Amendment SA1-SB522

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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE

SENATE AMENDMENT 1, TO SENATE BILL 522

March 1, 2022 - Offered by Senator Cowles.

SB522-SA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

SB522-SA1,1,5 1. Page 3, line 12: delete “complete." and substitute “complete, applicable permit requirements under ss. 281.16 (2), 283.31, and 283.33, and any administrative rules promulgated thereunder, have been met, and land practices necessary for a designation have been implemented.".

SB522-SA1,1,9 2. Page 4, line 9: after “erosion." insert “The land practices shall meet the applicable standards under chs. NR 151 and 216, Wis. Adm. Code. Land practices that exceed the standards under ch. NR 151 or 216, Wis. Adm. Code, shall be eligible to generate water pollution credits under s. 283.84.".

SB522-SA1,1,13 3. Page 4, line 25: delete “complete." and substitute “complete, applicable permit requirements under ss. 281.16 (2), 283.31, and 283.33, and any administrative rules promulgated thereunder, have been met, and land practices necessary for a designation have been implemented.".

SB522-SA1,2,2 4. Page 5, line 19: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 6, line 2, and substitute:

SB522-SA1,2,4 “b. The site of the installation is managed to comply with state and local permits and approvals.

SB522-SA1,2,16 c. The site of the installation is managed to the extent feasible to minimize the loss of productive agricultural land on and immediately surrounding the site, such as by colocating the installation and agricultural production, incorporating land for grazing, placing beehives, incorporating land practices to reduce runoff that discharges to adjacent agricultural land in excess of what is necessary to maintain compliance with state and local permits, incorporating setbacks for agricultural activities that are necessary only for maintaining the installation and associated infrastructure and meeting state and local requirements, providing long-term maintenance of existing tile drainage and other drainage features that may otherwise affect off-site adjacent agricultural land, or providing revenues to agricultural producers who remain in active production after the installation is established.”.

SB522-SA1,2,17 5. Page 6, line 22: after that line insert:

SB522-SA1,2,24 “(c) The owner or operator of a solar installation is not precluded from seeking or receiving a designation of the solar installation as a pollinator friendly solar installation under sub. (2) (a) or an agriculture friendly solar installation under sub. (3) (a) as a result of the owner or operator participating in other voluntary programs, including the trading of water pollution credits under s. 283.84, even if participation in the voluntary program creates binding land management standards for continued participation in the voluntary program.”.

SB522-SA1,3,1 6. Page 7, line 7: after that line insert:

SB522-SA1,3,2 “ Section 7m. 283.84 (3e) of the statutes is created to read:

SB522-SA1,3,7 283.84 (3e) The owner or operator of a solar installation, as defined in s. 196.38 (1), that is designated as a pollinator friendly solar installation under s. 196.38 (2) (a) or an agriculture friendly solar installation under s. 196.38 (3) (a) is not precluded from using the solar installation to generate water pollution trading credits under this section.”.

SB522-SA1,3,8 (End)