289.67(1)(j)2.b.
b. When the owner or operator of a licensed solid waste or hazardous waste disposal facility receives an affidavit under subd.
2. a., the owner or operator shall submit the affidavit to the department.
289.67(1)(j)2.c.
c. When the department receives an affidavit that complies with subd.
2. a., the department shall refund to the owner or operator any amount of the overdue environmental repair fee paid by the hauler and shall grant a waiver to the hauler from the requirement to pay any additional amount of the overdue environmental repair fee and the owner or operator shall pay any refund to the hauler. If the person later pays the overdue environmental repair fee to the hauler, the hauler shall pay the full amount received to the owner or operator and the owner or operator shall forward the payment to the department.
289.67(2)
(2)
Environmental repair fee for generators of hazardous waste. 289.67(2)(a)(a) A generator of hazardous waste who is required to report annually on hazardous waste activities according to rules promulgated under s.
291.05 (6) (b) shall pay an annual environmental repair fee.
289.67(2)(b)
(b) The annual environmental repair fee under par.
(a) shall be assessed as follows:
289.67(2)(b)1.
1. A generator of hazardous waste shall pay a base fee of $470, if the generator is a large quantity generator, or $350, if the generator is a small quantity generator if the generator has generated more than zero pounds in that particular year, plus $20 per ton of hazardous waste generated during the reporting year.
289.67(2)(b)2.
2. No generator is required to pay a fee that is greater than $17,500.
289.67(2)(c)
(c) No tonnage fees may be assessed under par.
(a) for the following hazardous wastes:
289.67(2)(c)1.
1. Hazardous wastes which are recovered for recycling or reuse including hazardous wastes incinerated for the purpose of energy recovery.
289.67(2)(c)2.
2. Leachate which contains hazardous waste which is being transported to a wastewater treatment plant or is discharged directly to a sewer pipe.
289.67(2)(c)3.
3. Hazardous wastes which are removed from a site or facility to repair environmental pollution. In this subdivision, “site or facility" has the meaning given in s.
292.01 (18).
289.67(2)(c)4.
4. Household hazardous wastes that are collected by a municipality under a program for the collection and disposal of household hazardous wastes.
289.67(2)(c)5.
5. Hazardous wastes that are collected by a county under a program for the collection and disposal of chemicals that are used for agricultural purposes, including pesticides, as defined in s.
94.67 (25).
289.67(2)(d)
(d) The department shall assess fees under par.
(a) on the basis of the generator's report that is submitted according to the rules promulgated under s.
291.05 (6) (b).
289.67(2)(de)
(de) The department shall promulgate a rule that defines “large quantity generator" and “small quantity generator" for the purposes of this subsection.
289.67(2)(dm)
(dm) The department may promulgate a rule setting a late fee to be assessed against a generator of hazardous waste who fails to pay the annual environmental repair fee under par.
(a) when it is due. If the department promulgates a rule under this paragraph, it shall set the fee at a level designed to offset the increased costs of collecting annual fees that are not paid when due.
289.67(2)(e)
(e) All moneys received under this subsection shall be credited to the environmental fund for environmental management.
289.67(3)(a)
(a)
Imposition of environmental repair base fee. The owner or operator of a nonapproved facility shall pay to the department an environmental repair base fee for each calendar year.
289.67(3)(b)1.1. The environmental repair base fee is $100 if the owner or operator of the nonapproved facility enters into an agreement with the department to close the facility on or before July 1, 1999. The $100 base fee first applies for the calendar year in which the owner or operator of a nonapproved facility enters into a closure agreement. If the owner or operator of a nonapproved facility fails to comply with the closure agreement, the department shall collect the additional base fees which would have been paid by the owner or operator under subd.
2. in the absence of the closure agreement.
289.67(3)(b)2.
2. The environmental repair base fee is $1,000 if the owner or operator of a nonapproved facility has not entered into an agreement with the department to close the facility on or before July 1, 1999.
289.67(3)(c)
(c)
Use of environmental repair base fees. Environmental repair base fees shall be credited to the environmental fund for environmental management.
289.67(3)(d)
(d)
Reduction of base fee; monitoring. This paragraph applies to a nonapproved facility which is subject to the $1,000 base fee under par.
(b) 2. and which is required by the department to conduct monitoring under s.
289.31 (7). The base fee under par.
(b) 2. shall be reduced by the cost of monitoring for the calendar year to which the base fee applies, or $900, whichever is less.
289.67(4)
(4)
Environmental repair surcharge. 289.67(4)(a)
(a)
Imposition of environmental repair surcharge. If the owner or operator of a nonapproved facility is required to pay a tonnage fee under s.
289.62 (1), the owner or operator shall pay to the department an environmental repair surcharge for each calendar year.
289.67(4)(b)1.1. With respect to solid or hazardous waste disposed of at a nonapproved facility for which the owner or operator enters into an agreement with the department to close the facility on or before July 1, 1999, the owner or operator shall pay to the department an environmental repair surcharge equal to 25 percent of the tonnage fees imposed under s.
289.62 (1). The 25 percent surcharge first applies for the calendar year in which the owner or operator enters into a closure agreement. If the owner or operator fails to comply with the closure agreement, the department shall collect the additional tonnage fees which would have been paid by the owner or operator under subd.
2. in the absence of the closure agreement.
289.67(4)(b)2.
2. With respect to solid or hazardous waste disposed of at a nonapproved facility for which the owner or operator has not entered into an agreement with the department to close the facility on or before July 1, 1999, the owner or operator shall pay to the department an environmental repair surcharge equal to 50 percent of the tonnage fees imposed under s.
289.62 (1).
289.67(4)(c)
(c)
Use of environmental repair surcharge. Environmental repair surcharges shall be credited to the environmental fund for environmental management.
289.675(1)(1)
Except as provided in sub.
(2), if the department requests a person to participate in waste removal activities to mitigate potential environmental impacts and related liability and the department determines that granting a waiver from the fees under ss.
289.63,
289.64,
289.645, and
289.67 will provide an incentive for the person to participate in those activities, the department may grant the person a waiver from those fees for solid waste or hazardous waste that is disposed of as a result of the activities.
289.675(2)
(2) The department may not grant a waiver under sub.
(1) to any of the following:
289.675(2)(a)
(a) A person who knowingly committed a violation of law that caused or contributed to the need for the waste removal activities.
289.675(2)(b)
(b) A person who committed an act that the person knew or should have known would cause or contribute to the need for the waste removal activities.
289.675(3)
(3) The department shall issue a document to a person to whom the department grants a waiver under sub.
(1) stating that solid or hazardous waste generated as a result of the waste removal activities for which the waiver is granted is exempt from the fees under ss.
289.63,
289.64,
289.645, and
289.67. The person shall provide a copy of the document to the operator of the licensed solid or hazardous waste disposal facility at which the solid or hazardous waste is disposed of or to any intermediate hauler used to transport the solid or hazardous waste to a licensed facility.
289.675 History
History: 2013 a. 333.
289.68
289.68
Payments from the waste management fund and related payments. 289.68(2)
(2)
Payments from the investment and local impact fund. The department may expend moneys received from the investment and local impact fund only for the purposes specified under sub.
(3), only for approved mining facilities and only if moneys in the waste management fund are insufficient to make complete payments. The amount expended by the department under this subsection may not exceed the balance in the waste management fund at the beginning of that fiscal year or 50 percent of the balance in the investment and local impact fund at the beginning of that fiscal year, whichever amount is greater.
289.68(3)
(3)
Payments for long-term care after termination of proof of financial responsibility. The department may spend moneys appropriated under s.
20.370 (4) (dq) for the costs of long-term care of an approved facility for which the plan of operation was approved under s.
289.30 (6) before August 9, 1989, that accrue after the requirement to provide proof of financial responsibility expires under s.
289.41 (1m) (b) or
(f) as authorized under s.
289.41 (11) (b) 2. 289.68(4)
(4)
Payment of closure and long-term care costs; forfeited bonds and similar moneys. The department may utilize moneys appropriated under s.
20.370 (4) (dt) for the payment of costs associated with compliance with closure and long-term care requirements under s.
289.41 (11) (b) 1. 289.68(5)
(5)
Prevention of imminent hazard. The department may utilize moneys appropriated under s.
20.370 (4) (dq) for the payment of costs associated with imminent hazards as authorized under s.
289.41 (11) (c) and
(cm).
289.68(6)
(6)
Payment of corrective action, forfeited bonds and recovered moneys. The department may utilize moneys appropriated under s.
20.370 (4) (dy) and
(dz) for the payment of costs of corrective action under s.
289.41 (11) (bm).
289.68(7)
(7)
Report on waste management fund. With its biennial budget request to the department of administration under s.
16.42, the natural resources board shall include a report on the fiscal status of the waste management fund and an estimate of the receipts by and expenditures from the fund in the current fiscal year and in the future.
289.68 History
History: 1995 a. 227 s.
590,
591;
2017 a. 59.
ENFORCEMENT; PENALTIES
289.91
289.91
Inspections. Any officer, employee or authorized representative of the department may enter and inspect any property, premises or place on or at which a solid waste facility is located or is being constructed or installed, or inspect any record relating to solid waste management of any person who generates, transports, treats, stores or disposes of solid waste, at any reasonable time for the purpose of ascertaining the state of compliance with this chapter and rules promulgated or licenses issued under this chapter. No person may refuse entry or access to any officer, employee or authorized representative of the department who requests entry for purposes of inspection, and who presents appropriate credentials. No person may obstruct, hamper or interfere with any such inspection. The department, if requested, shall furnish to the owner or operator of the premises a report setting forth all facts found which relate to compliance status.
289.91 History
History: 1979 c. 34;
1981 c. 374 s.
148;
1987 a. 384;
1993 a. 491;
1995 a. 227 s.
529; Stats. 1995 s. 289.91.
289.92
289.92
Review of alleged violations. Any 6 or more citizens or any municipality may petition for a review of an alleged violation of this chapter or any rule promulgated or special order, plan approval, license or any term or condition of a license issued under this chapter in the following manner:
289.92(1)
(1) They shall submit to the department a petition identifying the alleged violator and setting forth in detail the reasons for believing a violation occurred. The petition shall state the name and address of a person within the state authorized to receive service of answer and other papers in behalf of the petitioners and the name and address of a person authorized to appear at a hearing in behalf of the petitioners.
289.92(2)
(2) Upon receipt of a petition under this section, the department may:
289.92(2)(a)
(a) Conduct a hearing in the matter within 60 days of receipt of the petition. A hearing under this paragraph shall be a contested case under ch.
227. Within 60 days after the close of the hearing, the department shall either:
289.92(2)(a)1.
1. Serve written notice specifying the law or rule alleged to be violated, containing findings of fact, conclusions of law and an order, which shall be subject to review under ch.
227; or
289.92(3)
(3) If the department determines that a petition was filed maliciously or in bad faith, it shall issue a finding to that effect, and the person complained against is entitled to recover expenses on the hearing in a civil action.
289.92 History
History: 1981 c. 374;
1995 a. 227 s.
640; Stats. 1995 s. 289.92.
289.93
289.93
Orders. The department may issue orders to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and enforce the same by all appropriate administrative and judicial proceedings.
289.93 History
History: 1995 a. 227 s.
524.
289.94
289.94
Imminent danger. 289.94(1)(1)
Notice required. If the department receives evidence that the past or present handling, storage, treatment, transportation or disposal of any solid waste may present an imminent and substantial danger to health or the environment, the department shall do all of the following:
289.94(1)(a)
(a) Provide immediate notice of the danger to each affected municipality.
289.94(1)(b)
(b) Promptly post notice of the danger at the site at which the danger exists, or order a person responsible for the danger to post such notice.
289.94(2)
(2)
Other actions. In addition to the actions under sub.
(1), the department may do one or more of the following:
289.94(2)(a)
(a) Issue any special order necessary to protect public health or the environment.
289.94(2)(b)
(b) Take any other action necessary to protect public health or the environment.
289.94(2)(c)
(c) Request the department of justice to commence legal proceedings to restrain or enjoin any person from handling, storage, treatment, transportation or disposal which presents or may present an imminent and substantial danger to health or the environment or take any other action as may be necessary to protect public health and the environment.
289.94 History
History: 1995 a. 227 s.
991.
289.95
289.95
Enforcement procedures for older facilities. 289.95(1)(1)
Notwithstanding s.
289.97, for solid waste facilities licensed on or before January 1, 1977, that the department believes do not meet minimum standards promulgated under s.
289.05 (1) and
(2), the department may do any of the following:
289.95(1)(b)
(b) Refer the matter to the department of justice for enforcement under s.
299.95.
289.95(1)(c)
(c) Issue an order relating to the solid waste facility or refuse to relicense the solid waste facility using the procedure under sub.
(2).
289.95(2)(a)(a) Before issuing an order relating to a solid waste facility or a decision refusing to relicense a solid waste facility under sub.
(1) (c), the department shall notify the licensee of its intended action. The licensee, within 30 days after receipt of the notice, may request a hearing under par.
(b). If the licensee requests a hearing under par.
(b), it may not withdraw that request and proceed under par.
(c).
289.95(2)(b)
(b) If the licensee requests a hearing, the department may not issue the order or decision until a hearing, conducted as a class 2 proceeding under ch.
227, is held unless the licensee has withdrawn the hearing request. The hearing shall be held in the county where the facility is located. At the hearing the department must establish by a preponderance of all the available evidence that the facility does not adhere to the minimum standards promulgated under s.
289.05 (1) and
(2). If the hearing examiner's decision is in favor of the department, or if the licensee has withdrawn the hearing request, the department may issue the order or decision. The order or decision is subject to judicial review under ch.
227.
289.95(2)(c)
(c) If the licensee does not request a hearing under par.
(b), the department shall issue the order or decision. The licensee may challenge the order or decision by commencing an action in circuit court for the county in which the solid waste facility is located within 15 days after the issuance of the order or decision. The complaint shall allege that the facility adheres to the minimum standards promulgated under s.
289.05 (1) and
(2). The licensee shall receive a new trial on all issues relating to the facility and relicensing of the facility. The trial shall be conducted by the court without a jury.
289.95 History
History: 1995 a. 227 s.
581.
289.96(1)(a)
(a) No person may treat, store or dispose of high-volume industrial waste in violation of a testing requirement or condition of an exemption under s.
289.43 (7) (d).
289.96(1)(b)
(b) No person may violate a testing requirement or condition of an exemption from regulation under s.
289.43 (8) (c).
289.96(2)
(2) A person who violates sub.
(1) shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $25,000 for each violation. Each day of violation is a separate offense.
289.96(3)(a)(a) Except for the violations enumerated in sub.
(1), any person who violates this chapter or any rule promulgated or any plan approval, license or special order issued under this chapter shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $5,000 for each violation. Each day of continued violation is a separate offense. While an order is suspended, stayed or enjoined, the penalty does not accrue.
289.96(3)(b)
(b) In addition to the penalties provided under par.
(a), the court may award the department of justice the reasonable and necessary expenses of the investigation and prosecution of the violation, including attorney fees. The department of justice shall deposit in the state treasury for deposit into the general fund all moneys that the court awards to the department or the state under this paragraph.
The costs of investigation and the expenses of prosecution, including attorney fees, shall be credited to the appropriation account under s.
20.455 (1) (gh).
