EmR1704 Hearing Information

State of Wisconsin

Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection

NOTICE OF HEARING

Emergency Rule Relating to Maple Syrup Grading and Processing

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (“Department”) announces that it will hold a public hearing on an emergency rule relating to maple syrup grading and processing.

The Department will hold the public hearing at the time and place shown below:

Hearing Date and Location:

Friday, March 24, 2017

10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Room 106 (Board Room)

Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection

2811 Agriculture Drive

Madison, WI 53718

The Department invites the public to attend the hearings and comment on the emergency rule. Following the public hearings, the hearing record will remain open until March 31, 2017, for additional written public comments. Comments may be sent to the Division of Food and Recreational Safety at the address below, to [e-mail], or to http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/code/comment.

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 Food and Recreational Safety, 2811 Agriculture Drive, P.O. Box 8911, Madison, Wisconsin 53708. You can also obtain a copy by calling Arthur Ness at [phone] or by emailing [e-mail]. Copies will also be available at the hearing. To view the emergency rule online, go to: http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/code/comment.

Comments or concerns relating to small business may also be addressed to the Department’s small business regulatory coordinator Keeley Moll at the address above, or 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 17, 2017, by writing to Arthur Ness, Division of Food and Recreational Safety, P.O. Box 8911, Madison, Wisconsin 53708-8911, by emailing [e-mail], or by telephone at [phone]. Alternatively, you may contact the Department TDD at [phone]. The hearing facility is handicap accessible.

Department Contact:

Peter Haase, Director

Bureau of Food and Recreational Businesses

Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection

P.O. Box 8911

Madison, WI 53708-8911

Telephone: [phone]

E-Mail: [e-mail]