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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 700

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Relating to: notifying counties of certain water pollution violations, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

County — Health department Natural resources department of — Environmental protection Water — Pollution Water supply

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under this bill, if the Department of Natural Resources finds that the holder

of a Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit has violated

groundwater standards, DNR must notify the county health department and county

land and conservation department in the county in which the permit holder is located

and the county health department and county land and conservation department in

any adjacent county that DNR determines may be negatively affected by the

violation. The bill requires DNR to provide these notices within seven business days

after confirming that a violation has occurred. The bill also allows DNR to establish,

by rule, procedures for providing the required notice. Finally, the bill requires DNR

to create and maintain a notification system for notifying county health

departments, county land and conservation departments, and interested parties of

the types of violations that trigger the notice requirement.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Anderson (D) , B. Meyers (D) , Billings (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Considine (D) , Crowley (D) , Doyle (D) , Emerson (D) , Fields (D) , Gruszynski (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Kolste (D) , Neubauer (D) , Novak (R) , Nygren (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Tusler (R) , Vining (D) , Vruwink (D)

14 cosponsors

Bewley (D) , Carpenter (D) , Erpenbach (D) , Hansen (D) , Jacque (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Miller (D) , Olsen (R) , Quinn (R) , Ringhand (D) , Risser (D) , Schachtner (D) , Shilling (D)

Full history

  1. Dec 23, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Billings, Nygren, Shankland, Novak, Kolste, Hebl, Spreitzer, Pope, Anderson, C. Taylor, Considine, Ohnstad, Neubauer, Gruszynski, Stubbs, B. Meyers, Fields, Crowley, Sargent, Emerson, Vining, Hesselbein, Subeck, Vruwink, Allen, Doyle and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Shilling, Schachtner, Bewley, Jacque, Carpenter, Risser, L. Taylor, Larson, Miller, Hansen, Erpenbach, Ringhand and Olsen

  2. Dec 23, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Environment

  3. Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly

    Representative Quinn added as a coauthor

  6. Feb 4, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Billings

  7. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1