Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Approximately 50 small businesses such as trailer parks, resorts and private campgrounds are affected by this rule. These businesses currently hold WPDES permits and most are required to submit a CMAR under the existing rule. Separate collection system owners that are under WPDES general permit coverage for bypasses and overflows will need to complete and submit the CMAR form for the first time. The proposed rule allows an additional year (effective date of January 2006) for collection system owners to comply with the regulation.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
The proposed rule was reviewed by the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. No comments were received on the proposed rule.
An order affecting ch.
NR 219, relating to analytical test methods for testing effluent discharges.
Effective 12-1-04.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
There are approximately 450 laboratories that are certified or registered under ch.
NR 149. Of this number, approximately 14 would fit the definition of “small business". It is not believed that small businesses will be impacted by this rule.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committee
The proposed rules were reviewed by the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. There were no comments.
An order affecting ch.
NR 114, relating to septage operator certification.
Effective 12-1-04.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
There are approximately 500 licenses septage businesses operating in Wisconsin who employ the 1065 certified septage operators. There will be a fiscal impact to the certified operators in the form of increased examination and renewal fees. There will be a fiscal impact to businesses in the form of increased operator-in-training fees. The impact to the operators is also in the fact that they will not be eligible for a lifetime certification as they believed they would be and thus will continue to pay the renewal fees.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
The proposed rules were reviewed by the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. There were no comments.
An order affecting ch.
PSC 173 to establish a Wireless 911 Fund to promote an emergency telephone number service for wireless subscribers.
Effective 1-1-05 and 10-1-05.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The proposed rules impose additional reporting and surcharge collection requirements upon wireless providers. The affected wireless providers operate in the state under a federal commercial mobile radio service spectrum license. Given the substantial cost of obtaining this type of license, it is unlikely that any wireless provider in this state would be a small business as defined in s.
227.114 (1), Stats.
The proposed rules may also impose additional reporting and surcharge collection requirements upon resellers of wireless service. Resellers offer service to consumers by purchasing airtime at wholesale rates from facilities-based providers and reselling it at retail prices. Resale of wireless service accounts for approximately 5 percent of all mobile telephone subscribers nationally.
Only one reseller, Tracfone Wireless, Inc., participated in the comment cycle for this rule. Tracfone serves over 2 million customers nationwide through prepaid wireless service offerings, and is therefore not a small business as defined in s.
227.114 (1), Stats. There may be other resellers of wireless service in Wisconsin that were not known to the Commission when these rules were adopted. It is possible that one or more of these resellers would be a small business as defined in s.
227.114 (1), Stats. In any event, the Commission considered the methods for mitigating the impact of the proposed rules on small businesses set forth in s.
227.114 (2), Stats., and found those methods to be inconsistent with statutory requirement in s.
146.70 (3m) (f) 1., Stats.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were received.
An order affecting ch.
VA 2, relating to the part-time study grant program and the tuition and fee reimbursement grant program.
Effective 12-1-04.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
This rule affects veterans and not small businesses as defined in s.
227.114, Stats.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were received.
An order affecting ch.
DWD 270, relating to child labor.
Effective 12-1-04.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The rule affects small business as defined in s.
227.114, Stats., but will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small businesses.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were received.
An order affecting ch.
DWD 12, relating to the grievance procedure for resolving complaints of employment displacement under the Wisconsin Works program and affecting small business. Effective 12-1-04.
Summary of Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The rule affects small business as defined in s.
227.114, Stats., but will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small businesses.
Summary of Comments by Legislative Review Committees
No comments were received.
