STATE OF WISCONSIN
(DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES)
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IN THE MATTER OF RULEMAKING : PROPOSED ORDER OF THE
PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE : DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY AND
DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY AND : PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES : (CLEARINGHOUSE RULE ) ADOPTING RULES
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PROPOSED ORDER
An order of the Department of Safety and Professional Services to repeal SPS 305.003 (72) (Note), 305.99 (3) (a) to (f), 381.01 (150), Tables 381.20-2 and -3, 382.20 (4) (b) 2. to 4., 382.33 (5) (b) (Note), 382.36 (11), 382.365 (3) (c), Tables SPS 382.365-1 to -3, 382.40 (3) (e) 1. (Note 1), (5) (a) (Note), 382.41 (3) (b) 5. b., 6. b. (Note), (4) (g) 2. and (k) 2., 382.50 (3) (b) 6. a. to c., 383.71 (3), (5) (d), and (7) (c), and Tables 384.30-9 and -10; to renumber SPS 381.01 (50g); to renumber and amend SPS 381.01 (172), 382.20 (1) (a), and 382.33 (9) (c) 2. a. and b.; to amend SPS 302.61 (2), Table SPS 305.02 line 73.,Table SPS 305.06 line 66., 305.10 (1) (intro.) and (2), 305.125 (1) (h) (intro.), 305.90 (1) (a), (b) 1. (intro.), b., c., 2. a., 3. (intro.), 4. and (2), 305.91 (1), 305.92 (1) and (5) (b), 305.93 (1) (a), (b), and (5) (b), 305.94 (1) (a), (b), (3) (a), and (5) (b), 305.945 (1) and (5) (a) (intro.) and (b) (intro.), 305.95 (1), 305.96 (1) (a) and (b), 305.97 (1) and (6), 305.98 (1), 305.99 (title), (1), (2) (intro.), (3) (intro.), (4) (intro.), (5) (a), (b), and (c) 1. and 2., 381.01 (17e), (18), (35m), (39), (44), (65m), (66), (79), (108s), (116), (117), (189), (204), (231m), (280), (282), 381.20 (3), Tables 381.20-1, 381.20-12 and -13, 382.03 (2), 382.10 (2) (b), 382.20 (1) (a), (b) 1., (c), (4) (a), (13) (title), (b) (intro.), 1. to 3., (d), and (e), Table 382.20-1, 382.21 (1) (intro.), 382.22 (7), Table 382.22-1, 382.30 (4) (a) 1. and 2., (10) (a) 2. c., (c) (intro.), and (d) (intro.), (11) (c) 2. e., (13) (c), Table 382.30-1, 382.31 (17) , 382.32 (3) (c) 2., (e), (4) (b) 1. c., (5) (b) and (c) 2., 382.33 (6), (8) (d), 2. and 7., (9), (c) 2., 3., b. (Note), c., (f) (title), (g), 1., and (k) 3., Table 382.33-2 (title), 382.34 (3) (e), (4) (b) 1., (c), (5) (b) 2., 3., (c) and 1. g., (15) (a) 2., 382.35 (3) (a) (intro.), (f), and (8) (a), 382.36 (4) (title), (5) (a) 3., (b), (7) (d) 1., (8) (a) 4. a., and (12) (b) 2. a., Tables 382.36-1 and -3, 382.365 (3) (b) 1., 382.37 (2) (a) and (g) (intro.), 382.40 (3) (b), (d) 1. a., (Note), b., e., 4., (e) 1., (5) (a), (b),(6) (a), (7), (d) 4., a., (e), (8) (i) 1. a., Tables 382.40-2, -8 (title), and -9 (title), 382.41 (1) (Note), (2) (a), (3) (b) 4. e., 5. (intro.), a., c., 6. a. (Note), (d), (4) (b) 1. (intro.), 2. (intro.), (5) (d) 1., (e) 3. a., (f) (intro.), and (h), 382.50 (2) (b), 1., 2., (3) (a) 2., (b) 4., 5., 6. (intro.), 7., Table 382.50-1, 382.60 (2) (a), Table SPS 382.70-1, Table 384.10-1 line 3., 384.12, 384.20 (6) (d), Tables 384.30-1 to -8, SPS 384.30 (3) (e) 3., (4) (a), (5) (c) 4., 7., and 12., (d) (title), 384.40 (6) (b) and (14) (b); to repeal and recreate SPS Tables 381.20-3e, -4, -5, -6-, -7, -7e, -8, -9, -10, and -11, 382.20 (2) (a) 2. (Note), 382.31 (11) (a), (16) (d), (e), Table 382.33-1, 382.35 (6), 382.36 (10), 382.40 (8) (d) 3. b., 382.41 (3) (b) 6. b., Tables 382.41-1 and -2, 384.11, Table 384.11, 384.20 (5) (p), (6) (c), 384.30 (1), 384.40 (16); and to create SPS 305.90 (1) (b) 1. e. to h., 3. a. to c., and 4. a. and b., 305.99 (3) (am) and (bm), 381.01 (2r), (22m), (30m), (50c), (50e), (50h), (50L), (66m), (73e), (73m), (73s), (116m), (129m), (138m), (153e), (153m), (153s), (154g), (195m), (197m), (199m), (218m), (229m), (256m), (260m), (281m) and (Note), and (288s), Tables 381.20-3p and 381.20-11m, 382.20 (1) (am), (2) (d), and (13) (f), 382.30 (11) (b) (Note), (12) (f) 3., (13) (c) (Note) and (14), 382.31 (17) (d) and (17m), 382.32 (3) (c) 3., (e) 2., and (4) (b) 1. e., 382.33 (8) (d) 8. and 9., (9) (bm) and (fm), 382.34 (3) (g) 4., (5) (d) 8.,(15) (e) 1. (Note), g., and h., 382.36 (3) (d), (e), (4) (b) 4., (6) (g) 4., (7) (d) 1m., (e), (8) (a) 5., (b) 3., and (13) (b) 1. a. to d., 382.365 (3) (am), (b) 1. a., b., (Note 1), (Note 2),, and (bm), 382.37 (2) (g) 3., and (3) (b) 4. to 6., Table 382.38-1 lines 4m, 9g., 9r. and footnote k., SPS 382.40 (3) (c) 4., (e) 1. a. and b., 3. to 5., (5) (am), (b) 6., 7., (bm), (6) (c), (7) (Note), (d) 1. d., (g) 4., (8) (b) 10., (Note), (d) 7., 8. and (Note), 9., (e) (Note), (i) 5., (jm), Tables 382.40-d, -h, and 382.40-12 to 382.40-15, 382.41 (3) (b) 5. bm., (d) 2., (4) (o), and (5) (d) 1m., 382.50 (2) (b) 1. b., 2. a. to c., (b) 2m., 4m., 7m., 9. to 14., and (c), 382.51 (2) (e), 382.70 (5), Table 384.20-1m, 384.30 (5) (c) 21., and (6) (b) 1. and 2., relating to plumbing and plumbing products and affecting small business.
Analysis prepared by the Department of Safety and Professional Services.
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ANALYSIS
Statutes interpreted:
Statutory authority:
Explanation of agency authority:
Section 101.02 (1) (b), Stats. – “The department shall adopt reasonable and proper rules and regulations relative to the exercise of its powers and authorities and proper rules to govern its proceedings and to regulate the mode and manner of all investigations and hearings.” Section 101.63 (1), Stats. – (in part) “The department shall: (1) Adopt rules which establish standards for the construction and inspection of one- and 2-family dwellings and components thereof. …Where feasible, the standards used shall be those nationally recognized and shall apply to the dwelling and to its electrical, heating, ventilating, air conditioning and other systems, including plumbing, as defined in s. 145.01 (10).” Section 101.63 (2), Stats. – (in part) “Adopt rules for the certification, including provisions for suspension and revocation thereof, of inspectors for the purpose of inspecting building construction, electrical wiring, heating, ventilating, air conditioning and other systems, including plumbing, as defined in s. 145.01 (10), of one− and 2−family dwellings under sub. (1).” Section 101.73 (2), Stats. – “Adopt rules for the examination of plans and specifications and for periodic in-plant and on-site inspections of manufacturing facilities, processes, fabrication, assembly and installation of modular homes to ensure that examinations and inspections are made in compliance with the rules adopted for construction, electrical wiring, heating, ventilating, air conditioning and other systems under ss. 101.70 to 101.77 and with the rules for indoor plumbing adopted by the department under ch. 145.” Section 145.02 (1), Stats. – “The construction, installation and maintenance of plumbing in connection with all buildings in this state, including buildings owned by the state or any political subdivision thereof, shall be safe, sanitary and such as to safeguard the public health and the waters of the state.” Section 145.02 (2) (a), Stats. – (in part) “The department shall have general supervision of all plumbing described under sub. (1). The department shall promulgate rules that shall uniformly apply to all types of buildings, private or public, rural or urban, including buildings owned by the state or any political subdivision. The rules promulgated by the department shall constitute the state plumbing code. The state plumbing code shall comply with ch. 160….” Section 145.02 (3)(g) and (h), Stats. – “The department may exercise such powers as are reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. It may, among other things: (g) By rule, fix fees for the examination and approval of plans of plumbing systems and collect the same.
(h) Promulgate rules concerning the testing of cross-connection control devices, including rules identifying the types of cross-connection control devices that may be tested only by a registered cross-connection control tester and the circumstances under which cross-connection control devices shall be tested.”
Section 145.02 (4) (a), Stats. – (in part) “The department shall prescribe rules as to the qualifications, examination and licensing of master and journeyman plumbers and restricted plumber licensees, for the licensing of utility contractors, for the registration of plumbing apprentices and pipe layers and for the registration and training of registered learners….” Section 145.02 (4) (b), Stats. – “The department may promulgate rules for the qualification and registration of cross-connection control testers.” Section 227.11 (2)(a), Stats., authorizes the department to “promulgate rules interpreting the provisions of any statute enforced or administered by the agency, if the agency considers it necessary to effectuate the purpose of the statute.” Related statute or rule:
Chapter 160, Stats., Groundwater Protection Standards, provides guidelines and procedures for the exercise of regulatory authority for the enforcement standards and preventive action limits for substances in ground water, which is established elsewhere in the statutes and does not create independent regulatory authority. Section 160.001 (7), Stats., reads (in part) that a regulatory agency may take any actions within the context of regulatory programs established in statutes outside of this chapter, if those actions are necessary to protect public health and welfare or prevent a significant damaging effect on groundwater or surface water quality for present or future consumptive or nonconsumptive uses, whether or not an enforcement standard and preventive action limit for a substance has been adopted under this chapter. Chapter NR 113 contains rules relating to servicing septic or holding tanks, pumping chambers, grease interceptors, seepage beds, seepage pits, seepage trenches, privies, or portable restrooms. Chapter NR 114 contains rules relating to certification requirements for waterworks, wastewater treatment plant, septage servicing and water system operators. Chapter NR 121 contains rules relating to areawide water quality management plans.
