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1293.13
(2) (b) (intro.) Minimum standards for exploration,
bulk sampling, 2prospecting, and mining shall include the following:
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3Section 131
. 293.13 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
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293.13
(2) (b) 4. Adequate diversion and drainage of water from the
5exploration,
bulk sampling, prospecting, or mining site.
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6Section 132
. 293.13 (2) (b) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
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293.13
(2) (b) 7. Removal and stockpiling, or other measures to protect topsoils
8prior to exploration,
bulk sampling, prospecting, or mining.
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9Section 133
. 293.13 (2) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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293.13
(2) (c) (intro.) Minimum standards for reclamation of exploration
and
11bulk sampling sites, where appropriate, and for prospecting and mining sites shall
12conform to s. 293.01 (23) and include provision for the following:
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13Section 134
. 293.13 (2) (c) 7. of the statutes is amended to read:
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293.13
(2) (c) 7. Revegetation to stabilize disturbed soils and prevent air and
15water pollution, with the objective of reestablishing a variety of populations of plants
16and animals indigenous to the area immediately prior to exploration,
bulk sampling, 17prospecting, or mining.
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18Section 135
. 293.15 (7m) of the statutes is repealed.
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19Section 136
. 293.15 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
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293.15
(8) Promulgate rules regulating the production, storage and disposal
21of radioactive waste from exploration,
bulk sampling, prospecting, or mining after
22seeking comments from the department of health services. At a minimum, rules
23promulgated under this subsection shall achieve the margin of safety provided in
24applicable federal statutes and regulations. If the department promulgates rules
1under this subsection, the department shall investigate the need for standards more
2restrictive than the applicable federal statutes and regulations.
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3Section 137
. 293.21 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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293.21
(1) (a) “Driller" means a person who performs core, rotary, percussion
5or other drilling involved in exploration for
nonferrous metallic minerals.
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6Section 138
. 293.25 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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293.25
(2) (a)
Applicability. Except as provided under par. (b), ss. 293.21 and
8293.81 and rules promulgated under those sections apply to radioactive waste site
9exploration, to activities related to radioactive waste site exploration and to persons
10engaging in or intending to engage in radioactive waste site exploration or related
11activities in the same manner as those sections and rules are applicable to
12nonferrous metallic mineral exploration, to activities related to
nonferrous metallic 13mineral exploration and to persons engaging in or intending to engage in
nonferrous
14metallic mineral exploration or related activities.
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15Section 139
. 293.25 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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293.25
(4) Regulation of exploration and related provisions. Sections
17293.13, 293.15 (1) to (12), 293.85, 293.87 and 293.89 and rules promulgated under
18those sections apply to radioactive waste site exploration, to activities related to
19radioactive waste site exploration and to persons engaging in or intending to engage
20in radioactive waste site exploration or related activities in the same manner as
21those sections and rules are applicable to
nonferrous metallic mineral exploration,
22to activities related to
nonferrous metallic mineral exploration and to persons
23engaging in or intending to engage in
nonferrous metallic mineral exploration or
24related activities.
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25Section 140
. 293.26 of the statutes is repealed.
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1Section
141. 293.31 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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2293.31 (title)
Preapplication notification; data Data collection.
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3Section 142
. 293.31 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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293.31
(1) At least 12 months before filing an application for a prospecting
5permit under s. 293.35 or a mining permit under s. 293.37, a person proposing to
6engage in a prospecting or mining project shall notify the department in writing of
7the intention to apply for a prospecting or mining permit. A person who intends to
8give notice of intent to apply for a prospecting or mining permit may, prior to
9obtaining, collecting, or generating environmental data intended to be used to
10support the permit application, submit to the department the methodology that the
11person intends to use in obtaining, collecting, or generating the data. The
12department shall review the proposed methodology and shall either inform the
13person that the proposed methodology will be accepted by the department or provide
14the person with the methodology that the department requires to be used. The
15department may assess the person submitting the proposed methodology a fee equal
16to the department's costs for reviewing the proposed methodology. If a Any person
17obtains, collects, or generates intending to submit an application for a prospecting
18or mining permit shall notify the department prior to the collection of data or
19information intended to be used to support
a prospecting or mining the permit
20application without obtaining department approval of the person's methodology
21under sub. (4), the department may not exclude any of the data or information that
22consists of application. Specific environmental data which would be pertinent to a
23specific prospecting or mining application, but which was obtained or collected or
24generated prior to the notice of intent to apply for a prospecting or mining permit,
25shall be submitted in writing to the department together with any substantiating
1background information which would assist the department in establishing the
2validity of the data. The department shall review the data and, if it concludes that
3the benefits of permitting the admission of the data outweigh the policy reasons for
4excluding it, and if the data is otherwise admissible, inform the person giving the
5notice of intent to prospect or mine that the data will be accepted by the department.
6Such exclusion shall not relate to general environmental information such as soil
7characteristics, hydrologic conditions, and air and water data contained in
8publications, maps, documents, studies, reports, and similar sources, whether public
9or private, not prepared by or for the applicant.
Such exclusion shall likewise not
10relate to data that is otherwise admissible and collected prior to notification under
11this subsection for purposes of evaluating another site or sites and that is not
12collected with intent to evade the provisions of this section.
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13Section 143
. 293.31 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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293.31
(2) Upon receipt of notification under sub. (1), the department shall give
15public notice of the notification in the same manner as provided under s. 293.43
(2m) 16(3) (b).
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17Section 144
. 293.31 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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293.31
(3) The department shall also receive and consider any comments from
19interested persons received within 45 days after public notice is given under sub. (2)
20as to the information which they believe should be requested from the person giving
21notice of intent to apply for a prospecting or mining permit and the information
22which they believe the department should seek through independent studies.
If the
23department holds a public informational hearing to receive comments from
24interested persons under this section, the hearing shall be completed within 45 days
25after public notice is given under sub. (2).
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1Section
145. 293.31 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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293.31
(4) No later than 90 days after the period for receiving and considering 3After the receipt and consideration of comments from interested persons
under sub.
4(3), the department shall inform the person giving notice of intent to apply for a
5prospecting or mining permit of the type and quantity of information that it then
6believes to be needed to support an application and, where applicable, the
7methodology to be used in gathering information. The department shall specifically
8inform the person giving notice of intent to apply for a prospecting or mining permit
9of the type and quantity of information on the characteristics of groundwater
10resources in the area in which prospecting or mining is anticipated to occur which
11the department believes is needed to support an application
, including the
12information that the department believes should be included in the applicant's
13environmental impact report and the information that the department will need to
14prepare an environmental impact statement. The department shall also
inform 15begin informing the person giving notice of intent to apply for a prospecting or mining
16permit
of as to the
timely application date
and other filing requirements for
all other 17approvals, licenses, and permits
relating to the proposed prospecting or mining
18project so as to facilitate the consideration of all other matters at the hearing on the
19prospecting or mining permit.