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AB1137,11,2315 87.30 (2) Enforcement and penalties. Except as provided in par. (b), every
16Every structure, building, fill, or development placed or maintained within any
17floodplain in violation of a zoning ordinance adopted under this section, or s. 59.69,
1861.35 or 62.23 is a public nuisance and the creation thereof may be enjoined and
19maintenance thereof may be abated by action at suit of any municipality, the state
20or any citizen thereof. Any person who places or maintains any structure, building,
21fill or development within any floodplain in violation of a zoning ordinance adopted
22under this section, or s. 59.69, 61.35 or 62.23 may be fined not more than $50 for each
23offense. Each day during which such violation exists is a separate offense.
AB1137,48 24Section 48. 87.30 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1137,49 25Section 49. 107.001 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,12,7
1107.001 (1) “Exploration mining lease" means any lease, option to lease, option
2to purchase or similar conveyance entered into for the purpose of determining the
3presence, location, quality or quantity of nonferrous metallic metalliferous minerals
4or for the purpose of mining, developing or extracting nonferrous metallic
5metalliferous minerals, or both under ch. 293. Any lease, option to lease, option to
6purchase or similar conveyance entered into by a mining company is rebuttably
7presumed to be an exploration mining lease.
AB1137,50 8Section 50. 107.001 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1137,12,109 107.001 (2) “Metalliferous minerals" means naturally occurring minerals that
10contain metal.
AB1137,51 11Section 51. 107.01 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,12,15 12107.01 Rules governing mining rights. (intro.) Where there is no contract
13between the parties or terms established by the landlord to the contrary the following
14rules and regulations shall be applied to mining contracts and leases for the digging
15of nonferrous metallic ores and minerals:
AB1137,52 16Section 52. 107.01 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,12,2517 107.01 (2) The discovery of a crevice or range containing nonferrous metallic
18ores or minerals shall entitle the discoverer to the nonferrous metallic ores or
19minerals pertaining thereto, subject to the rent due the discoverer's landlord, before
20as well as after the nonferrous metallic ores or minerals are separated from the
21freehold; but such miner shall not be entitled to recover any nonferrous metallic ores
22or
minerals or the value thereof from the person digging on the miner's range in good
23faith and known to be mining thereon until the miner shall have given notice of the
24miner's claim; and the miner shall be entitled to the nonferrous metallic ores or
25minerals dug after such notice.
AB1137,53
1Section 53. 107.02 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,13,21 2107.02 Mining statement; penalty. When there is no agreement between the
3parties to any mining lease, license or permit, to mine or remove nonferrous metallic
4minerals
ore from any lands in this state, regulating the method of reporting the
5amount of nonferrous metallic minerals ore taken, the person mining and removing
6the nonferrous metallic minerals ore shall keep proper and correct books, and
7therefrom to make and deliver by or before the fifteenth 15th day of each month to
8the lessor, owner or person entitled thereto, a detailed statement covering the
9operations of the preceding month. The statement shall show the total amount of
10tons or pounds of each kind of nonferrous metallic minerals ore produced; if sold, then
11to whom sold, giving the date of sale, date of delivery to any railroad company,
12naming the company, and the station where delivered or billed for shipment; the
13name and address of the purchaser; the price per ton at which sold and the total value
14of each kind of nonferrous metallic minerals ore so sold. The books shall be always
15open to any owner, lessor, licensor or stockholder, if the owner, lessor or licensor is
16a corporation, and to any person or stockholder interested in any such mining
17operations, for the purpose of inspection and taking copies thereof or abstracts
18therefrom. Any person and every officer, agent or employee of any thereof, who
19violates this section, or who makes any false or incomplete entries on any such books
20or statements, shall be fined not less than $100 or imprisoned in the county jail for
21not more than 3 months or both.
AB1137,54 22Section 54. 107.03 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,14,7 23107.03 Conflicting claims. In case of conflicting claims to a crevice or range
24bearing nonferrous metallic ores or minerals the court may continue any action to
25enforce a claim or grant any necessary time for the purpose of allowing parties to

1prove up their mines or diggings if it satisfactorily appears necessary to the ends of
2justice. In such case the court or judge may appoint a receiver and provide that the
3mines or diggings be worked under the receiver's direction, subject to the order of the
4court, in such manner as best ascertains the respective rights of the parties. The
5nonferrous metallic ores or minerals raised by either party pending the dispute shall
6be delivered to the receiver, who may, by order of the court or judge, pay any rent or
7other necessary expenses therefrom.
AB1137,55 8Section 55. 107.04 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,14,20 9107.04 Lessee's fraud; failure to work mine. Any miner who conceals or
10disposes of any nonferrous metallic ores or minerals or mines or diggings for the
11purpose of defrauding the lessor of rent or who neglects to pay any rent on nonferrous
12metallic
ores or minerals raised by the miner for 3 days after the notice thereof and
13claim of the rent, shall forfeit all right to his or her mines, diggings or range; and the
14landlord after the concealment or after 3 days have expired from the time of
15demanding rent, may proceed against the miner to recover possession of the mines
16or diggings in circuit court as in the case of a tenant holding over after the
17termination of the lease. If a miner neglects to work his or her mines or diggings
18according to the usages of miners, without reasonable excuse, he or she shall likewise
19forfeit the mines or diggings and the landlord may proceed against the miner in like
20manner to recover possession of the mines or diggings.
AB1137,56 21Section 56. 107.11 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,15,8 22107.11 Account of nonferrous metallic minerals ore received. Every
23person operating a metal recovery system and every purchaser of nonferrous
24metallic
ores and minerals shall keep a substantially bound book, ruled into suitable
25columns, in which shall be entered from day to day, as nonferrous metallic ores or

1minerals are received, the following items: the day, month and year when received;
2the name of the person from whom purchased; the name of the person by whom
3hauled and delivered; and the name of the owner of the land from which the
4nonferrous metallic ores or minerals were obtained, or if not known, the name of the
5diggings or some distinct description of the land. The bound book shall be kept at
6the furnace or at the usual place of business of such person or purchaser or his or her
7agent in this state, and shall be open to authorized representatives of the department
8of revenue at reasonable times for inspection and taking extracts.
AB1137,57 9Section 57. 107.12 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,15,16 10107.12 Penalty. If any person operating a metal recovery system or purchaser
11of nonferrous metallic ores and minerals or the agent of any such person or purchaser
12doing business fails to keep such a book or to make such entries as required under
13s. 107.11 or unreasonably refuses to show the book for inspection or taking extracts
14or makes false entries in the book he or she shall forfeit $10 for each offense, one-half
15to the use of the prosecutor; and each day such failure or refusal continues shall be
16deemed a distinct and separate offense.
AB1137,58 17Section 58. 107.20 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,16,418 107.20 (1) Any provision of an exploration mining lease entered into after April
1925, 1978, granting an option or right to determine the presence, location, quality or
20quantity of nonferrous metallic metalliferous minerals shall be limited to a term not
21exceeding 10 years from the date on which the exploration mining lease is recorded
22in the office of the register of deeds of the county where the property is located, except
23that any provision of an exploration mining lease entered into after April 25, 1978,
24granting an option or right to determine the quality and quantity of nonferrous
25metallic
metalliferous minerals under a prospecting permit shall be limited to a term

1not exceeding 10 years from the date that the lessee applies for a prospecting permit
2under s. 293.35, if the lessee applies for the prospecting permit within 10 years from
3the date on which the exploration mining lease is recorded in the office of the register
4of deeds of the county where the property is located.
AB1137,59 5Section 59. 107.20 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,16,106 107.20 (2) Any provision of an exploration mining lease entered into after April
725, 1978, granting an option or right to develop or extract nonferrous metallic
8metalliferous minerals shall be limited to a term not exceeding 50 years from the date
9on which the exploration mining lease is recorded in the office of the register of deeds
10of the county where the property is located.
AB1137,60 11Section 60. 107.30 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,16,1612 107.30 (8) “Mining" or “mining operation" means all or part of the process
13involved in the mining of metallic minerals, other than for exploration or
14prospecting, including commercial extraction, agglomeration, beneficiation,
15construction of roads, removal of overburden, and the production of refuse
has the
16meaning given in s. 293.01 (9)
.
AB1137,61 17Section 61. 107.30 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,17,518 107.30 (15) “Prospecting" means engaging in the examination of an area for the
19purpose of determining the quality and quantity of minerals, other than for
20exploration but including the obtaining of an ore sample, by such physical means as
21excavating, trenching, construction of shafts, ramps, and tunnels and other means,
22other than for exploration, which the department of natural resources, by rule,
23identifies, and the production of prospecting refuse and other associated activities.
24“Prospecting" does not include such activities when the activities are, by themselves,
25intended for and capable of commercial exploitation of the underlying ore body. The

1fact that prospecting activities and construction may have use ultimately in mining,
2if approved, does not mean that prospecting activities and construction constitute
3mining within the meaning of sub. (8), provided such activities and construction are
4reasonably related to prospecting requirements
has the meaning given in s. 293.01
5(18)
.
AB1137,62 6Section 62. 107.30 (16) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,17,97 107.30 (16) “Prospecting site" means the lands on which prospecting is actually
8conducted as well as those lands on which physical disturbance will occur as a result
9of such activity
has the meaning given in s. 293.01 (21).
AB1137,63 10Section 63. 160.19 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,17,1711 160.19 (12) The requirements in this section shall not apply to rules governing
12an activity regulated under ch. 293 or subch. III of ch. 295, or to a solid waste facility
13regulated under subch. III of ch. 289 which is part of an activity regulated under ch.
14293 or subch. III of ch. 295, except that the department may promulgate new rules
15or amend rules governing this type of activity, practice or facility if the department
16determines that the amendment or promulgation of rules is necessary to protect
17public health, safety or welfare.
AB1137,64 18Section 64. 196.491 (3) (a) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,18,819 196.491 (3) (a) 3. b. Except as provided under subd. 3. c., within Within 20 days
20after the department provides a listing specified in subd. 3. a. to a person, the person
21shall apply for the permits and approvals identified in the listing. The department
22shall determine whether an application under this subd. 3. b. is complete and, no
23later than 30 days after the application is filed, notify the applicant about the
24determination. If the department determines that the application is incomplete, the
25notice shall state the reason for the determination. An applicant may supplement

1and refile an application that the department has determined to be incomplete.
2There is no limit on the number of times that an applicant may refile an application
3under this subd. 3. b. If the department fails to determine whether an application
4is complete within 30 days after the application is filed, the application shall be
5considered to be complete. Except as provided in s. 30.025 (4), the department shall
6complete action on an application under this subd. 3. b. for any permit or approval
7that is required prior to construction of a facility within 120 days after the date on
8which the application is determined or considered to be complete.
AB1137,65 9Section 65. 196.491 (3) (a) 3. c. of the statutes is repealed.
AB1137,66 10Section 66. 196.491 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,18,1811 196.491 (4) (b) 2. The person shows to the satisfaction of the commission that
12the person reasonably anticipates, at the time that construction of the equipment or
13facilities commences, that on each day that the equipment and facilities are in
14operation the person will consume no less than 70 percent of the aggregate kilowatt
15hours output from the equipment and facilities in manufacturing processes at the
16site where the equipment and facilities are located or in ferrous mineral mining and
17processing activities governed by subch. III of ch. 295 at the site where the equipment
18and facilities are located
.
AB1137,67 19Section 67 . 227.42 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1137,18,2120 227.42 (4) This section does not apply if a hearing on the matter was conducted
21as a part of a hearing under s. 293.43.
AB1137,68 22Section 68. 227.483 (3) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1137,69 23Section 69 . 281.35 (5) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,19,224 281.35 (5) (e) Right to hearing. Any Except as provided in s. 227.42 (4), any
25person who receives notice of a denial or modification requirement under par. (c) is

1entitled to a contested case hearing under ch. 227 if the person requests the hearing
2within 30 days after receiving the notice.
AB1137,70 3Section 70. 281.36 (3g) (h) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,19,104 281.36 (3g) (h) 2. If, within 30 days after an application under subd. 1. is
5received by the department, the department does not either request additional
6information or inform the applicant that a wetland individual permit will be required
7as provided in par. (i), the discharge shall be considered to be authorized under the
8wetland general permit and the applicant may proceed without further notice,
9hearing, permit, or approval if the discharge is carried out in compliance with all of
10the conditions of the general permit, except as provided in s. 295.60 (3) (b).
AB1137,71 11Section 71. 281.65 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,19,2412 281.65 (2) (a) “Best management practices" means practices, techniques or
13measures, except for dredging, identified in areawide water quality management
14plans, which are determined to be effective means of preventing or reducing
15pollutants generated from nonpoint sources, or from the sediments of inland lakes
16polluted by nonpoint sources, to a level compatible with water quality objectives
17established under this section and which do not have an adverse impact on fish and
18wildlife habitat. The practices, techniques or measures include land acquisition,
19storm sewer rerouting and the removal of structures necessary to install structural
20urban best management practices, facilities for the handling and treatment of
21milkhouse wastewater, repair of fences built using grants under this section and
22measures to prevent or reduce pollutants generated from mine tailings disposal sites
23for which the department has not approved a plan of operation under s. 289.30 or s.
24295.51
.
AB1137,72 25Section 72. 281.75 (17) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,20,2
1281.75 (17) (b) This section does not apply to contamination which is
2compensable under subch. II of ch. 107 or s. 293.65 (4) or 295.61 (8).
AB1137,73 3Section 73. 283.84 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,20,74 283.84 (3m) A person engaged in mining, as defined in s. 293.01 (9) or 295.41
5(26)
, prospecting, as defined in s. 293.01 (18), bulk sampling, as defined in s. 293.01
6(2m) or 295.41 (7),
or nonmetallic mining, as defined in s. 295.11 (3), may not enter
7into an agreement under sub. (1).
AB1137,74 8Section 74. 287.13 (5) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,20,149 287.13 (5) (e) Solid waste produced by a commercial business or industry which
10is disposed of or held for disposal in an approved facility, as defined under s. 289.01
11(3), or a mining waste site, as defined in s. 295.41 (31), covered by a mining permit
12under s. 295.58,
owned or leased by the generator or on which the generator holds
13an easement
, and designed and constructed for the purpose of accepting that type of
14solid waste.
AB1137,75 15Section 75. 289.62 (2) (g) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,20,1716 289.62 (2) (g) 2. For nonhazardous tailing solids or for nonacid producing
17taconite tailing solids
, 0.2 cent per ton.
AB1137,76 18Section 76. 289.62 (2) (g) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,20,2019 289.62 (2) (g) 6. For nonhazardous waste rock or for nonacid producing taconite
20waste rock
, 0.1 cent per ton.
AB1137,77 21Section 77. 292.01 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,20,2322 292.01 (1m) “Approved mining facility" has the meaning given in s. 289.01 (4)
23and includes a mining waste site, as defined in s. 295.41 (31).
AB1137,78 24Section 78. Chapter 293 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,20,2525 CHAPTER 293
AB1137,21,1
1NONFERROUS METALLIC MINING
AB1137,79 2Section 79 . 293.01 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1137,80 3Section 80. 293.01 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,21,104 293.01 (5) “Mineral exploration" or “exploration", unless the context requires
5otherwise, means the on-site geologic examination from the surface of an area by
6core, rotary, percussion or other drilling, where the diameter of the hole does not
7exceed 18 inches, for the purpose of searching for nonferrous metallic minerals or
8establishing the nature of a known nonferrous metallic mineral deposit, and includes
9associated activities such as clearing and preparing sites or constructing roads for
10drilling.
AB1137,81 11Section 81. 293.01 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,21,2112 293.01 (7) “Merchantable by-product" means all waste soil, rock, mineral,
13liquid, vegetation and other material directly resulting from or displaced by the
14mining, cleaning or preparation of nonferrous metallic minerals during mining
15operations which are determined by the department to be marketable upon a
16showing of marketability made by the operator, accompanied by a verified statement
17by the operator of his or her intent to sell such material within 3 years from the time
18it results from or is displaced by mining. If after 3 years from the time merchantable
19by-product results from or is displaced by mining such material has not been
20transported off the mining site, it shall be considered and regulated as refuse unless
21removal is continuing at a rate of more than 12,000 cubic yards per year.
AB1137,82 22Section 82. 293.01 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1137,21,2423 293.01 (8) “Minerals" mean unbeneficiated metallic ore but does not include
24mineral aggregates such as stone, sand, and gravel.
AB1137,83 25Section 83. 293.01 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,22,5
1293.01 (9) “Mining" or “mining operation" means all or part of the process
2involved in the mining of nonferrous metallic minerals, other than for exploration,
3bulk sampling,
or prospecting, including commercial extraction, agglomeration,
4beneficiation, construction of roads, removal of overburden and the production of
5refuse.
AB1137,84 6Section 84. 293.01 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,22,127 293.01 (12) “Mining site" means the surface area disturbed by a mining
8operation, including the surface area from which the nonferrous metallic minerals
9or refuse or both have been removed, the surface area covered by refuse, all lands
10disturbed by the construction or improvement of haulageways, and any surface areas
11in which structures, equipment, materials and any other things used in the mining
12operation are situated.
AB1137,85 13Section 85. 293.01 (12m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1137,86 14Section 86. 293.01 (18) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,23,215 293.01 (18) “Prospecting" means engaging in the examination of an area for the
16purpose of determining the quality and quantity of nonferrous metallic minerals,
17other than for exploration or bulk sampling but including the obtaining of a
18nonferrous metallic
mineral an ore sample, by such physical means as excavating,
19trenching, construction of shafts, ramps and tunnels and other means, other than for
20exploration or bulk sampling, which the department, by rule, identifies, and the
21production of prospecting refuse and other associated activities. “Prospecting" shall
22not include such activities when the activities are, by themselves, intended for and
23capable of commercial exploitation of the underlying nonferrous ore body. However,
24the fact that prospecting activities and construction may have use ultimately in
25mining, if approved, shall not mean that prospecting activities and construction

1constitute mining within the meaning of sub. (9), provided such activities and
2construction are reasonably related to prospecting requirements.
AB1137,87 3Section 87. 293.01 (25) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,23,94 293.01 (25) “Refuse" means all waste soil, rock, mineral, liquid, vegetation and
5other material, except merchantable by-products, directly resulting from or
6displaced by the prospecting or mining and from the cleaning or preparation of
7nonferrous metallic minerals during prospecting or mining operations, and shall
8include all waste materials deposited on or in the prospecting or mining site from
9other sources.
AB1137,88 10Section 88 . 293.13 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,23,1211 293.13 (2) (b) (intro.) Minimum standards for exploration, bulk sampling,
12prospecting, and mining shall include the following:
AB1137,89 13Section 89 . 293.13 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,23,1514 293.13 (2) (b) 4. Adequate diversion and drainage of water from the
15exploration, bulk sampling, prospecting, or mining site.
AB1137,90 16Section 90 . 293.13 (2) (b) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,23,1817 293.13 (2) (b) 7. Removal and stockpiling, or other measures to protect topsoils
18prior to exploration, bulk sampling, prospecting, or mining.
AB1137,91 19Section 91 . 293.13 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,23,2220 293.13 (2) (c) (intro.) Minimum standards for reclamation of exploration and
21bulk sampling
sites, where appropriate, and for prospecting and mining sites shall
22conform to s. 293.01 (23) and include provision for the following:
AB1137,92 23Section 92 . 293.13 (2) (c) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1137,24,224 293.13 (2) (c) 7. Revegetation to stabilize disturbed soils and prevent air and
25water pollution, with the objective of reestablishing a variety of populations of plants

1and animals indigenous to the area immediately prior to exploration, bulk sampling,
2prospecting, or mining.
AB1137,93 3Section 93 . 293.15 (7m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB1137,94 4Section 94 . 293.15 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
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