AB454,41,2422 Trans 400.08 (1) (a) 2. a. First time Unconditionally approving or funding the
23first
airport layout plan approval or airport location approval for a new commercial
24service airport located in a standard metropolitan statistical area.
AB454,172
1Section 172. Trans 400.08 (1) (a) 2. b. of the administrative code is amended
2to read:
AB454,42,63 Trans 400.08 (1) (a) 2. b. Federal financial participation in, or airport layout
4plan approval of,
Unconditionally approving or funding a new runway capable of
5handling
to accommodate air carrier aircraft at a commercial service airport located
6in a standard metropolitan statistical area.
AB454,173 7Section 173. Trans 400.08 (1) (a) 3. (note) of the administrative code is
8amended to read:
AB454,42,149 Trans 400.08 (1) (a) 3. (note) The federal highway administration regulations
10at 23 CFR 771.115 (a) and federal aviation administration order 5050.4B, chapter 9,
11paragraph 903, identify types of federally funded actions which normally require the
12preparation of an environmental impact statement.
The federal railroad
13administration regulation at 49 CFR 266.19, October 1, 1997, generally identifies
14actions that do not require an environmental impact statement.
AB454,174 15Section 174. Trans 400.08 (1) (b) (intro.) of the administrative code is amended
16to read:
AB454,42,2417 Trans 400.08 (1) (b) (intro.) EA - Environmental Assessment. EA procedures
18apply to actions for which the significance of the environmental impacts is not clearly
19established and require the preparation of an environmental assessment to make
20that determination. The federal highway administration regulations at 23 CFR
21771.115(c) April 1, 1998, and the federal aviation order 5050.4A, chapter 3,
22paragraph 22, October 8, 1985 identify the types of federal actions that require the
23preparation of an environmental assessment. Examples of the department's actions
24that are required to follow the EA procedure are as follows:
AB454,175
1Section 175. Trans 400.08 (1) (b) 1. of the administrative code is repealed and
2recreated to read:
AB454,43,63 Trans 400.08 (1) (b) 1. `Highways and transit.' In addition to actions the
4department determines meet the criteria for an EA action under this chapter, the
5department may apply EA procedures to the highway and transit actions generally
6identified in 23 CFR 771.115 (c).
AB454,176 7Section 176. Trans 400.08 (1) (b) 2. of the administrative code is repealed and
8recreated to read:
AB454,43,129 Trans 400.08 (1) (b) 2. `Airports.' In addition to actions the department
10determines meet the criteria for an EA action under this chapter, the department
11may apply EA procedures to actions generally identified in federal aviation
12administration order 5050.4B.
AB454,177 13Section 177. Trans 400.08 (1) (b) 3. of the administrative code is amended to
14read:
AB454,43,2015 Trans 400.08 (1) (b) 3. Administrative facilities. Construction Examples of
16department actions regarding administrative facilities to which EA procedures
17normally apply are: construction
of a new or replacement administrative building,
18including an office building, state patrol academy, driver licensing and testing
19station, state patrol communications building, or other similar facility, at a new
20location.
AB454,178 21Section 178. Trans 400.08 (1) (b) 5. (intro.) of the administrative code is
22amended to read:
AB454,43,2523 Trans 400.08 (1) (b) 5. (intro.) Policy, contract, standard, and specification
24changes. Examples of department actions regarding policy, contract, standard, and
25specification changes to which EA procedures normally apply are:
AB454,179
1Section 179. Trans 400.08 (1) (c) (intro.) of the administrative code is
2renumbered Trans 400.08 (1) (d) (intro.) and amended to read:
AB454,44,103 Trans 400.08 (1) (d) (intro.) ER - Environmental Report. ER procedures apply
4to actions identified in 23 CFR 771.117(d), April 1, 1998, and federal aviation
5administration order 5050.4A, chapter 3, paragraph 23a., October 8, 1985.
ER
6actions require documentation with an environmental report. The environmental
7report shall demonstrate that the action meets the criteria for a categorical exclusion
8by demonstrating that specific conditions or criteria for the action have been
9addressed and that significant environmental effects will not result. Examples of ER
10actions to which ER procedures apply are as follows:
AB454,180 11Section 180. Trans 400.08 (1) (c) 1. of the administrative code is repealed and
12recreated to read:
AB454,44,1613 Trans 400.08 (1) (c) 1. `Highways and transit.' In addition to actions the
14department determines meet the criteria for a CE action under this chapter, the
15department may classify as CE actions those highway and transit actions identified
16in 23 CFR 771.117 (c) and 23 CFR 771.118 (c).
AB454,181 17Section 181. Trans 400.08 (1) (c) 2. of the administrative code is repealed and
18recreated to read:
AB454,44,2219 Trans 400.08 (1) (c) 2. `Airports.' In addition to actions the department
20determines meet the criteria for a CE action under this chapter, the department may
21classify as CE actions those airport actions identified in federal aviation
22administration order 5050.4B.
AB454,182 23Section 182. Trans 400.08 (1) (c) 3. of the administrative code is renumbered
24Trans 400.08 (1) (d) 3. and amended to read:
AB454,45,7
1Trans 400.08 (1) (d) 3. Administrative facilities. Extensive Examples of
2department actions regarding administrative facilities to which ER procedures
3normally apply are: extensive
remodeling, expansion or modification of an
4administrative building, including an office building, state patrol academy, driver
5licensing and testing station, state patrol communications building, or other similar
6facility, which either substantially increases the capacity of the facility or
7substantially changes its use.
AB454,183 8Section 183. Trans 400.08 (1) (c) 4. of the administrative code is renumbered
9Trans 400.08 (1) (d) 4.
AB454,184 10Section 184. Trans 400.08 (1) (c) 5. of the administrative code is renumbered
11Trans 400.08 (1) (d) 5., and Trans 400.08 (1) (d) 5. (intro.), as renumbered, is amended
12to read:
AB454,45,1513 Trans 400.08 (1) (d) 5. (intro.) Policy, contract, standard and specification
14changes. Examples of department actions regarding policy, contract, standard, and
15specification changes to which ER procedures normally apply are:
AB454,185 16Section 185. Trans 400.08 (1) (d) (intro.) of the administrative code is
17renumbered Trans 400.08 (1) (c) (intro.) and amended to read:
AB454,46,618 Trans 400.08 (1) (c) (intro.) CE - Categorical Exclusions. CE actions are
19categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare environmental
20documentation pursuant to the rule published by the United States department of
21transportation in 23 CFR 771.117, April 1, 1998, or its federal aviation
22administration order 5050.4A, chapter 3, paragraph 23, October 8, 1985. CE actions
23do not require environmental documentation
because, based on past experience with
24similar actions, they do not involve significant environmental impacts. They are
25actions which do not induce significant impacts to planned growth or land use for the

1area, do not require the relocation of significant numbers of people, do not have a
2significant impact on any natural, cultural, recreational, historic or other resource,
3do not involve significant air, noise, or water quality impacts, do not have significant
4impacts on travel patterns, and do not otherwise, either individually or cumulatively,
5have any significant environmental impacts. Examples of CE actions include the
6following:
AB454,186 7Section 186. Trans 400.08 (1) (d) 1. of the administrative code is repealed and
8recreated to read:
AB454,46,129 Trans 400.08 (1) (d) 1. `Highways and transit.' In addition to actions the
10department determines meet the criteria for an ER action under this chapter, the
11department may apply ER procedures to the highway and transit actions identified
12in 23 CFR 771.117 (d) and 23 CFR 771.118 (d).
AB454,187 13Section 187. Trans 400.08 (1) (d) 2. of the administrative code is repealed and
14recreated to read:
AB454,46,1815 Trans 400.08 (1) (d) 2. `Airports.' In addition to actions the department
16determines meet the criteria for an ER action under this chapter, the department
17may apply ER procedures to actions identified in the federal aviation administration
18order 5050.4B.
AB454,188 19Section 188. Trans 400.08 (1) (d) 3. of the administrative code is renumbered
20Trans 400.08 (1) (c) 3. and amended to read:
AB454,46,2521 Trans 400.08 (1) (c) 3. Administrative facilities. Minor Examples of
22department actions regarding administrative facilities that are normally classified
23as CE actions are: minor
construction or expansion of an airport facility, such as a
24runway, taxiway, apron, service or entrance road, or passenger handling or parking
25facility.
AB454,189
1Section 189. Trans 400.08 (1) (d) 4. of the administrative code is renumbered
2Trans 400.08 (1) (c) 4.
AB454,190 3Section 190. Trans 400.08 (2) (a) of the administrative code is amended to
4read:
AB454,47,75 Trans 400.08 (2) (a) Activities exempt by statute or approved as categorical
6exclusions by the United States council on environmental quality pursuant to 40
7CFR 1508.4
, July 1, 1998.
AB454,191 8Section 191. Trans 400.08 (2) (f) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB454,47,119 Trans 400.08 (2) (f) The budget request of the department as a whole submitted
10to the department of administration and legislature pursuant to ss. s. 16.42 and
1119.45 (12)
, Stats.
AB454,192 12Section 192. Trans 400.09 (4) (e) of the administrative code is amended to
13read:
AB454,47,1514 Trans 400.09 (4) (e) Ensure the required involvement of any cooperating and
15participating
agencies.
AB454,193 16Section 193. Trans 400.10 (3) (c) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB454,47,2317 Trans 400.10 (3) (c) In addition to the contents required under par. (a), the FEIS
18shall also incorporate the comments received during the DEIS and subsequent
19hearing processes. A response shall be made to each substantive environmental
20issue identified in the comments and not addressed in the DEIS. The response shall
21include a discussion of the environmental issue, including the identification of the
22efforts to resolve the issue and the commitments to specific measures to mitigate
23adverse impacts and enhance beneficial effects.
AB454,194 24Section 194. Trans 400.10 (4) (a) 1. of the administrative code is renumbered
25Trans 400.10 (4) (a) 1r. and amended to read:
AB454,48,2
1Trans 400.10 (4) (a) 1r. Stimulation of secondary indirect environmental
2effects.
AB454,195 3Section 195. Trans 400.10 (4) (a) 1g. of the administrative code is created to
4read:
AB454,48,55 Trans 400.10 (4) (a) 1g. The content requirements for an ER under sub. (5).
AB454,196 6Section 196. Trans 400.10 (4) (a) 5. of the administrative code is amended to
7read:
AB454,48,98 Trans 400.10 (4) (a) 5. The degree of controversy on environmental grounds
9associated with the proposed action.
AB454,197 10Section 197. Trans 400.10 (5) (intro.) of the administrative code is amended
11to read:
AB454,48,1512 Trans 400.10 (5) (intro.) ER content. The ER may be completed on screening
13sheets developed by the department.
The ER shall reflect compliance with the
14applicable laws and regulations of other agencies, and shall include all of the
15following:
AB454,198 16Section 198. Trans 400.11 (1) (b) (intro.) of the administrative code is
17renumbered Trans 400.11 (1) (b) and amended to read:
AB454,48,2218 Trans 400.11 (1) (b) Notice of availability of a SEE. A notice of availability of
19a system plan and its SEE shall be published in the official state newspaper and
20other newspapers, as deemed appropriate. The notice may be combined with a notice
21of opportunity for a public hearing on the system plan. The notice shall:
as provided
22in sub. (8).
AB454,199 23Section 199. Trans 400.11 (1) (b) 1. to 4. of the administrative code are
24repealed.
AB454,200 25Section 200. Trans 400.11 (2) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB454,49,13
1Trans 400.11 (2) LEIS. In the case of a departmental report or recommendation
2on a department-initiated proposal for legislation that contains major and
3significant new proposals that are not within the scope of any categorical exclusion,
4the department shall prepare a LEIS substantially following the guidelines of the
5United States council on environmental quality in 40 CFR 1506.8, July 1, 1998. This
6includes transmission of the LEIS to the legislature concurrent with or within 30
7days after the legislative proposal is submitted to the legislature, provided that the
8LEIS must be available in time for legislative hearings and deliberations, and 5 days
9in advance. There is no scoping requirement and the statement shall be prepared
10in the same manner as a DEIS, but shall be considered the detailed statement
11required by s. 1.11 (2) (c), Stats. Any comments on the LEIS shall be given to the
12department which shall forward them along with its own responses to the legislative
13committees with jurisdiction.
AB454,201 14Section 201. Trans 400.11 (3) (b) (intro.) of the administrative code is
15renumbered Trans 400.11 (3) (b) and amended to read:
AB454,49,2016 Trans 400.11 (3) (b) Notice of availability of DEIS. A notice of availability of
17the DEIS shall be published in the appropriate official local newspaper or in a
18newspaper with general circulation within the area affected by the proposed action.
19If the proposed action is of statewide interest, such notice shall also be published in
20the official state newspaper. Such notice shall include:
as provided in sub. (8).
AB454,202 21Section 202. Trans 400.11 (3) (b) 1. to 4. of the administrative code are
22repealed.
AB454,203 23Section 203. Trans 400.11 (4) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB454,50,524 Trans 400.11 (4) FEIS and ROD. The FEIS and ROD shall be printed and
25distributed, and a notice of availability of the FEIS shall be published , in the same

1manner as provided for a DEIS under sub. (3), except that. If separate FEIS and ROD
2documents are necessary under s. Trans 400.13 (1) (am),
the decision to proceed with
3the proposed action and to sign the ROD shall not be made sooner than 30 days after
4the date of publication of the notice of availability of the FEIS or 90 days after the
5date of publication of the notice of availability of the DEIS.
AB454,204 6Section 204. Trans 400.11 (5) (a) of the administrative code is amended to
7read:
AB454,50,138 Trans 400.11 (5) (a) Public availability of EA. The EA shall be made available
9for public inspection at the department's central office, the appropriate department
10region office, public libraries as identified under sub. (3) (a) 6., and the office of the
11local unit of government having requested the proposed action. A charge may be
12assessed to cover reproduction and handling costs for requested copies of the EA or
13portions thereof.
AB454,205 14Section 205. Trans 400.11 (5) (b) (intro.) of the administrative code is
15renumbered Trans 400.11 (5) (b) and amended to read:
AB454,50,2116 Trans 400.11 (5) (b) Notice of availability of EA. A notice of availability of the
17EA shall be published in the appropriate official local newspaper or in a newspaper
18of general circulation within the area affected by the proposed action. If the proposed
19action is of statewide interest, the notice shall also be published in the official state
20newspaper. The notice may be combined with the notice of opportunity for public
21hearing provided for under par. (c). The notice shall:
as provided in sub. (8).
AB454,206 22Section 206. Trans 400.11 (5) (b) 1. to 5. of the administrative code are
23repealed.
AB454,207 24Section 207. Trans 400.11 (5) (c) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB454,51,11
1Trans 400.11 (5) (c) Notice of opportunity for to request a public hearing on EA.
2 A If the department determines to afford the opportunity for a public hearing on an
3EA under s. Trans 400.12 (4) (a), a
notice of opportunity for to request a public
4hearing shall be published when the EA is completed and made available for
5inspection as provided for under par. (a). Publication of the notice shall be in the
6appropriate official local newspaper or in a newspaper of general circulation within
7the area affected by the proposed action. Publication shall also be in the official state
8newspaper if the proposed action is of statewide interest. The notice shall invite
9submission of requests for a public hearing on the EA within 30 days after the date
10of publication of the notice. The notice shall include a description of the procedure
11for requesting a public hearing.
AB454,208 12Section 208. Trans 400.11 (7) of the administrative code is renumbered Trans
13400.11 (7) (a) and amended to read:
AB454,51,1914 Trans 400.11 (7) (a) The ER shall upon request be made available for inspection
15at the department's central office, the appropriate department region office, and the
16office of the local unit of government having requested the proposed action. A
17Subject to par. (b), a notice of availability shall not be required for an ER. A charge
18may be assessed to cover reproduction and handling costs for requested copies of the
19ER.
AB454,209 20Section 209. Trans 400.11 (7) (b) of the administrative code is created to read:
AB454,51,2421 Trans 400.11 (7) (b) If the department determines to hold, or afford the
22opportunity for, a public hearing on an ER action under s. Trans 400.12 (4) (b), the
23department shall make the ER publicly available and provide notice of public
24availability under sub. (5) as if the ER were an EA.
AB454,210 25Section 210. Trans 400.11 (8) of the administrative code is created to read:
AB454,52,6
1Trans 400.11 (8) Notice of availability. (a) When an environmental document
2listed under par. (c) is made available to the public by the department, a notice of
3availability shall be published in the appropriate official local newspaper or in a
4newspaper of general circulation within the area affected by the proposed action. If
5the proposed action is of statewide interest, the notice shall also be published in the
6official state newspaper. The notice shall:
AB454,52,77 1. Briefly describe the proposed action.
AB454,52,88 2. Announce the completion and availability of the environmental document.
AB454,52,99 3. List the locations where the environmental document may be inspected.
AB454,52,1310 4. Except in the case of a ROD or a combined FEIS and ROD document, invite
11the public to furnish written comments on the proposed action; indicate where
12comments are to be sent; and indicate the date that such comments must be
13submitted to the department as determined under par. (b).
AB454,52,1514 (b) The comment period for specific environmental documents shall be as
15follows:
AB454,52,1716 1. For a DEIS, the comment period may not be less, nor without cause longer
17than, 45 days after the date of the publication of the notice of availability.
AB454,52,2118 2. If the department determines a separate FEIS and ROD are necessary under
19s. Trans 400.13 (1) (am), the comment period for the FEIS may not be less, nor
20without cause longer than, 30 days after the date of publication of the notice of
21availability.
AB454,52,2522 3. For an EA, and for an ER if the department determines it will hold or afford
23the opportunity for a public hearing under s. Trans 400.12 (4) (b), the comment period
24may not be less, nor without cause longer than, 30 days after the date of publication
25of the notice of availability.
AB454,53,2
1(c) A notice of availability shall be published for the following environmental
2documents:
AB454,53,33 1. SEE.
AB454,53,44 2. DEIS.
AB454,53,55 3. FEIS and ROD, or a combined FEIS and ROD.
AB454,53,66 4. EA.
AB454,53,87 5. ER, if the department determines that it will hold or afford the opportunity
8for a public hearing under s. Trans 400.12 (4) (b).
AB454,53,109 (d) The notice of availability of the environmental document may be combined
10with other public notices required under this chapter.
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