August 20, 2007 Wetland Room
Monday Green Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
at 5:30 p.m. 1660 East Shore Drive
Green Bay
August 23, 2007 Upstairs Meeting Room
Thursday State Highway Patrol Hdqrs.
at 5:30 p.m. 2805 Martin Avenue
Wausau
August 23, 2007 Classroom
Thursday Superior Public Library
at 5:30 p.m. 1530 Tower Avenue
Superior
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 Bill Horns at (608) 266-8782 with specific information on your request at least 10 days before the date of the scheduled hearing.
Fiscal Estimate
It is indeterminate whether the proposed changes will have any fiscal impact on state or local governments.
Assumptions used in arriving at fiscal estimate
The fiscal impact that this rule will have on state and local government--namely the increased costs associated with addressing or containing the VHS problem--is difficult to estimate given the short amount of time that has elapsed since the discovery of the virus and the uncertainty about the extent to which the virus may or may not spread to other parts of the state. Consequently, the Department is characterizing the state and local fiscal impact as “indeterminate" until more detailed cost information becomes available.
Copies of Rule, Written Comments, Contact Person
The proposed rule and fiscal estimate may be reviewed and comments electronically submitted at the following Internet site:
http://adminrules.wisconsin.gov. Written comments on the proposed rule may be submitted via U.S. mail to Mr. Bill Horns, Bureau of Fisheries Management and Habitat Protection, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707. Comments may be submitted until August 23, 2007. Written comments whether submitted electronically or by U.S. mail will have the same weight and effect as oral statements presented at the public hearings. A personal copy of the proposed rule and fiscal estimate may be obtained from Mr. Horns.
Notice of Hearings
Natural Resources
(Fish, Game, etc., Chs.
NR 1—)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to ss.
29.014,
29.041,
227.24 and
29.192 (3), Stats., interpreting ss.
23.09 (2) (intro.),
29.014 (1),
29.041,
227.11 (2) (a) and
227.24 (1) (a), Stats. The Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing on Natural Resources Board Emergency Order No. FH-29-07(E) pertaining to the hook and line harvest of lake sturgeon. The emergency rule amends s.
NR 20.20 to increase the minimum length limit for lake sturgeon in inland waters from 50
‶ to 60
‶ and reduce the season length from 6 weeks to 4 weeks. This emergency order will take effect on July 23, 2007.
Hearing Information
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the public hearing will be held on:
August 13, 2007 Room G09
Monday GEF #2 Office Building
at 1:00 p.m. 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 Karl Scheidegger at (608) 267-9426 with specific information on your request at least 10 days before the date of the scheduled hearing.
Fiscal Estimate
The proposed changes have no fiscal impact on state or local government.
Assumptions used in arriving at fiscal estimate
This emergency rule makes the following changes to the harvest of inland populations of lake sturgeon:
1) It increases the minimum length limit of lake sturgeon from 50‶ to 60‶ in inland waters where lake sturgeon are now harvested by hook and line.
2) It reduces the season length from 6 weeks to 4 weeks. Currently the open season for hook and line lake sturgeon is the first Saturday in September to October 15. The proposed season length would run from the first Saturday in September to September 30.
Copies of Rule, Written Comments, Contact Person
The proposed rule and fiscal estimate may be reviewed and comments electronically submitted at the following Internet site:
http://adminrules.wisconsin.gov. Written comments on the proposed rule may be submitted via U.S. mail to Mr. Karl Scheidegger, Bureau of Fisheries Management and Habitat Protection, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707. Comments may be submitted until August 17, 2007. Written comments whether submitted electronically or by U.S. mail will have the same weight and effect as oral statements presented at the public hearings. A personal copy of the proposed rule and fiscal estimate may be obtained from Mr. Scheidegger.
Notice of Hearings
Natural Resources
(Fish, Game, etc., Chs.
NR 1—)
Yellow perch abundance fluctuates widely. For the most part these fluctuations can be attributed to weather and to biological factors outside our control. But commercial and recreational harvests can deplete a population and inhibit recovery when numbers are low, so the Department regulates the harvest of yellow perch from Green Bay by limiting the annual total allowable commercial harvest and the daily recreational bag limit. The Department attempts to split the allowable harvest equally between sport and commercial fishers. The proposed rule would increase the total allowable commercial harvest from 60,000 pounds to 100,000 pounds.
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to s.
227.114, Stats., the proposed rule may have an impact on small businesses as follows:
a. Types of small business affected: Commercial fishers for yellow perch in Green Bay
b. Description of reporting and bookkeeping procedures required: No new procedures
c. Description of professional skills required: No new skills
Environmental Analysis
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.
Hearing Information
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the hearings will be held on:
August 13, 2007 Council Chambers
Monday Peshtigo Municipal Bldg.
at 1:00 p.m. 331 French Street
Peshtigo
at 4:30 p.m. Estuary Room
Green Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
1660 East Shore Drive
Green Bay
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 Bill Horns at (608) 266-8782 with specific information on your request at least 10 days before the date of the scheduled hearing.
Fiscal Estimate
There will be no fiscal impact. This is a simple adjustment of a harvest limit, and requires no special or additional work by state employees.
Copies of Rule, Written Comments, Contact Person
The proposed rule and fiscal estimate may be reviewed and comments electronically submitted at the following Internet site:
http://adminrules.wisconsin.gov. Written comments on the proposed rule may be submitted via U.S. mail to Mr. Bill Horns, Bureau of Fisheries Management and Habitat Protection, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707. Comments may be submitted until August 23, 2007. Written comments whether submitted electronically or by U.S. mail will have the same weight and effect as oral statements presented at the public hearings. A personal copy of the proposed rule and fiscal estimate may be obtained from Mr. Horns.
Notice of Hearing
Natural Resources
(Environmental Protection-Water Regulation, Chs.
NR 300—)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to ss.
30.12 (1g) and
(3),
30.123 (6) and
(7),
30.19 (1m) and
(3r),
30.20 (1r) and
(1t),
30.206 and
227.24, Stats., interpreting ss.
30.12 (1g) and
(3),
30.123 (6) and
(7),
30.19 (1m) and
(3r),
30.20 (1r) and
(1t) and
30.206, Stats., the Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing on Natural Resources Board Emergency Order No. WT-32-07(E) pertaining to general permit criteria requiring decontamination of equipment for invasive species and viruses. The emergency rule, which took effect on July 12, 2007, creates provisions in chs.
NR 320,
323,
328,
329,
341,
343 and
345, Wis. Adm. Code.
The emergency rule modifies existing rules to establish a new exemption and general permit criteria requiring decontamination of equipment for invasive species and viruses (including but not limited to VHS (viral hemorrhagic septicemia)) for activities that would otherwise require an individual permit condition to which the same condition would apply. The new exemption or general permit standard requires any person conducting an exempt or general permit activity to:
1. Inspect and remove aquatic plants, animals and mud from equipment.
2. Drain all water from equipment, including but not limited to tracked vehicles, barges, boats, silt or turbidity curtain, hoses, sheet pile and pumps.
3. Dispose of aquatic plants, animals in the trash. Never release or transfer aquatic plants, animals or water from one waterbody to another.
4. Wash equipment with hot (>104° F) and/or high pressure water or allow equipment to dry thoroughly for 5 days.
Hearing Information
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the public hearing will be held on:
August 13, 2007 Room G09
Monday GEF #2 Office Building
at 2:00 p.m. 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 Martye Griffin at (608) 266-2996 with specific information on your request at least 10 days before the date of the scheduled hearing.
Fiscal Estimate
This rule will increase operational costs for the state or for counties and municipalities to the extent that these precautionary practices are not already being implemented by these entities or by contractors acting on their behalf. However, since insufficient information is available to accurately estimate these costs, the department is characterizing the state and local fiscal impact as “indeterminate" until more detailed cost information becomes available
Copies of Rule, Written Comments, Contact Person
The proposed rule and fiscal estimate may be reviewed and comments electronically submitted at the following Internet site:
http://adminrules.wisconsin.gov. Written comments on the proposed rule may be submitted via U.S. mail to Mr. Martye Griffin, Bureau of Watershed Management, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707. Comments may be submitted until August 23, 2007. Written comments whether submitted electronically or by U.S. mail will have the same weight and effect as oral statements presented at the public hearings. A personal copy of the proposed rule and fiscal estimate may be obtained from Mr. Griffin.
Notice of Hearing
Natural Resources
(Environmental Protection-Air Pollution Control, Chs.
NR 400—)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to ss.
285.11 (1),
285.13 and
285.17, Stats., interpreting ss.
285.11 (1),
285.13 and
285.17, Stats., the Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing on revisions to chs.
NR 406,
407 and
445, Wis. Adm. Code, relating to the timeline for implementation of air permit and hazardous air pollutant requirements for emissions associated with agricultural waste and minor technical corrections. The State Implementation Plan developed under s.
285.11 (6), Stats., is also revised.
The proposed rule will extend the compliance deadline to July 31, 2011 for air permit and hazardous air pollutant requirements associated with agricultural waste under chs.
NR 406,
407 and
445. The reason this rule is needed is that results of ongoing state and federal air monitoring studies of animal feeding operations will not be available in time to support implementation of current rules by the July 2007 and June 2008 compliance deadlines. Extension of the compliance deadline to July 31, 2011 will allow sufficient time for completion of these studies and development of compliance plans by affected sources. When the original rule language was adopted in 2004, it was anticipated that these study results would be available to support timely rule implementation.
The results of the state study will be available by mid-2008 and results of the federal study will be available by mid-2010. The study results will provide an emissions estimation methodology for calculating emissions associated with agricultural waste, which is necessary to determine rule applicability and compliance options.
In addition, this proposal includes minor technical corrections to ch.
NR 445.
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to s.
227.114, Stats., the proposed rules may have an impact on small businesses as follows:
a. Types of small businesses affected: Sources of hazardous air emissions associated with agricultural waste. It is anticipated this rule will impact large livestock operations.
b. Description of reporting and bookkeeping procedures required: None
c. Description of professional skills required: None
Environmental Analysis
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.
Hearing Information
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the hearing will be held on:
September 10, 2007 Room 511
Monday GEF #2 Office Building
at 1:30 p.m. 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 Bob Eckdale at (608) 266-2856 with specific information on your request at least 10 days before the date of the scheduled hearing.
Fiscal Estimate
The proposed changes have no fiscal impact on state or local governments.
Assumptions used in arriving at fiscal estimate
