SB622: Bill Text

SB622,399,14 GENERAL PROVISIONS; ENFORCEMENT

SB622,399,15 (precedes 283.81)

SB622, s. 989 Section 989. Chapter 285 of the statutes is created to read:

SB622,399,17 Chapter 285

SB622,399,18 Air Pollution

SB622,399,19 Subchapter I

SB622,399,20 DefinitionS

SB622,399,21 (precedes 285.01)

SB622,399,22 285.01 Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

SB622,400,2 (3) "Air pollution" means the presence in the atmosphere of one or more air contaminants in such quantities and of such duration as is or tends to be injurious to human health or welfare, animal or plant life, or property, or would unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of life or property.

SB622,400,3 (13) "Department" means the department of natural resources.

SB622,400,11 (21) "Hazardous substance" means any substance or combination of substances including any waste of a solid, semisolid, liquid or gaseous form which may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness or which may pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics. This term includes, but is not limited to, substances which are toxic, corrosive, flammable, irritants, strong sensitizers or explosives as determined by the department.

SB622,400,14 (28) "Municipality" means any city, town, village, county, county utility district, town sanitary district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district or metropolitan sewage district.

SB622,400,17 (33) "Person" means an individual, owner, operator, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, municipality, interstate agency, state agency or federal agency.

SB622,400,19 (35) "Refuse" means all matters produced from industrial or community life, subject to decomposition, not defined as sewage.

SB622,400,20 (38) "Secretary" means the secretary of natural resources.

SB622,400,23 (39) "Sewage" means the water-carried wastes created in and to be conducted away from residences, industrial establishments, and public buildings as defined in s. 101.01 (12), with such surface water or groundwater as may be present.

SB622,401,7 (40) "Solid waste" means any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility and other discarded or salvageable materials, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous materials resulting from industrial, commercial, mining and agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include solids or dissolved material in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits under ch. 283, or source material, as defined in s. 254.31 (10), special nuclear material, as defined in s. 254.31 (11), or by-product material, as defined in s. 254.31 (3).

SB622,401,8 Subchapter II

SB622,401,9 General Powers and Duties

SB622,401,10 (precedes 285.11)

SB622,401,11 285.11 Air pollution control; department duties.

SB622,401,12 285.13 Air pollution control; department powers.

SB622,401,13 285.15 Interstate agreement.

SB622,401,14 Subchapter III

SB622,401,17 Air quality standards, performance standards; Emission Limits and Nonattaintment Areas

SB622,401,18 (precedes 285.21)

SB622,401,19 285.21 Ambient air quality standards and increments.

SB622,401,20 285.27 Performance and emission standards.

SB622,402,3 (4) Impact of change in federal standards. If the standards of performance for new stationary sources or the emission standards for hazardous air contaminants under the federal clean air act are relaxed, the department shall alter the corresponding state standards unless it finds that the relaxed standards would not provide adequate protection for public health and welfare. This subsection applies to state standards of performance for new stationary sources and emission standards for hazardous air contaminants in effect on April 30, 1980, if the relaxation in the corresponding federal standards occurs after April 30, 1980.

SB622,402,4 Subchapter iv

SB622,402,7 Volatile Organic compounds and mobile sources; Emission Limits and Standards

SB622,402,8 (precedes 285.30)

SB622,402,9 Subchapter V

SB622,402,11 Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxide Emission Rates and Goals

SB622,402,12 (precedes 285.41)

SB622,402,13 Subchapter VI

SB622,402,16 Waste Incinerators; Ozone Depleting Substances; Emission Limits and Other REquirements

SB622,402,17 (precedes 285.51)

SB622,402,18 285.51 Solid waste incinerator operator certification.

SB622,402,19 subchapter vii

SB622,402,20 Permits and Fees

SB622,402,21 (precedes 285.60)

SB622,402,22 subchapter VIII

SB622,402,23 Miscellaneous

SB622,402,24 (precedes 285.70)

SB622,402,25 Subchapter IX

SB622,403,1 Enforcement; Penalties

SB622,403,2 (precedes 285.81)

SB622, s. 990 Section 990. 287.17 of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed.

SB622, s. 991 Section 991. Chapter 289 of the statutes is created to read:

SB622,403,6 Chapter 289

SB622,403,7 Solid Waste Facilities

SB622,403,9 Subchapter I Definitions

SB622,403,10 (precedes 289.01)

SB622,403,14 289.01 (2) "Air pollution" means the presence in the atmosphere of one or more air contaminants in such quantities and of such duration as is or tends to be injurious to human health or welfare, animal or plant life, or property, or would unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of life or property.

SB622,403,15 (7) "Department" means the department of natural resources.

SB622,403,19 (8) "Environmental pollution" means the contaminating or rendering unclean or impure the air, land or waters of the state, or making the same injurious to public health, harmful for commercial or recreational use, or deleterious to fish, bird, animal or plant life.

SB622,403,21 (9) "Garbage" means discarded materials resulting from the handling, processing, storage and consumption of food.

SB622,404,4 (11) "Hazardous substance" means any substance or combination of substances including any waste of a solid, semisolid, liquid or gaseous form which may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness or which may pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics. This term includes, but is not limited to, substances which are toxic, corrosive, flammable, irritants, strong sensitizers or explosives as determined by the department.

SB622,404,7 (23) "Municipality" means any city, town, village, county, county utility district, town sanitary district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district or metropolitan sewage district.

SB622,404,10 (27) "Person" means an individual, owner, operator, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, municipality, interstate agency, state agency or federal agency.

SB622,404,12 (28) "Refuse" means all matters produced from industrial or community life, subject to decomposition, not defined as sewage.

SB622,404,13 (31) "Secretary" means the secretary of natural resources.

SB622,404,16 (31m) "Sewage" means the water-carried wastes created in and to be conducted away from residences, industrial establishments, and public buildings as defined in s. 101.01 (12), with such surface water or groundwater as may be present.

SB622,404,25 (33) "Solid waste" means any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility and other discarded or salvageable materials, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous materials resulting from industrial, commercial, mining and agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include solids or dissolved material in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits under ch. 283, or source material, as defined in s. 254.31 (10), special nuclear material, as defined in s. 254.31 (11), or by-product material, as defined in s. 254.31 (3).

SB622,405,4 (41) "Waste site" means any site, other than an approved facility, an approved mining facility or a nonapproved facility, where waste is disposed of regardless of when disposal occurred or where a hazardous substance is discharged before May 21, 1978.

SB622,405,5 (42) "Wastewater" means all sewage.

SB622,405,7 (44) "Water supply" means the sources and their surroundings from which water is supplied for drinking or domestic purposes.

SB622,405,11 Subchapter II Administration; Solid Waste Management Standards (precedes 289.05)

SB622,405,12 289.06 Department duties.

SB622,405,13 289.07 Department powers.

SB622,405,16 subchapter iii facilities; siting (precedes 289.21)

SB622,405,17 289.23 Feasibility report required; distribution; public notice.

SB622,405,18 289.24 Feasibility report contents; completeness; distribution.

SB622,405,21 (4) Immediately after the applicant receives notification of the department's determination that the feasibility report is complete, the applicant shall distribute copies of the feasibility report to the persons specified under s. 289.32.

SB622,405,22 289.25 Environmental review.

SB622,405,23 289.26 Informational hearing.

SB622,405,24 289.27 Contested case hearing.

SB622,405,25 289.28 Determination of need.

SB622,406,1 289.29 Determination of feasibility.

SB622,406,5 Subchapter IV Long-term care; financial responsibility; operation; waivers; exemptions; closure

SB622,406,6 (precedes 289.41)

SB622,406,7 289.42 Operation of facilities.

SB622,406,8 Subchapter V

SB622,406,11 Facilities; regulation of specific facility or waste types (precedes 289.51)

SB622,406,14 subchapter vi fees; funds (precedes 289.61)

SB622,406,15 289.62 Tonnage fees.

SB622,406,16 289.67 Environmental repair fee and surcharge.