16,3160c
Section 3160c. 255.15 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
255.15 (4) Reports. Not later than
July 1, 2001 April 15, 2002, and annually thereafter, the board shall submit to the governor and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution under s. 13.172 (2) a report that evaluates the success of the grant program under sub. (3). The report shall specify the number of grants awarded during the immediately preceding fiscal year and the purpose for which each grant was made. The report shall also specify donations and grants accepted by the board under sub. (5).
16,3160q
Section 3160q. 280.25 of the statutes is created to read:
280.25 Air filtration for residential wells. The owner of a residential well, other than a driven well, that has a casing shall filter air that enters the well to prevent airborne bacteria from contaminating the well water if any of the following applies:
(1) The construction of the well begins after the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date].
(2) The water from the well tests positive for bacteria.
16,3160t
Section 3160t. 281.17 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 281.17 (1) (a) and amended to read:
281.17 (1) (a) No wells shall A well may not be constructed, installed, or operated to withdraw water from underground sources for any purpose groundwater where the capacity and rate of withdrawal of all wells on one property is in excess of 100,000 gallons a day without first obtaining the approval of the department. If s. 281.35 applies to the proposed construction well, the application shall comply with s. 281.35 (5) (a). If the department finds that the proposed withdrawal will adversely affect or reduce the availability of water to any public utility in furnishing water to or for the public or does not meet the grounds for approval specified under s. 281.35 (5) (d), if applicable, it shall either
(b) The department shall withhold its approval or grant a limited approval under which it imposes such conditions as to location, depth, pumping capacity, rate of flow, and ultimate use so that
will ensure all of the following:
1. That the water supply of any public utility engaged in furnishing water to or for the public will not be impaired and the withdrawal will conform to the requirements of.
2. That the well meets the grounds for approval under s. 281.35, if applicable.
(d) The department shall require each person issued an approval under this subsection to report that person's volume and rate of withdrawal, as defined under s. 281.35 (1) (m), and that person's volume and rate of water loss, as defined under s. 281.35 (1) (L), if any, in the form and at the times specified by the department. The department may issue general or special orders it considers necessary to ensure prompt and effective administration of this subsection.
16,3160v
Section 3160v. 281.17 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
281.17 (1) (c) 1. Except as provided in subd. 3., the department shall impose as a condition in each approval under this subsection that the person issued the approval may not use, or permit another person to use, any water withdrawn from the well to produce bottled drinking water, as defined in s. 97.34 (1) (a), unless the department approves use of the well for that purpose.
2. The department shall withhold its approval, grant a limited approval, or modify an approval in order to minimize adverse effects to the quality or quantity of waters of the state caused by any well used to produce bottled drinking water, as defined in s. 97.34 (1) (a). The department shall prepare an environmental impact statement under s. 1.11 (2) for a decision by the department under this paragraph to approve the use of a well to produce bottled drinking water.
3. This paragraph does not apply to a withdrawal of water by a public utility engaged in furnishing water to or for the public.
16,3161
Section 3161. 281.17 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.17 (2) The department shall supervise chemical treatment of waters for the suppression of algae, aquatic weeds, swimmers' itch and other nuisance-producing plants and organisms that are not regulated by the program established under s. 23.24 (2). It may purchase equipment and may make a charge for the use of the same and for materials furnished, together with a per diem charge for any services performed in such work. The charge shall be sufficient to reimburse the department for the use of the equipment, the actual cost of materials furnished, and the actual cost of the services rendered.
16,3161u
Section 3161u. 281.57 (10e) of the statutes is created to read:
281.57 (10e) Loan for water tower in the village of Athens. Notwithstanding subs. (2), (4) to (10), and (12), during the 2001-03 fiscal biennium, the department shall provide a loan of $320,000 to the village of Athens for construction of a water tower and related costs, if the village applies for a loan. The department may not charge any interest on the loan.
16,3161uc
Section 3161uc. 281.57 (10f) of the statutes is created to read:
281.57 (10f) Loan for water tower in the village of Weston. Notwithstanding subs. (2), (4) to (10), and (12), during the 2001-03 fiscal biennium, the department shall provide a loan of $400,000 to the village of Weston for construction of a water tower and related costs, if the village applies for a loan. The department may not charge any interest on the loan.
16,3163
Section 3163. 281.58 (9) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (9) (e) If the department of natural resources and the department of administration determine that the governor's recommendation, as set forth in the executive budget bill, for the amount under s. 281.59 (3e) (b), the amount available under s. 20.866 (2) (tc), or the amount available under s. 281.59 (4) (f) for a biennium is 85% or less of the amount of present value subsidy, general obligation bonding authority or revenue bonding authority, respectively, requested for that biennium in the biennial finance plan submitted under s. 281.59 (3) (bm) 1. insufficient to provide funding for all projects for which applications will be approved during that biennium, the department shall inform municipalities that, if the governor's recommendations are approved, clean water fund program assistance during a fiscal year of that biennium will only be available to municipalities that submit financial assistance applications by the June 30 preceding that fiscal year.
16,3164
Section 3164. 281.58 (9m) (f) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.58 (9m) (f) (intro.) If the department of natural resources and the department of administration determine that the amount approved under s. 281.59 (3e) (b), the amount available under s. 20.866 (2) (tc), or the amount available under s. 281.59 (4) (f) for a biennium is 85% or less of the amount of present value subsidy, general obligation bonding authority or revenue bonding authority, respectively, requested for that biennium in the biennial finance plan submitted under s. 281.59 (3) (bm) 1. insufficient to provide funding for all projects for which applications will be approved during that biennium, all of the following apply:
16,3164j
Section 3164j. 281.58 (13) (be) 5. of the statutes is repealed.
16,3164L
Section 3164L. 281.58 (13) (em) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
281.58 (13) (em) 3. In a fiscal year, if federal financial hardship assistance has been allocated to all eligible projects on the funding list and federal financial hardship assistance remains to be allocated, the department may allocate federal financial hardship assistance to a project of an eligible municipality that submits its financial assistance application after June 30.
16,3165
Section 3165. 281.59 (3e) (b) 1. and 3. of the statutes are amended to read:
281.59 (3e) (b) 1. Equal to $85,200,000 $90,000,000 during the 1999-01 2001-03 biennium.
3. Equal to $1,000 for any biennium after the 1999-01 2001-03 biennium.
16,3166
Section 3166. 281.59 (3m) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
281.59 (3m) (b) 1. Equal to $9,400,000
$9,110,000 during the 1999-01 2001-03 biennium.
2. Equal to $1,000 for any biennium after the 1999-01 2001-03 biennium.
16,3167
Section 3167. 281.59 (3s) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
281.59 (3s) (b) 1. Equal to $12,600,000 $10,900,000 during the 1999-01 2001-03 biennium.
2. Equal to $1,000 for any biennium after the 1999-01 2001-03 biennium.
16,3168
Section 3168. 281.59 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.59 (4) (f) Revenue obligations may be contracted by the building commission when it reasonably appears to the building commission that all obligations incurred under this subsection can be fully paid on a timely basis from moneys received or anticipated to be received. Revenue obligations issued under this subsection for the clean water fund program shall not exceed $1,297,755,000 $1,398,355,000 in principal amount, excluding obligations issued to refund outstanding revenue obligation notes.
16,3168n
Section 3168n. 281.60 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.60 (2) General. The department and the department of administration may administer a program to provide financial assistance to eligible applicants for projects to remedy environmental contamination of sites or facilities at which environmental contamination has affected groundwater or surface water or threatens to affect groundwater or surface water. Eligible costs for a project
include costs of site assessment and site investigation, to the extent allowed under federal law, if the eligible applicant demonstrates in its application that remediation will be necessary and include costs of demolition that is a necessary part of the remediation. The department and the department of administration may provide financial assistance under this section to an eligible applicant only if the eligible applicant owns the contaminated site or facility or, if the applicant is a political subdivision, if a redevelopment authority or a housing authority owns the contaminated site or facility. The department and the department of administration may not provide financial assistance under this section to remedy environmental contamination at a site or facility that is not a landfill if the eligible applicant caused the environmental contamination.
16,3168p
Section 3168p. 281.60 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
16,3168r
Section 3168r. 281.60 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.60 (5) Application.
After submitting a notice of intent to apply under sub. (3) (a) or obtaining a waiver under sub. (3) (b), an An eligible applicant shall submit an application for land recycling loan program financial assistance to the department. The eligible applicant shall submit the application before the date established by the department by rule. The department shall establish at least 2 application deadlines each year. The application shall be in the form and include the information required by the department and the department of administration. An eligible applicant may not submit more than one application per project per year.
16,3168t
Section 3168t. 281.60 (8) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
281.60 (8) (a) 1. The department of administration may not allocate more than 40% of the available funds allocated in each fiscal year to projects to remedy contamination at landfills.
16,3168v
Section 3168v. 281.60 (8p) of the statutes is created to read:
281.60 (8p) Security. Notwithstanding s. 281.59 (9) (b) 1., the department and the department of administration may not require an applicant to use general obligation bonds as security for financial assistance under this section but shall accept other collateral that meets typical underwriting criteria.
16,3169
Section 3169. 281.61 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
16,3170
Section 3170. 281.61 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.61 (3) (c) The department may waive par. (a) or (b) upon the written request of a local governmental unit.
16,3171
Section 3171. 281.65 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.65 (4) (f) Administer the distribution of grants and aids to governmental units for local administration and implementation of the program under this section. A grant awarded under this section may be used for cost-sharing for management practices and capital improvements, easements, or other activities determined by the department to satisfy the requirements of this section. A grant under this section to a lake district for a priority lake identified under sub. (3m) (b) 1. may be used for plan preparation, technical assistance, educational and training assistance, and ordinance development and administration. A grant may not be used for promotional items, except for promotional items that are used for informational purposes, such as brochures or videos.
16,3172
Section 3172. 281.65 (4c) (am) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
281.65 (4c) (am) 1. a. The need for compliance with performance standards established by the department under s. 281.16 (2) and (3).
16,3173
Section 3173. 281.65 (4c) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
281.65 (4c) (am) 2. The project cannot be conducted with department, in consultation with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, determines that funding provided under s. 92.14 is insufficient to fund the project.
16,3173j
Section 3173j. 281.65 (4e) of the statutes is created to read:
281.65 (4e) If the department issues a notice of discharge under ch. 283 to an animal feeding operation, the department shall provide a cost-sharing grant for the costs of measures needed to correct the unacceptable practices identified in the notice of discharge. Notwithstanding sub. (8) (f), the department may provide a cost-sharing grant under this subsection that exceeds 70% of the cost of the corrective measures in cases of economic hardship, as defined by the department by rule. If the department provides funds for a cost-sharing grant under this subsection from the appropriation account under s. 20.866 (2) (te), the department shall pay the grant to another governmental unit. If the department provides funds for a cost-sharing grant under this subsection from the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (6) (aa), (ag), or (aq), the department may pay the funds to the landowner or operator or to another governmental unit.
16,3176b
Section 3176b. 281.65 (5q) of the statutes is created to read:
281.65 (5q) (a) Notwithstanding sub. (5s), neither the department nor the land and water conservation board may extend funding under this section for a priority watershed or priority lake project beyond the funding termination date that was in effect for the priority watershed or priority lake project on January 1, 2001, except as provided in par. (b).
(b) The department may authorize funding to be provided to a landowner under a priority watershed or priority lake project for up to one year after the funding termination date under par. (a) for that project if the department determines that a delay in implementation of best management practices by the landowner was caused by conditions beyond the control of the landowner.
16,3176m
Section 3176m. 281.65 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.65 (11) Notwithstanding subs. (3) (am) and (3m), the South Fork of the Hay River is a priority watershed for the period ending on June 30, 2001
2005. Notwithstanding subs. (2) (a), (4) (dm), (e), (em) and (g) 4., (4m) (b) 3. and (8) (b) and (e), the department, in consultation with the local units of government involved with the priority watershed project, shall establish guidelines for the types of nonpoint source water pollution abatement practices to be eligible for cost-sharing grants in the watershed. Notwithstanding sub. (8) (f), the amount of a cost-sharing grant in the watershed may be based on the amount of pollution reduction achieved rather than on the cost of the practices installed, using guidelines developed by the department, in consultation with the local units of government involved with the priority watershed project. In providing funding under s. 92.14 (3), the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall determine the amount of matching funds required for staff for the priority watershed project as though the funding termination date of June 30, 2005, had been in effect on October 6, 1998. The department and the local governmental staff involved with the priority watershed project shall evaluate the cost effectiveness of the project and the reduction in nonpoint source water pollution associated with the project.
16,3180
Section 3180. 281.68 (1) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 281.68 (1) (b) and amended to read:
281.68 (1) (b) "Qualified lake association" means
a group incorporated under ch. 181 that meets all of the following conditions: an association that meets the qualifications under sub. (3m) (a).
16,3181
Section 3181. 281.68 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 281.68 (3m) (a) 2. and amended to read:
281.68 (3m) (a) 2. Specifies Specify in its articles of incorporation or bylaws that a substantial purpose of its being incorporated is to support the protection or improvement of one or more inland lakes for the benefit of the general public.
16,3182
Section 3182. 281.68 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 281.68 (3m) (a) 3. and amended to read:
281.68 (3m) (a) 3. Demonstrates Demonstrate that the substantial purpose of its past actions was to support the protection or improvement of one or more inland lakes for the benefit of the general public.
16,3183
Section 3183. 281.68 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 281.68 (3m) (a) 4. and amended to read:
281.68 (3m) (a) 4. Allows Allow to be a member any individual who for at least one month each year resides on or within one mile of an inland lake for which the association was incorporated.
16,3184
Section 3184. 281.68 (1) (b) 4. of the statutes is renumbered 281.68 (3m) (a) 5. and amended to read:
281.68 (3m) (a) 5. Allows Allow to be a member any individual who owns real estate on or within one mile of an inland lake for which the association was incorporated.
16,3185
Section 3185. 281.68 (1) (b) 5. of the statutes is renumbered 281.68 (3m) (a) 6. and amended to read:
281.68 (3m) (a) 6. Does not Not have articles of incorporation or bylaws which limit or deny the right of any member or any class of members to vote as permitted under s. 181.0721 (1).
16,3186
Section 3186. 281.68 (1) (b) 6. of the statutes is renumbered 281.68 (3m) (a) 7. and amended to read:
281.68 (3m) (a) 7. Has been Demonstrate that it has been in existence for at least one year.
16,3187
Section 3187. 281.68 (1) (b) 7. of the statutes is renumbered 281.68 (3m) (a) 8. and amended to read:
281.68 (3m) (a) 8. Has Demonstrate that it has at least 25 members.
16,3188
Section 3188. 281.68 (1) (b) 8. of the statutes is renumbered 281.68 (3m) (a) 9. and amended to read:
281.68 (3m) (a) 9. Requires Require payment of an annual membership fee of not less than $10 nor more than $25 as set by the department by rule under par. (b).
16,3189
Section 3189. 281.68 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
281.68 (1) (c) "Qualified school district" is a school district that meets the qualifications under sub. (3m) (c).
16,3192
Section 3192. 281.68 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
281.68 (3) (a) Eligible recipients to consist of nonprofit conservation organizations, as defined in s. 23.0955 (1), counties, cities, towns, villages, qualified lake associations, town sanitary districts, qualified school districts, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts, and other local governmental units, as defined in s. 66.0131 (1) (a), that are established for the purpose of lake management.
16,3193
Section 3193. 281.68 (3) (b) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
281.68 (3) (b) 6. Providing programs and materials that promote the monitoring of private sewage systems, the reduction in the use of environmentally harmful chemicals, water safety, and the protection of natural lake ecosystems.
