SB154,6,1817 3. Subdivision 1. does not apply to remedial action in response to an emergency
18if par. (g) applies.
SB154,6,2119 4. Notwithstanding s. 292.11 (3) and (7) (c), an owner or operator to whom subd.
201. applies is not required to begin remedial action under par. (c) 3. until the owner
21or operator receives approval under subd. 1.
SB154, s. 9 22Section 9. 101.143 (3) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB154,7,323 101.143 (3) (cm) Monitoring as remedial action. An owner or operator or person
24owning a home oil tank system may, with the approval of the department of natural
25resources or, if the discharge is covered under s. 101.144 (2) (b), the department of

1commerce, satisfy the requirements of par. (c) 2. and 3. by proposing and
2implementing monitoring to ensure the effectiveness of the natural process of
3degradation
attenuation of petroleum product contamination.
SB154, s. 10 4Section 10. 101.143 (3) (cp) of the statutes is created to read:
SB154,7,105 101.143 (3) (cp) Bidding process. 1. Except as provided in subds. 2. to 4., if the
6department of natural resources or, if the site is covered under s. 101.144 (2) (b), the
7department of commerce estimates that the cost to complete a site investigation,
8remedial action plan and remedial action for an occurrence exceeds $60,000, the
9department of commerce shall implement a competitive public bidding process to
10obtain information to assist in making the determination under par. (cs).
SB154,7,1411 2. The department of commerce may not implement the process under subd.
121. if an enforcement standard is exceeded in groundwater within 1,000 feet of a well
13operated by a public utility, as defined in s. 196.01 (5), or within 100 feet of any other
14well used to provide water for human consumption.
SB154,7,1815 3. The department of commerce may not implement the process under subd.
161. if the department of natural resources waives the requirement on the grounds that
17waiver is necessary in an emergency to prevent or mitigate an imminent hazard to
18public health, safety or welfare or to the environment.
SB154,7,2119 4. The department of commerce may not implement the process under subd.
201. if the secretary of natural resources waives the requirement after providing notice
21to the secretary of commerce.
SB154, s. 11 22Section 11. 101.143 (3) (cs) of the statutes is created to read:
SB154,8,523 101.143 (3) (cs) Determination of least costly method of remedial action. 1. The
24department of commerce shall review the remedial action plan for a site that is
25classified as low or medium priority under s. 101.144 (3m) and shall determine the

1least costly method of complying with par. (c) 3. and with enforcement standards.
2The department shall notify the owner or operator of its determination of the least
3costly method and shall notify the owner or operator that reimbursement for
4remedial action under this section is limited to the amount necessary to implement
5that method.
SB154,8,126 2. The department of natural resources and the department of commerce shall
7review the remedial action plan for a site that is classified as high priority under s.
8101.144 (3m) and shall jointly determine the least costly method of complying with
9par. (c) 3. and with enforcement standards. The departments shall notify the owner
10or operator of their determination of the least costly method and shall notify the
11owner or operator that reimbursement for remedial action under this section is
12limited to the amount necessary to implement that method.
SB154,8,1513 3. In making determinations under subds. 1. and 2., the department of natural
14resources and the department of commerce shall determine whether natural
15attenuation will achieve compliance with par. (c) 3. and with enforcement standards.
SB154, s. 12 16Section 12. 101.143 (3) (cw) of the statutes is created to read:
SB154,8,2417 101.143 (3) (cw) Annual reviews. 1. The department of commerce shall conduct
18the annual review required under sub. (2) (i) 1. for a site that is classified as low or
19medium priority under s. 101.144 (3m) and shall determine the least costly method
20of completing remedial action at the site in order to comply with par. (c) 3. and with
21enforcement standards. The department shall notify the owner or operator of its
22determination of the least costly method and shall notify the owner or operator that
23reimbursement under this section for any remedial action conducted after the date
24of the notice is limited to the amount necessary to implement that method.
SB154,9,9
12. The department of natural resources and the department of commerce shall
2conduct the annual review required under sub. (2) (i) 1. for a site that is classified as
3high priority under s. 101.144 (3m) and shall jointly determine the least costly
4method of completing remedial action at the site in order to comply with par. (c) 3.
5and with enforcement standards. The departments shall notify the owner or
6operator of their determination of the least costly method and shall notify the owner
7or operator that reimbursement under this section for remedial action conducted
8after the date of the notice is limited to the amount necessary to implement that
9method.
SB154,9,1210 3. In making determinations under subds. 1. and 2., the department of natural
11resources and the department of commerce shall determine whether natural
12attenuation will achieve compliance with par. (c) 3. and with enforcement standards.
SB154, s. 13 13Section 13. 101.143 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB154,9,2314 101.143 (3) (d) Review of site investigations, remedial action plans and Final
15review of
remedial action activities. The department of natural resources or, if the
16discharge is covered under s. 101.144 (2) (b), the department of commerce shall, at
17the request of the claimant, review the site investigation and the remedial action
18plan and advise the claimant on the adequacy of proposed remedial action activities
19in meeting the requirements of s. 292.11. The advice is not an approval of the
20remedial action activities.
The department of natural resources or, if the discharge
21is covered under s. 101.144 (2) (b), the department of commerce shall complete a final
22review of the remedial action activities within 60 days after the claimant notifies the
23appropriate department that the remedial action activities are completed.
SB154, s. 14 24Section 14. 101.143 (3) (g) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated,
25renumbered 101.143 (3) (g) and amended to read:
SB154,10,9
1101.143 (3) (g) Emergency situations. Notwithstanding pars. (a) 3. and (c) 1.
2and 2., an owner or operator or the person may submit a claim for an award under
3sub. (4) after notifying the department under par. (a) 3., without completing an
4investigation under par. (c) 1. and without preparing a remedial action plan under
5par. (c) 2. if any of the following apply: 1. An an emergency existed which made the
6investigation under par. (c) 1. and the remedial action plan under par. (c) 2.
7inappropriate and, before conducting remedial action, the owner or operator or
8person notified the department of natural resources of the emergency and the
9department of natural resources authorized emergency action
.
SB154, s. 15 10Section 15. 101.143 (3) (g) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
SB154, s. 16 11Section 16. 101.143 (4) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB154,10,1512 101.143 (4) (b) Eligible costs. (intro.) Eligible Except as provided in par. (c),
13eligible
costs for an award under par. (a) include actual costs or, if the department
14establishes a schedule usual and customary cost under par. (cm) for an item, usual
15and customary costs for the following items only:
SB154, s. 17 16Section 17. 101.143 (4) (c) 10. of the statutes is created to read:
SB154,10,1817 101.143 (4) (c) 10. Costs incurred with respect to a discharge if sub. (3) (cg) 1.
18applies and remedial action is begun before approval is given under sub. (3) (cg) 1.
SB154, s. 18 19Section 18. 101.143 (4) (c) 11. of the statutes is created to read:
SB154,10,2120 101.143 (4) (c) 11. Costs that exceed the amount necessary to comply with sub.
21(3) (c) 3. and with enforcement standards using the least costly method.
SB154, s. 19 22Section 19. 101.143 (4) (c) 12. of the statutes is created to read:
SB154,10,2523 101.143 (4) (c) 12. Costs that are incurred after the date of a notice under sub.
24(3) (cw) 1. or 2. and that exceed the amount necessary to comply with sub. (3) (c) 3.
25and with enforcement standards using the method specified in the notice.
SB154, s. 20
1Section 20. 101.143 (4) (cm) of the statutes is renumbered 101.143 (4) (cm) 1.
2and amended to read:
SB154,11,143 101.143 (4) (cm) 1. The department may shall establish a schedule of usual and
4customary costs for any items under par. (b) and may that are commonly associated
5with claims under this section. The department shall
use that schedule to determine
6the amount of a claimant's eligible costs for an occurrence for which a competitive
7bidding process is not used, except in circumstances under which higher costs must
8be incurred to comply with sub. (3) (c) 3. and with enforcement standards. For an
9occurrence for which a competitive bidding process is used, the department may not
10use the schedule. In the schedule, the department shall specify the maximum
11number of reimbursable hours for particular tasks and the maximum reimbursable
12hourly rates for those tasks. The department shall use methods of data collection and
13analysis that enable the schedule to be revised to reflect changes in actual costs. This
14subdivision does not apply after June 30, 2001
.
SB154, s. 21 15Section 21. 101.143 (4) (cm) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
SB154,11,1916 101.143 (4) (cm) 2. The department may establish a schedule of usual and
17customary costs for any items under par. (b) and may use that schedule to determine
18the amount of a claimant's eligible costs. This subdivision applies after June 30,
192001.
SB154, s. 22 20Section 22. 101.143 (4) (d) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB154,12,621 101.143 (4) (d) 2. (intro.) The department shall issue the award under this
22paragraph without regard to fault in an amount equal to the amount of the eligible
23costs that exceeds a deductible amount of $2,500 plus 5% of the eligible costs 100%
24of the amount by which eligible costs exceed $18,750 but do not exceed $21,250, plus
2510% of the amount by which eligible costs exceed $21,250 but do not exceed $40,000,

1plus 5% of the amount by which eligible costs exceed $40,000
, but not more than
2$7,500 per occurrence, except that the deductible amount for a petroleum product
3storage system that is owned by a school district or a technical college district and
4that is used for storing heating oil for consumptive use on the premises is 25% of
5eligible costs. An award issued under this paragraph may not exceed the following
6for each occurrence:
SB154, s. 23 7Section 23. 101.143 (11) of the statutes is created to read:
SB154,12,148 101.143 (11) Annual report. No later than October 1 annually, the department
9of commerce and the department of natural resources shall submit to the joint
10legislative audit committee, to the joint committee on finance and to the appropriate
11standing committees of the legislature, under s. 13.172 (3), a report on the program
12under this section for the fiscal year ending on June 30 of the year in which the report
13is submitted. The departments shall include all of the following information in the
14report:
SB154,12,1615 (a) The number of notices received under sub. (3) (a) 3. and the number of
16approvals given under sub. (3) (c) 4.
SB154,12,1717 (b) The percentage of sites classified as high priority under s. 101.144 (3m).
SB154,12,2018 (c) The name of each person providing engineering consulting services to a
19claimant under this section and the number of claimants to whom the person has
20provided those services.
SB154,12,2221 (d) The charges for engineering consulting services for sites for which
22approvals are given under sub. (3) (c) 4. and for other sites.
SB154,12,2523 (e) The charges by service providers other than engineering consultants for
24services for which reimbursement is provided under this section, including
25excavating, hauling, laboratory testing and landfill disposal.
SB154,13,3
1(f) Strategies for recording and monitoring complaints of fraud in the program
2under this section and for the use of employes of the department of commerce who
3conduct audits to identify questionable claims and investigate complaints.
SB154, s. 24 4Section 24. Nonstatutory provisions.
SB154,13,75 (1) Financial management. No later than the first day of the 6th month
6beginning after the effective date of this subsection, the department of commerce
7shall do all of the following:
SB154,13,108 (a) Update its financial data base for the program under section 101.143 of the
9statutes to ensure that complete cost information related to each occurrence and to
10the annual payment to each owner or operator is readily available.
SB154,13,1511 (b) Investigate any variances between the amount of total payments indicated
12by the department's financial data base for the program under section 101.143 of the
13statutes and the amount of total payments indicated by the accounts maintained by
14the department of administration under section 16.52 of the statutes to identify
15when the variances occurred and the reasons for the variances.
SB154,13,1816 (c) Make any changes in the department's financial data base needed to ensure
17that the data base is consistent with the accounts maintained by the department of
18administration under section 16.52 of the statutes.
SB154,13,1919 (2) Rule making.
SB154,13,2520 (a) The department of commerce shall submit in proposed form the rules
21required under section 101.143 (2) (h), (i) and (j) and (2e) (a) of the statutes, as created
22by this act, and the rules to implement section 101.143 (4) (cm) 1. of the statutes, as
23affected by this act, to the legislative council staff under section 227.15 (1) of the
24statutes no later than the first day of the 3rd month beginning after the effective date
25of this paragraph.
SB154,14,12
1(b) Using the procedure under section 227.24 of the statutes, the department
2of commerce shall promulgate the rules required under section 101.143 (2) (h), (i) and
3(j) and (2e) (a) of the statutes, as created by this act, and shall promulgate rules to
4implement section 101.143 (4) (cm) 1. of the statutes, as affected by this act, for the
5period before the effective date of the rules submitted under paragraph (a), but not
6to exceed the period authorized under section 227.24 (1) (c) and (2) of the statutes.
7Notwithstanding section 227.24 (1) (a), (2) (b) and (3) of the statutes, the department
8is not required to provide evidence that promulgating rules under this paragraph is
9necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety or welfare and is not
10required to provide a finding of emergency for rules promulgated under this
11paragraph. The department shall promulgate rules under this paragraph no later
12than the 30th day after the effective date of this paragraph.
SB154,14,1613 (c) The department of natural resources shall submit in proposed form any
14changes in its rules necessary to implement this act to the legislative council staff
15under section 227.15 (1) of the statues no later than the first day of the 6th month
16beginning after the effective date of this paragraph.
SB154,14,2317 (3) Evaluation of usual and customary cost schedule. The department of
18commerce shall evaluate the operation of section 101.143 (4) (cm) 1. of the statutes,
19as affected by this act, and shall report the results of the evaluation to the joint
20legislative audit committee, to the joint committee on finance and to the appropriate
21standing committees of the legislature, in the manner provided in s. 13.172 (3) of the
22statutes, no later than the first day of the 14th month beginning after the effective
23date of this subsection.
SB154, s. 25 24Section 25. Initial applicability.
SB154,15,4
1(1) The treatment of section 101.143 (2e) (b), (3) (cg), (cp), (cs) and (g) and (4)
2(c) 10. and 11. of the statutes first applies to a discharge with respect to which
3activities under section 101.143 (3) (c) 3. or (g) of the statutes are begun on the
4effective date of this subsection.
SB154,15,55 (End)
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