EmR1611 Hearing Information

 

State of Wisconsin

Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection

NOTICE OF HEARING

Emergency Rule Relating to Producer Led Watershed Protection Grants

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (“Department”) announces that it will hold public hearings on a proposed emergency rule relating to Producer Led Watershed Protection Grants which allow producers to lead the implementation of nonpoint source abatement activities to improve water quality in their respective watersheds.

The Department will hold one public hearing at the time and location shown below.

Hearing Date and Location:

March 29th 2016

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Room 106 (Board Room)

Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection

2811 Agriculture Drive

Madison, Wisconsin 53718

The Department invites the public to attend the hearings and comment on the proposed emergency rule. Following the public hearings, the hearing record will remain open until April 6, 2016, for additional written public comments. Comments may be sent to the Division of Agricultural Resource Management at the address below, or to [e-mail].

You can obtain a free copy of this emergency rule and related documents by contacting the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Division of Agricultural Resource Management, 2811 Agriculture Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53718. You can also obtain a copy by calling Rachel Rushmann at [phone] or by emailing [e-mail]. Copies will also be available at the hearing. To view the emergency rule online, go to: http://adminrules.wisconsin.gov.

Comments or concerns relating to small businesses may also be addressed to Department’s small business regulatory coordinator Keeley Moll at the address above, by email to [e-mail], or by telephone at [phone].

Hearing impaired persons may request an interpreter for this hearing. Please make reservations for a hearing interpreter by March 20, 2016, by writing to Rachel Rushmann, Division of Agricultural Resource Management, Madison, Wisconsin 53718; by emailing [e-mail]; or by telephone at [phone]. Alternatively, you may contact the DATCP TDD at [phone]. The hearing facility is handicap accessible.

DATCP Contact:

Keith Foye, Director

Bureau of Land and Water

Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection

Madison, WI 53718

Telephone: [phone]

E-Mail: [e-mail]