LRB-1009/P1
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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Potts, BB0352 - CAFO permit fees
For 2021-2023 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Environment
Water quality
Concentrated animal feeding operations
Under current law, a person who operates a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) must have a Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (WPDES) permit from DNR. A CAFO is a livestock operation that contains at least 1,000 animal units, that discharges pollutants into a navigable water, or that contaminates a well. Current law requires a CAFO operator with a WPDES permit to pay an annual fee of $345 to DNR. The bill increases the amount of this annual fee to $545. The bill also requires a CAFO operator applying for a new WPDES permit to pay a $3,270 application fee.
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. 283.31 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
283.31 (8) A person applying for a new permit under this section for a concentrated animal feeding operation shall pay to the department an application fee of $3,270, which shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (ag). The holder of a permit under this section for a concentrated animal feeding operation shall annually pay to the department a fee of $345 $545, which shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (ag). The department shall annually submit a report to the joint committee on finance and, under s. 13.172 (3), to the standing committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over agricultural and environmental matters describing the use of the moneys credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (9) (ag) under this subsection and the use of the moneys appropriated under s. 20.370 (9) (ap).
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