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 Carroll Schaal at (608) 261-6423 with specific information on your request at least 10 days before the date of the scheduled hearing.

2003 Wisconsin Act 33 provides $500,000 from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (6) (ar) for funding these projects. This is expected to generate an increase in the number of applications department staff must process by 20 to 40 per year. No funding was provided for positions and existing staff will absorb the added workload.

Written comments on the proposed rules may be submitted to Mr. Carroll Schaal, Bureau of Fisheries Management and Habitat Protection, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707 no later than August 31, 2004. Written comments will have the same weight and effect as oral statements presented at the public hearings. A copy of the proposed rule and fiscal estimate may be obtained from Mr. Schaal.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to ss. 280.11 and 281.17 (8), Stats., interpreting ss. 280.11 and 281.17 (8), Stats., the Department of Natural Resources will hold public hearings on revisions to ch. NR 809, Wis. Adm. Code, relating to reporting of analytical data to the department and the procedure for returning to compliance following an MCL violation of the nitrate, nitrite or combined nitrate and nitrite standards. Chapter NR 809 indicates that the department may specify the format for reporting analytical results to the department. The department intends to clarify that laboratories must submit analytical data used to satisfy requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act to the department electronically. This revision will apply to all Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) certified laboratories that submit analytical data to the department.

Chapter NR 809 specifies procedures for determining compliance with the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for nitrate, nitrite or combined nitrate and nitrite. The department intends to codify specific procedures for returning to compliance following an MCL violation of these contaminants. The revision will apply to all public drinking water systems in the state.

These changes will affect all public drinking water systems in the state and laboratories that contract with public water systems to perform Safe Drinking Water Act required analyses. The proposed changes should clarify and codify return to compliance procedures already in use and changes to reporting procedures should simplify data management, increase data accuracy and speed up responses to public health threats discovered through monitoring.

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: Laboratories that submit drinking water analytical results to the Department.

b. Description of reporting and bookkeeping procedures required: The Department intends to allow several formats for laboratories to electronically submit drinking water analytical results to the Department. Formats may include XML files, tab delimited text files and web based data entry. Under very limited circumstances, the Department may allow laboratories to submit results to the Department on paper forms or in some other format.

c. Description of professional skills required: No new professional skills will be required.

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:

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 Don Swailes at (608) 266-7093 with specific information on your request at least 10 days before the date of the scheduled hearing.

The department assumes the long-term effect of receiving the requirement electronically will be a reduction of the .5 FTE in the Bureau of Drinking and Groundwater that currently performs the related data entry. The result of this revision will be a reduction of .5 FTE and the associated $33,000 in funding.

Written comments on the proposed rule may be submitted to Mr. Dan Swailes, Bureau of Drinking Water and Groundwater, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707 no later than August 16, 2004. 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. Swailes.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to ss. 84.106, 85.16 and 227.11, Stats., and interpreting s. 84.106, Stats., the Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing in Room 901 of the Hill Farms State Transportation Building, 4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin on the 27th day of July, 2004, at 9:00 AM, to consider the amendment of ch. Trans 201 and the creation of ch. Trans 202, Wisconsin Administrative Code, relating to the Wisconsin scenic byways program.