SB368: Bill Text

SB368,40,9 281.36 (3t) (b) The conditions under which credits in a wetlands mitigation bank may be used for wetland compensatory mitigation purchased from a mitigation bank to comply with the mitigation program under sub. (3r).

SB368, s. 131 Section 131. 281.37 (3) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 281.36 (3t) (c) and amended to read:

SB368,40,14 281.36 (3t) (c) Enforcement of a requirement to implement a mitigation project requirements under the mitigation program under sub. (3r) that apply to mitigation projects and mitigation banks.

SB368, s. 132 Section 132. 281.37 (3) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 281.36 (3t) (d) and amended to read:

SB368,40,19 281.36 (3t) (d) Baseline studies of the wetland wetlands that will be affected by the permitted activity discharges and of the sites for mitigation project site projects.

SB368, s. 133 Section 133. 281.37 (3) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 281.36 (3t) (e) and amended to read:

SB368,41,2 281.36 (3t) (e) Plan and project design requirements for a mitigation project, which shall consider the relation of the project design projects and mitigation bank sites, which shall include requirements for relating the design of a mitigation project or a mitigation bank site to the hydrology of the watershed in which a mitigation project or mitigation bank site is located.

SB368, s. 134 Section 134. 281.37 (3) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 281.36 (3t) (f), and 281.36 (3t) (f) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB368,41,8 281.36 (3t) (f) (intro.) The comparability of a wetland Standards for comparing wetlands that will be restored, enhanced, or created as a mitigation project or at a mitigation bank site to the wetland wetlands that will be adversely affected by the permitted activity discharges, including all of the following:

SB368, s. 135 Section 135. 281.37 (3) (g) of the statutes is repealed.

SB368, s. 136 Section 136. 281.37 (3) (h) of the statutes is renumbered 281.36 (3t) (h) and amended to read:

SB368,41,15 281.36 (3t) (h) Standards for measuring the short-term and long-term success of a mitigation project projects and mitigation bank sites and requirements for the short-term and long-term monitoring of a mitigation project projects and mitigation bank sites.

SB368, s. 137 Section 137. 281.37 (3) (i) of the statutes is renumbered 281.36 (3t) (i) and amended to read:

SB368,41,22 281.36 (3t) (i) Remedial actions to be taken by the applicant if a holders of wetland individual permits for mitigation project is projects that are not successful and actions to be taken by a wetlands mitigation bank if a banks for mitigation project on which mitigation credits are based is projects performed by the mitigation banks that are not successful.

SB368, s. 138 Section 138. 281.37 (3) (j) of the statutes is repealed.

SB368, s. 139 Section 139. 281.37 (3m) of the statutes is repealed.

SB368, s. 140 Section 140. 281.37 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

SB368, s. 141 Section 141. 281.37 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 281.36 (14) and amended to read:

SB368,42,8 281.36 (14) Report to legislature. No later than January 31, 2003, and no later than January 31 of each subsequent odd-numbered year, the department shall submit to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) a report that provides an analysis of the impact of the implementation of this section mitigation on wetland resources and on the issuance of permits or other approvals under ss. 59.692, 61.351, 62.231, 87.30, 281.11 to 281.47 or 281.49 to 281.85 or ch. 30, 31, 283, 289, 291, 292, 293, 295, or 299.

SB368, s. 142 Section 142. 281.98 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB368,42,15 281.98 (1) Except as provided in ss. 281.344 (14) (a), 281.36, 281.346 (14) (a), 281.47 (1) (d), 281.75 (19), and 281.99 (2), any person who violates this chapter or any rule promulgated or any plan approval, license, special order, or water quality certification issued under this chapter shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $5,000 for each violation. Each day of continued violation is a separate offense. While an order is suspended, stayed, or enjoined, this penalty does not accrue.

SB368, s. 143 Section 143. 814.04 (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 2, is amended to read:

SB368,42,22 814.04 Items of costs. (intro.) Except as provided in ss. 93.20, 100.195 (5m) (b), 100.30 (5m), 106.50 (6) (i) and (6m) (a), 111.397 (2) (a), 115.80 (9), 281.36 (2) (b) 1., 767.553 (4) (d), 769.313, 802.05, 814.245, 895.035 (4), 895.044, 895.443 (3), 895.444 (2), 895.445 (3), 895.446 (3), 895.506, 943.212 (2) (b), 943.245 (2) (d), 943.51 (2) (b), and 995.10 (3), when allowed costs shall be as follows:

SB368, s. 144 Section 144. Nonstatutory provisions.

SB368,43,2 (1) Position authorizations. The authorized FTE positions for the department of natural resources are increased by 2.0 PR positions to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.370 (4) (bi) of the statutes, to implement the mitigation program under section 281.36 (3r) of the statutes as created in this act.

SB368,43,3 (2) Project position changes.

SB368,43,6 (a) The authorized FTE positions for the department of natural resources are decreased by 3.0 PR project positions funded from the appropriation under section 20.370 (4) (bi) of the statutes, for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

SB368,43,10 (b) The authorized FTE positions for the department of natural resources are increased by 3.0 PR positions to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.370 (4) (bi) of the statutes, for the purpose of providing wetland identification and confirmation services under section 23.321 of the statutes, as affected by this act.

SB368, s. 145 Section 145. Initial applicability.

SB368,43,16 (1) The treatment of section 30.28 (2m) (c), 31.39 (2m) (c), 281.22 (2) (c), and 281.36 (3m), (3n), (3p), (3r), and(12) (a) and (b) of the statutes, the renumbering of section 30.28 (1) of the statutes, and the creation of section 30.28 (1) (a) and (b) of the statutes first apply to applications that are submitted to the department of natural resources on the effective date of this subsection.

SB368,43,18 (2) The treatment of section 281.36 (14) of the statutes first applies to violations committed on the effective date of this subsection.

SB368, s. 146 Section 146. Effective date.

SB368,43,21 (1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 4th month beginning after publication.

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