.
2. Clarify the situations where the Department may modify daily bag limits, possession limits, or size restrictions from those established in ch.
NR 20.
3. Eliminate the sunset on night bowfishing. After a 3-year trial period, no major law enforcement problems were encountered.
4. Clarify which ice shelters are exempt from needing to have the owner's name and address displayed, and removes the requirement that the name and address be permanently affixed to the ice shelter.
5. Modify the upstream boundary for the year round open fishing season for Busseyville (Koshkonong) creek after removal of a dam that used to serve as that boundary.
6. Add Chippewa river, Dunn county and Fox river, Green Lake county to the water bodies where motor trolling is allowed. These waters were inadvertently omitted from the regulations after a major rewrite of ch.
NR 20. The fishing regulation pamphlet already reflects that trolling is allowed.
7. Correct the closing date for the muskellunge fishing season on Deer lake, Nokomis lake, Rice River flowage and Wisconsin river downstream from Merrill hydro-dam. The closing date was inadvertently written as March 1 instead of November 30 (the statewide season closing date) during a major rewrite of ch.
NR 20.
8. Correct panfish regulations on the Chippewa flowage. The regulation beginning December 1 was inadvertently placed in the regulations for Christner lake, Moose lake and Nelson lake instead of the Chippewa flowage during a major rewrite of ch.
NR 20.
9. Clarify that possession of fish in excess of the daily bag limit or of any size other than that authorized for that water is allowable, as long as the angler is not fishing, only on waters where bag limits or size restrictions have been modified in response to tribal harvest.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to s.
227.114, Stats., it is not anticipated that the proposed rule will have an economic impact on small businesses.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Department has made a preliminary determination that this action does not involve significant adverse environmental effects and does not need an environmental analysis under ch.
NR 150, Wis. Adm. Code. However, based on the comments received, the Department may prepare an environmental analysis before proceeding with the proposal. This environmental review document would summarize the Department's consideration of the impacts of the proposal and reasonable alternatives.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the hearing will be held on:
Monday, July 15, 2002 at 1:00 p.m.
Room 611A, GEF #2
101 South Webster Street
Madison
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations, including the provision of informational material in an alternative format, will be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Please call Pat Schmalz at (608) 266-8170 with specific information on your request at least 10 days before the date of the scheduled hearing.
Fiscal Estimate
There is no fiscal effect.
Contact Person
Written comments on the proposed rule may be submitted to Mr. Pat Schmalz, Bureau of Fisheries Management and Habitat Protection, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707 no later than July 17, 2002. Written comments will have the same weight and effect as oral statements presented at the hearing. A copy of the proposed rule [FH-22-02] and fiscal estimate may be obtained from Mr. Schmalz.
Notice of Hearings
Natural Resources
(Fish, Game, etc., Chs.
NR 1—)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to ss.
26.38,
28.01 and
28.07, Stats., interpreting ss.
26.38,
28.01 and
28.07, Stats., the Department of Natural Resources will hold public hearings on revisions to ch.
NR 47, subch. VII, Wis. Adm. Code, relating to the Wisconsin forest landowner grant program. The proposed rule contains modifications to:
Scope of Program - Broadens the scope of the Wisconsin landowner grant program to allow other state and federal funds to be distributed through this program for encouraging private landowners to manage their lands in a manner that benefits the state's forest land and related resources and the people of the state.
Reimbursable Landowners Costs - Creates new language to strengthen the commitment of private landowners to their projects by clearly disallowing the use of funds other than their own as the part required under this program. It further requires that any changes in a practice must be approved by the department before implementing if reimbursement is requested.
Application Procedures and Grant Calculations - The amount of reimbursement a landowner can claim is adjusted from 65% to 50%, application deadlines are modified to reflect internal processing deadlines, an allowance is made to use funds to assist in emergency situations, and priorities are established for funding requests.
Authorization for Use of Other Funding Sources - There is a need to establish a method for allowing outside agencies or organizations to augment the Wisconsin forest landowner grant funds. Funds may come from a private organization for a specific forestry practice or from the federal government for more general private landowner assistance efforts. All funds distributed through this program would be consistent with the program goals, scope and purpose. This section was created to allow an avenue for distributing funds of a similar purpose through an existing structure.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to s.
227.114, Stats., it is not anticipated that the proposed rule will have an economic impact on small businesses.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Department has made a preliminary determination that this action does not involve significant adverse environmental effects and does not need an environmental analysis under ch.
NR 150, Wis. Adm. Code. However, based on the comments received, the Department may prepare an environmental analysis before proceeding with the proposal. This environmental review document would summarize the Department's consideration of the impacts of the proposal and reasonable alternatives.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the hearings will be held on:
Thursday, July 11, 2002 at 10:00 a.m.
County Board Room
Jackson Co. Courthouse
307 Main St.
Black River Falls
Thursday, July 11, 2002 at 2:00 p.m.
Building 108
College of Prof. Studies
UW-Stevens Point
Stevens Point
Friday, July 12, 2002 at 10:00 a.m.
Room 511, GEF #2
101 South Webster Street
Madison
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations, including the provision of informational material in an alternative format, will be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Please call Linda DePaul at (608) 266-2388 with specific information on your request at least 10 days before the date of the scheduled hearing.
Fiscal Estimate
There is no state or local fiscal impact associated with this rule change. There is no request for increased funds in the proposal. There is no increased workload since the number of applications is expected to be the same. The funds will just be allocated differently so more people can receive the funds. We must process the applications regardless of whether they are funded the same year they are received and are required to respond in writing to each landowner that applies. So there is no increase in processing the paperwork with this request or in field staff time.
Contact Person
Written comments on the proposed rule may be submitted to Ms. Linda DePaul, Bureau of Forestry, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707 no later than July 12, 2002. Written comments will have the same weight and effect as oral statements presented at the hearings. A copy of the proposed rule [FR-36-02] and fiscal estimate may be obtained from Ms. DePaul.
Notice of Hearings
Natural Resources
(Environmental Protection-General)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to ss. the Department of Natural Resources will hold public hearings on the creation of ch.
NR 109, Wis. Adm. Code, relating to aquatic plant management. Under s.
23.24, Stats., the department is directed to designate by rule which aquatic plants are invasive species and to administer and establish by rule procedures and requirements for issuance of aquatic plant management permits. Proposed ch.
NR 109 will regulate the introduction, manual removal, burning and the use of mechanical means or plant inhibitors to control aquatic plants and designate invasive aquatic plants. If a permit issued by the department under other authorities contains the appropriate conditions required under this chapter, a separate permit will not be required under ch.
NR 109.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to s.
227.114, Stats., the proposed rule may have an impact on small businesses.
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
a. Types of small businesses affected: Aquatic nursery growers.
