Amendment ASA1-AB40

AB40-ASA1,2086s Section 2086s. 252.12 (2) (a) 8. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1115,7 252.12 (2) (a) 8. `Mike Johnson life care and early intervention services grants.' (intro.) The department shall award not more than $3,569,900 in each fiscal year in grants to applying organizations for the provision of needs assessments; assistance in procuring financial, medical, legal, social and pastoral services; counseling and therapy; homecare services and supplies; advocacy; and case management services. These services shall include early intervention services. The department shall also award not more than $74,000 in each year from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (5) (md) for the services under this subdivision. The state share of payment for case management services that are provided under s. 49.45 (25) (be) to recipients of medical assistance shall be paid from the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (1) (am). Subject to approval by the U.S. department of health and human services under s. 49.45 (25g) (d), the state share of payment for HIV-related care coordination that is provided under s. 49.45 (25g) to recipients of medical assistance, and for any increases in reimbursement rates under s. 49.45 (25g), shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (am). All of the following apply to grants awarded under this subdivision:

AB40-ASA1,2087 Section 2087. 256.125 of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1,2087v Section 2087v. 281.14 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1115,14 281.14 (2) (intro.) The department shall conduct a program to monitor and study the introduction of nutrients from point sources and nonpoint sources into the Wisconsin River from the city of Merrill headwaters of the river to the Castle Rock Flowage dam. The department shall seek to do all of the following under this subsection:

AB40-ASA1,2088 Section 2088. 281.33 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 281.33 (3) (a) 1. (intro.) and amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1115,19 281.33 (3) (a) 1. (intro.) Except as restricted under subd. 2., the department shall establish by rule minimum uniform statewide standards for activities all of the following:

AB40-ASA1,1115,22 a. Activities related to construction site erosion control at sites where the construction activities do not include the construction of a building and to storm water management that have a land disturbance that is one acre or more in area.

AB40-ASA1,2089 Section 2089. 281.33 (3) (a) 1. b. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1116,3 281.33 (3) (a) 1. b. Activities related to construction site erosion control at sites that have a land disturbance that is less than one acre and to which ss. 101.1206 and 101.653 do not apply.

AB40-ASA1,2090 Section 2090. 281.33 (3) (a) 1. c. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1116,5 281.33 (3) (a) 1. c. Storm water management.

AB40-ASA1,2090c Section 2090c. 281.33 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1116,11 281.33 (3) (a) 2. The department, in cooperation with the department of transportation, shall establish by rule minimum uniform statewide standards for activities related to construction site erosion control and storm water management if those activities concern street, highway, road or bridge construction, enlargement, relocation or reconstruction.

AB40-ASA1,2090g Section 2090g. 281.33 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1116,18 281.33 (3) (a) 3. Minimum Uniform statewide standards for storm water management established under this paragraph are applicable to the state plan under sub. (2). The department shall encourage require a city, village, town, or county to comply with minimum uniform statewide standards established under this paragraph for any construction site erosion control and storm water management zoning ordinance enacted under s. 59.693, 60.627, 61.354 or 62.234.

AB40-ASA1,2090j Section 2090j. 281.33 (3) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1116,21 281.33 (3) (a) 4. The department shall identify low-cost practices which would enable a person to comply with these minimum uniform statewide standards.

AB40-ASA1,2091 Section 2091. 281.33 (3) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1117,2 281.33 (3) (b) (intro.) The minimum uniform statewide standards for construction site erosion control at sites where the construction activities do not include the construction of a building described in par. (a) 1. a. and b. shall provide for the regulation of any construction activity, at such a site, that:

AB40-ASA1,2091c Section 2091c. 281.33 (3) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1117,6 281.33 (3) (c) (intro.) The minimum uniform statewide standards for storm water management shall provide for the regulation of any construction activity which:

AB40-ASA1,2091g Section 2091g. 281.33 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1117,12 281.33 (3) (d) If the department determines that rules promulgated under s. 281.16 (2) prescribe performance standards that meet the requirements for establishing uniform statewide standards under this subsection, the department's rules promulgated under s. 281.16 (2) satisfy the rule-making requirements under this subsection and shall apply as if they were promulgated under this subsection.

AB40-ASA1,2091j Section 2091j. 281.33 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1117,17 281.33 (3m) Requirements for ordinances. A city, village, town, or county may enact an ordinance regulating the conduct regulated under this section only if the ordinance strictly conforms with uniform statewide standards established under sub. (3).

AB40-ASA1,2092 Section 2092. 281.33 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1118,3 281.33 (4) Model ordinances; state plan; distribution. The department shall prepare a model zoning ordinance for construction site erosion control at sites where the construction activities do not include the construction of a building described in sub. (3) (a) 1. a. and b. and for storm water management in the form of an administrative rule. The model ordinance is subject to s. 227.19 and other provisions of ch. 227 in the same manner as other administrative rules. Following the promulgation of the model ordinance as a rule, the department shall distribute a copy of the model ordinance to any city, village, town or county that submits a request. The department shall distribute a copy of the state plan to any agency which submits a request.

AB40-ASA1,2092d Section 2092d. 281.33 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1118,13 281.33 (5) Cooperation. The department, the municipalities, and all state agencies shall cooperate to accomplish the objective of this section. To that end, the department shall consult with the governing bodies of municipalities to secure voluntary uniformity of regulations, so far as practicable, shall prepare model ordinances under sub. (4), shall extend assistance to municipalities under this section, shall prepare the plan under sub. (2), shall encourage obtain uniformity through the implementation of this plan and the utilization of memoranda of understanding which are substantially similar to the plan, and shall extend assistance to agencies under this section.

AB40-ASA1,2092g Section 2092g. 281.34 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1118,18 281.34 (5m) Consideration of cumulative impacts. (a) No person may challenge an approval, or an application for approval, of a high capacity well based on the lack of consideration of the cumulative environmental impacts of that high capacity well together with existing wells.

AB40-ASA1,1118,23 (b) Paragraph (a) applies to approvals issued by the department and to applications for approvals submitted to the department before, on, or after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], including those that are the subject of a pending administrative or judicial review proceeding on the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date].

AB40-ASA1,2092j Section 2092j. 281.36 (1) (br) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1119,2 281.36 (1) (br) "Nonfederal wetland" means a wetland that is not subject to federal jurisdiction under 33 USC 1344.

AB40-ASA1,2092m Section 2092m. 281.36 (3r) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1119,4 281.36 (3r) (a) 4. Participating in the escrow subprogram under sub. (3s).

AB40-ASA1,2092p Section 2092p. 281.36 (3r) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1119,17 281.36 (3r) (e) As part of the mitigation program established under par. (a), the department may establish an in lieu fee subprogram, in consultation with the army corps of engineers, under which payments are made to the department or another entity for the purposes of restoring, enhancing, creating, or preserving wetlands or other water resource features. The subprogram must be approved by the U.S. army corps of engineers. The department shall establish requirements for calculating the in lieu fee payments. Under the in lieu fee subprogram, the wetlands that benefit from the program subprogram shall be open to the public for hunting, fishing, trapping, cross-country skiing, or hiking or any combination thereof, but the department may establish reasonable restrictions on the use of the land by the public in order to protect public safety or to protect a unique plant or animal community. The subprogram shall be consistent with federal regulations.

AB40-ASA1,2092u Section 2092u. 281.36 (3s) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1119,25 281.36 (3s) Mitigation; escrow subprogram. (a) As part of the mitigation program established under sub. (3r) (a), the department shall establish an escrow subprogram. Under the subprogram, an applicant who is eligible for a wetland individual permit that will affect a nonfederal wetland may establish an escrow account or similar account into which the applicant deposits funds that are limited to being used to purchase credits from a mitigation bank located in this state. The applicant shall establish the account before the wetland individual permit is issued.

AB40-ASA1,1120,2 (b) An account may be established under the escrow subprogram only if all of the following apply:

AB40-ASA1,1120,5 1. There are fewer than 10 mitigation credits available from a federally approved wetland mitigation bank that is located in the state on the date a decision to issue a wetland individual permit is rendered under sub. (3m) (i).

AB40-ASA1,1120,8 2. A statewide in lieu fee subprogram approved by the U.S. army corps of engineers is not in effect on the date a decision to issue a wetland individual permit to rendered under sub. (3m) (i).

AB40-ASA1,1120,10 (c) To qualify as an account under the escrow subprogram, all of the following shall apply:

AB40-ASA1,1120,11 1. The department must be a party to the account.

AB40-ASA1,1120,13 2. A permit holder may not be authorized to withdraw funds under the terms of the account except as provided in par. (f).

AB40-ASA1,1120,16 3. The department must be authorized under the terms of the account to withdraw funds from the account for purchase of mitigation credits under par. (g) and to withdraw funds and close the account under par. (h).

AB40-ASA1,1120,24 (d) The department shall establish requirements for calculating the amounts that must be placed in the accounts established under the escrow subprogram for mitigation payments and for any other fees that are necessary to cover the costs of banks or other agents in managing these accounts. For each account to be established, the department shall determine the number of mitigation credits to be purchased and shall estimate the cost of each credit to be purchased. The estimated cost shall be based on the market price, as determined by the department, for the purchase of an equivalent credit from a mitigation bank located in this state.

AB40-ASA1,1121,2 (e) No person may withdraw funds that are deposited in an account established under the escrow subprogram unless par. (f), (g), or (h) applies.

AB40-ASA1,1121,6 (f) A permit holder shall withdraw funds from an account to purchase mitigation credits if the department notifies the permit holder that mitigation credits are available from a mitigation bank that is located in this state. The permit holder shall purchase the mitigation credits within 30 days after the notification.

AB40-ASA1,1121,9 (g) If a permit holder fails to purchase the mitigation credits within the 30-day period specified under par. (f), the department may withdraw funds from the account to purchase the credits.

AB40-ASA1,1121,14 (h) Upon approval of the statewide in lieu fee subprogram under sub. (3r) (e) by the U.S. army corps of engineers, the department shall discontinue the escrow subprogram by withdrawing all of the funds from all of the accounts established under the escrow subprogram, closing the accounts, and transferring all of the withdrawn funds to the in lieu fee subprogram under sub. (3r) (e).

AB40-ASA1,2093 Section 2093. 281.59 (3e) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1121,17 281.59 (3e) (b) 1. Equal to $69,200,000 $61,900,000 during the 2011-13 2013-15 biennium.

AB40-ASA1,2094 Section 2094. 281.59 (3e) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1121,20 281.59 (3e) (b) 3. Equal to $1,000 for any biennium after the 2011-13 2013-15 biennium.

AB40-ASA1,2094m Section 2094m. 281.59 (3m) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1121,23 281.59 (3m) (b) 1. Equal to $2,700,000 $300,000 during the 2009-11 2013-15 biennium.

AB40-ASA1,2094n Section 2094n. 281.59 (3m) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1122,2 281.59 (3m) (b) 2. Equal to $1,000 for any biennium after the 2009-11 2013-15 biennium.

AB40-ASA1,2095 Section 2095. 281.59 (3s) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1122,5 281.59 (3s) (b) 1. Equal to $30,700,000 $26,900,000 during the 2011-13 2013-15 biennium.

AB40-ASA1,2096 Section 2096. 281.59 (3s) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1122,8 281.59 (3s) (b) 2. Equal to $1,000 for any biennium after the 2011-13 2013-15 biennium.

AB40-ASA1,2096c Section 2096c. 281.59 (4) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1122,18 281.59 (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, and all payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.55 (6) with respect to revenue obligations issued 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 $2,716,300,000 $2,708,900,000 in principal amount, excluding obligations issued to refund outstanding revenue obligation notes.

AB40-ASA1,2097 Section 2097. 283.33 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1122,22 283.33 (1) (a) A discharge from a discernible, confined , and discrete conveyance of storm water associated with an industrial activity, including construction, that meets criteria in rules promulgated by the department.

AB40-ASA1,2098 Section 2098. 283.33 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1123,2 283.33 (1) (am) A discharge from a discernible, confined, and discrete conveyance of storm water associated with a construction site, including a construction site for a building, that meets criteria in rules promulgated by the department.

AB40-ASA1,2100 Section 2100. 283.33 (4) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1123,8 283.33 (4) (a) (intro.) In addition to obtaining a permit under this section, the owner or operator of an industrial activity described in sub. (1) (a) or (am) that discharges storm water through a municipal separate storm sewer system described in sub. (1) (b) to (cr) shall submit the following information to the owner or operator of the municipal separate storm sewer system:

AB40-ASA1,2101 Section 2101. 283.33 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1123,12 283.33 (5) Other dischargers. A person who is required to obtain a permit under sub. (1) (a), (am), or (d) may apply for an individual permit or request coverage under a general permit issued by the department under s. 283.35.

AB40-ASA1,2102 Section 2102. 283.33 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1123,18 283.33 (7) Petitions. The owner or operator of a municipal separate storm sewer system may petition the department to require a permit under this section for any discharge through the municipal separate storm sewer system. The department may approve the petition only if a permit for the discharge is required under sub. (1) (a), (am), or (d).

AB40-ASA1,2103 Section 2103. 283.35 (1m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1123,21 283.35 (1m) (c) Paragraph (b) does not apply after June 30, 2013 December 31, 2015.

AB40-ASA1,2104 Section 2104. 283.35 (1m) (d) of the statutes is repealed.

AB40-ASA1,2104i Section 2104i. 285.11 (19) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1124,2 285.11 (19) Annually, contact the owners or operators of stationary sources that have operation permits under s. 285.60 and that are not required to have operation permits under the federal clean air act to inform the owners and operators of the benefits of obtaining a registration permit or an exemption under s. 285.60.

AB40-ASA1,2104jc Section 2104jc. 285.17 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40-ASA1,1124,5 285.17 (title) Classification, reporting and, monitoring, and record keeping.

AB40-ASA1,2104je Section 2104je. 285.17 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1124,13 285.17 (4) The department shall evaluate the reporting, monitoring, and record-keeping requirements it imposes, as of the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], on owners and operators of stationary sources that are required to have operation permits under s. 285.60 but that are not required to have operation permits under the federal clean air act. The department shall promulgate rules that simplify, reduce, and make more efficient those requirements, consistent with any applicable requirements under the federal clean air act.

AB40-ASA1,2104k Section 2104k. 285.31 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40-ASA1,1124,22 285.31 (6) Vapor recovery system removal grants. (a) The department shall administer a program to provide grants to owners and operators of retail stations for eligible costs incurred after April 15, 2012, to remove vapor control systems described in sub. (3) (a). The maximum grant under this subsection is 50 percent of eligible costs of removing a vapor control system from a retail station or $8,000, whichever is less. The department shall award grants under this subsection in the order in which applications are received and may not award a grant after June 30, 2015.

AB40-ASA1,1124,25 (b) The department shall promulgate rules for the administration of the program under this subsection, including rules specifying which costs are eligible costs.