295.60(10)(a)1.
1. An artificial wetland that is a sedimentation or stormwater detention basin or associated conveyance feature operated and maintained only for sediment detention and flood storage purposes.
295.60(10)(a)2.
2. An artificial wetland that is an active sewage lagoon, cooling pond, waste disposal pit, fish rearing pond, or landscape pond.
295.60(10)(a)3.
3. An artificial wetland that is an actively maintained farm drainage or roadside ditch.
295.60(10)(a)4.
4. An artificial wetland as part of an active mining operation.
295.60(10)(b)
(b)
Other exempted activities. All of the following activities that are associated with a mining operation or bulk sampling are exempt from the wetland individual permit and mitigation requirements under this section, from the general permit requirements under
s. 281.36 (3g), and from any requirement for any other approval for which a wetland impact evaluation is required if the applicant minimizes any adverse effect on the environment as a result of any of these activities:
295.60(10)(b)1.
1. Maintenance, emergency repair, or reconstruction of damaged parts of structures that are in use in a wetland.
295.60(10)(b)3.
3. Construction or maintenance of farm roads, forest roads, or temporary mining roads that is performed in accordance with best management practices, as determined by the department.
295.60(11)
(11) Relationship to other laws. None of the following apply to a mining operation or bulk sampling:
295.60(11)(b)
(b) Any rule promulgated under
s. 281.36, except as otherwise specifically provided in this section.
295.60(11)(c)
(c) Any other rule promulgated by the department that relates to wetlands that conflicts with this section.
295.60 History
History: 2013 a. 1;
2013 a. 168 s.
21;
2015 a. 196.
295.605
295.605
Impacts to navigable waters. 295.605(1m)
(1m) Limitation. This section does not apply to any navigable water activity associated with a mining operation if the application for the approval for the navigable water activity is filed after the department issues a mining permit for the mining operation.
295.605(2)
(2) Approval required. No person may engage in any navigable water activity associated with bulk sampling or mining unless the person has been granted an approval as provided under
sub. (4).
295.605(3)(a)(a) For purposes of an approval under
ss. 30.12,
30.123,
30.19,
30.195, and
30.20, a person who is not the owner of a piece of riparian property may exercise a riparian right held by the owner of the piece of riparian property if any of the following apply:
295.605(3)(a)1.
1. The person leases the piece of riparian property from the owner.
295.605(3)(a)2.
2. The person holds an easement on the piece of riparian property and the easement authorizes the person to exercise that riparian right.
295.605(3)(b)
(b) If a person is applying for more than one approval for a navigable water activity, the person may file a single application. The application shall include any information requested by the department under
s. 295.45 (3).
295.605(4)(a)(a)
Generally. The department shall grant an approval for a navigable water activity if the navigable water activity meets all of the following requirements:
295.605(4)(a)1.
1. The navigable water activity will not significantly impair public rights and interests in a navigable water.
295.605(4)(a)2.
2. The navigable water activity will not significantly reduce the effective flood flow capacity of a stream.
295.605(4)(a)3.
3. The navigable water activity will not significantly affect the rights of riparian owners or the applicant obtains the consent of the riparian owners.
295.605(4)(a)4.
4. The navigable water activity will not significantly degrade water quality.
295.605(4)(b)
(b)
Measures. The person applying for the approval shall submit a plan to the department containing proposed measures to meet the requirements under
par. (a) and a proposed schedule for implementing the measures. The plan shall include one or more of the following measures:
295.605(4)(b)1.
1. Measures to offset significant impacts to navigable waters by providing public access to, restoring, or enlarging up to 1.5 acres, but not less than one acre, of navigable waters in exchange for each acre of navigable waters that is significantly impacted.
295.605(4)(b)2.
2. Measures to improve public rights or interests in navigable waters.
295.605(4)(b)3.
3. Measures to offset significant impacts to water quality or quantity.
295.605(4)(bg)
(bg)
Measures excluded from consideration. In determining if a navigable water activity meets the requirements under
par. (a) with regard to a navigable water, the department may not consider any proposed measure under
par. (b) if the navigable water is any of the following:
295.605(4)(bg)1.
1. A perennial stream, if the drainage area of the portion of the stream upstream from the farthest downstream point of the navigable water activity is more than 2 square miles. In this subdivision, “perennial stream" means a stream that has a continuous flow every day of every year in which there is average precipitation.
295.605(4)(bg)2.
2. A navigable water, other than a stream, that is more than 2 acres in area every day of every year in which there is average precipitation and that is not a freeze-out pond, as defined in
s. 29.001 (29).
295.605(4)(bn)
(bn)
Plan review; finding. In reviewing the plan, the department may require that measures that are in addition to, or in conjunction with, one or more of the measures specified in
par. (b) 1. to
6. be included in the plan. After reviewing the plan and application, if the department finds that the requirements under
par. (a) will be met by implementing some or all of the measures contained in the plan, the department shall determine which measures shall be required, shall approve a schedule for implementation, and shall grant the approval.
295.605(5)
(5) Approval conditions. The department may impose conditions in an approval for a navigable water activity that it determines to be necessary to ensure that the navigable water activities subject to the approval meet the requirements under
sub. (4) (a).
295.605(6)(a)(a) Chapter 30 and any rules promulgated under that chapter apply to any navigable water activity subject to this section to the extent that they do not conflict with this section, except as provided in
par. (b).
295.605(6)(b)
(b) Sections 30.209 and
30.2095 and any rules promulgated under those sections, do not apply to any navigable water activity that is subject to this section.
295.605 History
History: 2013 a. 1.
295.607
295.607
Shoreland and floodplain zoning. 295.607(1)(a)1.
1. “Development or construction activity" means a waste site, structure, building, fill, or other development or construction activity.
295.607(2)(a)(a) The department may not prohibit a development or construction activity to be located in an area that would otherwise be prohibited under a shoreland zoning ordinance if the development or construction activity is authorized by the department as part of a mining operation covered by a mining permit under
s. 295.58.
295.607(2)(b)
(b) A development or construction activity located in an area that would otherwise be prohibited under a shoreland zoning ordinance does not violate the applicable ordinance if the development or construction activity is authorized by the department as part of a mining operation covered by a mining permit under
s. 295.58. No shoreland zoning variance is required for a development or construction activity located as provided under this paragraph.
295.607(3)
(3) A municipal floodplain zoning ordinance under
s. 87.30 may not prohibit development or construction activity authorized by the department as part of a mining operation covered by a mining permit under
s. 295.58, except to the extent necessary for the municipality to which the floodplain zoning ordinance applies to maintain eligibility for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program.
295.607 History
History: 2013 a. 1,
80.
295.61
295.61
Withdrawals of surface waters and groundwater. 295.61(1)(b)
(b) “Environmentally sound and economically feasible water conservation measures" has the meaning given in
s. 281.346 (1) (i).
295.61(1)(em)
(em) “Riparian restoration project" means a project that will restore or enhance the natural beneficial uses and value of a watercourse.
295.61(1)(g)
(g) Unless the context otherwise requires, “use" includes dewatering.
295.61(2)
(2) Permit required. No person may engage in any withdrawal or use of surface water as part of a mining operation or bulk sampling, including a withdrawal or use associated with a system or plant under
s. 281.41, unless the person has been issued a water withdrawal permit under this section. No person may engage in any withdrawal or use of groundwater, including a withdrawal or use associated with a system or plant under
s. 281.41, as part of a mining operation or bulk sampling if the capacity and rate of withdrawal of all wells involved in the withdrawal of groundwater or in the dewatering of mines exceeds 100,000 gallons each day unless the person has been issued a water withdrawal permit under this section.
295.61(3)(a)(a)
Application. A person applying for a water withdrawal permit is required to submit only one application. An application for a water withdrawal permit shall include any information requested by the department under
s. 295.45 (3).
295.61(3)(am)1.1. A person is not required to be the owner of a piece of riparian property in order to obtain a permit to withdraw surface water from that piece of riparian property if any of the following applies:
295.61(3)(am)1.a.
a. The person leases the piece of riparian property from the owner.
295.61(3)(am)2.
2. A person is not required to be the owner of a piece of property in order to obtain a permit to withdraw groundwater from that piece of property if any of the following applies:
295.61(3)(am)2.c.
c. The person has obtained permission from the owner to withdraw groundwater from that piece of property.
295.61(3)(b)
(b)
Siting analysis. If withdrawal of water at a mining operation or for bulk sampling will involve one or more high capacity wells, the department shall require an applicant for a water withdrawal permit to submit a siting analysis for the purpose of determining the location of the high capacity wells. The analysis shall include alternate proposed locations for each high capacity well. In evaluating a submitted analysis, the department shall recognize there is a need for mining waste sites and processing facilities, including wastewater and sludge storage or treatment lagoons, to be contiguous to the location of the ferrous mineral deposit, and shall allow any high capacity well to be located so that need will be met. The department shall approve the location of each high capacity well as part of the permit issued under
sub. (4).
295.61(3)(c)
(c)
Entry to land. After an application for a water withdrawal permit has been submitted under this section, the applicant may enter any land from which the applicant proposes to withdraw water or use water for the purpose of making any surveys required for the mining operation or bulk sampling, but no work may be commenced necessary for the mining operation or the bulk sampling until the department issues the permit under this section.
295.61(4)(a)(a)
General requirements. The department shall issue a water withdrawal permit if it determines that the withdrawal or use of the surface water or groundwater meets all of the following requirements:
295.61(4)(a)1.
1. The proposed withdrawal and uses of the water are substantially consistent with the protection of public health, safety, and welfare and will not be significantly detrimental to the public interest.
295.61(4)(a)2.
2. The proposed withdrawal and uses of the water will not have a significant adverse impact on the environment and ecosystem of the Great Lakes basin or the Upper Mississippi River basin.
295.61(4)(a)3.
3. The proposed withdrawal and use of the water will not be significantly detrimental to the quantity and quality of the waters of the state.
295.61(4)(a)4.
4. The proposed withdrawal and use of the water will not significantly impair the rights of riparian owners or the applicant obtains the consent of the riparian owners.
