SB625,15 21Section 15. 30.025 (1s) (c) to (f) of the statutes are created to read:
SB625,8,2522 30.025 (1s) (c) Review. The department shall review an application submitted
23under par. (a), and within 30 days after the application is submitted, the department
24shall determine that either the application is complete or that additional information
25is needed.
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1(cm) No additional information required. If the department determines that
2the application is complete, the department shall notify the applicant in writing of
3that fact within the 30-day period, and the date on which the notice under this
4paragraph is sent shall be considered the date of closure.
SB625,9,155 (d) Additional information requested. If the department determines that the
6application is incomplete, the department shall notify the applicant in writing and
7may make only one request for additional information during the 30-day period
8specified in par. (cm). Within 10 days after receiving all of the requested information
9from the applicant, the department shall notify the applicant in writing as to
10whether the application is complete. The date on which the 2nd notice under this
11paragraph is sent shall be set as the date of closure. The department may request
12additional information from the applicant to supplement the application, but the
13department may not request items of information that are outside the scope of the
14original request unless the applicant and the department both agree. A request for
15any such additional information may not affect the date of closure.
SB625,9,2016 (e) Specificity of notice; limits on information. Any notice stating that an
17application has been determined to be incomplete or any other request for
18information that is sent under par. (d) shall state the reason for the determination
19or request and the specific items of information that are still needed and the
20statutory authority explicitly requiring the information.
SB625,9,2421 (f) Failure to meet time limits. If the department fails to meet the 30-day time
22limit under par. (cm) or 10-day time limit under par. (d), the application shall be
23considered to have a date of closure that is the last day of that 30-day or 10-day time
24period.
SB625,16 25Section 16. 30.025 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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130.025 (2) Hearing. Once the applicant meets the requirements of sub. (1s) (a),
2the department may schedule the matter for a public hearing. Notice of the hearing
3shall be given to the applicant and shall be published as a class 1 notice under ch.
4985 and as a notice on the department's Internet Web site. The department may give
5such further notice as it deems proper, and shall give notice to interested persons
6requesting same. The department's notice to interested persons may be given
7through an electronic notification system established by the department. Notice of
8a hearing under this subsection published as a class 1 notice, as a notice on the
9department's Internet Web site, and through the electronic notification system
10established by the department shall include the time, date, and location of the
11hearing, the name and address of the applicant, a summary of the subject matter of
12the application, and information indicating where a copy of the application may be
13viewed on the department's Internet Web site. The summary shall contain a brief,
14precise, easily understandable, plain language description of the subject matter of
15the application. One The department shall make one copy of the application shall
16be
available for public inspection at the office of the department , and at least one copy
17in the regional office of the department, and at least one copy at of the area affected.
18The department shall send an electronic copy of the application to
the main public
19library, of the area affected. At the library's request, the department shall also send
20a paper copy of the application.
Notwithstanding s. 227.42, the hearing shall be an
21informational hearing and may not be treated as a contested case hearing nor
22converted to a contested case hearing.
SB625,17 23Section 17. 30.025 (2g) of the statutes is repealed.
SB625,18 24Section 18. 30.025 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
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130.025 (2m) Application review; submission of information to commission;
2participation in commission proceedings.
(a) The department shall review every
3application for a proposed utility project, including each location, site, or route
4proposed for the utility project, to assess whether each proposed location, site, or
5route for the utility project can meet the criteria for obtaining the individual permits
6or proceeding under the authority of general permits identified by the department
7under sub. (1m) (a).
SB625,11,108 (b) If the applicant is required to obtain a certificate, the department shall
9identify and communicate to the commission all of the following with regard to each
10location, site, or route that the applicant proposes for the utility project:
SB625,11,1311 1. Factors that would require the department to deny one or more permits
12required for the proposed utility project to be undertaken at the location or site or
13along the route.
SB625,11,1814 2. Factors that would require the department to impose conditions on one or
15more permits required for the proposed utility project to be undertaken at the
16location or site or along the route. The department shall identify the conditions that
17the department would be required to impose and the purposes for imposing the
18conditions.
SB625,11,2219 (c) The department shall provide the commission with information under par.
20(b) that is relevant to only the statutes administered by the department and rules
21promulgated under those statutes that the department has explicit authority to
22enforce.
SB625,11,2523 (d) If the applicant is required to obtain a certificate, the department shall
24participate in commission investigations or proceedings under s. 196.49 or 196.491
25(3) with regard to the proposed utility project.
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1Section 19. 30.025 (2s) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 30.025 (2s)
2(a) and amended to read:
SB625,12,123 30.025 (2s) (a) The If, after the department participates in a commission
4investigation or proceeding for a utility project as required under sub. (2m) (d), the
5commission approves under s. 196.49 or 196.491 (3) a location, site, or route for the
6utility project, the
department shall treat the commission's decision under s. 196.49
7or 196.491 (3)
approval as concluding a conclusion that there is no practicable
8alternative to the location, site, or route for the utility facility if all of the following
9apply:
project. If the department imposes conditions on a permit issued for a utility
10project that is the subject of that investigation or proceeding, the permit conditions
11may not require the applicant to undertake the utility project at a location or site or
12along a route other than that approved by the commission.
SB625,20 13Section 20. 30.025 (2s) (a) 1. and 2. of the statutes are repealed.
SB625,21 14Section 21. 30.025 (2s) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB625,12,1915 30.025 (2s) (b) If an application concerns a utility project to extend, improve,
16maintain, or add to an existing utility facility and a certificate is not required for the
17utility project, the department may not find that there is a practicable alternative
18to undertaking the utility project except within the existing location, site, route, or
19right-of-way of the utility facility.
SB625,22 20Section 22. 30.025 (3) (intro.) (except 30.025 (3) (title)) of the statutes is
21renumbered 30.025 (3) (ag) (intro.) and amended to read:
SB625,12,2522 30.025 (3) (ag) (intro.) The department shall issue , any individual permit or
23authorize proceeding under, the necessary permits any general permit required for
24a proposed utility project
if it finds that the applicant has shown that the proposal
25all of the following apply:
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1Section 23. 30.025 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 30.025 (3) (ag) 1. and
2amended to read:
SB625,13,63 30.025 (3) (ag) 1. Complies The proposed utility project is consistent with
4environmental statutes administered by the department and rules promulgated
5thereunder, and federal environmental standards which that the department has
6authority to enforce.
SB625,24 7Section 24. 30.025 (3) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 30.025 (3) (ag) 2., and
830.025 (3) (ag) 2. (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
SB625,13,109 30.025 (3) (ag) 2. (intro.) Does The proposed utility project does not unduly
10affect any of the following:
SB625,25 11Section 25. 30.025 (3) (c) to (e) of the statutes are created to read:
SB625,13,1312 30.025 (3) (c) If a proposed utility project requires a certificate, the department
13may not do any of the following:
SB625,13,1614 1. Deny a permit requested in an application under sub. (1s) (a) if the
15department did not identify under sub. (2m) (b) 1. factors that would require it to
16deny the permit.
SB625,13,2017 2. Impose conditions on a permit requested in an application under sub. (1s)
18(a) that the department did not identify as necessary under sub. (2m) (b) 2. or that
19are different from the conditions the department identified as necessary under sub.
20(2m) (b) 2.
SB625,13,2521 (d) 1. For an application submitted with respect to a utility project for which
22a certificate is required, the department shall grant or deny each permit requested
23in the application within 30 days of the date on which the commission issues its
24decision under s. 196.49 or 196.491 (3) or within 120 days of the date of closure,
25whichever is sooner.
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12. For an application submitted with respect to a utility project for which a
2certificate is not required, the department shall grant or deny each permit requested
3in the application within 120 days of the date of closure.
SB625,14,94 (e) If the department fails to comply with the relevant time limits under par.
5(d), a decision issuing the permits requested in the application or authorizing the
6applicant to proceed as requested in the application shall be considered to be
7rendered. The permits or authorizations to proceed shall authorize the utility project
8as proposed by the applicant, but the department may impose terms and conditions
9on the permits or authorizations that are consistent with the basic proposal.
SB625,26 10Section 26. 30.025 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB625,14,1811 30.025 (4) Permit conditions. The permit may be issued, or the authority to
12proceed under a permit may be granted,
Except as provided in sub. (3) (c) 2., the
13department may issue any individual permit or authorize the applicant to proceed
14under any general permit required for the utility project
upon stated conditions
15deemed determined to be necessary to assure ensure compliance with the criteria
16designated under sub. (3). The department shall grant or deny the application for
17a permit for the utility facility within 30 days of the date on which the commission
18issues its decision under s. 196.49 or 196.491 (3).
SB625,27 19Section 27. 30.025 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB625,14,2420 30.025 (4m) Basis of department determinations. When providing
21information to the commission under sub. (2m) or making a finding or determination
22under sub. (3) (ag) or (4), the department shall provide to the applicant and, if the
23proposed utility project is subject to s. 196.49 or s. 196.491 (3), to the commission a
24written statement that demonstrates all of the following:
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1(a) The information, finding, or determination is consistent with the
2department's explicit authority under the statutes it administers and with rules
3promulgated by the department and federal standards that the department has
4explicit authority to enforce.
SB625,15,65 (b) The information, finding, or determination is based on sufficient facts or
6data.
SB625,28 7Section 28. 30.025 (5) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB625,15,88 30.025 (5) (title) Exceptions.
SB625,29 9Section 29. 30.025 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 30.025 (5) (a).
SB625,30 10Section 30. 30.025 (5) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB625,15,1311 30.025 (5) (d) This section does not apply to an applicant proposing to
12undertake a utility project if a certificate is not required for the utility project unless
13the applicant elects to proceed in the manner provided under this section.
SB625,31 14Section 31. 30.12 (1mn) of the statutes is created to read:
SB625,15,1515 30.12 (1mn) Electric utility facilities. (a) In this subsection:
SB625,15,1716 1. "Construction" means installation, repair, replacement, removal, or
17maintenance.
SB625,15,2018 2. "Structure" includes a pole, support anchor, culvert, clear-span bridge, or
19construction mat used to protect a wetland or land below the ordinary high-water
20mark.
SB625,15,2321 (b) An electric public utility or a wholesale electric cooperative, as defined in
22s. 16.957 (1) (v), is exempt from the permit requirements under this section for any
23of the following:
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11. The temporary use or placement within an existing utility corridor of
2equipment, a structure, or a vehicle on the bed of a navigable water for a purpose
3associated with the construction of a facility used to transmit or distribute electricity.
SB625,16,74 2. The deposit of material on the bed of a navigable water if the material is
5associated with the response to or cleanup of a release of drilling fluid associated with
6directional boring, if the deposit does not affect more than one-tenth of one acre of
7lake bed.
SB625,32 8Section 32. 30.20 (1g) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB625,16,129 30.20 (1g) (d) The removal of material that is associated with the response to
10or cleanup of a release of drilling fluid associated with directional boring is exempt
11from the permit and contracts requirements under this section, if the removal does
12not affect more than one-tenth of one acre of lake bed.
SB625,33 13Section 33. 59.692 (1n) of the statutes is created to read:
SB625,16,1614 59.692 (1n) (a) In this subsection, "electric cooperative" means a cooperative
15association that is organized under ch. 185 for the purpose of providing electricity at
16wholesale or retail to its members only.
SB625,16,2217 (b) This section and ordinances enacted under this section do not apply to a
18project for the construction or maintenance of electric, gas, telephone, water, or
19sewage collection, transmission, or distribution facilities conducted by a public
20utility, or to a project for the construction or maintenance of electric transmission or
21distribution facilities conducted by an electric cooperative, in a shoreland if one of the
22following applies:
SB625,16,2323 1. The department has issued all permits required for the project.
SB625,16,2524 2. No permits are required for the project and the person conducting the project
25employs best management practices related to storm water management.
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1Section 34. 196.491 (3) (a) 3. a. of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin
2Act 10
, is amended to read:
SB625,17,143 196.491 (3) (a) 3. a. At least 60 days before a person files an application under
4subd. 1., the person shall provide the department with an engineering plan if the
5facility is a large electric generating facility. The engineering plan shall show the
6location of the facility, a description of the facility, including the major components
7of the facility that have a significant air, water or solid waste pollution potential, and
8a brief description of the anticipated effects of the facility on air quality, water
9quality, wetlands, solid waste disposal capacity, and other natural resources. Within
1030 days after a person provides an engineering plan, the department shall provide
11the person with a listing of each department permit or approval, other than a permit
12as defined in s. 30.025 (1b) (b),
which, on the basis of the information contained in
13the engineering plan, appears to be required for the construction or operation of the
14facility.
SB625,35 15Section 35. 196.491 (3) (a) 3. b. of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin
16Acts 1
and 10, is amended to read:
SB625,18,617 196.491 (3) (a) 3. b. Except as provided under subd. 3. c., within 20 days after
18the department provides a listing specified in subd. 3. a. to a person, the person shall
19apply for the permits and approvals identified in the listing. The department shall
20determine whether an application under this subd. 3. b. is complete and, no later
21than 30 days after the application is filed, notify the applicant about the
22determination. If the department determines that the application is incomplete, the
23notice shall state the reason for the determination. An applicant may supplement
24and refile an application that the department has determined to be incomplete.
25There is no limit on the number of times that an applicant may refile an application

1under this subd. 3. b. If the department fails to determine whether an application
2is complete within 30 days after the application is filed, the application shall be
3considered to be complete. Except as provided in s. 30.025 (4), the The department
4shall complete action on an application under this subd. 3. b. for any permit or
5approval that is required prior to construction of a facility within 120 days after the
6date on which the application is determined or considered to be complete.
SB625,36 7Section 36. 196.492 of the statutes is created to read:
SB625,18,9 8196.492 Siting of utility facilities. (1) In this section, "utility facility" has
9the meaning given in s. 30.025 (1b) (c).
SB625,18,12 10(2) Subject to sub. (3), the commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the
11approval of locations, sites, or routes for utility facilities that are subject to s. 196.49
12or 196.491 (3).
SB625,18,17 13(3) In an investigation or proceeding under s. 196.49 or 196.491 (3), the
14commission shall consider the information provided by the department of natural
15resources under s. 30.025 (2m) when determining the location, site, or route of a
16utility facility for which an application is submitted to the department of natural
17resources under s. 30.025.
SB625,37 18Section 37. Initial applicability.
SB625,18,2119 (1) This act first applies to utility projects for which an application under
20section 30.025 of the statutes, as affected by this act, is submitted to the department
21of natural resources on the effective date of this subsection.
SB625,18,2222 (End)
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