SB459-SSA3,25 22Section 25. 30.19 (4) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB459-SSA3,12,2423 30.19 (4) (d) 1. In this paragraph, "covered municipality" has the meaning
24given in s. 281.16 (1) (br).
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12. If the applicant is a covered municipality seeking an individual permit for
2the construction of a stormwater management pond in an artificial water body,
3whether navigable or nonnavigable, for the purpose of achieving compliance with
4performance standards specified in a permit under s. 283.33 (1) (b), (c), (cg), or (cr)
5or with an approved total maximum daily load under 33 USC 1313 (d) (1) (C), the
6department shall, in making its determinations under par. (c), take into
7consideration the sediment control in and water quality improvements to the
8watershed as a whole that result from the stormwater management pond.
SB459-SSA3,26 9Section 26. 31.02 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB459-SSA3,13,2110 31.02 (1) The department, in the interest of public rights in navigable waters
11or, to promote safety, and to protect life, health and , property, property values, and
12economic values
may regulate and control the level and flow of water in all navigable
13waters and may erect, or may order and require bench marks to be erected, upon
14which shall be designated the maximum level of water that may be impounded and
15the lowest level of water that may be maintained by any dam heretofore or hereafter
16constructed and maintained and which will affect the level and flow of navigable
17waters; and may by order fix a level for any body of navigable water below which the
18same shall not be lowered except as provided in this chapter; and shall establish and
19maintain gauging stations upon the various navigable waters of the state and shall
20take other steps necessary to determine and record the characteristics of such
21waters.
SB459-SSA3,27 22Section 27. 31.185 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB459-SSA3,14,223 31.185 (5) As a prerequisite to the granting of a permit under this section, the
24department may require the applicant to comply with such conditions as it deems
25reasonably necessary in the particular case to preserve public rights in navigable

1waters, to promote safety, and to protect life, health and, property, property values,
2and economic values
.
SB459-SSA3,28 3Section 28. 281.16 (1) (bg) of the statutes is created to read:
SB459-SSA3,14,54 281.16 (1) (bg) "Artificial water body" has the meaning given in s. 30.19 (1b)
5(a).
SB459-SSA3,29 6Section 29. 281.16 (2) (am) 1. a. of the statutes is renumbered 281.16 (1) (br).
SB459-SSA3,30 7Section 30. 281.16 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB459-SSA3,14,178 281.16 (2) (c) If a covered municipality has obtained all permits required for
9the construction of a storm water management pond in an artificial water body,
10whether navigable or nonnavigable, the department may not prohibit the
11construction of the storm water management pond as a method by which the covered
12municipality may achieve compliance with performance standards under par. (a) or
13with an approved total maximum daily load under 33 USC 1313 (d) (1) (C). The
14department shall give credit to the covered municipality for any pollutant reduction
15achieved by the storm water management pond in determining compliance with
16performance standards specified in a permit under s. 283.33 (1) (b), (c), (cg), or (cr)
17or an approved total maximum daily load under 33 USC 1313 (d).
SB459-SSA3,31 18Section 31. 281.36 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
SB459-SSA3,14,2219 281.36 (1) (am) "Demonstrable economic public benefit" means an economic
20benefit to the community or region that is measurable, such as increased access to
21natural resources, local spending by the proposed project, employment, or
22community investment.
SB459-SSA3,32 23Section 32. 281.36 (1) (ct) of the statutes is created to read:
SB459-SSA3,14,2424 281.36 (1) (ct) "Small business" has the meaning given in s. 227.114 (1).
SB459-SSA3,33 25Section 33. 281.36 (3m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1281.36 (3m) (b) Analysis of practicable alternatives. An applicant shall include
2in an application submitted under par. (a) an analysis of the practicable alternatives
3that will avoid and minimize the adverse impacts of the discharge on wetland
4functional values and that will not result in any other significant adverse
5environmental consequences, subject to the limitations in sub. (3n) (a).
SB459-SSA3,34 6Section 34. 281.36 (3n) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 281.36 (3n) (a) (intro.)
7and amended to read:
SB459-SSA3,15,148 281.36 (3n) (a) Review limits. (intro.) For the purpose of issuing a wetland
9individual permit, during the period between the date on which the application
10under sub. (3m) (a) is submitted and the date on which a decision under sub. (3m)
11(i) is rendered, the department shall conduct its review under this subsection. The
12department shall review the analysis of practicable alternatives presented in the
13application under sub. (3m) (b). The department shall limit its review of practicable
14alternatives as follows:
SB459-SSA3,15,17 151. The department shall limit its review to those practicable alternatives that
16are located at the site of the discharge and that are located adjacent to that site if the
17applicant has demonstrated that any of the following:
SB459-SSA3,15,19 18a. That the proposed project causing the discharge will result in a demonstrable
19economic public benefit, that.
SB459-SSA3,15,22 20b. That the proposed project is necessary for the expansion of an existing
21industrial, commercial, or agricultural facility that is in existence at the time the
22application is submitted, or that.
SB459-SSA3,15,24 23c. That the proposed project will occur in an industrial park that is in existence
24at the time the application is submitted.
SB459-SSA3,35 25Section 35. 281.36 (3n) (a) 2. and 3. of the statutes are created to read:
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1281.36 (3n) (a) 2. Except as provided in par. (am), the department shall limit
2its review to those practicable alternatives that are located on the property owned
3by the applicant for a project involving fewer than 2 acres of wetland if the project
4is limited to one of the following:
SB459-SSA3,16,65 a. The construction or expansion of a single-family home and attendant
6features.
SB459-SSA3,16,77 b. The construction or expansion of a barn or farm buildings.
SB459-SSA3,16,88 c. The expansion of a small business project.
SB459-SSA3,16,139 3. The department shall limit its review to those practicable alternatives that
10are consistent with the overall purpose and scope of the project. The department
11shall impose a level of scrutiny and require an applicant to provide an amount of
12information that is commensurate with the severity of the environmental impact of
13the project, as determined by the department.
SB459-SSA3,36 14Section 36. 281.36 (3n) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
SB459-SSA3,16,1715 281.36 (3n) (am) Exception to review limit. A lot created as part of a
16subdivision, land division, or other development that is initiated after July 1, 2012,
17is not eligible for the limited review under par. (a) 2.
SB459-SSA3,37 18Section 37. 281.36 (4) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
SB459-SSA3,16,2119 281.36 (4) (f) Maintenance, operation, or abandonment of a sedimentation or
20stormwater detention basin and associated conveyance features that were not
21originally constructed in a wetland.
SB459-SSA3,38 22Section 38. Effective date.
SB459-SSA3,16,2423 (1) This act takes effect on first day of the 5th month beginning after
24publication.
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