AB755,5,624 30.2022 (3) If the department determines that there is reasonable cause to
25believe that an a transportation activity being carried out under this section is not

1in compliance with the environmental protection requirements developed through
2interdepartmental liaison procedures, it shall notify the department of
3transportation. If the secretary and the secretary of transportation are unable to
4agree upon the methods or time schedules to be used to correct the alleged
5noncompliance, the secretary, notwithstanding the exemption provided in this
6section, may proceed with enforcement actions as the secretary deems appropriate.
AB755,6 7Section 6. 30.2022 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB755,5,118 30.2022 (4) The department of transportation and the department shall
9exchange information and cooperate in the planning and carrying out of such
10transportation activities in order to alleviate, to the extent practical under the
11circumstances, any potential detrimental encroachment on the waters of the state.
AB755,7 12Section 7. 30.2022 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB755,5,1413 30.2022 (6) This section does not apply to transportation activities in the Lower
14Wisconsin State Riverway, as defined in s. 30.40 (15).
AB755,8 15Section 8. 283.01 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 283.01 (8) (a) and amended
16to read:
AB755,5,2017 283.01 (8) (a) "New source" means, except as provided in par. (b), any point
18source the construction of which commenced after the effective date of applicable
19effluent limitations or standards
a standard of performance under 33 USC 1316 that
20is applicable to the point source
.
AB755,9 21Section 9. 283.01 (8) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB755,6,222 283.01 (8) (b) If the federal environmental protection agency proposes a
23standard of performance under 33 USC 1316 that is applicable to a point source and
24if the standard of performance takes effect within 120 days of the publication of that
25proposed standard of performance, "new source" means a point source the

1construction of which commenced after the date of publication of that proposed
2standard of performance.
AB755,10 3Section 10. 283.17 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 283.17 (2) (intro.) and
4amended to read:
AB755,6,155 283.17 (2) (intro.) Any If a point source of with a discharge having a thermal
6component, the modification of which is commenced after October 18, 1972, and
7which, as modified, meets the most stringent effluent limitation established under
8s. 283.13 or sub. (1) and this subsection, where the limitation assures protection and
9propagation of a balanced indigenous population of shellfish, fish and wildlife in and
10on the water into which the discharge
is made, modified, the point source shall not
11be subject to any more stringent effluent limitation with respect to the thermal
12component of its discharge during either the 10-year period beginning on the date
13of completion of the modification or the period of depreciation or amortization of the
14facility for the purpose of section 167 or 169 of the internal revenue code, whichever
15ends first., if all of the following apply:
AB755,11 16Section 11. 283.17 (2) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
AB755,6,1817 283.17 (2) (a) The modification of the point source commenced after October
1818, 1972.
AB755,12 19Section 12. 283.17 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB755,6,2120 283.17 (2) (b) The point source, as modified, meets the most stringent effluent
21limitation established under s. 283.13.
AB755,13 22Section 13. 283.17 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB755,6,2523 283.17 (2) (c) The limitation under par. (b) assures protection and propagation
24of a balanced indigenous population of shellfish, fish, and wildlife in and on the water
25into which the discharge is made.
AB755,14
1Section 14. 283.19 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 283.19 (2).
AB755,15 2Section 15. 283.19 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB755,16 3Section 16. 283.19 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB755,7,74 283.19 (5) After the effective date of any standard of performance promulgated
5by the department under this section, no
No owner or operator of any new source may
6operate such source in violation of any standard of performance applicable to such
7a source.
AB755,17 8Section 17. 283.33 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB755,7,109 283.33 (4m) Transportation activities. (a) In this subsection, "transportation
10activity" has the meaning given in s. 30.2022 (1g).
AB755,7,1511 (b) 1. The department of natural resources shall issue a general permit under
12this section on or before June 30, 2018, that authorizes the department of
13transportation to discharge storm water from the site of a transportation activity.
14A general permit issued under this paragraph is subject to the requirements for
15general permits issued under s. 283.35.
AB755,7,1816 2. The department of natural resources shall notify the legislative reference
17bureau when it issues a general permit under subd. 1. The legislative reference
18bureau shall publish the notice in the Wisconsin Administrative Register.
AB755,7,2319 (c) Beginning on the date on which the department of natural resources issues
20a general permit under par. (b) 1., the department of transportation may not
21discharge storm water from the site of a transportation activity unless it obtains an
22individual permit under sub.(1) or it is covered by a general permit issued under par.
23(b) 1.
AB755,8,3
1(d) A general permit issued under this section shall incorporate the
2interdepartmental liaison procedures established under s. 30.2022 (2) and the
3requirements specified in rules promulgated under ss. 30.2022, 283.33, and 283.35.
AB755,18 4Section 18. 283.53 (2h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB755,8,75 283.53 (2h) The department may, with the consent of the permittee, revoke
6terminate a permit issued under s. 283.31 or 283.33 without following the procedures
7in sub. (2) (b) to (f).
AB755,8,88 (End)
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