SB523-SSA1,77,2222 (f) Term of coverage. The term of an individual permit is 10 years.
SB523-SSA1,78,523 (g) Reissuance. A person to whom the department has issued an individual
24permit under this subsection shall apply to the department for reissuance of the
25individual permit at least 180 days before the end of the term of the permit if the

1person intends to continue to withdraw from the Great Lakes basin at least 1,000,000
2gallons per day for any 30 consecutive days. If the department determines that the
3person is in substantial compliance with the individual permit and that the
4withdrawal continues to qualify for an individual permit, the department shall
5reissue the permit.
SB523-SSA1,78,96 (h) Suspension and revocation. After an opportunity for a hearing, the
7department may suspend or revoke a permit issued under this subsection for cause,
8including obtaining the permit by misrepresentation or failure to disclose material
9facts or substantially violating the terms of the permit.
SB523-SSA1,78,1410 (i) Transfer of control. A permit is not transferable to any person except after
11notice to the department. A person who proposes to assume control over a permitted
12withdrawal shall file with the department a permit application and a statement of
13acceptance of the permit. The department may require modification or revocation
14and reissuance of the permit to change the name of the permittee.
SB523-SSA1,78,16 15(7) Exemptions. Subsections (3) to (5) do not apply to withdrawals or interbasin
16transfers for any of the following purposes:
SB523-SSA1,78,1917 (a) To supply vehicles, including vessels and aircraft, for the needs of the
18persons or animals being transported or for ballast or other needs related to the
19operation of the vehicles.
SB523-SSA1,78,2120 (b) To use in a noncommercial project that lasts no more than 3 months for fire
21fighting, humanitarian, or emergency response purposes.
SB523-SSA1,79,6 22(7m) Emergency order. The department may, without a prior hearing, order
23a person to whom the department has issued an individual permit or notice of
24coverage under a general permit under this section to immediately stop a withdrawal
25if the department determines that there is a danger of imminent harm to the public

1health, safety, or welfare, to the environment, or to the water resources or related
2land resources of this state. The order shall specify the date on which the withdrawal
3must be stopped and the date, if any, on which it may be resumed. The order shall
4notify the person that the person may request a contested case hearing under ch. 227.
5The hearing shall be held as soon as practicable after receipt of a request for a
6hearing. An emergency order remains in effect pending the result of the hearing.
SB523-SSA1,79,14 7(8) Statewide water conservation and efficiency. (a) Goals and objectives.
8The department shall specify water conservation and efficiency goals and objectives
9for the waters of the state. The department shall specify goals and objectives for the
10waters of the Great Lakes basin that are consistent with the goals under s. 281.343
11(4b) (a) and the objectives identified by the regional body under Article 304 (1) of the
12Great Lakes—St. Lawrence River Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement.
13In specifying these goals and objectives, the department shall consult with the
14department of commerce and the public service commission.
SB523-SSA1,79,1815 (b) Statewide program. In cooperation with the department of commerce and
16the public service commission, the department shall develop and implement a
17statewide water conservation and efficiency program that includes all of the
18following:
SB523-SSA1,79,2019 1. Promotion of environmentally sound and economically feasible water
20conservation measures.
SB523-SSA1,79,2221 2. Water conservation and efficiency measures that the public service
22commission requires or authorizes a water utility to implement under ch. 196.
SB523-SSA1,79,2423 3. Water conservation and efficiency measures that the department of
24commerce requires or authorizes to be implemented under chs. 101 and 145.
SB523-SSA1,80,6
1(d) Water conservation and efficiency measures. The department shall
2promulgate rules specifying water conservation and efficiency measures for the
3purposes of this section. In the rules, the department may not require retrofitting
4of existing fixtures, appliances, or equipment. In specifying the measures, the
5department shall consider the results of any pilot water conservation program
6conducted by the department in cooperation with the regional body.
SB523-SSA1,80,10 7(9) Public participation. (b) Public Notice. 1. The department shall, by rule,
8create procedures for circulating to interested and potentially interested members
9of the public notices of each complete application that the department receives under
10sub. (4). The department shall include, in the rule, at least the following procedures:
SB523-SSA1,80,1111 a. Publication of the notice as a class 1 notice under ch. 985.
SB523-SSA1,80,1312 b. Mailing of the notice to any person, group, local governmental unit, or state
13agency upon request.
SB523-SSA1,80,1614 2. The department shall establish the form and content of a public notice by
15rule. The department shall include in every public notice concerning an application
16under sub. (4) at least the following information:
SB523-SSA1,80,1717 a. The name and address of each applicant.
SB523-SSA1,80,1918 b. A brief description of the proposal for which the application is made under
19sub. (4), including the amount of the proposed interbasin transfer.
SB523-SSA1,80,2220 c. A brief description of the procedures for the formulation of final
21determinations on applications, including the 30-day comment period required
22under par. (c).
SB523-SSA1,81,223 (c) Public comment. The department shall receive public comments on a
24proposal for which it receives an application under sub. (4) for a 30-day period
25beginning when the department gives notice under par. (b) 1. The department shall

1retain all written comments submitted during the comment period and shall
2consider the comments in making its decisions on the application.
SB523-SSA1,81,123 (d) Public hearing. 1. The department shall provide an opportunity for any
4interested person or group of persons, any affected local governmental unit, or any
5state agency to request a public hearing with respect to a proposal for which the
6department receives an application under sub. (4). A request for a public hearing
7shall be filed with the department within 30 days after the department gives notice
8under par. (b). The party filing a request for a public hearing shall indicate the
9interest of the party and the reasons why a hearing is warranted. The department
10shall hold a public hearing on a proposal for which the department receives an
11application under sub. (4) if the department determines that there is a significant
12public interest in holding a hearing.
SB523-SSA1,81,1513 2. The department shall promulgate, by rule, procedures for the conduct of
14public hearings held under this paragraph. A hearing held under this paragraph is
15not a contested case hearing under ch. 227.
SB523-SSA1,81,1716 3. The department shall circulate public notice of any hearing held under this
17paragraph in the manner provided under par. (b) 1.
SB523-SSA1,82,718 (e) Public access to information. Any record or other information provided to
19or obtained by the department regarding a proposal for which an application under
20sub. (4) is received is a public record as provided in subch. II of ch. 19. The
21department shall make available to and provide facilities for the public to inspect and
22copy any records or other information provided to or obtained by the department
23regarding a proposal for which an application for a new or increased interbasin
24transfer under sub. (4) is received, except that any record or other information
25provided to the department may be treated as confidential upon a showing to the

1secretary that the record or information is entitled to protection as a trade secret, as
2defined in s. 134.90 (1) (c), or upon a determination by the department that domestic
3security concerns warrant confidential treatment. Nothing in this subsection
4prevents the use of any confidential records or information obtained by the
5department in the administration of this section in compiling or publishing general
6analyses or summaries, if the analyses or summaries do not identify a specific owner
7or operator.
SB523-SSA1,82,10 8(13m) Exceedances. It is not a violation of this section to inadvertently
9withdraw an amount of water that exceeds the withdrawal amount specified in a
10permit issued under sub. (5) or in the database under sub. (4s) (i).
SB523-SSA1,82,14 11(14) Penalties. (a) Any person who violates this section or any rule
12promulgated or approval issued under this section shall forfeit not less than $10 nor
13more than $10,000 for each violation. Each day of continued violation is a separate
14offense.
SB523-SSA1,82,1815 (c) In addition to the penalties under par. (a), the court may order the defendant
16to abate any nuisance, restore a natural resource, or take, or refrain from taking, any
17other action as necessary to eliminate or minimize any environmental damage
18caused by the violation.
SB523-SSA1,82,19 19(15) Sunset. This section does not apply after the compact's effective date.
SB523-SSA1, s. 11 20Section 11. 281.346 of the statutes is created to read:
SB523-SSA1,82,22 21281.346 Water conservation, reporting, and supply regulation; after
22the compact takes effect.
(1) Definitions. In this section:
SB523-SSA1,82,2523 (d) "Community within a straddling county" means any city, village, or town
24that is not a straddling community and that is located outside the Great Lakes basin
25but wholly within a county that lies partly within the Great Lakes basin.
SB523-SSA1,83,2
1(dm) "Compact" means the Great Lakes—St. Lawrence River Basin Water
2Resources Compact under s. 281.343.
SB523-SSA1,83,43 (dr) "Compact's effective date" means the effective date of the compact under
4s. 281.343 (9) (d).
SB523-SSA1,83,75 (e) "Consumptive use" means a use of water that results in the loss of or failure
6to return some or all of the water to the basin from which the water is withdrawn due
7to evaporation, incorporation into products, or other processes.
SB523-SSA1,83,148 (g) "Cumulative impacts" means the impacts on the Great Lakes basin
9ecosystem that result from incremental effects of all aspects of a withdrawal,
10diversion, or consumptive use in addition to other past, present, and reasonably
11foreseeable future withdrawals, diversions, and consumptive uses regardless of who
12undertakes the other withdrawals, diversions, and consumptive uses, including
13individually minor but collectively significant withdrawals, diversions, and
14consumptive uses taking place over a period of time.
SB523-SSA1,83,2015 (h) "Diversion" means a transfer of water from the Great Lakes basin into a
16watershed outside the Great Lakes basin, or from the watershed of one of the Great
17Lakes into that of another, by any means of transfer, including a pipeline, canal,
18tunnel, aqueduct, channel, modification of the direction of a water course, tanker
19ship, tanker truck, or rail tanker except that "diversion" does not include any of the
20following:
SB523-SSA1,83,2321 1. The transfer of a product produced in the Great Lakes basin or in the
22watershed of one of the Great Lakes, using waters of the Great Lakes basin, out of
23the Great Lakes basin or out of that watershed.
SB523-SSA1,84,3
12. The transmission of water within a line that extends outside the Great Lakes
2basin as it conveys water from one point to another within the Great Lakes basin if
3no water is used outside the Great Lakes basin.
SB523-SSA1,84,54 3. The transfer of bottled water from the Great Lakes basin in containers of
55.7 gallons or less.
SB523-SSA1,84,116 (hm) "Divert" means to transfer water from the Great Lakes basin into a
7watershed outside the Great Lakes basin, or from the watershed of one of the Great
8Lakes into that of another, by any means of transfer, including a pipeline, canal,
9tunnel, aqueduct, channel, modification of the direction of a water course, tanker
10ship, tanker truck, or rail tanker except that "divert" does not include any of the
11following:
SB523-SSA1,84,1412 1. To transfer a product produced in the Great Lakes basin or in the watershed
13of one of the Great Lakes, using waters of the Great Lakes basin, out of the Great
14Lakes basin or out of that watershed.
SB523-SSA1,84,1715 2. To transmit water within a line that extends outside the Great Lakes basin
16as it conveys water from one point to another within the Great Lakes basin if no
17water is used outside the Great Lakes basin.
SB523-SSA1,84,1918 3. To transfer bottled water from the Great Lakes basin in containers of 5.7
19gallons or less.
SB523-SSA1,84,2520 (i) "Environmentally sound and economically feasible water conservation
21measures" means those measures, methods, or technologies for efficient water use
22and for reducing water loss and waste or for reducing the amount of a withdrawal,
23consumptive use, or diversion that are, taking into account environmental impact,
24the age and nature of equipment and facilities involved, the processes employed, the
25energy impacts, and other appropriate factors, all of the following:
SB523-SSA1,85,1
11. Environmentally sound.
SB523-SSA1,85,22 2. Reflective of best practices applicable to the water use sector.
SB523-SSA1,85,33 3. Technically feasible and available.
SB523-SSA1,85,54 4. Economically feasible and cost-effective based on an analysis that considers
5direct and avoided economic and environmental costs.
SB523-SSA1,85,96 (j) "Facility" means an operating plant or establishment providing electricity
7to the public or carrying on any manufacturing activity, trade, or business on one site,
8including similar plants or establishments under common ownership or control
9located on contiguous properties.
SB523-SSA1,85,1210 (je) "Great Lakes basin" means the watershed of the Great Lakes and the St.
11Lawrence River upstream from Trois—Rivieres, Quebec, within the jurisdiction of
12the parties.
SB523-SSA1,85,1413 (ji) "Great Lakes basin ecosystem" means the interacting components of air,
14land, water, and living organisms, including humans, within the Great Lakes basin.
SB523-SSA1,85,1615 (jj) "Great Lakes council" means the Great Lakes—St. Lawrence River Basin
16Water Resources Council, created under s. 281.343 (2) (a).
SB523-SSA1,85,1817 (jm) "Intrabasin transfer" means the transfer of water from the watershed of
18one of the Great Lakes into the watershed of another of the Great Lakes.
SB523-SSA1,85,1919 (n) "Party" means a state that is a party to the compact.
SB523-SSA1,85,2320 (nm) Notwithstanding s. 281.01 (9), "person" means an individual or other
21entity, including a government or a nongovernmental organization, including any
22scientific, professional, business, nonprofit, or public interest organization or
23association that is neither affiliated with nor under the direction of a government.
SB523-SSA1,86,224 (o) "Product" means something produced by human or mechanical effort or
25through agricultural processes and used in manufacturing, commercial, or other

1processes or intended for intermediate or ultimate consumers, subject to all of the
2following:
SB523-SSA1,86,33 1. Water used as part of the packaging of a product is part of the product.
SB523-SSA1,86,64 2. Other than water used as part of the packaging of a product, water that is
5used primarily to transport materials in or out of the Great Lakes basin is not a
6product or part of a product.
SB523-SSA1,86,87 3. Except as provided in subd. 1., water that is transferred as part of a public
8or private supply is not a product or part of a product.
SB523-SSA1,86,109 4. Water in its natural state, such as in lakes, rivers, reservoirs, aquifers, or
10water basins, is not a product.
SB523-SSA1,86,1411 (pm) "Public water supply" means water distributed to the public through a
12physically connected system of treatment, storage, and distribution facilities that
13serve a group of largely residential customers and that may also serve industrial,
14commercial, and other institutional customers.
SB523-SSA1,86,1815 (ps) "Reasonable supply alternative" means a supply alternative that is similar
16in cost to, and as environmentally sustainable and protective of public health as, the
17proposed new or increased diversion and that does not have greater adverse
18environmental impacts than the proposed new or increased diversion.
SB523-SSA1,86,2219 (q) "Regional body" means the body consisting of the governors of the parties
20and the premiers of Ontario and Quebec, Canada, or their designees as established
21by the Great Lakes—St. Lawrence River Basin Sustainable Water Resources
22Agreement.
SB523-SSA1,86,2423 (qd) "Regional declaration of finding" means a declaration of finding issued by
24the regional body under s. 281.343 (4h) (e).
SB523-SSA1,87,2
1(qm) "Regional review" means review by the regional body as described in s.
2281.343 (4h).
SB523-SSA1,87,93 (r) "Source watershed" means the watershed from which a withdrawal
4originates. If water is withdrawn directly from a Great Lake or from the St.
5Lawrence River, then the source watershed is the watershed of that Great Lake or
6the watershed of the St. Lawrence River, respectively. If water is withdrawn from
7the watershed of a stream that is a direct tributary to a Great Lake or a direct
8tributary to the St. Lawrence River, then the source watershed is the watershed of
9that Great Lake or the watershed of the St. Lawrence River, respectively.
SB523-SSA1,87,1310 (t) "Straddling community" means any city, village, or town that, based on its
11boundary existing as of the compact's effective date, is partly within the Great Lakes
12basin or partly within the watersheds of 2 of the Great Lakes and that is wholly
13within any county that lies partly or completely within the Great Lakes basin.
SB523-SSA1,87,1614 (u) "Technical review" means a thorough analysis and evaluation conducted to
15determine whether a proposal that is subject to regional review under this section
16meets the criteria for approval under sub. (4), (5), or (6).
SB523-SSA1,87,1817 (w) "Water dependent natural resources" means the interacting components of
18land, water, and living organisms affected by the waters of the Great Lakes basin.
SB523-SSA1,87,2119 (wm) "Water loss" means the amount of water that is withheld from or not
20returned to the basin from which it is withdrawn as a result of a diversion or
21consumptive use or both.
SB523-SSA1,87,2322 (wp) "Water supply system," when not preceded by "public," means one of the
23following:
SB523-SSA1,87,2524 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., the equipment handling water from the point
25of intake of the water to the first point at which the water is used.
SB523-SSA1,88,2
12. For a system for providing a public water supply, the equipment from the
2point of intake of the water to first point at which the water is distributed.
SB523-SSA1,88,43 (wr) "Water utility" means a public utility, as defined in s. 196.01 (5), that
4furnishes water.
SB523-SSA1,88,75 (x) "Waters of the Great Lakes basin" means the Great Lakes and all streams,
6rivers, lakes, connecting channels, and other bodies of water, including tributary
7groundwater, within the Great Lakes basin.
SB523-SSA1,88,88 (y) "Withdraw" means to take water from surface water or groundwater.
SB523-SSA1,88,119 (z) "Withdrawal" means the taking of water from surface water or groundwater,
10including the taking of surface water or groundwater for the purpose of bottling the
11water.
SB523-SSA1,88,1712 (zm) "Without adequate supplies of potable water" means lacking a water
13supply that is economically and environmentally sustainable in the long term to
14meet reasonable demands for a water supply in the quantity and quality that
15complies with applicable drinking water standards, is protective of public health, is
16available at a reasonable cost, and does not have adverse environmental impacts
17greater than those likely to result from the proposed new or increased diversion.
SB523-SSA1,88,19 18(1m) Applicability. This section does not apply before the compact's effective
19date.
SB523-SSA1,88,23 20(2) Determinations concerning applicability of requirements. (a) Use of
21surface water divide.
For the purposes of this section, the surface water divide is used
22to determine whether a withdrawal or transfer of surface water or groundwater is
23from the Great Lakes basin.
SB523-SSA1,89,224 (b) Diversions and withdrawals from more than one source. For the purposes
25of this section, the diversion or withdrawal of water from more than one source

1within the Great Lakes basin to supply a single facility or public water supply system
2is considered one diversion or withdrawal.
SB523-SSA1,89,43 (c) Water loss. The department shall promulgate rules for determining the
4amount of water loss from consumptive uses.
SB523-SSA1,89,75 (d) County boundaries. For the purposes of sub. (1) (d) and (t), a county's
6boundaries as of December 13, 2005, shall be used to determine whether a county lies
7partly within the Great Lakes basin.
SB523-SSA1,89,138 (e) Baseline. 1. The baseline for a withdrawal that is covered by a general
9permit issued under s. 281.344 (4s) on the compact's effective date is the withdrawal
10amount specified for the withdrawal in the database under s. 281.344 (4s) (i) on the
11compact's effective date. The baseline for a withdrawal for which the department has
12issued an individual permit under s. 281.344 (5) before the compact's effective date
13is the withdrawal amount specified in the permit on the compact's effective date.
SB523-SSA1,89,1614 2. The baseline water loss for a consumptive use for which the department has
15specified an authorized base level of water loss under s. 281.35 (6) (a) 2. is the amount
16of that authorized base level on the compact's effective date.
SB523-SSA1,89,1917 4. The baseline volume for a diversion for which the department has issued an
18approval under s. 281.344 (3m) or (4) before the compact's effective date is the
19interbasin transfer amount specified in the approval on the compact's effective date.
SB523-SSA1,89,2220 6. The department shall provide a list of the baseline volumes determined
21under this paragraph to the Great Lakes council and the regional body no later than
2212 months after the compact's effective date.
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