Ashland: Ashland Senior High School, Auditorium, 1900 Beaser Ave., Ashland
Barron: Old Courthouse Building Lower Level, Auditorium, 330 E LaSalle Ave., Barron
Bayfield: Drummond High School, 40 Eastern Ave., Drummond
Brown: Green Bay Southwest High School, Auditorium, 1331 Packerland Drive, Green Bay
Buffalo: Alma High School, Auditorium, S1618 State Rd. 35, Alma
Burnett: Siren Government Center, Room 165, 7410 County Road K, Siren
Calumet: Calumet County Courthouse, B025, 206 Court Street, Chilton
Chippewa: Chippewa Falls Middle School, Auditorium "A", 750 Tropicana Blvd., Chippewa Falls
Clark: Greenwood High School, Cafetorium, 306 W. Central Ave., Greenwood
Columbia: Turner Junior High School, 2505 New Pinery Road, Portage
Crawford: Crawford County Courthouse, Court Room, 220 N. Beaumont Road, Prairie cu Chien
Dane: Dane County Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Way, Madison
Dodge: Horicon City Hall, 404 Lake Street, Horicon
Door: Sturgeon Bay High School, Auditorium, 1230 Michigan, Sturgeon Bay
Douglas: Superior Senior High School, 2600 Catlin Avenue, Superior
Dunn: Dunn County Fish And Game Club, 1900 Pioneer Ave., Menomonie
Eau Claire: South Middle School, Auditorium, 2115 Mitscher Ave., Eau Claire
Florence: Florence Natural Resources Center, Large Conference Room, Highway 70/101, Florence
Fond du Lac: Theisen Middle School, Auditorium, 525 E Pioneer Road, Fond du Lac
Forest: Crandon High School, Auditorium, 9750 USH 8 W, Crandon
Grant: Lancaster High School, Auditorium, 806 East Elm Street, Lancaster
Green: Monroe Middle School, Auditorium, 1510 13th Street, Monroe
Green Lake: Green Lake High School, Small Gym, 612 Mill St., Green Lake
Iowa: Dodgeville High School, Gymnasium, 912 West Chapel Street, Dodgeville
Iron: Iron County Court House, Main Courtroom, 300 Taconite, Hurley
Jackson: Black River Falls Middle School, LGI, 1202 Pierce Street, Black River Falls
Jefferson: Jefferson County Fairgrounds, Activity Center, 503 N. Jackson Ave., Jefferson
Juneau: Juneau County Courthouse, Second Floor - County Board Room, 220 E. State Street, Mauston
Kenosha: Bristol Grade School, Auditorium, 20121 83rd Street, Bristol
Kewaunee: Kewaunee High School, Auditorium, 911 2nd Street, Kewaunee
La Crosse: Onalaska High School, Field House, 700 Hilltop Place, Onalaska
Lafayette: Darlington High School, Auditorium, 11838 Center Hill Road, Darlington
Langlade: Antigo High School, Media\Tech Room, 1900 10th Avenue, Antigo
Lincoln: Tomahawk Middle School, 1048 East Kings Road, Tomahawk
Manitowoc: UW Manitowoc, Theater, 705 Viebahn Street, Manitowoc
Marathon: D.C. Everest Middle School, Auditorium, 9302 Schofield Avenue, Schofield
Marinette: Crivitz High School, Auditorium, 400 South Ave, Crivitz
Marquette: Montello High School, Community Room, 222 Forest Lane, Montello
Menominee: Menominee County Courthouse, Basement, Courthouse Lane, Keshena
Milwaukee: Greenfield High School, Auditorium, 4800 South 60th Street, Greenfield
Monroe: Tomah High School, 901 Lincoln Ave., Tomah
Oconto: Suring High School, Cafeteria, 411 E. Algoma St., Suring
Oneida: James Williams Jr. High, Auditorium, 915 Arcadia, Rhinelander
Outagamie: Riverview Middle School, Auditorium, 101 Oak Street, Kaukauna
Ozaukee: Webster Middle School, Commons, W75 N624 Wauwatosa Road, Cedarburg
Pepin: Pepin County Government Center, County Board Room, 740 7th Avenue W., Durand
Pierce: Ellsworth Senior High School, Auditorium, 323 Hillcrest, Ellsworth
Polk: Unity High School, Gymnasium, 1908 150th Street/Hwy 46, Balsam Lake
Portage: Ben Franklin Middle School, Auditorium, 2000 Polk Street, Stevens Point
Price: Price County Courthouse, County Board Room, 126 Cherry Street, Phillips
Racine: Union Grove High School, Auditorium, 3433 S. Colony Ave., Union Grove
Richland: Richland County Courthouse, Court Room, 181 West Seminary, Richland Center
Rock: Janesville Moose Lodge, 2701 Rockport Ave., Janesville
Rusk: Ladysmith High School, Auditorium, 1700 Edgewood Ave., East Ladysmith
Sauk: UW Baraboo, R.G. Brown Theater, 1006 Connie Road, Baraboo
Sawyer: Hayward High School, Auditorium, 10320 Greenwood Lane, Hayward
Shawano: Shawano Middle School, LG Room, 1050 S. Union Street, Shawano
Sheboygan: Sheboygan Falls High School, Auditorium, 220 Amherst Avenue, Sheboygan Falls
St. Croix: WI Indianhead Technical College, Cashman Auditorium, 1019 S. Knowles Ave., New Richmond
Taylor: Taylor Co. Fairgrounds, Multipurpose Building, State Hwy 13 and Hwy 64 Intersection, Medford
Trempealeau: Whitehall City Center, Gymnasium, 36245 Park Street, Whitehall
Vernon: Viroqua High School, Lecture Room, 100 Blackhawk Drive, Viroqua
Vilas: Sayner Community Center, Golf Course Road, Sayner
Walworth: Delavan/Darien High School, Auditorium, 150 Cummings, Delavan
Washburn: WI Ag Research Station, Conference Room, W6646 Hwy 70, Spooner
Washington: Washington County Fair Park, Exhibit Hall, 3000 Hwy PV, West Bent
Waukesha: Waukesha Co. Tech. College (WCTC), C052, 800 Main Street, Pewaukee
Waupaca: Waupaca High School, Auditorium, E2325 King Road, Waupaca
Waushara: Waushara County Court House, County Board Room, 209 S. St. Marie, Wautoma
Winnebago: Webster Stanley Auditorium, Auditorium, 915 Hazel Street, Oshkosh
Wood: Pittsville High School, Auditorium, 5459 Elementary Ave., Pittsville
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations, including the provision of information material in an alternative format, will be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Please call AnnMarie Kutzke at (608) 266-2952 with specific information on your request by April 9, 2007.
Fiscal Estimate
Establishing a deer hunting season at Lake Wissota State Park would increase department costs. One time costs of $600 would result from creating maps that indicate where hunting is allowed and new signs. Additionally, there would be annual costs of approximately $350 for reproducing maps and efforts to inform the public through the media that hunting is taking place. There should be no additional law enforcement costs because the park already has full time staff who work during the deer season.
Creating a non-resident trapping season for raccoons will result in a minor increase in the sales of two licenses, the Non-resident Trapping license and the Conservation Patron license. It is impossible to estimate how many additional licenses will be sold so an estimate of the amount of increased revenue is not available.
Establishing a 2 p.m. close of pheasant hunting hours at Pine Island and Mud Lake Wildlife Areas would require a one time expense of approximately $6,300 for new signage on the properties. These costs include, labor and fringe for a limited term employee, mileage, and materials.
Increasing the cost of a trapper education course from $8.00 to $12.00 and establishing a fee of $28 for correspondence courses that require out-of-state mailing will result in a revenue increase for the department of approximately $1,738. This estimate assumes that a similar number of students will participate as in 2005, when 869 students students took the classroom course of instruction under the Trapper Education Program and another 177 took the correspondence course. This estimate also assumes that instructors keep half of the fee as they are authorized to do in order to cover their expenses for the course. Actual revenue to the department could be higher if an increase in the number of non-resident students results from 2005 ACT 284 which authorizes non-resident trapping and requires Wisconsin trapper education certification.
Creating special tags for hunting in the Apostle Islands National Lakshore, DMU 79, will result in increased costs of approximately $500 anually for designing or updating the tags and printing.
The proposed rules and fiscal estimates may be reviewed and comments electronically submitted at the following Internet site:
http://adminrules.wisconsin.gov. Written comments on the proposed fishing regulations may be submitted via U.S. mail to Mr. Joe Hennessy, Bureau of Fisheries Management and Habitat Protection, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707. Written comments on the proposed hunting and trapping regulations may be submitted via U.S. mail to Mr. Scott Loomans, Bureau of Wildlife Management, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707. Written comments shall be postmarked not later than April 17, 2007. Written comments whether submitted electronically or by U.S. mail will NOT, however, be counted as spring hearing votes.
Notice of Hearing
Natural Resources
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to ss.
227.11 (2) (a),
227.14 (1m) and
285.11(1) and
(6), Stats., interpreting s.
285.11 (6), Stats., the Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing on the creation of ss.
NR 428.20 to
428.28, Wis. Adm. Code, and amendments to ss.
NR 428.04 (2) (h) and
428.05 (3) (e) and
484.04, Wis. Adm. Code, relating to the establishment of rules for reasonable available control technology (RACT) emission requirements for major sources of NOx emissions in the southeast 8-hour ozone nonattainment counties of Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee, Waukesha, Washington, Ozaukee, and Sheboygan.
In June 2004, the US EPA designated the Wisconsin counties addressed by the rule as “moderate" nonattainment areas for the 8-hour ozone ambient air quality standard. The designation triggered federal Clean Air Act requirements for implementation of “reasonably available control technology" (RACT) for major stationary sources of NOx and volatile organic compounds (VOC) by May 1, 2009. The Department is proposing this rule package to meet the RACT requirement for major sources of NOx emissions. The Department previously adopted RACT rules for VOC sources to address the previous 1-hour ozone standard.
The proposed rule affects facilities with the potential to emit 100 tons or more of NOx per year in the moderate ozone nonattainment areas. However, the emission requirements apply to individual emission units, such as a boiler or furnace, at the affected facilities. It is possible that an emission unit contributing to a major source's potential to emit may not be subject to a RACT requirement. Likewise, an emission unit identified by a RACT source category, but at a facility with a potential to emit less than 100 tons per year, will not be subject to a RACT requirement.
The emission requirements proposed in the rule consist of NO
x emission limitations and combustion tuning requirements applicable on a year-round basis. The emission limitations are established by source categories with an emission unit size threshold based on available control technologies and cost-effectiveness. Combustion tuning requirements apply to the emission units subject to emission limitations, as well as to smaller emission units. The emission limit and combustion tuning requirements are established based on a cost-effectiveness of $2,500 or less per ton of controlled NO
x emissions. The rule contains exemptions from both RACT requirements for certain types of emission units demonstrating low operating levels during the ozone season. An additional exemption recognizes that the NOx emissions of certain smaller emission units are already well controlled under existing ch.
NR 428 provisions and no further action is cost-effective in meeting a NOx RACT emission limit.
The proposed rule contains several provisions to address technical issues and provide compliance flexibility. The rule proposes a specific phased schedule applicable to large coal boilers owned or operated by electric utilities in order to maintain electric reliability, with final compliance by May 1, 2013. For compliance flexibility, the rule allows facility-wide and multi-facility emission averaging between emission units at the affected facilities. An affected entity may also request an alternate RACT requirement for an emission unit based on a technical and economic demonstration.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to s.
227.114, Stats., it is not anticipated that the proposed rule will have a direct economic impact on small businesses. The proposed RACT rules impose no reporting, compliance or performance standards on small businesses. The requirements to emission units owned and operated by electric utilities may increase the cost of electricity and therefore may have an indirect impact on small businesses through higher electricity costs.
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.
