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(10) (fm)
Rural electronics recycling grants. The department shall
22administer a program to provide grants from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (4)
23(hr), if sufficient program revenue is available, to expand electronics recycling and
24recovery programs in rural counties of the state. Grants under this program may be
1provided to local units of government, businesses, and nonprofit entities for the
2purpose of hosting a collection site or collection event, or series of collection sites or
3collection events, in rural counties of the state.”.
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5“
Section 367b. 281.75 (1) (b) (intro.), 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to
6read:
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(1) (b) (intro.) “Contaminated well" or “contaminated private water
8supply" means a well or private water supply which
does any of the following:
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1. Produces water containing one or more substances of public health concern
10in excess of a primary maximum contaminant level promulgated in the national
11drinking water standards in
40 CFR 141 and
143;.
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2. Produces water containing one or more substances of public health concern
13in excess of an enforcement standard under ch. 160
; or.
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(1) (b) 4. Produces water containing at least 10 parts per billion of
16arsenic or at least 10 parts per million of nitrate nitrogen.
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(4m) (a) In order to be eligible for an award under this section, the
19annual family income of the landowner or lessee of property on which is located a
20contaminated water supply or a well subject to abandonment may not exceed
$65,000 21$100,000.
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(5) (f)
The Except as provided in par. (g), the department shall allocate
24money for the payment of claims according to the order in which completed claims
1are received. The department may conditionally approve a completed claim even if
2the appropriation under s. 20.370 (6) (cr) is insufficient to pay the claim. The
3department shall allocate money for the payment of a claim which is conditionally
4approved as soon as funds become available.
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(5) (g) If the appropriation under s. 20.370 (6) (cr) is insufficient to pay
7claims, the department may, for claims based on nitrate levels, allocate money for the
8payment of those claims in the following order of priority:
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1. Claims based on water containing more than 40 parts per million of nitrate
10nitrogen.
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2. Claims based on water containing more than 30 but not more than 40 parts
12per million of nitrate nitrogen.
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3. Claims based on water containing more than 25 but not more than 30 parts
14per million of nitrate nitrogen.
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4. Claims based on water containing more than 20 but not more than 25 parts
16per million of nitrate nitrogen.
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5. Claims based on water containing more than 10 but not more than 20 parts
18per million of nitrate nitrogen.
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(7) (a) If the department finds that the claimant meets all the
21requirements of this section and rules promulgated under this section and that the
22private water supply is contaminated or that the well is a well subject to
23abandonment, the department shall issue an award.
The Except as provided under
24par. (am), the award may not pay more than 75 percent of the eligible costs. The
25award may not pay any portion of eligible costs in excess of $16,000.
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(7) (am) An award under this subsection may pay up to 100 percent of
3the eligible costs if the annual family income of the claimant is below the median
4household income for the state, as determined by U.S. bureau of the census.
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(11) (a) 6. If the claim is based on a contaminated private water supply,
9all of the contaminants upon which the claim is based are naturally occurring
10substances and the concentration of the contaminants in water produced by the well
11does not significantly exceed the background concentration of the contaminants in
12groundwater at that location.
This subdivision does not apply to a well that produces
13water containing at least 10 parts per billion of arsenic or at least 10 parts per million
14of nitrate nitrogen.
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(11) (a) 8. If the claim is based on a contaminated private water supply,
17the contaminated private water supply is a residential water supply
, that is
18contaminated by bacteria
or nitrates or both, and is not contaminated by any other
19substance, except as provided in par. (ae).”.