23.305(2)
(2) Notwithstanding
ss. 23.30 and
28.04, the department may lease state park land or state forest land to towns, villages or counties for outdoor recreational purposes associated with spectator sports.
23.305(3)
(3) The lease shall be for a term not to exceed 15 years. The lease shall contain covenants to protect the department from all liability and costs associated with use of the land and to guard against trespass and waste. The rents arising from the lease shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the proper fund.
23.305 History
History: 1985 a. 29.
23.31
23.31
Recreation resources facilities. 23.31(1)(a)(a) To provide and develop recreation resources facilities within this state, the natural resources board, subject to the limits provided in
s. 20.866 (2) (tp),
(ts) and
(tt), may direct that state debt be contracted for providing recreation resources facilities or making additions to existing recreation resources facilities.
23.31(1)(b)
(b) With their biennial budget request to the department of administration, the natural resources board shall include its request and plan for recreational acquisition and development funding under
s. 23.30. This plan shall be approved by the governor and shall contain the policies regarding the priority types of land to be acquired and the nature and categories of the developments to be undertaken. Changes in priority types of land to be acquired and in categories of developments may not be made without approval of the governor. Any deviation which the governor approves shall be reviewed by the joint committee on finance.
23.31(2)(a)(a) The debt shall be contracted for in the manner and form the legislature prescribes.
23.31(2)(b)
(b) It is the intent of the legislature that state debt not to exceed $56,055,000 in the 12-year period from 1969 to 1981 may be incurred for the comprehensive provision of outdoor recreation facilities as provided under
s. 23.30 but any unappropriated or uncommitted portion of this debt shall be continued beyond 1981.
23.31(2)(c)
(c) It is the intent of the legislature that state debt not to exceed $60,000,000 in the 10-year period from July 1, 1981 to July 1, 1991, may be incurred to support outdoor recreation land acquisition activities.
23.32
23.32
Wetlands mapping. 23.32(1)(1) In this section "wetland" means an area where water is at, near, or above the land surface long enough to be capable of supporting aquatic or hydrophytic vegetation and which has soils indicative of wet conditions.
23.32(2)(a)(a) For the purpose of advancing the conservation of wetland resources the department shall prepare or cause to be prepared maps that, at a minimum, identify as accurately as is practicable the individual wetlands in the state which have an area of 5 acres or more.
23.32(2)(b)
(b) Mapping priorities, technical methods and standards to be used in delineating wetlands and a long-term schedule which will result in completion of the mapping effort at the earliest possible date shall be developed by the department in cooperation with those other state agencies having mapping, aerial photography and comprehensive planning responsibilities.
23.32(2)(c)
(c) Wetland maps shall be prepared utilizing the best methods practicable with the funds available for that purpose and shall be based upon data such as soil surveys, aerial photographs and existing wetland surveys and may be supplemented by on-site surveys and other studies.
23.32(2)(d)
(d) The department shall cooperate with the land information board under
s. 16.967 in conducting wetland mapping activities or any related land information collection activities.
23.32(3)(a)(a) The department may sell, and may enter into contracts to sell, wetland maps. The fees for the maps shall be as follows:
23.32(3)(a)3.
3. For each copy of a digital wetland database covering one township, $15.
23.32(3)(b)
(b) The department, by rule, may increase any fee specified in
par. (a). Any increased fee must at least equal the amount necessary to cover the costs of preparing, producing and selling the wetland maps.
23.321
23.321
Wetlands; compensatory mitigation. 23.321(1)(a)
(a) "Area of special natural resource interest" means an area that possesses significant ecological, cultural, aesthetic, educational, recreational or scientific values, including any of the following:
23.321(1)(a)1.
1. A cold water community, as defined by the department, including a trout stream or its tributary or a trout lake.
23.321(1)(a)2.
2. Lake Michigan, Lake Superior or the Mississippi River.
23.321(1)(a)3.
3. A wild and scenic river designated under
16 USC 1271 to
1287, a wild river designated under
s. 30.26, the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway or a scenic urban waterway designated under
s. 30.275.
23.321(1)(a)4.
4. A unique and significant wetland identified in a special area management plan, as defined in
16 USC 1453 (17), a special wetland inventory study or advanced delineation and identification study under
40 CFR 230.80 or an area designated by the U.S. environmental protection agency under
33 USC 1344 (c).
23.321(1)(a)6.
6. A habitat used by state or federally designated threatened or endangered species.
23.321(1)(a)8.
8. A state or federal fish and wildlife refuge or fish and wildlife management area.
23.321(1)(a)12.
12. Surface waters identified by the department as outstanding or exceptional resource waters under
s. 281.15.
23.321(1)(b)
(b) "Mitigation project" means the restoration, enhancement or creation of wetlands to compensate for adverse impacts to other wetlands. "Mitigation project" includes using credits from a wetlands mitigation bank.
23.321(1)(d)
(d) "Wetlands mitigation bank" means a system of accounting for wetland loss and compensation that includes one or more sites where wetlands are restored, enhanced or created to provide transferable credits to be subsequently applied to compensate for adverse impacts to other wetlands.
23.321(1)(e)
(e) "Wetland water quality standards" means water quality standards promulgated under
s. 281.15 (1) that affect wetlands.
23.321(2)(a)(a) The department may consider a mitigation project as part of an application, in combination with the requirements under
par. (b), for complying with any wetland water quality standards in determining whether to issue a permit for, or to otherwise approve, an activity that affects a wetland 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. This subsection does not entitle an applicant to a permit or other approval in exchange for conducting a mitigation project.
23.321(2)(b)
(b) The department may not consider a mitigation project in reviewing an application under
par. (a) unless the applicant demonstrates that all appropriate and practicable measures will be taken to avoid and minimize adverse impacts on the wetland.
23.321(2)(c)
(c) The department may not consider a mitigation project in reviewing an application under
par. (a) for an activity that adversely affects a wetland in an area of special natural resource interest or for an activity that adversely affects an area of special natural resource interest.
23.321(2)(d)
(d) If the department determines that the conditions of a permit or other authorization issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for an activity that affects a wetland do not meet the requirements of any guidelines established in the memorandum of agreement under
sub. (4), the department may impose additional conditions to ensure that the requirements are met. The department may not require that the acreage of a mitigation project considered under
par. (a) exceed the acreage that is required for the project under the guidelines established in the memorandum of agreement under
sub. (4).
23.321(2m)
(2m) Subsequent protection for wetlands. 23.321(2m)(a)1.1. A person who is the holder of a permit or other approval that authorizes a mitigation project shall grant a conservation easement under
s. 700.40 to the department to ensure that a wetland that is being restored, enhanced or created will not be destroyed or substantially degraded by any subsequent owner of or holder of interest in the property on which the wetland is located. The department shall revoke the permit or other approval if the holder of the permit or other approval fails to take these measures.
23.321(2m)(a)2.
2. A person who is restoring, enhancing or creating a wetland to provide transferable credits as part of a wetlands mitigation bank shall grant a conservation easement under
s. 700.40 to the department, to ensure that the wetland will not be destroyed or substantially degraded by any subsequent owner of or holder of interest in the property on which the wetland is located.
23.321(2m)(b)
(b) Notwithstanding
par. (a), the department shall modify or release a conservation easement granted under
par. (a) if all of the following apply:
23.321(2m)(b)1.
1. The department determines that part or all of the restored, enhanced or created wetland ceases to be a wetland.
23.321(2m)(b)2.
2. The person who is required to grant the conservation easement did not contribute to the loss of the wetland specified in
subd. 1.
23.321(2m)(b)3.
3. Any subsequent owner of or holder of interest in the property on which the wetland specified in
subd. 1. is located did not contribute to the loss of the wetland.
23.321(3)
(3) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules to establish a process for consideration of wetland compensatory mitigation under
sub. (2). Upon promulgation, the rules shall apply to any application or other request for an initial determination for a permit or other authorization that is pending with the department on the date on which the rules take effect. The rules shall address all of the following:
23.321(3)(a)
(a) Requirements for the avoidance and minimization of adverse impacts to the wetland that will be affected by the permitted activity.
23.321(3)(b)
(b) The conditions under which credits in a wetlands mitigation bank may be used for wetland compensatory mitigation.
23.321(3)(c)
(c) Enforcement of a requirement to implement a mitigation project.
23.321(3)(d)
(d) Baseline studies of the wetland that will be affected by the permitted activity and of the mitigation project site.
23.321(3)(e)
(e) Plan and project design requirements for a mitigation project, which shall consider the relation of the project design to the hydrology of the watershed in which a mitigation project is located.
23.321(3)(f)
(f) The comparability of a wetland that will be restored, enhanced or created to the wetland that will be adversely affected by the permitted activity, including all of the following:
23.321(3)(f)1.
1. Consideration of the size, location, type and quality of the wetlands.
23.321(3)(f)2.
2. Consideration of the functional values performed by the wetlands.
23.321(3)(g)
(g) The establishment of a process for determining replacement ratios.
23.321(3)(h)
(h) Standards for measuring the short-term and long-term success of a mitigation project and requirements for the short-term and long-term monitoring of a mitigation project.
23.321(3)(i)
(i) Remedial actions to be taken by the applicant if a mitigation project is not successful and actions to be taken by a wetlands mitigation bank if a mitigation project on which mitigation credits are based is not successful.
23.321(3)(j)
(j) Establishment of an expedited decision-making process for activities adversely affecting wetlands that are less than one acre in size and that have negligible functional values.
23.321(3m)
(3m) Expedited decision-making process. 23.321(3m)(a)(a) The expedited decision-making process established under the rules under
sub. (3) (j) shall include a requirement that the department shall decide whether to issue a permit for, or otherwise approve, an activity within 60 working days after a complete application for the permit or approval has been received by the department if all of the following apply:
23.321(3m)(a)1.
1. The wetland that will be adversely affected is not located in a floodplain.
23.321(3m)(a)2.
2. The application does not involve the issuance of a permit or other approval under
ch. 30.
23.321(3m)(am)
(am) The expedited decision-making process established under the rules under
sub. (3) (j) may limit the scope of alternatives to the proposed activities that must be considered in reviewing an application under that process.
23.321(3m)(b)
(b) The department is exempt from the time limit under
par. (a) if the department determines that weather conditions prevent the department from making a determination within 60 working days after the receipt of the complete application.
23.321(4)
(4) Memorandum of agreement. The department shall initiate negotiations with the U.S. army corps of engineers to develop a memorandum of agreement establishing guidelines for mitigation projects and wetland mitigation banks. The guidelines shall address all of the topics described in
sub. (3) (a) to
(i).
