Wisconsin DNR Public Hearings and Meetings
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Hearings
December 18 & 19 - Pursuant to §§ 227.11(2)(a) and 285.11(1) and (16), Stats., interpreting §§ 227.11(2)(a), 227.14(1m)(b), 285.11(1) and (16), Stats., the Department of Natural Resources will hold public hearings on revisions to chs. NR 405, 407, 408 and 484, Wisconsin Administrative code, relating to major source definition and affecting small business. The State Implementation Plan developed under § 285.11(6), Stats., is revised. The proposed rules will amend the definition of “major stationary source” in § NR 405.02(22)(a), such that ethanol production facilities that produce ethanol by natural fermentation are not included in the Chemical Processing Plant category of the North American Industry Classification System. The other changes are to §§ NR 405.07(4)(a)20., 407.02(4)(b) and 408.02(21)(e), which will state that fugitive emissions from these ethanol production facilities will no longer be included in determining whether a facility is considered a major source. This rule package is initiated because of similar federal rule changes published May 1, 2007. In addition, a federal rule clarifying two elements of the major source permitting program was promulgated on Jan. 6, 2004. The first is the additional of a definition of replacement unit and the second clarifies a component of the emission calculation used when determining emissions under a plantwide applicability limitation (PAL). U.S. EPA has required permitting agencies to add these elements during the next reopening of the permit program regulations. DNR staff have 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. The proposed rule and supporting documents, including the fiscal estimate may be viewed and downloaded and comments electronically submitted through the Wisconsin Administrative Rules Web site [http://adminrules.wisconsin.gov/] (exit DNR - search this Web site using the Natural Resources Board Order No. AM-34-07). Written comments on the proposed rule may be submitted until December 21, 2007via U.S. mail to Mr. Paul Yeung, Bureau of Air Management, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707 or by e-mail to Paul.Yeung@wisconsin.gov. More information or a copy of the proposed rule and supporting documents, including the fiscal estimate may be obtained from Robert Eckdale, Bureau of Air Management, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707 or by calling (608) 266-2856. The hearings will be held on:
December 18, Wisconsin Rapids - at 1 p.m. in Conference Room 124A and B, State Office Building, 1681 Second Avenue South.
December 19, Madison - at 1 p.m. in Room 413 of the State Natural Resources Building (GEF 2), 101 S. Webster St., Madison
Meetings
December 11 - The Governor’s Task Force on Global Warming – Technical Advisory Group will meet by conference call 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in room 724 of the State Natural Resources Building (GEF 2), 101 S. Webster St., Madison. For more information, or if you need special accommodations to attend this meeting, contact Nick Sayen, DNR, at (608) 267-2466 or nick.sayen@wisconsin.gov
December 13 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will conduct a public meeting to receive comments on a proposed series of cleanup design changes at an ongoing cleanup of PCB-contaminated sediment in Appleton, Wis.’s Little Lake Butte des Morts. The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Lawrence University’s Youngchild Hall, Room 121, 421 E. College Ave., Appleton. Little Lake Butte des Morts is known as Operable Unit 1 of the Lower Fox River cleanup effort, which is a proposed Superfund National Priorities List site. Cleanup work began at the lake in 2004 and is expected to continue into 2009. The proposed changes all involve work that has yet to be completed. Operable Units 2 through 5 include the stretch of the river from Appleton to Green Bay. EPA and DNR are proposing cleanup changes based on new technical information collected since the original 2002 cleanup decision for Little Lake Butte des Morts. The proposed plan is equally protective of human health and the environment and will take less time to complete, create less noise and truck traffic. It is also easier to implement because it uses a combination of dredging, sand covers and engineered capping in areas where dredging would be extremely difficult. Both the original plan and the proposed revisions set a cleanup goal of 0.25 parts per million for average PCB levels in river sediment. Different approaches would be used to address varying levels of contamination. A detailed fact sheet with a comment form, along with additional information about the Lower Fox River cleanup effort has been posted at
www.epa.gov/region5/sites/foxriver. For more information contact EPA Community Involvement Coordinator Susan Pastor at 800-621-8431, Ext. 31325.
December 13 - The Governor’s Task Force on Global Warming – Technical Advisory Group will meet from 9 am to 3 pm at the Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation (WECC), 431 Charmany Dr., Madison, room to be decided. For more information, or if you need special accommodations to attend this meeting, contact Nick Sayen, DNR, at (608) 267-2466 or nick.sayen@wisconsin.gov
December 13 and 19 - The Department will meet with interested individuals on issues discussed at this summer’s public hearings related to NR 115, the state’s Shoreland Management Program. The meetings will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Memorial Union - 800 Langdon St.- Madison (check the ‘Today in the Union’ sign when entering the building for exact room location). For more information contact Toni Herkert at – (608) 266-0161.
December 14 - The Wisconsin Diesel Workgroup will meet 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. in room 349 of GEF 3, 125 S. Webster St., Madison. The group will continue discussions of voluntary strategies for reducing mobile diesel emissions in Wisconsin. For information contact Jessica Lawent, DNR, at (414) 263-8653.
December 14 - The DNR NR 151 Rule Revision for Non-agricultural Performance Standards Advisory Committee will meet from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., in Room 3B of the Wisconsin Department of Commerce building at 201 W. Washington Ave in Madison. This is the third of three meetings to discuss proposed revisions to subchapters I, III and IV of NR 151, Wis. Adm. Code. Additional information on the rule revision process, including materials the advisory committee is using are available on the DNR website at: [http://dnr.wi.gov/runoff/admrules.htm]. For more information contact Mary Anne Lowndes at (608) 261-6420.
December 15- The Chronic Wasting Disease Stakeholder Advisory group will meet from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Gathering Waters and Glacier's Edge conference rooms at the DNR South Central Region Headquarters, 3911 Fish Hatchery Road, Fitchburg. The group will continue to draft recommendations for strategies to manage CWD. For more information, contact Alan Crossley, DNR CWD project manager, at (608) 266-5463 or Alan.Crossley@Wisconsin.gov.
December 18 - The Wisconsin Council on Forestry will meet at 9:30 a.m. at the Forest Products Lab, One Gifford Pinchot Dr., in Madison to discuss the Wisconsin Forest Sustainability Network, the potential for Wisconsin forest carbon markets, and other topics listed on the attached agenda. Contact Mary Brown at (608) 261-7599 for more information.
December 19 - The Department of Natural Resources Air Permit Information Technology (IT) Stakeholder Group will meet at 10 a.m. in the Gathering Waters Conference Room at the DNR South Central Region Headquarters, 3911 Fish Hatchery Road, Fitchburg. This meeting is an update on the status of the new on-line air permit processing system and will provide participants with an opportunity for questions and discussion. The DNR Bureau of Air Management has been designing and creating this new system to be make submitting permit applications, processing permits, and subsequest notifications, all more efficient and workable over the Internet, for both applicants and DNR permit staff. The Air Permit IT Stakeholder Group was formed to provide input into the design of the new online permit application system which is due to go online in July of 2008. For more information or to participate contact Barbara N. Pavliscak, DNR Air Permit Engineer at (608) 267-7540 or by e-mail at [Barbara.Pavliscak@wisconsin.gov].
December 20 - The DNR Public Land Management Specialist Committee will meet at 9:15 a.m. at the DNR Wausau Service Center, 5301 Rib Mountain Rd., Wausau, regarding: policy on public land management, and handbook updates. For more information, contact Jeff Barkley – DNR Division of Forestry at (608) 264-9217.
