Aircraft (20 hours/week for 12 weeks
x 2 helicopters x $700/hr.):   $336,000

Materials and supplies:   $254,548

Total:   $797,322

CWD Deer Hunts: The costs associated with the implementation of the expanded deer hunt in the CWD intensive harvest and management zones.

Law Enforcement: The additional hunts will require 8 additional hours per pay period for each of the 26 wardens in the South Central Region. Added to this would be any necessary meals, miles, etc.

With an average salary of about $25, with an additional $10 for benefits and fringe, this works out as follows:

26 Wardens x 8 hours/pay period = 208 hrs/pay period x 10 pay periods = 2080/hrs x $35/hr salary and fringe = $72,800 salary and fringe. In addition, there will be the added cost of approximately $8,840 meals and $9,486 in mileage (meals and miles based upon previous cost estimates for CWD efforts).

$91,126 Total in salary, fringe, meals and mileage.

Wildlife Management: The costs associated with the implementation of the new CWD deer herd control hunts including the testing and permit issuance during the extended season at registration stations will result in an additional staff time including the use of an LTE's, as well as mileage and other equipment expenses.

10 LTE's x 20 hours/week = 200 hours x 10 pay periods = 2000 hours x $10/hour = $20,000.

10 hours of overtime / pay period x 75 (50% of the wildlife staff) = 750 hours x 10 pay periods = 7, 500 hours x $28/hour (salary and fringe) = $210,000

Meals, mileage and other 1614 appropriations based on the first 14 weeks of CWD operation expenditures (~ $12,000 / wk): 20 weeks x $12,000 = $240,000

An additional cost will be the production of a regulation pamphlet to explain the CWD special hunt framework regulations and requirements.

Regulation Pamphlet 550,000 x $ .02 = $11,000

Customer Service and Licensing: The production of special permits associated with the implementation of the special CWD hunts.

Est # Special Carcass Tags

(400k EAB, 200k Antlered,
25k Disease Replacement)   625,000

Cost per form   $0.075

  $46,875.00

An additional cost will be the time required by staff to answer CWD related questions and issue the special permits.

Equivalent FTE positions (Assuming
SCR&CO staff @15% and NOR, WCR,
NER, SER staff @ 5%)   10.1

Average Annual CS Salary
(not including benefits)   $29,200.00

    $294,920.00

Parks and Recreation: Signage and maps will need to be produced for the 8 state park properties where expanded herd control measures will be in effect.

Supplies and Services: Printing or updating Maps, Signs, Permits and Instructions:

$2,500.00 for Cadiz Springs
(currently not open to hunting) = $2,500

$500.00 for 7 other parks which have previously been open to deer hunting ($500x 7) = $3,500

Total = $6,000

Supplies and Services: Vehicle Maintenance and Expenses for Increased Patrol

$1,000 per park x 8 = $8,000

Salaries and Fringes - $30 per hour:

Determination of Hunting Boundaries, Preparing /Revising Maps and Signs, Posting Signs

32 hours for Cadiz Springs (currently not open to hunting) 32 x $30 = $960

16 hours for other 7 parks which have previously been open to deer hunting (16 x 7 x $30) = $3,360

Total = $4,320

Salaries and Fringes - $30 per hour: Distributing Permits, Law Enforcement, Admitting Hunters to Park and/or Documenting Permits

4 hours per park per day x $30 per hour x 8 x 38 days (based on the average number of days all 8 parks will be open to hunting) = $36,480

Landowner Permits: The printing and issuance of permits, sharp shooting, carcass collection and registration are all areas where staff time and resources will be required.

Permit issuance and landowner contacts = 10 perm. employees x 10 additional hours/pay period x 4 pay periods = 400 x $28 / hour = $11,200 salary and fringe.

Sharp shooting = 12 perm. employees x 20 additional hours/pay period x 14 pay periods = 3,360 x $28 / hour = $94,080 salary and fringe.

Carcass pick-up crews = 8 perm. employees x 20 additional hours/pay period x 4 pay periods = 640 x $28 / hour = $17,920 salary and fringe.

Registration Stations = 16 perm. employees x 20 additional hours/pay period x 4 pay periods = 1,280 x $28 / hour = $35,840 salary and fringe.

Meals, mileage and other 1614 appropriations based on the first 14 weeks of CWD operation expenditures (~ $12,000 / wk): 11 weeks x $12,000 = $132,000

Field operational expenses including fax machines, copiers, printers, computers, database, telecommunications, GIS software and office supplies: $30,000

Baiting and Feeding Enforcement: Respond to and investigate violations pertaining to the statewide ban on baiting and feeding. The new regulations will require approximately 8 FTE worth of effort statewide for Law Enforcement wardens.

2080 hours (1 FTE) x 8 x $35/ hour (salary and fringe): $582,400

Decreased Revenue Total: $634,000

Decreased Revenue Details:

There will be a loss in revenue stemming from the absence of bonus permit sales in the CWD management zones.

Est # of OTC Bonus Sales lost
(assumed 50% loss in split units)   24,048

Dollar figure assumes 4:1 ratio of
Resident:Non-resident sales   $13.60
  $327,052.80

Est # of Bonus Sales lost thru mail
(assumed 50% loss in split units)   22,570

Dollar figure assumes 4:1 ratio of Resident:
Non-resident sales   $13.60

  $306,952.00

  Total: $634,004.80

The costs associated with the management and control of chronic wasting disease in the state will pose a significant financial burden including reduced revenues and increased costs in subsequent years.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to ss. 29.014 (1), 29.041, 29.519 (1) (b) and 227.11 (2) (a), Stats., interpreting ss. 29.014 (1), 29.041, 29.516 (2) and 29.519 (1) (b), Stats., the Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing on revisions to ss. NR 25.06 (1) (a) and 25.09 (1), Wis. Adm. Code, relating to commercial and home use fishing in Lake Superior. The harvest of lake trout from Wisconsin waters of Lake Superior is guided by the 1995 State-Tribal Lake Superior Agreement among the Department and the Red Cliff and Bad River Bands of Lake Superior Chippewa. Wisconsin waters of Lake Superior are divided into two management areas, W-1 and W-2. The agreement was recently amended to change the allowable harvest of lake trout in each management area. The harvest limit for W-1 will be decreased from 14,500 to 11,300. In W-2, the harvest limit will be increased from 89,900 to 92,800.

The Department allocates the state share (43,768 lake trout under the amended agreement) between sport and commercial fishers. Because the harvest in W-1 is predominately by sport fishers while the harvest in W-2 is predominately by commercial fishers, the negotiated amendments to the State-Tribal Agreement and this proposed rule change will result in a slight increase in the state-licensed commercial harvest and a slight decrease in the number of lake trout reserved for sport harvest in W-1.

Revisions to s. NR 25.09 include a requirement that every float on gill nets set in Lake Superior be legibly marked with the license number of the commercial fisher and that lake herring gill nets not be allowed within 12 feet of the lake's surface.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to s. 227.114, Stats., the proposed rule may have an impact on small businesses. The initial regulatory flexibility analysis is as follows:

a. Types of small businesses affected: Lake Superior commercial fishers

b. Description of reporting and bookkeeping procedures required: No new procedures

c. Description of professional skills required: No new skills

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Department has made a preliminary determination that this action does not involve significant adverse environmental effects and does not need an environmental analysis under ch. NR 150, Wis. Adm. Code. However, based on the comments received, the Department may prepare an environmental analysis before proceeding with the proposal. This environmental review document would summarize the Department's consideration of the impacts of the proposal and reasonable alternatives.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to ss. 29.014 (1), 29.041, 29.519 (1) (b), 227.11 (2) (a) and 227.24, Stats., interpreting ss. 29.014 (1), 29.041 and 29.519 (1) (b), Stats., the Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing on Natural Resources Board Emergency Order No. FH-15-02(E) relating to commercial and home use fishing for lake trout in Lake Superior. This emergency order took effect on July 8, 2002. This emergency order revised the allocation of lake trout among home use and non-Indian commercial fishers and the Red Cliff and Bad River bands.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the hearing will be held on:

August 19, 2002     County Board Room
Monday at 7:00 p.m.   Bayfield County Courthouse
    117 E. Fifth Street
    Bayfield

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations, including the provision of informational material in an alternative format, will be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Please call Steve Schram at (715) 779-4034, ext. 12 with specific information on your request at least 10 days before the date of the scheduled hearing.

Written comments on the proposed and emergency rules [FH-10-02 and FH-15-02(E)] may be submitted to Mr. William Horns, Bureau of Fisheries Management and Habitat Protection, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707 no later than August 23, 2002. Written comments will have the same weight and effect as oral statements presented at the hearings. A copy of the proposed rule and fiscal estimate may be obtained from Mr. Horns.

The department does not expect these revisions to have a fiscal impact at the state or local level.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to ss. 30.79 (2m) and 227.11 (2) (a), Stats., interpreting ss. 23.33 (9) (a), 30.79 and 350.12 (4), Stats., the Department of Natural Resources will hold public hearings on revisions to ss. NR 50.12, 50.13 and 64.15, Wis. Adm. Code, relating to, ATV, snowmobile and water safety patrols. The Winnebago County Sheriff has requested that the Department include the water safety patrols that operate on Lake Winnebago under s. NR 50.13 (1m) (b) 2., so that they can also be funded to staff their boats with 3 officers for safety reasons. The proposed revision adds lakes over 100,000 acres as outlying waters for the purpose of establishing average patrol hours per arrest.

The proposed rule will also eliminate the requirement for the Department to mail three sets of forms to each county for water safety, snowmobile and ATV patrols. Currently the Department makes grant funds available to sheriff patrols that enforce snowmobile and ATV statutes at two separate times each year. The proposed rule will change the grant submission deadlines and payment disbursement dates for both programs to be the same. Currently the ATV equipment reimbursement rate for equipment items that are not ATVs or trailers is capped at $100. The proposed change will raise the equipment cap to a maximum of $1000, which is identical to the snowmobile program.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to s. 227.114, Stats., it is not anticipated that the proposed rule will have an economic impact on small businesses.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Department has made a preliminary determination that this action does not involve significant adverse environmental effects and does not need an environmental analysis under ch. NR 150, Wis. Adm. Code. However, based on the comments received, the Department may prepare an environmental analysis before proceeding with the proposal. This environmental review document would summarize the Department's consideration of the impacts of the proposal and reasonable alternatives.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the hearings will be held on:

August 20, 2002 (Tuesday) - 10:00 a.m.

Conference call participation at:

Conference Room, DNR Service Center
223 E. Steinfest Road, Antigo

Video conference participation at:

Room 115, Polk Library, UW-Oshkosh
801 Elmwood Blvd., Oshkosh

Room 127, Waukesha State Office Bldg.
141 NW Barstow Street, Waukesha

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations, including the provision of informational material in an alternative format, will be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Please call Karl Brooks at (608) 267-7455 with specific information on your request at least 10 days before the date of the scheduled hearing.

Written comments on the proposed rule may be submitted to Mr. Karl Brooks, Bureau of Law Enforcement, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707 no later than August 30, 2002. Written comments will have the same weight and effect as oral statements presented at the hearings. A copy of the proposed rule and fiscal estimate may be obtained from Mr. Brooks.