AB1137,17,9 107.30 (16) “Prospecting site" means the lands on which prospecting is actually conducted as well as those lands on which physical disturbance will occur as a result of such activity has the meaning given in s. 293.01 (21).

AB1137,63 Section 63. 160.19 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1137,17,17 160.19 (12) The requirements in this section shall not apply to rules governing an activity regulated under ch. 293 or subch. III of ch. 295, or to a solid waste facility regulated under subch. III of ch. 289 which is part of an activity regulated under ch. 293 or subch. III of ch. 295, except that the department may promulgate new rules or amend rules governing this type of activity, practice or facility if the department determines that the amendment or promulgation of rules is necessary to protect public health, safety or welfare.

AB1137,64 Section 64. 196.491 (3) (a) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1137,18,8 196.491 (3) (a) 3. b. Except as provided under subd. 3. c., within Within 20 days after the department provides a listing specified in subd. 3. a. to a person, the person shall apply for the permits and approvals identified in the listing. The department shall determine whether an application under this subd. 3. b. is complete and, no later than 30 days after the application is filed, notify the applicant about the determination. If the department determines that the application is incomplete, the notice shall state the reason for the determination. An applicant may supplement and refile an application that the department has determined to be incomplete. There is no limit on the number of times that an applicant may refile an application under this subd. 3. b. If the department fails to determine whether an application is complete within 30 days after the application is filed, the application shall be considered to be complete. Except as provided in s. 30.025 (4), the department shall complete action on an application under this subd. 3. b. for any permit or approval that is required prior to construction of a facility within 120 days after the date on which the application is determined or considered to be complete.

AB1137,65 Section 65. 196.491 (3) (a) 3. c. of the statutes is repealed.

AB1137,66 Section 66. 196.491 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1137,18,18 196.491 (4) (b) 2. The person shows to the satisfaction of the commission that the person reasonably anticipates, at the time that construction of the equipment or facilities commences, that on each day that the equipment and facilities are in operation the person will consume no less than 70 percent of the aggregate kilowatt hours output from the equipment and facilities in manufacturing processes at the site where the equipment and facilities are located or in ferrous mineral mining and processing activities governed by subch. III of ch. 295 at the site where the equipment and facilities are located.

AB1137,67 Section 67 . 227.42 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1137,18,21 227.42 (4) This section does not apply if a hearing on the matter was conducted as a part of a hearing under s. 293.43.

AB1137,68 Section 68. 227.483 (3) (c) of the statutes is repealed.

AB1137,69 Section 69 . 281.35 (5) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1137,19,2 281.35 (5) (e) Right to hearing. Any Except as provided in s. 227.42 (4), any person who receives notice of a denial or modification requirement under par. (c) is entitled to a contested case hearing under ch. 227 if the person requests the hearing within 30 days after receiving the notice.

AB1137,70 Section 70. 281.36 (3g) (h) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1137,19,10 281.36 (3g) (h) 2. If, within 30 days after an application under subd. 1. is received by the department, the department does not either request additional information or inform the applicant that a wetland individual permit will be required as provided in par. (i), the discharge shall be considered to be authorized under the wetland general permit and the applicant may proceed without further notice, hearing, permit, or approval if the discharge is carried out in compliance with all of the conditions of the general permit, except as provided in s. 295.60 (3) (b).

AB1137,71 Section 71. 281.65 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1137,19,24 281.65 (2) (a) “Best management practices" means practices, techniques or measures, except for dredging, identified in areawide water quality management plans, which are determined to be effective means of preventing or reducing pollutants generated from nonpoint sources, or from the sediments of inland lakes polluted by nonpoint sources, to a level compatible with water quality objectives established under this section and which do not have an adverse impact on fish and wildlife habitat. The practices, techniques or measures include land acquisition, storm sewer rerouting and the removal of structures necessary to install structural urban best management practices, facilities for the handling and treatment of milkhouse wastewater, repair of fences built using grants under this section and measures to prevent or reduce pollutants generated from mine tailings disposal sites for which the department has not approved a plan of operation under s. 289.30 or s. 295.51.

AB1137,72 Section 72. 281.75 (17) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1137,20,2 281.75 (17) (b) This section does not apply to contamination which is compensable under subch. II of ch. 107 or s. 293.65 (4) or 295.61 (8).

AB1137,73 Section 73. 283.84 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1137,20,7 283.84 (3m) A person engaged in mining, as defined in s. 293.01 (9) or 295.41 (26), prospecting, as defined in s. 293.01 (18), bulk sampling, as defined in s. 293.01 (2m) or 295.41 (7), or nonmetallic mining, as defined in s. 295.11 (3), may not enter into an agreement under sub. (1).

AB1137,74 Section 74. 287.13 (5) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1137,20,14 287.13 (5) (e) Solid waste produced by a commercial business or industry which is disposed of or held for disposal in an approved facility, as defined under s. 289.01 (3), or a mining waste site, as defined in s. 295.41 (31), covered by a mining permit under s. 295.58, owned or leased by the generator or on which the generator holds an easement, and designed and constructed for the purpose of accepting that type of solid waste.

AB1137,75 Section 75. 289.62 (2) (g) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1137,20,17 289.62 (2) (g) 2. For nonhazardous tailing solids or for nonacid producing taconite tailing solids, 0.2 cent per ton.

AB1137,76 Section 76. 289.62 (2) (g) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1137,20,20 289.62 (2) (g) 6. For nonhazardous waste rock or for nonacid producing taconite waste rock, 0.1 cent per ton.

AB1137,77 Section 77. 292.01 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1137,20,23 292.01 (1m) “Approved mining facility" has the meaning given in s. 289.01 (4) and includes a mining waste site, as defined in s. 295.41 (31).