295.41(34)(34) “Overburden” means any unconsolidated material that overlies bedrock. 295.41(35)(35) “Person” means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, local governmental agency, interstate agency, state agency, or federal agency. 295.41(36)(36) “Piping” means the progressive erosion of materials from an embankment or foundation caused by the seepage of water. 295.41(37)(37) “Principal shareholder” means any person who owns at least 10 percent of the beneficial ownership of an applicant or operator. 295.41(38)(38) “Reagent” means a substance or compound that is added to a system in order to bring about a chemical reaction or is added to see if a reaction occurs to confirm the presence of another substance. 295.41(39)(39) “Reclamation” means the process by which an area physically or environmentally affected by exploration or mining is rehabilitated to either its original state or to a state that provides long-term environmental stability. 295.41(40)(40) “Reclamation plan” means the proposal for the reclamation of an exploration site under s. 295.44 (2) (b) or a mining site under s. 295.49. 295.41(41)(41) “Refuse” means all mining waste and all waste materials deposited on or in the mining site from other sources, except merchantable by-products. 295.41(42)(42) “Related person” means any person that owns or operates a mining site in the United States and that is one of the following when an application for a mining permit is submitted to the department: 295.41(42)(b)(b) A person that holds more than a 30 percent ownership interest in the applicant. 295.41(42)(c)(c) A subsidiary or affiliate of the applicant in which the applicant holds more than a 30 percent ownership interest. 295.41(44)(44) “Subsidence” means lateral or vertical ground movement caused by a failure, initiated at the mine, of a man-made underground mine, that directly damages residences or commercial buildings, except that “subsidence” does not include lateral or vertical ground movement caused by earthquake, landslide, soil conditions, soil erosion, soil freezing and thawing, or roots of trees and shrubs. 295.41(45)(45) “Tailings” means waste material resulting from beneficiation of crushed ferrous minerals at a concentrator or from washing, concentration, or treatment of crushed ferrous minerals. 295.41(46)(46) “Unsuitable” means that the land proposed for mining is not suitable for mining because the mining activity will more probably than not destroy or irreparably damage any of the following: 295.41(46)(a)(a) Habitat required for survival of species of vegetation or wildlife designated as endangered through prior inclusion in rules adopted by the department, if the endangered species cannot be reestablished elsewhere. 295.41(46)(b)(b) Unique features of the land, as determined by state or federal designation and incorporated in rules adopted by the department, as any of the following, which cannot have their unique characteristic preserved by relocation or replacement elsewhere: 295.41(46m)(46m) “Wastewater and sludge storage or treatment lagoon” means a man-made containment structure that is constructed primarily of earthen materials, that is for the treatment or storage of wastewater, storm water, or sludge, and that is not a land disposal system, as defined in s. NR 140.05 (11), Wis. Adm. Code. 295.41(48)(48) “Water supply” means the sources and their surroundings from which water is supplied for drinking or domestic purposes. 295.41 HistoryHistory: 2013 a. 1. 295.43295.43 Responsibilities related to mining. The department shall serve as the central unit of state government to ensure that the impact from mining and reclamation on the air, lands, waters, plants, fish, and wildlife in this state will be minimized and offset to the extent practicable. The administration of occupational health and safety laws and rules that apply to mining remain exclusively the responsibility of the department of safety and professional services. The powers and duties of the geological and natural history survey under s. 36.25 (6) remain exclusively the responsibility of the geological and natural history survey. Nothing in this section prevents the department of safety and professional services and the geological and natural history survey from cooperating with the department in the exercise of their respective powers and duties. 295.43 HistoryHistory: 2013 a. 1.