AB50-ASA2-AA12,10,7523.0961 Grants to nonprofit conservation organizations. The 6department may award grants from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (ha) to 7nonprofit conservation organizations to support wildlife and habitat management. AB50-ASA2-AA12,10,13923.0966 Tribal co-management program. The department shall establish 10a program under which it coordinates with the federally recognized American 11Indian tribes or bands domiciled in this state in the management of education 12infrastructure, land management activities, and other activities on department 13land, as defined under s. 23.0917 (1) (c). AB50-ASA2-AA12,10,191523.098 (2) The department shall establish a program to make grants from the 16appropriations under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) and (tz) to friends groups and nonprofit 17conservation organizations for projects for property development activities on 18department properties. The department may not encumber more than $500,000 19$2,500,000 in each fiscal year for these grants. AB50-ASA2-AA12,10,222123.098 (4) (b) The department may not encumber more than $20,000 $50,000 22for grants under this section for a department property in each fiscal year. AB50-ASA2-AA12,11,62423.1987 (1) From the moneys appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (ta), the
1department shall set aside $7,000,000 in fiscal year 2014-15 that may be obligated 2only for infrastructure improvements to the Kettle Moraine Springs fish hatchery. 3For purposes of s. 23.0917, moneys obligated under this subsection shall be treated 4as moneys obligated under the property development and local assistance 5subprogram under s. 23.0917 (4). Section 23.0917 (5g) does not apply with respect 6to amounts obligated before July 1, 2018, under this subsection. AB50-ASA2-AA12,11,9823.33 (1) (nh) “Utility terrain vehicle club” means a club consisting of 9individuals that promotes the recreational use of utility terrain vehicles. AB50-ASA2-AA12,11,121230.92 (3) (b) 5. Projects underway in a state of readiness. AB50-ASA2-AA12,4213Section 42. 30.92 (4) (b) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read: AB50-ASA2-AA12,11,191430.92 (4) (b) 2. a. The department may cost-share, with the approval of the 15commission, with a qualified lake association or an affected governmental unit, 16including itself, at a rate of up to 50 percent of any construction, acquisition, 17rehabilitation, feasibility study or other project costs or any combination of these 18costs, for the recreational boating project if the costs are the type that qualify for 19funding under this section. AB50-ASA2-AA12,12,22230.92 (4) (b) 6m. Notwithstanding subd. 6., the department, with the 23approval of the commission, may reallocate for expenditure for recreational boating 24aids without complying with the percentages under subd. 6. any state funds that
1are not encumbered for expenditure for a fiscal year before the first day of the 4th 23rd quarter of that fiscal year. AB50-ASA2-AA12,12,74(1) Transfer from capital improvement fund to the conservation fund. 5In fiscal year 2026-27, there is transferred from the capital improvement fund to 6the forestry account of the conservation fund an amount equal to the difference 7between the following: AB50-ASA2-AA12,12,108(a) The total amount transferred to the capital improvement fund under s. 920.370 (5) (hq) and (hr), 2023 stats., in fiscal years 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, and 102025-26. AB50-ASA2-AA12,12,1211(b) The total amount obligated under s. 23.0917 (3) (bt) 3. and (bw) 2. in fiscal 12years 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, and 2025-26 minus $4,000,000. AB50-ASA2-AA12,12,1613(2) Department land acquisition. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for 14the appropriation to the department of natural resources under s. 20.370 (5) (hq), 15the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is increased by $1,000,000 for the 16purposes for which the appropriation is made. AB50-ASA2-AA12,12,1918(1) Transfers to the capital improvement fund. The treatment of ss. 1918.08 (1) (a) (intro.) and 20.370 (5) (hq) and (hr) takes effect on July 1, 2026.”. AB50-ASA2-AA12,13,523(1) County conservation staffing — general fund. In the schedule 24under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of agriculture, trade and
1consumer protection under s. 20.115 (7) (c), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2025-226 is increased by $2,759,000 and the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-27 is 3increased by $2,990,000 for support of counties’ 3rd local land conservation 4personnel positions under the soil and water resource management program under 5s. 92.14. AB50-ASA2-AA12,13,126(2) County conservation staffing — environmental fund. In the 7schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of agriculture, 8trade and consumer protection under s. 20.115 (7) (qe), the dollar amount for fiscal 9year 2025-26 is increased by $3,372,100 and the dollar amount for fiscal year 2026-1027 is increased by $3,654,400 for support of counties’ first and 2nd local land 11conservation personnel positions under the soil and water resource management 12program under s. 92.14.”. AB50-ASA2-AA12,14,31520.115 (7) (qf) Soil and water management; aids. From the environmental 16fund, the amounts in the schedule for cost-sharing grants and contracts under the 17soil and water resource management program under s. 92.14, but not for the 18support of local land conservation personnel, and for producer-led watershed 19protection grants under s. 93.59. Prior to fiscal year 2021-22, the department shall 20allocate funds, in an amount that does not exceed $750,000 in each fiscal year, for 21the producer-led watershed protection grants. Beginning in In fiscal year years 222021-22 to 2024-25, the department shall allocate funds, in an amount that does 23not exceed $1,000,000 in each fiscal year, for the producer-led watershed protection
1grants. Beginning in fiscal year 2025-26, the department shall allocate funds, in an 2amount that does not exceed $1,250,000 in each fiscal year, for the producer-led 3watershed protection grants.”. AB50-ASA2-AA12,14,11613.48 (26m) Lead service line replacement. The legislature finds and 7determines that the prevalence of lead service lines in connections to public water 8systems poses a public health hazard and that processes for reducing lead entering 9drinking water from such pipes requires additional treatment of wastewater. It is 10therefore in the public interest, and it is the public policy of this state, to assist 11private users of public water systems in replacing lead service lines. AB50-ASA2-AA12,4712Section 47. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, 13insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated: AB50-ASA2-AA12,15,7520.320 (2) (a) Lead service line replacement. As a continuing appropriation, 6the amounts in the schedule for lead service line replacement loans under s. 281.61 7(8) (b). AB50-ASA2-AA12,15,12920.370 (4) (pf) General program operations — PFAS; general fund. As a 10continuing appropriation, from the general fund, the amounts in the schedule for 11addressing and preventing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances 12contamination in this state. AB50-ASA2-AA12,15,171420.370 (4) (pq) General program operations — PFAS innocent landowner 15remediation. As a continuing appropriation, from the environmental fund, the 16amounts in the schedule for actions taken under s. 292.31 to address and prevent 17perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination in this state. AB50-ASA2-AA12,15,231992.14 (18) PFAS monitoring. As part of any statewide monitoring program, 20sampling program, or survey conducted by the department, any samples that are 21collected and tested shall also, at the department’s discretion and where 22appropriate, be tested for the presence of any perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl 23substance. AB50-ASA2-AA12,52
1Section 52. 160.07 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 160.07 (5) (a) and 2amended to read: AB50-ASA2-AA12,16,83160.07 (5) (a) Within Except as provided under par. (b), within 9 months after 4transmitting the name of a substance to the department of health services under 5sub. (2), the department of natural resources shall propose rules establishing the 6recommendation of the department of health services as the enforcement standard 7for that substance and publish the notice required under s. 227.16 (2) (e), 227.17 or 8227.24 (3). AB50-ASA2-AA12,16,1510160.07 (5) (b) Within 3 months after receiving a recommended enforcement 11standard for a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance from the department of 12health services under sub. (3), the department of natural resources shall prepare a 13statement of scope under s. 227.135 of proposed rules that establish the 14recommendation of the department of health services as the enforcement standard 15for that substance. AB50-ASA2-AA12,16,2217227.139 (5) This section does not apply to a proposed rule of the department 18of natural resources establishing acceptable levels and standards, performance 19standards, enforcement standards and preventative action limits, monitoring 20requirements, and required response actions for any perfluoroalkyl or 21polyfluoroalkyl substance or group or class of such substances in groundwater, 22drinking water, surface water, air, soil, or sediment. AB50-ASA2-AA12,17,7
1227.19 (7) Nonapplication. This section does not apply to rules promulgated 2under s. 227.24, or to rules proposed by the department of natural resources 3establishing acceptable levels and standards, performance standards, enforcement 4standards and preventative action limits, monitoring requirements, and required 5response actions for any perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance or group or 6class of such substances in groundwater, drinking water, surface water, air, soil, or 7sediment. AB50-ASA2-AA12,17,149227.26 (5) This section does not apply to a proposed rule of the department of 10natural resources establishing acceptable levels and standards, performance 11standards, enforcement standards and preventative action limits, monitoring 12requirements, and required response actions for any perfluoroalkyl or 13polyfluoroalkyl substance or group or class of such substances in groundwater, 14drinking water, surface water, air, soil, or sediment. AB50-ASA2-AA12,18,816281.61 (6) Priority list. The department shall establish a priority list that 17ranks each safe drinking water loan program project. The department shall 18promulgate rules for determining project rankings that, to the extent possible, give 19priority to projects that address the most serious risks to human health, that are 20necessary to ensure compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 USC 300f to 21300j-26, and that assist applicants that are most in need on a per household basis, 22according to affordability criteria specified in the rules. For the purpose of ranking 23projects under this subsection, the department shall treat a project to upgrade a
1public water system to provide continuous disinfection of the water that it 2distributes as if the public water system were a surface water system that federal 3law requires to provide continuous disinfection. For the purpose of ranking projects 4under this subsection, if the department of health services has recommended an 5enforcement standard for a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance, the 6department of natural resources shall treat a project relating to that perfluoroalkyl 7or polyfluoroalkyl substance as if a maximum contaminant level for that substance 8has been attained or exceeded. AB50-ASA2-AA12,18,1210281.61 (8) (b) The department of administration shall allocate the amount 11appropriated under s. 20.320 (2) (a) to projects involving forgivable loans to private 12users of public water systems to replace lead service lines. AB50-ASA2-AA12,18,1514281.79 Negotiations for alternate source of water due to PFAS 15contamination. (1) Definitions. In this section: AB50-ASA2-AA12,18,1716(a) “Municipality” means a city, village, town, county, utility district, lake 17protection district, sewerage district, or municipal airport. AB50-ASA2-AA12,18,1818(b) “Private water supply” has the meaning given in s. 281.77 (1) (a). AB50-ASA2-AA12,19,619(2) Mediation. A municipality that contains private water supplies that have 20been contaminated by a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance in excess of a 21state or federal drinking water standard, a state groundwater standard, or a public 22health recommendation from the department of health services under s. 160.07 23may request that the department appoint a mediator to assist in negotiations for
1the supply of an alternate source of water provided by or connected to a water 2supply located within another municipality. The department may not appoint a 3mediator under this section unless the department receives written consent from 4both municipalities. A person responsible under s. 292.11 (3), if any, may 5participate in negotiations. The department shall promulgate rules to implement 6this section, including rules for the allocation of the cost of the mediator. AB50-ASA2-AA12,19,188283.31 (4) (g) That, if the permit allows for the land application of sewage 9sludge, the permittee shall, before first applying sludge and at least once per year 10thereafter, sample and test the sludge for all perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl 11substances for which there is a state or federal standard, a public health 12recommendation from the department of health services under s. 160.07, or a 13health advisory issued by the federal environmental protection agency. The 14permittee shall, before applying sludge to land in any year, report the sampling and 15testing results to the department and to the property owner of each tax parcel upon 16which sludge will be applied. The sampling and testing required under this 17paragraph shall be in addition to any sampling and testing otherwise required 18under the permit. AB50-ASA2-AA12,19,2220283.31 (4) (h) That, if the permittee is a treatment work, the permittee will 21test all sewage sludge for the presence of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl 22substances and report the testing results to the department. AB50-ASA2-AA12,20,4
1292.11 (8m) Site-specific standards. If no standard exists for a hazardous 2substance, the person responsible under sub. (3) shall propose site-specific 3environmental standards for department approval for the actions required under 4this chapter and rules promulgated under this chapter. AB50-ASA2-AA12,20,96292.11 (9) (g) 1. In this paragraph, “PFAS” means a perfluoroalkyl or 7polyfluoroalkyl substances for which there is a state or federal standard, a public 8health recommendation from the department of health services under s. 160.07, or 9a health advisory issued by the federal environmental protection agency. AB50-ASA2-AA12,20,12102. Except as provided in subd. 3, a person who possesses or controls property 11where a PFAS discharge occurred is exempt from subs. (3), (4), and (7) (b) and (c) for 12the PFAS discharge if all of the following apply: AB50-ASA2-AA12,20,1313a. The property is exclusively used for agricultural use or residential use. AB50-ASA2-AA12,20,1514b. The discharge was caused by land application of sludge permitted under ch. 15283. AB50-ASA2-AA12,20,2016c. The person who possesses or controls the property where the PFAS 17discharge occurred agrees to allow the department, any authorized representatives 18of the department, any party that possessed or controlled the PFAS or caused the 19discharge of the PFAS, and any consultant or contractor of such a party to enter the 20property to take action to respond to the discharge. AB50-ASA2-AA12,20,2421d. The person who possesses or controls the property where the PFAS 22discharge occurred does not interfere with any action taken in response to the 23discharge and does not take any action that worsens or contributes to the PFAS 24discharge. AB50-ASA2-AA12,21,6
1e. The person who possesses or controls the property where the PFAS 2discharge occurred follows any other condition that the department determines is 3reasonable and necessary to ensure that the department or other person described 4in subd. 2. c. is able to adequately respond to the discharge, including taking action 5necessary to protect human health, safety, or welfare or the environment, taking 6into consideration the current or intended use of the property. AB50-ASA2-AA12,21,107f. The person who possesses or controls the property where the PFAS 8discharge occurred allows the department to limit public access to the property if 9the department determines such limitation of access is necessary to prevent an 10imminent threat to human health, safety, or welfare or to the environment. AB50-ASA2-AA12,21,12113. a. The exemption under subd. 2. does not apply to any substances other 12than PFAS. AB50-ASA2-AA12,21,1513b. The exemption under subd. 2. does not apply if the person that possesses or 14controls the property where the PFAS discharge occurred takes action that worsens 15or contributes to the PFAS discharge. AB50-ASA2-AA12,22,2164. A person who is exempt from subs. (3), (4), and (7) (b) and (c) pursuant to 17subd. 2. shall provide written disclosure to any prospective purchaser of the 18property, either through sale or land contract, before entering into a contract and to 19prospective tenants of the property, including agricultural and residential tenants 20before entering into a lease agreement. Written disclosure shall be provided to any 21current tenants as soon as reasonably practicable and upon any reissuance or 22renewal of a lease. Written disclosure shall include, at a minimum, a description of 23the type of contamination, the location and description of any action taken to 24control or treat the contamination, PFAS sample dates and results, and a
1description of compliance with reporting required under sub. (2). A copy of the 2disclosure shall be provided to the department upon request. AB50-ASA2-AA12,22,635. The exemption under subd. 2 may not be transferred to a subsequent owner 4of the property on which the PFAS discharge occurred. Each person that possesses 5or controls the property where the PFAS discharge occurred must establish 6eligibility for the exemption under subd. 2. AB50-ASA2-AA12,22,1576. A person may submit to the department information supporting that the 8person satisfies the requirements of subd. 2. The department shall issue a written 9determination that a person who possesses or controls property where the PFAS 10discharge occurred is exempt from subs. (3), (4), and (7) (b) and (c) if the person 11satisfies the requirements in subd. 2. The department may request additional 12information before issuing a determination. The department may revoke its 13determination if it determines that any of the requirements of subd. 2 cease to be 14met. The department may, in accordance with rules that it promulgates, assess and 15collect fees to offset the costs of issuing determinations under this subdivision. AB50-ASA2-AA12,22,16167. The exemption under subd. 2. does not apply after December 31, 2035.
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