101.14(4m)(a)4.
4. "Nondwelling unit portions" means the common use areas of a multifamily dwelling, including corridors, stairways, basements, cellars, vestibules, atriums, community rooms, laundry rooms or swimming pool rooms.
101.14(4m)(a)5.
5. "Political subdivision" means a county, city, village or town.
101.14(4m)(a)5m.
5m. "Two-hour fire resistance" means 2-hour fire separations for all walls that separate dwelling units, exit corridors and exit stair enclosures and for all floors and ceilings, so that the specified walls, floors and ceilings are capable of resisting fire for a period not shorter than 2 hours.
101.14(4m)(am)
(am) A political subdivision may enact ordinances, as provided in this paragraph, that require an automatic fire sprinkler system or 2-hour fire resistance in every multifamily dwelling. Any ordinance enacted under this paragraph shall meet the standards established under
pars. (b) and
(c) or under
pars. (d) and
(e).
101.14(4m)(b)
(b) The department shall require an automatic fire sprinkler system or 2-hour fire resistance in every multifamily dwelling that contains any of the following:
101.14(4m)(b)1.
1. Total floor area, for all individual dwelling units, exceeding 16,000 square feet.
101.14(4m)(b)3.
3. Total floor area of its nondwelling unit portions exceeding the limits established in
par. (c).
101.14(4m)(c)
(c) An automatic fire sprinkler system or 2-hour fire resistance is required under
par. (b) in a multifamily dwelling constructed by any of the following types of construction if the total floor area of the nondwelling unit portions in the multifamily dwelling exceeds the following:
101.14(4m)(c)3.
3. Type 3 metal frame protected construction, 8,000 square feet.
101.14(4m)(c)6.
6. Type 5B exterior masonry unprotected, 5,600 square feet.
101.14(4m)(c)8.
8. Type 7 wood frame protected construction, 5,600 square feet.
101.14(4m)(c)9.
9. Type 8 wood frame unprotected construction, 4,800 square feet.
101.14(4m)(d)
(d) A political subdivision's ordinances, enacted to meet the requirements of this paragraph and
par. (e), shall require an automatic fire sprinkler system or 2-hour fire resistance in every multifamily dwelling that contains any of the following:
101.14(4m)(d)1.
1. Total floor area, for all individual dwelling units, exceeding 8,000 square feet.
101.14(4m)(d)3.
3. Total floor area of its nondwelling unit portions exceeding the limits established in
par. (e).
101.14(4m)(e)
(e) A political subdivision's ordinances, enacted to meet the standards established in
par. (d) and this paragraph, shall require an automatic fire sprinkler system or 2-hour fire resistance in every multifamily dwelling that is constructed by any of the following types of construction if the total floor area of the nondwelling unit portions in the multifamily dwelling exceeds the following:
101.14(4m)(e)3.
3. Type 3 metal frame protected construction, 8,000 square feet.
101.14(4m)(e)6.
6. Type 5B exterior masonry unprotected, 5,600 square feet.
101.14(4m)(e)8.
8. Type 7 wood frame protected construction, 5,600 square feet.
101.14(4m)(e)9.
9. Type 8 wood frame unprotected construction, 4,800 square feet.
101.14(5)(a)(a) Subject to
par. (b), in addition to any fee charged by the department by rule for plan review and approval for the construction of a new or additional installation or change in operation of a previously approved installation for the storage, handling or use of a liquid that is flammable or combustible or a federally regulated hazardous substance, as defined in
s. 101.09 (1) (am), the department shall collect a groundwater fee of $100 for each plan review submittal. The moneys collected under this subsection shall be credited to the environmental fund for environmental management.
101.14(5)(b)
(b) Notwithstanding
par. (a), an installation for the storage, handling or use of a liquid that is flammable or combustible or a federally regulated hazardous substance, as defined in
s. 101.09 (1) (am), that has a capacity of less than 1,000 gallons is not subject to the groundwater fee under
par. (a).
101.14 History
History: 1971 c. 185 s.
1;
1971 c. 228; Stats. 1971 s. 101.14;
1973 c. 324,
326,
336;
1975 c. 39,
94;
1977 c. 29,
413;
1979 c. 221;
1981 c. 320,
341;
1983 a. 36;
1983 a. 189 s.
329 (8);
1983 a. 295,
410;
1985 a. 29;
1985 a. 135 s.
83 (3);
1987 a. 288,
321,
399;
1989 a. 31,
109,
359;
1991 a. 187,
269;
1993 a. 261;
1995 a. 27;
1997 a. 27;
1999 a. 9,
43,
186.
101.14 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See s.
66.0119 for provision authorizing special inspection warrants.
101.14 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
Comm 62, Wis. adm. code.
101.14 Annotation
Inspection of buildings for safety and fire prevention purposes under s. 101.14 does not involve a quasi-judicial function within meaning of s. 895.43 (3) [now 893.80 (4)]. Coffey v. Milwaukee,
74 Wis. 2d 526,
247 N.W.2d 132 (1976).
101.141
101.141
Record keeping of fires. The department shall maintain records of all fires occurring in this state. Such records shall be open to public inspection during normal business hours.
101.141 History
History: 1975 c. 224.
101.142
101.142
Inventory of petroleum product storage tanks. 101.142(1)(a)
(a) "Petroleum product" means materials derived from petroleum, natural gas or asphalt deposits and includes gasoline, diesel and heating fuels, liquefied petroleum gases, lubricants, waxes, greases and petrochemicals.
101.142(1)(b)
(b) "Storage tank" means an enclosed container with a capacity in excess of 60 gallons which is used to hold a petroleum product, regardless of the duration of storage and which is intended for use as a fixed, rather than as a portable, installation.
101.142(2)
(2) Inventory of storage tanks. The department shall undertake a program to inventory and determine the location of aboveground storage tanks and underground storage tanks. The department may require its deputies and any person engaged in the business of distributing petroleum products to provide information on the location of aboveground storage tanks and underground storage tanks. The department shall develop uniform procedures for reporting the location of aboveground storage tanks and underground storage tanks.
101.142 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also s.
Comm 47.11, Wis. adm. code.
101.143
101.143
Petroleum storage remedial action; financial assistance. 101.143(1)(ad)
(ad) "Bodily injury" does not include those liabilities which are excluded from coverage in liability insurance policies for bodily injury other than liabilities excluded because they are caused by a petroleum product discharge from a petroleum product storage system.
101.143(1)(am)
(am) "Case closure letter" means a letter provided by the department of natural resources that states that, based on information available to the department of natural resources, no further remedial action is necessary with respect to a discharge.
101.143(1)(cm)
(cm) "Home oil tank system" means an underground home heating oil tank used for consumptive use on the premises together with any on-site integral piping or dispensing system.
101.143(1)(cq)
(cq) "Natural attenuation" means the reduction in the concentration and mass of a substance, and the products into which the substance breaks down, due to naturally occurring physical, chemical and biological processes.
101.143(1)(cs)
(cs) "Occurrence" means a contiguous contaminated area resulting from one or more petroleum products discharges.
101.143(1)(d)1.
1. A person who operates a petroleum product storage system, regardless of whether the system remains in operation and regardless of whether the person operates or permits the use of the system at the time environmental pollution occurs.
101.143(1)(d)2.
2. A subsidiary or parent corporation of the person specified under
subd. 1.
101.143(1)(e)1.
1. A person who owns, or has possession or control of, a petroleum product storage system, or who receives direct or indirect consideration from the operation of a system regardless of whether the system remains in operation and regardless of whether the person owns or receives consideration at the time environmental pollution occurs.
101.143(1)(e)2.
2. A subsidiary or parent corporation of the person specified under
subd. 1.
101.143(1)(f)
(f) "Petroleum product" means gasoline, gasoline-alcohol fuel blends, kerosene, fuel oil, burner oil, diesel fuel oil or used motor oil.
101.143(1)(fg)
(fg) "Petroleum product storage system" means a storage tank that is located in this state and is used to store petroleum products together with any on-site integral piping or dispensing system. The term does not include pipeline facilities; tanks of 110 gallons or less capacity; residential tanks of 1,100 gallons or less capacity storing petroleum products that are not for resale; farm tanks of 1,100 gallons or less capacity storing petroleum products that are not for resale, except as provided in
sub. (4) (ei); tanks used for storing heating oil for consumptive use on the premises where stored, except for heating oil tanks owned by school districts and heating oil tanks owned by technical college districts and except as provided in
sub. (4) (ei); or tanks owned by this state or the federal government.
101.143(1)(g)
(g) "Program year" means the period beginning on August 1, and ending on the following July 31.
101.143(1)(gm)
(gm) "Property damage" does not include those liabilities that are excluded from coverage in liability insurance policies for property damage, other than liability for remedial action associated with petroleum product discharges from petroleum product storage systems. "Property damage" does not include the loss of fair market value resulting from contamination.
101.143(1)(gs)
(gs) "Service provider" means a consultant, testing laboratory, monitoring well installer, soil boring contractor, other contractor, lender or any other person who provides a product or service for which a claim for reimbursement has been or will be filed under this section, or a subcontractor of such a person.
101.143(1)(h)
(h) "Subsidiary or parent corporation" means a business entity, including a subsidiary, parent corporation or other business arrangement, that has elements of common ownership or control or that uses a long-term contractual arrangement with a person to avoid direct responsibility for conditions at a petroleum product storage system site.
101.143(1)(hm)
(hm) "Terminal" means a petroleum product storage system that is itself connected to a pipeline facility, as defined in
49 USC 60101 (18) or is one of a number of connected petroleum product storage systems at least one of which is connected to a pipeline facility, as defined in
49 USC 60101 (18).
101.143(1)(i)
(i) "Underground petroleum product storage tank system" means an underground storage tank used for storing petroleum products together with any on-site integral piping or dispensing system with at least 10% of its total volume below the surface of the ground.
101.143(1m)
(1m) Rules concerning 3rd-party compensation. The commissioner of insurance shall promulgate rules defining "liabilities which are excluded from coverage in liability insurance policies for bodily injury" and "liabilities which are excluded from coverage in liability insurance policies for property damage" for the purposes of
sub. (1) (ad) and
(gm). The definitions shall be consistent with standard insurance industry practices.
101.143(2)
(2) Powers and duties of the department. 101.143(2)(b)(b) The department shall promote the program under this section to persons who may be eligible for awards under this section.
101.143(2)(c)
(c) The department shall keep records and statistics on the program under this section and shall periodically evaluate the effectiveness of the program.
101.143(2)(d)
(d) The department shall reserve a portion, not to exceed 20%, of the amount annually appropriated under
s. 20.143 (3) (v) for awards under this section to be used to fund emergency remedial action and claims that exceed the amount initially anticipated.
101.143(2)(e)
(e) The department shall promulgate rules, with an effective date of no later than January 1, 1996, specifying the methods the department will use under
sub. (3) (ae),
(ah),
(am) and
(ap) to identify the petroleum product storage system or home oil tank system which discharged the petroleum product that caused an area of contamination and to determine when a petroleum product discharge that caused an area of contamination occurred. The department shall write the rule in a way that permits a clear determination of what petroleum product contamination is eligible for an award under
sub. (4) after December 31, 1995.
101.143(2)(em)1.1. The department may promulgate rules that specify a fee that must be paid by a service provider as a condition of submitting a bid to conduct an activity under
sub. (3) (c) for which a claim for reimbursement under this section will be submitted. Any fees collected under the rules shall be deposited into the petroleum inspection fund.
101.143(2)(em)2.
2. If the department promulgates rules under
subd. 1., the department may purchase, or provide funding for the purchase of, insurance to cover the amount by which the costs of conducting activities under
sub. (3) (c) exceed the amount bid to conduct those activities.
101.143(2)(f)
(f) The department shall promulgate a rule establishing a priority system for paying awards under
sub. (4) for petroleum product storage systems that are owned by school districts and that are used for storing heating oil for consumptive use on the premises where stored.
101.143(2)(g)
(g) The department may promulgate, by rule, requirements for the certification or registration of persons who provide consulting services to owners and operators who file claims under this section. Any rule requiring certification or registration shall also authorize the revocation or suspension of the certification or registration.
