AB150, s. 4311 23Section 4311. 144.391 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1486,1524 144.391 (4m) Permit flexibility. The department shall allow a person to make
25a change to an existing a stationary source that has an operation permit, or for which

1the person has submitted a timely and complete application for an operation permit,
2for which the department would otherwise first require an operation permit revision,
3without first requiring a revision of the operation permit if the change is not a
4modification, as defined by the department by rule, and the change will not cause the
5existing stationary source to exceed the emissions allowable under the operation
6permit, whether expressed as an emission rate or in terms of total emissions. Except
7in the case of an emergency, a person shall notify the department and, for permits
8required under the federal clean air act, the administrator of the federal
9environmental protection agency in writing at least 21 days before the date on which
10the person proposes to make a change to an existing a stationary source under this
11subsection. A person may not make a proposed change to an existing a stationary
12source if the department informs the person before the end of that 21-day period that
13the proposed change is not a change authorized under this subsection. The
14department shall promulgate rules establishing a shorter time for advance
15notification of changes under this subsection in case of emergency.
AB150, s. 4312 16Section 4312. 144.3925 (6) (b) and (7) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB150,1486,2317 144.3925 (6) (b) The department shall approve or deny the operation permit
18application for a new source or modified source. The department shall issue the
19operation permit for a new source or modified source if the criteria established under
20s. ss. 144.393 and 144.3935 are met. The department shall issue an operation permit
21for a new source or modified source or deny the application within 180 days after the
22permit applicant submits to the department the results of all equipment testing and
23emission monitoring required under the construction permit.
AB150,1487,4 24(7) Operation continued during application. If a person timely submits a
25complete application for an existing a stationary source under sub. (1) and submits

1any additional information requested by the department within the time set by the
2department, the existing stationary source may not be required to discontinue
3operation and the person may not be prosecuted for lack of an operation permit until
4the department acts under sub. (6).
AB150, s. 4313 5Section 4313. 144.3935 (title) and (1) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB150,1487,12 6144.3935 (title) Criteria for operation permits for existing stationary
7sources.
(1) Issuance to sources not in compliance; federal objection. (a)
8Notwithstanding s. 144.393, the department may issue an operation permit for an
9existing
a stationary source that does not comply with the requirements in the
10operation permit, in the federal clean air act, in an implementation plan under s.
11144.31 (1) (f) or in s. 144.393 when the operation permit is issued if the operation
12permit includes all of the following:
AB150,1487,1613 1. A compliance schedule that sets forth a series of remedial measures that the
14owner or operator of the existing stationary source must take to comply with the
15requirements with which the existing stationary source is in violation when the
16operation permit is issued.
AB150,1487,2017 2. A requirement that, at least once every 6 months, the owner or operator of
18the existing stationary source submit reports to the department concerning the
19progress in meeting the compliance schedule and the requirements with which the
20existing stationary source is in violation when the operation permit is issued.
AB150,1487,2521 (b) Notwithstanding par. (a) and s. 144.393, the department may not issue an
22operation permit to an existing a stationary source if the federal environmental
23protection agency objects to the issuance of the operation permit as provided in s.
24144.3925 (5m) unless the department revises the operation permit to meet the
25objection.
AB150, s. 4314
1Section 4314. 144.396 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1488,62 144.396 (3) (c) The department may renew an operation permit if the criteria
3in ss. 144.393 and 144.3935 are met. Notwithstanding s. 144.3935 (1) (a), the
4department may deny an application for renewal of an operation permit for a
5stationary source if the stationary source is in violation of its current operation
6permit.
AB150, s. 4315 7Section 4315. 144.399 (2) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1488,108 144.399 (2) (a) 4. That during 1995 to 1999, no fee is required to be paid under
9this subsection for emissions from any affected unit under listed in Table A of 42 USC
107651c
.
AB150, s. 4316 11Section 4316. 144.399 (2) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1488,1612 144.399 (2) (am) The department may not charge a major utility fees on
13emissions in excess of 4,000 tons per year of each regulated pollutant beyond the
14amount necessary to recover the fees that would have been charged for any phase I
15affected unit under listed in Table A of 42 USC 7651c owned by that major utility if
16the prohibition in par. (a) 4. did not exist.
AB150, s. 4317 17Section 4317. 144.405 (5) (a) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated,
18renumbered 144.405 (5) (a) and amended to read:
AB150,1489,819 144.405 (5) (a) The department shall develop, implement and administer a
20program to provide financial assistance to the owner or operator of a retail station.
21Only the following costs are eligible for reimbursement under the program:1. Costs

22gasoline dispensing facility for costs directly incurred after August 15, 1991, for the
23design, acquisition and installation of a vapor control system necessary for the owner
24or operator to comply with the requirements under sub. (3) rules requiring the
25installation of a vapor control system
on those portions of a retail station gasoline

1dispensing facility
located in an ozone nonattainment area with a classification
2under 42 USC 7511 (a) of moderate or worse that relate to a stationary storage tank
3installed on or before August 15, 1991, or on those portions of a retail station gasoline
4dispensing facility
located in an ozone nonattainment area with a classification
5under 42 USC 7511 (a) of moderate or worse that relate to a stationary storage tank
6installed after August 15, 1991, that does not increase the stationary storage tank
7capacity of the retail station gasoline dispensing facility in existence on August 15,
81991.
AB150, s. 4318 9Section 4318. 144.405 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1489,1210 144.405 (5) (d) The department may not award a grant under this subsection
11after June 30, 1995, or the day after publication of the 1995-97 biennial budget act,
12whichever is later
December 31, 1995.
AB150, s. 4319 13Section 4319. 144.424 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1489,2114 144.424 (1) If the secretary finds that a generalized condition of air pollution
15exists and that it creates an emergency requiring immediate action to protect human
16health or safety, he or she shall issue an order to the persons causing or contributing
17to the air pollution to reduce or discontinue immediately the emission of air
18contaminants, and such the order shall fix a place and time, not later than 24 hours
19thereafter, for a hearing to be held before the department. Not more than 24 hours
20after the commencement of such hearing, and without adjournment thereof, the
21natural resources board shall affirm, modify or set aside the order of the secretary.
AB150, s. 4320 22Section 4320. 144.441 (6m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1490,223 144.441 (6m) Report on waste management fund. With its biennial budget
24request to the department of administration under s. 16.42, the natural resources
25board
department shall include a report on the fiscal status of the waste

1management fund and an estimate of the receipts by and expenditures from the fund
2in the current fiscal year and in the future.
AB150, s. 4321 3Section 4321. 144.737 (1) (intro.) and (b) of the statutes are consolidated,
4renumbered 144.737 (1) and amended to read:
AB150,1490,75 144.737 (1) In this section: (b) "Capacity, "capacity assurance plan" means the
6plan submitted under 42 USC 9604 (c) (9) for the management of hazardous waste
7generated in this state.
AB150, s. 4322 8Section 4322. 144.737 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 4323 9Section 4323. 144.737 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1490,1210 144.737 (2) (b) Notify the governor and the board of any significant problems
11that occur or may occur in the ability to manage a type of hazardous waste in this
12state and of the need to change the goals in the capacity assurance plan.
AB150, s. 4324 13Section 4324. 144.737 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1490,1914 144.737 (2) (c) Each year in which submission of a revised capacity assurance
15plan is required by the federal environmental protection agency, at least 75 days
16before the federal environmental protection agency deadline for submittal, complete
17a draft of a revised capacity assurance plan and provide the draft to the board, the
18governor and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution under
19s. 13.172 (2).
AB150, s. 4325 20Section 4325. 144.737 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1491,221 144.737 (2) (e) Each year in which submission of a revised capacity assurance
22plan is required by the federal environmental protection agency, provide its proposed
23version of the revised capacity assurance plan, no later than 14 days prior to the
24federal environmental protection agency deadline for submittal, to the board, the

1governor and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution under
2s. 13.172 (2).
AB150, s. 4326 3Section 4326. 144.76 (2) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1491,64 144.76 (2) (e) The department shall report notifications that it receives under
5this subsection related to discharges from regulated storage tanks, as defined in s.
6101.144 (1) (b), to the department of development.
AB150, s. 4327 7Section 4327. 144.76 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1491,198 144.76 (2m) Alternatives to immediate notification. (a) For each hazardous
9substance for which a reportable quantity is established under 42 USC 9602 or 42
10USC 11004
, the department shall promulgate, by rule, an alternative to immediate
11notification under sub. (2) (a), or an exemption from notification, that applies when
12the amount of the hazardous substance that is discharged is less than the amount
13specified in the rule. The amount specified in a rule under this paragraph for a
14hazardous substance may not be less than the reportable quantity established under
1542 USC 9602 or 42 USC 11004 for that hazardous substance. The department may
16specify an amount greater than the reportable quantity established under 42 USC
179602
or 42 USC 11004 for a hazardous substance only if the department determines
18that the discharge of up to that greater amount of the hazardous substance is not
19likely to harm public health, safety or welfare or the environment.
AB150,1492,220 (b) For a hazardous substance other than a hazardous substance to which par.
21(a) applies, the department may promulgate a rule that provides an alternative to
22immediate notification under sub. (2) (a), or an exemption from notification, that
23applies when the amount of the hazardous substance that is discharged is less than
24an amount specified in the rule. The department may specify an amount of a
25hazardous substance in a rule under this paragraph only if the department

1determines that the discharge of up to that amount of the hazardous substance is not
2likely to harm public health, safety or welfare or the environment.
AB150, s. 4328 3Section 4328. 144.76 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1492,94 144.76 (7) (a) In Subject to ss. 94.73 (2m) and 101.144 (3), in any case where
5action required under sub. (3) is not being adequately taken or the identity of the
6person responsible for the discharge is unknown, the department or its authorized
7representative may identify, locate, monitor, contain, remove or dispose of the
8hazardous substance or take any other emergency action which it deems appropriate
9under the circumstances.
AB150, s. 4329 10Section 4329. 144.76 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1492,1411 144.76 (7) (c) The Subject to ss. 94.73 (2m) and 101.144 (3), the department,
12for the protection of public health, safety or welfare, may issue an emergency order
13or a special order to the person possessing, controlling or responsible for the
14discharge of hazardous substances to fulfill the duty imposed by sub. (3).
AB150, s. 4330 15Section 4330. 144.76 (9) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1492,1816 144.76 (9) (f) A person who possesses or controls a hazardous substance or who
17causes the discharge of a hazardous substance is not required to notify the
18department of the discharge if all of the following apply:
AB150,1492,20191. A reportable quantity is established under 42 USC 9602 or 42 USC 11004
20for the hazardous substance.
AB150,1492,2221 2. The amount of the hazardous substance that is discharged is less than the
22reportable quantity established under 42 USC 9602 or 42 USC 11004.
AB150,1492,2423 3. The department has not, as of the date that the person discovers the
24discharge, promulgated a rule under sub. (2m) that covers the discharge.
AB150, s. 4331 25Section 4331. 144.76 (9) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1493,3
1144.76 (9) (g) A person who possesses or controls a hazardous substance or who
2causes the discharge of a hazardous substance is not required to notify the
3department under sub. (2) (a) of the discharge if all of the following apply:
AB150,1493,54 1. The department has promulgated a rule under sub. (2m) that covers the
5hazardous substance.
AB150,1493,76 2. The amount of the hazardous substance that is discharged is less than the
7amount specified in the rule.
AB150,1493,98 3. The person performs an alternative to immediate reporting if required by the
9rule.
AB150,1493,1010 4. The person takes the actions required by sub. (3).
AB150, s. 4332 11Section 4332. 144.82 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1493,23 12144.82 Mine effect responsibility. The department shall serve as the central
13unit of state government to ensure that the air, lands, waters, plants, fish and
14wildlife affected by prospecting or mining in this state will receive the greatest
15practicable degree of protection and reclamation. The administration of
16occupational health and safety laws and rules that apply to mining shall remain
17exclusively the responsibility of the department of industry, labor and human
18relations
development. The powers and duties of the geological and natural history
19survey under s. 36.25 (6) shall remain exclusively the responsibility of the geological
20and natural history survey. Nothing in this section prevents the department of
21industry, labor and human relations development and the geological and natural
22history survey from cooperating with the department in the exercise of their
23respective powers and duties.
AB150, s. 4333 24Section 4333. 144.833 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1494,10
1144.833 (3) Approval required prior to drilling. No person may engage in
2radioactive waste site exploration by drilling on a parcel unless notice is provided as
3required under sub. (2) and s. 144.832 (4) (a) and unless the department issues a
4written approval authorizing drilling on that parcel. If the person seeking this
5approval is the federal department of energy or an agent or employe of the federal
6department of energy, the department may not issue the approval unless the
7radioactive waste review board public service commission certifies that the federal
8department of energy and its agents or employes have complied with any
9requirement imposed by the radioactive waste review board public service
10commission
under s. 36.50 196.497 or any agreement entered into under that section.
AB150, s. 4334 11Section 4334. 144.833 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1494,1512 144.833 (7) (title) Impact on radioactive waste review board public service
13commission
. Nothing in this section limits the power or authority of the radioactive
14waste review board
public service commission to impose more stringent
15requirements for the negotiation and approval of agreements under s. 36.50 196.497.
AB150, s. 4335 16Section 4335. 144.85 (5) (a) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1494,1917 144.85 (5) (a) 1. (intro.) Except with respect to property specified in s. 16.21
1827.41 (11), within 90 days of the completion of the public hearing record, the
19department shall issue the mining permit if it finds:
AB150, s. 4336 20Section 4336. 144.9407 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1494,2521 144.9407 (7) (a) Review. The department shall review the nonmetallic mining
22reclamation program programs under this section of in each county and each city,
23village or town that exercises jurisdiction under this section
to ascertain compliance
24with this section and the rules promulgated under this section. This review shall
25include all of the following:
AB150,1495,3
11. A performance audit of the nonmetallic mining reclamation program of the
2county, and each city, village or town in the county that exercises jurisdiction under
3this section
.
AB150,1495,64 2. Verification, by on-site inspections, of county, city, village or town compliance
5with this section and rules promulgated under this section by the county and each
6city, village or town in the county that exercises jurisdiction under this section
.
AB150,1495,107 3. A written determination by the department, issued every 3 10 years, of
8whether or not the county, and each city, village or town in the county that exercises
9jurisdiction under this section
is in compliance with this section and rules
10promulgated under this section.
AB150, s. 4337 11Section 4337. 144.955 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 4338 12Section 4338. 144.955 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 4339 13Section 4339. 144.955 (1) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1495,1514 144.955 (1) (bm) "Council" means the hazardous pollution prevention council
15under s. 15.157 (5).
AB150, s. 4340 16Section 4340. 144.955 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1495,2517 144.955 (1) (c) "Hazardous pollution prevention" means changes in design,
18production
processes, plant operations or raw materials material choices that reduce
19or eliminate the use or production of hazardous substances, toxic pollutants and
20hazardous waste
environmental pollution. "Hazardous pollution prevention" does
21not include incineration, changes in the manner of release of a hazardous substance,
22toxic pollutant or hazardous waste
, recycling of a hazardous substance, toxic
23pollutant or hazardous waste outside of the process or
, treatment of hazardous
24substances, toxic pollutants or hazardous waste after the completion of the process

25or post-process environmental control technology.
AB150, s. 4341
1Section 4341. 144.955 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 4342 2Section 4342. 144.955 (1) (g) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 4343 3Section 4343. 144.955 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1496,74 144.955 (1m) Promotion of hazardous pollution prevention. (intro.) In
5carrying out the duties under ss. 36.25 (30) and 560.19 and this section, the
6department, the department of development, the board council and the program
7shall promote all of the following techniques for hazardous pollution prevention:
AB150, s. 4344 8Section 4344. 144.955 (1m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1496,109 144.955 (1m) (c) Changing processes and equipment that produce hazardous
10substances, toxic pollutants or hazardous waste
environmental pollution.
AB150, s. 4345 11Section 4345. 144.955 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 4346 12Section 4346. 144.955 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1496,1813 144.955 (2) (a) 2. Recommend educational priorities to the university of
14Wisconsin-extension for the program, considering volume and toxicity of hazardous
15substances, toxic pollutants and hazardous waste
environmental pollution
16produced, lack of compliance with environmental standards, and potential for
17hazardous pollution prevention and projected shortfalls in hazardous waste
18treatment or disposal facilities under the capacity assurance plan
.
AB150, s. 4347 19Section 4347. 144.955 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1496,2420 144.955 (2) (b) Identify all department requirements for environmental
21pollution
reporting on hazardous pollution prevention and, to the extent possible and
22practical, standardize, coordinate and consolidate the reporting in order to minimize
23duplication and provide useful information on hazardous pollution prevention to the
24board council, the legislature and the public.
AB150, s. 4348 25Section 4348. 144.955 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1497,2
1144.955 (2) (e) Assist the board council in preparing the report under sub. (3)
2(f)
s. 560.19 (4) (d).
AB150, s. 4349 3Section 4349. 144.955 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 4350 4Section 4350. 144.968 of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1497,10 5144.968 Cooperative remedial action. (1) In this section, "costs of
6remedying environmental contamination" means costs determined by the
7department to be necessary to reduce or eliminate environmental contamination and
8restore the environment, including costs of investigation and of providing public
9information and education related to reducing or eliminating environmental
10contamination and restoring the environment.
AB150,1497,15 11(2) The department may seek and receive funds from a municipality or any
12other public or private source for all or part of the costs of remedying environmental
13contamination if the activities being funded are part of a cooperative effort by the
14department and the person providing the funds to remedy that environmental
15contamination.
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