Amendment AA1-AB680

AB680-AA1,4,5 21. Page 9, line 18: delete "and" and substitute:

AB680-AA1,4,6 "3. The permittee".

AB680-AA1,4,7 22. Page 9, line 18: after that line insert:

AB680-AA1,4,10 "(am) 1. The department shall approve an application for a variance if the requirements in pars. (a) and (b) are complied with, unless the department determines that the certification under par. (a) 2. is substantially inaccurate.

AB680-AA1,4,13 2. The department shall act on an application for a variance under this section no later than the 30th day after the day on which the department receives the application for the variance.

AB680-AA1,4,15 3. If the department does not act on the application for a variance by the deadline under subd. 2., the application is approved.".

AB680-AA1,4,16 23. Page 10, line 23: after "par." insert "(ae) or".

AB680-AA1,4,18 24. Page 10, line 23: delete the material beginning with "the" and ending with "limits" on line 24.

AB680-AA1,4,21 25. Page 10, line 25: after "section" insert "the department may include a requirement that the permittee optimize the performance of the point source in controlling phosphorus discharges and shall include the following interim limits".

AB680-AA1,4,22 26. Page 11, line 15: after that line insert:

AB680-AA1,5,6 "(ae) If a permittee who chose an option for complying with a water quality based effluent limitation for phosphorus other than the variance under this section applies for the variance under this section, the department shall count a permit that included the other compliance option as though the permit had included the variance, for the purposes of par. (a), including determining the applicable interim limit.".

AB680-AA1,5,7 27. Page 11, line 19: delete "highest" and substitute "most stringent".

AB680-AA1,5,8 28. Page 12, line 13: delete "of administration".

AB680-AA1,5,9 29. Page 12, line 14: delete "(c) 2." and substitute "(cm)".

AB680-AA1,5,10 30. Page 12, line 16: delete "of natural resources".

AB680-AA1,5,11 31. Page 12, line 17: delete "(c) 2." and substitute "(cm)".

AB680-AA1,5,12 32. Page 13, line 3: after "value" insert "or $640,000, whichever is less".

AB680-AA1,5,13 33. Page 13, line 16: delete "state or" and substitute "state,".

AB680-AA1,5,15 34. Page 13, line 18: after "sources" insert ", or for modeling or monitoring to evaluate the amount of phosphorus in the waters of the state for planning purposes".

AB680-AA1,5,17 35. Page 13, line 20: delete the material beginning with "To the" and ending with "state." on line 23.

AB680-AA1,5,18 36. Page 13, line 23: after that line insert:

AB680-AA1,5,22 "2m. No later than March 1 of each year, a county shall develop a plan for using the payments received under this subsection in the previous year that is consistent with the county's land and water resource management plan under s. 92.10. A county shall do all of the following in the plan under this subdivision:

AB680-AA1,6,3 a. Identify projects that have, or watersheds in which there exists, the greatest potential to reduce the amount of phosphorus per acre entering the waters of the state, based on an assessment of the land and land use practices in the county.

AB680-AA1,6,5 b. Describe the measures it will take to ensure that each project that it funds is completed and evaluated.".

AB680-AA1,6,6 37. Page 13, line 24: after "the" insert "2nd".

AB680-AA1,6,8 38. Page 14, line 3: delete "payments during the previous year" and substitute "those payments".

AB680-AA1,6,9 39. Page 14, line 4: after "quantify" insert ", in pounds,".

AB680-AA1,6,10 40. Page 14, line 13: after that line insert:

AB680-AA1,6,15 "(8m) Projects or plans. (a) A person who constructs a project or implements a plan under an agreement under sub. (6) (b) 2. or 3. that involves activities for which performance standards and prohibitions have been prescribed under s. 281.16 (2) or (3) shall comply with those performance standards and prohibitions and any associated technical standards.

AB680-AA1,6,23 (b) A person who constructs a project or implements a plan under an agreement under sub. (6) (b) 2. or 3. shall annually submit a report to the department that quantifies, in pounds, the phosphorus reductions achieved through the project or plan, using accepted modeling technology. The department shall review reports submitted under this paragraph. If the department determines, based on the results of the modeling, that a project or plan is not effectively reducing the amount of phosphorus entering the waters of the state, the department shall terminate or modify the agreement.".

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