Rule-making notices
Notice of Hearing
Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
The State of Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection announces that it will hold a public hearing on its emergency rule relating to prairie dogs. The department will hold one hearing at the time and place shown below. The department invites the public to attend the hearing and comment on the emergency rule. Following the public hearing, the hearing record will remain open until July 24, 2003, for additional written comments.
Hearing impaired persons may request an interpreter for the hearing. Please make reservations for a hearing interpreter by July 3, 2003, by writing to Melissa Mace, Division of Animal Health, P.O. Box 8911, Madison, WI 53708-8911, telephone (608) 224-4883. Alternatively, you may contact the Department TDD at (608) 224-5058. Handicap access is available at the hearing.
One hearing is scheduled:
Tuesday, July 15, 2003, at 1:00 p.m.
Prairie Oaks State Office Building, Room 411
2811 Agriculture Drive
Madison, WI 53708
Handicapped accessible
Analysis Prepared by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
There has been an outbreak of an orthopox virus in Wisconsin residents who have had recent contact with prairie dogs. There have been reported instances of some of the prairie dogs exhibiting signs of illness and of other mammals that have been in contact with prairie dogs also exhibiting signs of illness. This emergency rule is being promulgated to reduce the threat of this disease to Wisconsin residents.
This rule prohibits the following:
• Importing into Wisconsin any prairie dog or any mammal known to have had contact with prairie dogs since April 1, 2003.
• Selling of any prairie dog or any mammal known to have had contact with prairie dogs since April 1, 2003.
• Allowing any prairie dog or any mammal known to have had contact with prairie dogs since April 1, 2003, to have contact with any member of the public.
• Releasing any prairie dog or any mammal known to have had contact with prairie dogs since April 1, 2003, to the wild.
Fiscal Estimate
Costs and staffing needed to enforce this emergency rule can be temporarily absorbed. The Division has canceled and rescheduled routine program activities to accommodate the manpower demands of conducting interviews, attempting to locate all exposed mammals, and examining and potentially euthanizing mammals that have come into contact with prairie dogs. Staff will continue to be reallocated from existing duties as dictated by the Department's emergency response plan.
Four veterinarians are involved in containing this disease on a daily basis at an average daily cost of $432.00. Average salary of the veterinarians involved is $260 per day (32.50 per hour x 8 hrs.), associated fringe cost is $107.00 (13.38 *8), and supplies cost of $65.00 (meals, travel, one overnight per week and supplies). Costs are anticipated to continue for 30 days for a cost of $12,960 for the emergency response.
Many routine programs have suffered significant and potentially critical delays already due to CWD and exotic newcastle disease outbreaks.
Notice of Hearing
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CR 03-047]
(reprinted from 5/31/03 Register)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to ss.
101.02 (1) and
(15),
101.12,
101.13,
101.132, and
101.17, Stats., the Department of Commerce will hold public hearings on proposed rules relating to elevators, escalators, and lift devices.
The public hearing will be held as follows:
Wednesday, July 9, 2003 at 10:00 a.m.
Conference Room #125
Department of Revenue Building
2135 Rimrock Road
Madison, WI
Analysis of Proposed Rules
Overview
Under the statutes cited, the Department protects public health, safety, and welfare by promulgating fire prevention and construction requirements for public buildings and places of employment, including commercial buildings and structures and multifamily dwellings. The Department is also responsible for creating design and construction requirements for mechanical devices, such as elevators, escalators and platform lifts, to ensure the safety of employees and frequenters in public buildings and places of employment who use these devices.
Currently, the Department adopts by reference the 1996 edition of the ASME A17.1- Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, which included requirements for platform lifts and stairway chairlifts. In 1999, the ASME A18.1-Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts was developed as a separate document from the ASME A17.1 standard. The ASME A17.1-2000 edition and the ASME A18.1a-2001 edition are proposed to be adopted by reference in chapter Comm 18. Both of the national standards have been substantially revised and renumbered, which will necessitate chapter Comm 18 being completely rewritten and renumbered for consistency with the adopted standards.
Major Changes
The following are the major items contained in the revised chapter Comm 18, which incorporates by reference the ASME A17.1 and ASME A18.1a national standards:
1. Renumber chapter Comm 18 to correspond with the adopted standards numbering system. For example Comm 18.1708 relates to ASME A17.1 chapter 8, and Comm 18.1802 relates to ASME A18.1a chapter 2.
2. Add an application requirement that specifies which parts of the code apply to both new and existing installations. This requirement is consistent with ASME A17.1 section 1.1.3 and is being included as a Wisconsin based requirement in the administration and enforcement section of the code for clarity and consistency. [Comm 18.1003 (1) (b) 3.]
3. Include the same definition of “alteration" as used in the ASME A17.1 in Comm 18 for consistency. [Comm 18.1004 (1)]
4. Require owners to provide maintenance logs to inspectors upon request. [Comm 18.1008 (3)]
5. Add a statement to the requirements for incorporation by reference of ASME A17.1 and ASME A18.1a that indicates any internal cross-references within the adopted codes to another requirement that has been modified by chapter Comm 18, the modification will apply unless specifically stated otherwise. This will eliminate the need to repeat a modification that applies to more than one type of elevator, or platform lift. [Comm 18. Comm 18.1005 (1) and (2)]
6. Require that information layout plans also provide information as specified in the ASME A17.1 and ASME A18.1a standard. [Comm 18.1013]
7. Reformat the plan review requirements for alterations to elevators and other mechanical lifting devices to a tabular format. The tables are organized to indicate when plans and applications are required or when only applications are required. Changes include requirements for platform lift alterations. [Comm 18.1013 (2) and Tables Comm 18.1013-1 to 18.1013-7]
8. Clarify that an application submittal is required when the repair of speed governors or valves includes breaking the seal. [Comm 18.1013 (2) (b) and Table Comm 18.1013-4]
9. Require the refuge space on top of hydraulic elevators to be identified the same as specified for electric elevators. [Comm 18.1703 (1)]
10. Modify the requirements in ASME A17.1 section 8.6.5.8 that requires elevators with hydraulic cylinders installed below ground to be replaced or provided with safeties conforming to ASME A17.1 section 3.17.1. Currently, there are no known safeties that would comply with the requirements so the replacement of existing single bottom hydraulic cylinders would be required. The Department has modified the requirements in ASME A17.1 section 8.6.5.8 to apply to hydraulic elevators installed prior to January 1, 1975 and that have below ground cylinders, and to require these elevators to have an annual pressure test as specified in ASME A17.1 sections 8.11.3.2.1 and 8.11.3.2.2. If the pressure test, or the record of oil usage specified in ASME A17.1 section 8.6.5.7 indicates there is an unexplained loss of oil, the hydraulic cylinder will need to be replaced. [Comm 18.1708 (1) and ASME A17.1 sections 8.11.3.2.1 and 8.11.3.2.2]
11. Include the ASME A18.1a section 1.1.1 requirement that prohibits a full passenger enclosure for platform lifts. [Comm 18.1802 (1) (e) and (2) (b) 1.]
12. Prohibit vertical platform lifts where runway enclosures are not provided. Vertical platform lifts without runway enclosures would not comply with the protruding object requirements in IBC chapter 10 for elements located on an accessible route. [Comm 18.1802 (3)]
13. Require differences in elevation between the platform lift and the floor to be overcome with ramps complying with the building code. [Comm 18.1802 (4)]
14. Increase the maximum travel distance of a platform lift from 12 feet to 14 feet. [Comm 18.1802 (7) (d)]
15. Include accessibility control requirements for platform lifts, which were previously found in chapter Comm 18. [Comm 18.1802 (8) (a)]
