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Section 3487d. 281.15 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
281.15 (6) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the department shall classify the Willow flowage as an outstanding resource water under s. NR 102.10, Wis. Adm. Code.
27,3487p
Section 3487p. 281.16 of the statutes is created to read:
281.16 Water quality protection; nonpoint sources. (1) Definitions. In this section:
(a) “Agricultural facility" means a structure associated with an agricultural practice.
(b) “Agricultural practice" means beekeeping; commercial feedlots; dairying; egg production; floriculture; fish or fur farming; grazing; livestock raising; orchards; poultry raising; raising of grain, grass, mint and seed crops; raising of fruits, nuts and berries; sod farming; placing land in federal programs in return for payments in kind; owning land, at least 35 acres of which is enrolled in the conservation reserve program under 16 USC 3831 to 3836; and vegetable raising.
(c) “Livestock operation" means a feedlot or other facility or a pasture where animals are fed, confined, maintained or stabled.
(d) “Navigable waters" has the meaning given in s. 281.31 (2) (d).
(e) “Nonpoint source" means a facility or practice that causes, or has the potential to cause, nonpoint source water pollution.
(f) “Nonpoint source water pollution" means pollution of waters of the state that does not result from a point source, as defined in s. 283.01 (12).
(g) “Water quality management area" means any of the following:
1. The area within 1,000 feet from the ordinary high-water mark of navigable waters that consist of a lake, pond or flowage, except that, for a navigable water that is a glacial pothole lake, “water quality management area" means the area within 1,000 feet from the high-water mark of the lake.
2. The area within 300 feet from the ordinary high-water mark of navigable waters that consist of a river or stream.
3. A site that is susceptible to groundwater contamination or that has the potential to be a direct conduit for contamination to reach groundwater.
(h) Notwithstanding s. 281.01 (18), “ waters of the state" has the meaning given in s. 283.01 (20).
(2) Nonpoint sources that are not agricultural. (a) The department shall, by rule, prescribe performance standards
and prohibitions for facilities and practices that are nonpoint sources and that are not agricultural facilities or agricultural practices. The performance standards
and prohibitions shall be designed to achieve water quality standards by limiting nonpoint source water pollution.
(b) The department shall, by rule, specify a process for the development and dissemination of technical standards to implement the performance standards
and prohibitions under par. (a).
(c) Using the process specified under par. (b), the department shall develop and disseminate technical standards to implement the performance standards and prohibitions under par. (a). The department shall develop and disseminate alternative technical standards for situations in which more than one method exists to implement the performance standards and prohibitions.
(3) Nonpoint sources that are agricultural. (a) The department of natural resources, in consultation with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, shall promulgate rules prescribing performance standards and prohibitions for agricultural facilities and agricultural practices that are nonpoint sources. The performance standards and prohibitions shall be designed to achieve water quality standards by limiting nonpoint source water pollution. At a minimum, the prohibitions shall include all of the following:
1. That a livestock operation may have no overflow of manure storage structures.
2. That a livestock operation may have no unconfined manure pile in a water quality management area.
3. That a livestock operation may have no direct runoff from a feedlot or stored manure into the waters of the state.
4. That a livestock operation may not allow unlimited access by livestock to waters of the state in a location where high concentrations of animals prevent the maintenance of adequate sod cover.
(b) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, in consultation with the department of natural resources, shall promulgate rules prescribing conservation practices to implement the performance standards and prohibitions under par. (a) and specifying a process for the development and dissemination of technical standards to implement the performance standards and prohibitions under par. (a).
(c) Using the process specified under par. (b), the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall develop and disseminate technical standards to implement the performance standards and prohibitions under par. (a). The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall disseminate alternative technical standards for situations in which more than one method exists to implement the performance standards and prohibitions.
(d) The conservation practices and technical standards under pars. (b) and (c) shall at a minimum cover animal waste management, nutrients applied to the soil and cropland sediment delivery.
(e) An owner or operator of an agricultural facility or practice that is in existence before the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], may not be required by this state or a municipality to comply with the performance standards, prohibitions, conservation practices or technical standards under this subsection unless cost-sharing is available, under sub. (5) or s. 92.14 or 281.65 or from any other source, to the owner or operator. For the purposes of this paragraph, sub. (4) and ss. 92.07 (2), 92.105 (1), 92.15 (4) and 823.08 (3) (c) 2., the department of natural resources shall promulgate rules that specify criteria for determining whether cost-sharing is available under sub. (5) or s. 281.65 and the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall promulgate rules that specify criteria for determining whether cost-sharing is available under s. 92.14 or from any other source. The rules may not allow a determination that cost-sharing is available to meet local regulations under s. 92.07 (2), 92.105 (1) or 92.15 that are consistent with or that exceed the performance standards, prohibitions, conservation practices or technical standards under this subsection unless the cost-sharing is at least 70% of the cost of compliance or is from 70% to 90% of the cost of compliance in cases of economic hardship, as defined in the rules.
(4) Application to animal feeding operations. If the department issues a notice of discharge under ch. 283 for an animal feeding operation, the performance standards, prohibitions, conservation practices and technical standards under sub. (3) apply to the animal feeding operation, except that if the animal feeding operation is in existence before the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], the performance standards, prohibitions, conservation practices and technical standards only apply if the department determines that cost-sharing is available to the owner or operator of the animal feeding operation under sub. (5), s. 92.14 or 281.65 or from any other source.
(5) Cost-sharing for compliance. From the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (te) or (tf), the department shall provide cost-sharing grants to persons to whom cost-sharing is not available from other sources for projects to assist agricultural facilities to comply with the performance standards, prohibitions, conservation practices and technical standards under sub. (3). The department shall promulgate rules for the administration of the program under this subsection.
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Section 3488
. 281.17 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.17 (3) The department shall promulgate rules establishing an examining program for the certification of operators of water systems, wastewater treatment plants and septage servicing vehicles operated under a license issued under s. 281.48 (3), setting such standards as the department finds necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter and chs. 285 and 289 to 299, including requirements for continuing education. The department may charge applicants a fee for certification. All moneys collected under this subsection for the certification of operators of water systems, wastewater treatment plants and septage servicing vehicles shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (4) (bL). No person may operate a water systems, wastewater treatment plant or septage servicing vehicle without a valid certificate issued under this subsection. The department may suspend or revoke a certificate issued under this subsection for a violation of any statute or rule relating to the operation of a water system or wastewater treatment plant or to septage servicing, for failure to fulfill the continuing education requirements or as provided under s. 145.245 (3). The owner of any wastewater treatment plant shall be, or shall employ, an operator certified under this subsection who shall be responsible for plant operations, unless the department by rule provides otherwise. In this subsection, “wastewater treatment plant" means a system or plant used to treat industrial wastewater, domestic wastewater or any combination of industrial wastewater and domestic wastewater.
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Section 3489
. 281.17 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.17 (8) The department may establish, administer and maintain a safe drinking water program no less stringent than the requirements of the safe drinking water act of 1974, P.L. 93-523, 88 Stat. 1660, 42 USC 300f to 300j-26.
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Section 3490
. 281.17 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
281.17 (9) The department may require owners of water systems to demonstrate the technical, managerial and financial capacity to comply with national primary drinking water regulations under 42 USC 300g-1 and may assist owners of water systems to develop that capacity.
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Section 3491
. 281.19 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.19 (2) (a) The department may issue special orders directing particular owners to remedy violations of the safe drinking water program under s. 281.17 (8) and (9) or to secure such operating results toward the control of pollution of the waters of the state as the department prescribes, within a specified time. Pending efforts to comply with any order, the department may permit continuance of operations on such conditions as it prescribes. If any owner cannot comply with an order within the time specified, the owner may, before the date set in the order, petition the department to modify the order. The department may modify the order, specifying in writing the reasons therefor. If any order is not complied with within the time period specified, the department shall immediately notify the attorney general of this fact. Within 30 days thereafter, the attorney general shall forthwith commence an action under s. 299.95.
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Section 3492
. 281.22 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
281.22 (2m) Fee for expedited service. (a) The department, by rule, may charge a supplemental fee for a determination under sub. (1) that is in addition to the fee charged under sub. (1) if all of the following apply:
1. The applicant requests in writing that the determination be issued within a time period that is shorter than the time limit promulgated under par. (b) for the determination.
2. The department verifies that it will be able to comply with the request.
(b) If the department promulgates a rule under par. (a), the rule shall contain for a time limit for making determinations under sub. (1).
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Section 3494
. 281.48 (4s) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.48 (4s) (d) In addition to the license fee under par. (a) 1. or 2., the department shall collect from each licensee a groundwater fee of $50 if the license period begins before July 1, 1997, and $100 if the license period begins after June 30, 1997. The moneys collected under this paragraph shall be credited to the environmental fund for groundwater environmental management.
27,3495m
Section 3495m. 281.57 (10m) of the statutes is created to read:
281.57 (10m) Loan for modification or replacement of an innovative or alternative project. Notwithstanding subs. (2), (4) to (10) and (12), during the 1997-99 fiscal biennium, the department shall provide a loan of $1,300,000 to a municipality for all of the planning, design and construction costs incurred after June 30, 1995, for the modification or replacement of a failed innovative or alternative point source pollution abatement facility for which the department issued written approval of eligibility under 40 CFR 35.2032 before December 10, 1996, and which requires additional construction to eliminate discharge of effluent to groundwater and to establish a new surface water outfall. The department may not charge any interest on the loan and may not require the municipality to repay the loan until the municipality receives a grant from the federal environmental protection agency for the modification or replacement of the point source pollution abatement facility. If the federal environmental protection agency denies the grant, the department shall forgive the loan.
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Section 3496
. 281.58 (1) (ai) of the statutes is created to read:
281.58 (1) (ai) “Clean water fund program" means the program administered under this section with financial management provided under s. 281.59.
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Section 3497
. 281.58 (1) (cg) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (1) (cg) “Market interest rate" means the interest at the effective rate of a revenue obligation issued by the state to fund a project loan or a portion of a project loan under this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program.
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Section 3497e. 281.58 (1) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 3498
. 281.58 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (2m) (a) Administer its responsibilities under this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program.
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Section 3499
. 281.58 (3m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (3m) (a) A list of wastewater treatment projects that the department estimates will apply for financial assistance under this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program during the next biennium.
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Section 3500
. 281.58 (6) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (6) (a) (intro.) The department may determine whether a municipality is eligible for financial assistance under this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program for any of the following:
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Section
3501. 281.58 (6) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (6) (b) (intro.) The following methods of providing financial assistance may be used under this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program:
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Section 3502
. 281.58 (6) (b) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (6) (b) 8. Providing payments to the board of commissioners of public lands to reduce principal or interest payments, or both, on loans made to municipalities under subch. II of ch. 24 by the board of commissioners of public lands for projects that are eligible for financial assistance under this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program.
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Section 3503
. 281.58 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (7) (a) The department shall, by rule, establish criteria for determining which applicants and which projects are eligible to receive financial assistance under this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program. The primary criteria for eligibility shall be water quality and public health. The rules for clean water fund projects funded from the account under s. 25.43 (2) (a) shall be consistent with 33 USC 1251 to 1376 and 33 USC 1381 to 1387 and the regulations promulgated thereunder. The rules for clean water fund projects funded from the account under s. 25.43 (2) (b) may be consistent with 33 USC 1251 to 1376 and 33 USC 1381 to 1387 and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
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Section 3504
. 281.58 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (7) (b) (intro.) The department may determine whether a municipality is eligible for financial assistance under this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program for any of the following types of projects:
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Section 3505
. 281.58 (8) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (8) (a) (intro.) The following are not eligible for financial assistance from the clean water fund under this section and s. 281.59 program:
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Section 3506
. 281.58 (8) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (8) (d) An unsewered municipality that is not constructing a treatment work and will be disposing of wastewater in the treatment work of another municipality is not eligible for financial assistance under this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program until it executes an agreement under s. 66.30 with another municipality to receive, treat and dispose of the wastewater of the unsewered municipality.
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Section 3507
. 281.58 (8) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (8) (g) The sum of all of the financial assistance to a municipality approved under this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program for a project may not result in the municipality paying less than 30% of the cost of the project.
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Section 3508
. 281.58 (8) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (8) (i) After June 30, 1991, no municipality may receive for projects in a biennium an amount that exceeds 35.2% of the amount approved by the legislature under s. 281.59 (3) (d) (3e) (b) for that biennium.
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Section 3509
. 281.58 (8) (L) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (8) (L) (intro.) The total amount of capital cost loans made under this section and s. 281.59
the clean water fund program may not exceed $120,000,000, and no capital cost loan funds may be released under this section and s. 281.59 the clean water fund program until the secretary of administration has found in writing that all of the following facts have occurred:
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Section 3509m. 281.58 (8e) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
281.58 (8e) (cm) A factor that gives higher priority than would otherwise be given to a project to serve more than one municipality if all of the following apply:
1. Each municipality to be served by the project has a population of 2,500 or less.
2. At least one of the municipalities to be served by the project has a wastewater treatment system that is unusable because of failures of the system.
3. The municipalities to be served by the project are submitting an application for a new joint treatment work.
4. At least one of the municipalities to be served by the treatment work has been ordered to upgrade a current system.
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Section 3510
. 281.58 (8m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (8m) (a) A municipality shall submit notice to the department of its intent to apply for financial assistance under this section and s. 281.59 in a year no later than December 31 of the preceding year. A municipality shall submit the notice at least 6 months before the beginning of the fiscal year in which it will request to receive financial assistance. The notice shall be in a form prescribed by the department and the department of administration.
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Section 3511
. 281.58 (8m) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
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Section 3512
. 281.58 (8m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (8m) (c) The department may waive par. (a) or (b) upon the written request of a municipality.
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Section 3513
. 281.58 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (9) (a) After the department approves a municipality's facility plan submitted under sub. (8s), the municipality shall submit an application for participation to the department. The application shall be in such form and include such information as the department and the department of administration prescribe and shall include design plans and specifications that are approvable by the department under this chapter. The department shall review applications for participation in the clean water fund program under this section and s. 281.59. The department shall determine which applications meet the eligibility requirements and criteria under subs. (6), (7), (8), (8m) and (13).
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Section 3514
. 281.58 (9) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
