LRB-0386/2
RCT:eev:jf
2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Stinebrink, BB0165 - Superfund management assistance
For 2013-2015 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Environment
Hazardous substances and environmental cleanup
Current law authorizes DNR to cooperate with the federal Environmental Protection Agency in implementing the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, also called the Superfund Act), which provides for the cleanup of contaminated property by responsible parties.
This bill authorizes DNR to enter into an agreement with a responsible party to provide management and technical support for a cleanup under CERCLA. The bill requires a responsible party to reimburse DNR for the support provided under an agreement.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 20.370 (2) (dh) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.370
(2) (dh)
Solid waste management — remediated property. All moneys received under ss. 292.11 (7) (d) 2., 292.13 (3), 292.15 (5), 292.21 (1) (c) 1. d., 292.35 (13),
292.31 (7) (d), 292.55 (2), 292.57 (2), and 292.94 for the department's activities related to the issuance of determinations under s. 292.13 (2), remedial action cost recovery under s. 292.35, remediation of property under ss. 292.11 (7) (d), 292.15 (2), 292.55 (1), and 292.57
, providing management and technical support for remedial action under 42 USC 9601 to 9675, and conducting reviews described in s. 292.94.
Section
2. 292.31 (7) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
292.31
(7) (d) The department may enter into an agreement with a responsible party under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act,
42 USC 9601 to
9675, to provide management and technical support for a remedial action under the act. A responsible party shall reimburse the department for the costs the department incurs under an agreement, using the hourly billing rate calculated under s. NR 750.07 (2), Wis. Adm. Code.
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