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Aquatic and terrestrial resources inventory information system [Sec. 364m, 762c] - Act 27

Brownfields redevelopment projects: stewardship program provision [Sec. 763-765, 767, 768, 1140, 1141, 9337 (4)] [767 — partial veto] - Act 27

Endangered resources program: revenues from sale or lease of resources on certain lands [Sec. 772] - Act 27

Kickapoo reserve management board membership and duties revised; certain waste prohibitions expanded; penalties increased re Kickapoo valley reserve - Act 194

Natural heritage inventory information: fees expanded [Sec. 301, 769, 770, 2266] - Act 27

State forest acquisition and development and recreational boating projects: appropriations created for stewardship debt service [Sec. 411-414c, 726, 727, 9437 (7)] - Act 27

Stewardship funds use by municipalities [Sec. 766Lm, 9337 (8g)] - Act 27

Stewardship program changes re bluff protection and certain projects [Sec. 762g-L, 766b-d, i-L, m-u, v, x, 768m] [766b — partial veto; 762g-L, 766c, d, i, m-s, x — vetoed] - Act 27

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Appropriation revision re operation permit program - Act 41

Black Point estate: funding for debt service costs, adapting project for public use and grant to nonprofit conservation organization [Sec. 378m, no, 685m, 735am, 767m] - Act 27

Delinquent taxes: DORL license denial, suspension, revocation or nonrenewal for; licensing departments to enter into memorandum of understanding with DOR; SSN and federal employer ID provisions [for section numbers, see entry under ``Income tax — Delinquent"] - Act 237

DNR appropriations restructured; lapse of MacKenzie environmental center funds [Sec. 300, 302-322, 324-336, 338-342, 346-353, 358m, 360-365, 368-375, 380, 382-396, 399-407, 410, 415-431, 434, 435, 439-447, 449-452, 454, 455, 732, 744, 771, 773, 782, 783, 785-788, 844, 852f, 982, 996, 1057, 1065, 1143, 1147, 2474m, 3159, 3488, 3601, 3605, 3608, 3613, 3637, 4191-4193, 9237 (2q)] [346s, 400g, 9237 (2q) — vetoed] - Act 27

DNR owned land: payments in lieu of taxes [Sec. 2234b, c] - Act 27

DNR property sales: first right of refusal created [Sec. 767r-v, 960g] [vetoed] - AB-100

Efficiency measures requirement for certain executive branch agencies [Sec. 9156 (6ng)] - Act 27

Equipment pool: DNR authorized to spend GPR against the depreciated value of; information technology expenditure request provision [Sec. 448, 741, 9137 (7m)] [448 — partial veto; 9137 (7m) — vetoed] - Act 27

Equipment pool operations: appropriation amended re moneys received from other state agencies [Sec. 38] - Act 237

Fish and game approvals and admission to certain state lands: provisions revised; proposed legislation required re personally identifiable information [Sec. 919-953, 968, 970-978, 983-993, 1001-1009, 1011-1017, 1020-1034, 1043-1055, 1058, 1061, 1063, 1066-1072, 1077, 1079, 1080, 1082, 1083, 1108, 1109, 1111, 1113, 1115, 1116, 1118, 9137 (1), (11t), 9437 (1), (2)] [948m — partial veto; 9137 (11t) — vetoed] - Act 27

Funds transfer from recycling fund to general fund [Sec. 9237 (1)] - Act 27

Indirect cost reimbursement appropriation repealed [Sec. 432] - Act 27

Nonpayment of support: DATCP and DNR license denial for; SSN and subpoena or warrant provisions - Act 191

Performance based budgeting pilot program [Sec. 9156 (5m)] [partial veto] - Act 27

Permit guarantee program of DNR expanded - Act 301

Project position excluded from base re 1999-2001 budget request [Sec. 9136 (3c)] - Act 237

Recreational boating moneys lapse to conservation fund [Sec. 9237 (2)] - Act 27

Stewardship program changes re bluff protection and certain projects [Sec. 762g-L, 766b-d, i-L, m-u, v, x, 768m] [766b — partial veto; 762g-L, 766c, d, i, m-s, x — vetoed] - Act 27

Unclassified division administrators: number increased [Sec. 3298] - Act 27

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Air pollution stationary sources: funding for enforcement services [Sec. 337, 359, 3612] - Act 27

Air quality attainment areas redesignated by tribal governing bodies: DNR duty re notification, report required - Act 270

Aquatic and terrestrial resources inventory information system [Sec. 364m, 762c] - Act 27

Big silver lake in Waushara county: DNR to set high-water mark [Sec. 1139zr] - Act 27

Boat toilet waste: onshore disposal facilities provision created - Act 330

Brownfields grant program created; memorandum of understanding required [Sec. 186c, 202m, 4351, 9110 (2), (3), (4)] - Act 27

Brownfields study by DNR [Sec. 9137 (6g)] [partial veto] - Act 27

Clean water fund: changes in biennial finance plan [Sec. 3548b, e, 3550, 3555] - Act 27

Clean water fund hardship assistance application deadline [Sec. 9137 (2hg)] - Act 27

Clean water fund hardship assistance: federal grants for rural communities [Sec. 31, 32, 60-63, 468-481] - Act 237

Clean water fund hardship assistance for Pell lake and Lake Como sanitary districts in Walworth county [Sec. 9137 (8c), 9437 (7f)] - Act 27

Clean water fund hardship assistance for the village of Wheeler in Dunn county [Sec. 9137 (8m)] - Act 27

Contaminated property re land recycling loan program [Sec. 294, 864, 889, 3534, 3552, 3560, 3569, 3649, 3684, 3690, 3715, 3716, 3721] [3569 — partial veto] - Act 27

Contaminated property re land recycling loan program: application deadlines [Sec. 481e-g] - Act 237

Contaminated property re offsite discharge of hazardous substances: owner exemption from liability [Sec. 343, 3661] - Act 27

Contaminated property remedial action changes re local governmental unit or lender liability, programs facilitating cleanup and recovery of costs for removal of abandoned hazardous substance containers [Sec. 960, 2059, 2217, 2233, 2374-2376, 2488, 2690, 3167, 3172, 3654-3656e, 3659-3660c, 3681, 3683g, 3687-3689, 3691-3714, 3718, 3723-3727, 4945, 4946, 4947, 5163, 5164, 5165, 5198] - Act 27

Contaminated property: voluntary party liability revision re license for period of long-term care and property acquired from a local unit of government [Sec. 484-486] - Act 237

Dairy plant financial statements and hazardous waste facility records or information: access to confidential documents required re child and spousal support - Act 191

Delinquent taxes: DNR denial of environmental licenses for; SSN and federal employer ID number provisions [Sec. 466c, 489, 489c, 9336 (2)] - Act 237

DNR permits: fee for expedited service authorized; permit guarantee program for licenses and approvals created [Sec. 1141e, 1148, 3492, 3785, 9137 (5)] - Act 27

Dry cleaner environmental council, program and fee created; sunset provided [Sec. 66r, 344m, 346m, 401m, 452m, 701m, 832e, 873r, 906e, 2410ts, 3721e, m, 9137 (10g)] [906e, 2410ts, 3721e — partial veto; 344m, 873r — vetoed] - Act 27

Effective recycling law revisions re out-of-state local governmental unit disposal of solid waste in this state, landfill siting programs and capacity fees; exception for certain incinerator [Sec. 883m, 3613g-m, 3614gc-gt, 3638m, mg, 3640gc-gm, 9437 (4d)] - Act 27

Electric utilities: advance plans eliminated and strategic energy assessment established; certificates of public convenience and necessity revised; electric transmission system requirements; wholesale merchant plant prohibition; renewable energy source provision; PSC study required - Act 204

Environmental cleanup innovations or patented technology: waiver of competitive bidding permitted [Sec. 789, 790] - Act 27

Environmental cooperation pilot program created to evaluate innovative regulatory methods; LAB to monitor and report [Sec. 10r, 3789] - Act 27

Environmental cooperation pilot program re 1997 WisAct 27: technical revision - Act 41

Environmental law enforcement revisions re time limit on mining and water pollution violations and point source general permit withdrawal by DNR - Act 193

Fee for hearing request [Sec. 9337 (7g)] - Act 27

Fire suppression clothing and equipment: grants provided to local fire departments for assisting DNR re forest fires; sunset date [Sec. 378, 917, 9137 (10x)] - Act 27

Forest landscape ecologist: DNR and U.W. to develop position and work plan [Sec. 762p, r] - Act 27

Forestry education grant program created; memorandum of undestanding provision; U.W. Stevens Point duties [Sec. 204m, 4404m] - Act 27

Forestry funding increased re grants for management plans for certain private forest land and salaries of county forest administrators [Sec. 9236 (1), (2)] - Act 237

Fox and Wolf rivers basin and certain designated areas: DNR to issue general permits; fee and sunset provisions; report required - Act 174

Gasoline vapor recovery equipment grants [Sec. 37, 37b, 9136 (1t), 9436 (1t)] - Act 237

Groundwater and environmental repair accounts merged [Sec. 355, 356, 872-898, 2512, 2581, 2983, 3494, 3600, 3604, 3638, 3641, 3643-3645, 3650, 3685, 3686, 3717, 3719] [873r — vetoed] - Act 27

Hazardous substance discharge: nonprofit economic development corporation exemption from restoration and minimization requirements [Sec. 3657, 3658] - Act 27

Hazardous substance spill cleanup: DNR enforcement authority revised; referral to DOJ permitted; DOJ study of cleanup agreements [Sec. 3651, 3652, 9131 (1t)] [9131 (1t) — vetoed] - Act 27

Lake classification grants [Sec. 762d, 3599b-t] - Act 27

Landfill remediation study [Sec. 9136 (2d)] [vetoed] - AB-768

Natural heritage inventory information: fees expanded [Sec. 301, 769, 770, 2266] - Act 27

Nonmetallic mining: laws revised; provisions re permit, reclamation, zoning and spills cleanup [Sec. 349g, 898m, 3731-3784] - Act 27

Nonpoint source changes re watersheds, cost sharing grants for best management practices, bonding authority, local project funding and pilot project to evaluate trading water pollution credits [Sec. 178e, 366, 367, 397, 398, 414g, 728, 730, 730m, 731k, 735ag, 3495m, 3573-3585, 3586-3588, 3588s-3599, 3606, 9437 (3)] [3606 — partial veto] - Act 27

Nonpoint source water pollution and environmental repair: bonding authority increased [Sec. 731] - Act 27

Open space protection program created; grants provided [Sec. 766e-h, w, y] [vetoed] - AB-100

PECFA related services: DNR fees restricted; Comm.Dept and DNR report re cleanup [Sec. 486p, 9136 (1c), 9236 (3g)] [vetoed] - AB-768

PECFA revisions; Comm.Dept and DNR duties specified [Sec. 906, 2582-2607, 9110 (4m), (5), 9310 (4), (5m), 9337 (2), 9410 (1m)] [9310 (5m) — partial veto; 2598f — vetoed] - Act 27

Permit information and regulatory assistance bureau name changed; duties re DNR permit guarantee program; act as ombudsman to promote brownfields redevelopment projects [Sec. 59, 202, 3277, 3278, 4337, 4443-4458, 4460-4473, 4475- 4477] - Act 27

Pollution cleanup and determination of liability: DNR authorized to charge fee to property owners for assistance services [Sec. 3720] - Act 27

Private forest land: management plans and grants for landowners; urban forestry grant for city of Milwaukee [Sec. 377, 918, 9137 (10n)] - Act 27

Property under DNR jurisdiction: grants to friends groups for property development - Act 313

Prospecting and mining fees revised re metallic minerals - Act 169

Public intervenor board eliminated [Sec. 45m, 66m, 154m, 783x, 3281m, 9437 (5m)] - Act 27

Recycling and yard waste disposal costs: grant formula continued [Sec. 3615-3620] - Act 27

Recycling of computers by Corr.Dept and wheelchairs by nonprofit organization: DNR grants provided [Sec. 36, 9111 (1), 9136 (2f), 9236 (4)] - Act 237

Recycling program funding [Sec. 277n, 400p, 673m, 3614mg] [3614mg — partial veto] - Act 27

Recycling program: volume-based solid waste fee criteria modified; civil liability immunity; grant program amended; DNR duties set, report and study required - Act 60

Remediation professionals: certification requirements created; DNR, DATCP and Comm.Dept memorandum of understanding [Sec. 346s, 3727g, 9137 (7n), 9437 (2m)] [vetoed] - AB-100

Root river watershed designated a priority watershed for the nonpoint source water pollution abatement program - Act 209

Safe drinking water changes [for section numbers and vetoes, see entry under ``Water supply"] - Act 27