Amendment SA4-AB68

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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE

SENATE AMENDMENT 4, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 68

June 30, 2021 - Offered by Senator Carpenter.

AB68-SA4,1,2 At the locations indicated, amend the bill, as shown by assembly substitute amendment 2, as follows:

AB68-SA4,1,3 1. Page 275, line 21: after that line insert:

AB68-SA4,1,4 “ Section 171c. 30.12 (1g) (m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SA4,171g Section 171g. 30.123 (6) (f) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SA4,171L Section 171L. 30.123 (6m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA4,1,12 30.123 (6m) Permits in lieu of exemptions. (intro.) The department may decide to require that a person engaged in an activity that is exempt under sub. (6) (d) or (f) apply for an individual permit or seek authorization under a general permit if the department has conducted an investigation and visited the site of the activity and has determined that conditions specific to the site require restrictions on the activity in order to prevent any of the following:

AB68-SA4,171p Section 171p. 30.19 (1m) (h) of the statutes is repealed.

AB68-SA4,171t Section 171t. 30.195 (7) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 30.195 (7) and amended to read:

AB68-SA4,2,5 30.195 (7) Application of section. This section does not apply to any of the following: (a) Municipal municipal or county-owned lands in counties having a population of 750,000 or more.

AB68-SA4,171x Section 171x. 30.195 (7) (b) of the statutes is repealed.”.

AB68-SA4,2,7 2. Page 340, line 22: after that line insert:

AB68-SA4,2,8 “ Section 365m. 238.396 (5) of the statutes is repealed.”.

AB68-SA4,2,9 3. Page 341, line 2: after that line insert:

AB68-SA4,2,10 “ Section 366c. 281.346 (4) (c) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA4,2,15 281.346 (4) (c) 2m. The proposal is consistent with an approved water supply service area plan under s. 281.348 that covers the public water supply system unless the proposal is to provide water to a straddling community that includes an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone designated under s. 238.396 (1m).

AB68-SA4,366g Section 366g. 281.36 (3b) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA4,3,2 281.36 (3b) (b) No person may discharge dredged material or fill material into a wetland unless the discharge is authorized by a wetland general permit or individual permit issued by the department under this section or the discharge is exempt under sub. (4), (4m) (a), (4n), or (4r). No person may violate any condition contained in a wetland general or individual permit issued by the department under this section. The department may not issue a wetland general or individual permit under this section unless it determines that the discharge authorized pursuant to the wetland general or individual permit will comply with all applicable water quality standards.

AB68-SA4,366L Section 366L. 281.36 (3m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA4,3,13 281.36 (3m) (a) When permit required. Any person wishing to proceed with a discharge into any wetland shall submit an application for a wetland individual permit under this subsection unless the discharge has been authorized under a wetland general permit as provided in sub. (3g) or is exempt under sub. (4), (4m) (a), (4n), or (4r). Before submitting the application, the department shall hold a meeting with the applicant to discuss the details of the proposed discharge and the requirements for submitting the application and for delineating the wetland. An applicant may include in the application a request for a public informational hearing. The application shall be accompanied by the applicable fee specified in sub. (11) or (12) (a).

AB68-SA4,366p Section 366p. 281.36 (3r) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB68-SA4,3,19 281.36 (3r) (d) 1. The department shall establish under the mitigation program mitigation ratios that are consistent, to the greatest extent possible, with the federal regulations that apply to mitigation and mitigation banks but, unless subd. 2. or 3. applies, the minimum ratio shall be at least 1.2 acres for each acre affected by the discharge.

AB68-SA4,366t Section 366t. 281.36 (3r) (d) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB68-SA4,3,23 281.36 (3r) (d) 3. For a discharge into a wetland located in an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone designated under s. 238.396 (1m), the minimum ratio shall be at least 2 acres for each acre affected by the discharge.

AB68-SA4,366x Section 366x. 281.36 (4m) of the statutes is repealed.”.

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