Public Hearings and Meetings

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Hearings

• February 10 - Pursuant to chs. NR 2 and NR 150, Wis. Adm. Code; and §§ 285.13(1) and 285.61(7), Wis. Stats., the Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing on a permit application for construction and operation of an industrial sand mine and sand processing plant in Monroe County at 1 p.m. in the Tomah City Hall, Council Chambers (located on second floor), 819 Superior Ave., Tomah. Unimin Corporation - Tunnel City Plant, South of Highway 21 between County M and the Rail Line, Greenfield, Monroe County, (Wisconsin, FID 642078580), submitted to the DNR a permit application, including plans and specifications for construction and operation of an industrial sand mine and sand processing plant. (Air Pollution Control Construction Permit No. 11-MHR-188, and Air Pollution Control Operation Permit No. 642078580-F01, a synthetic minor permit.) DNR has made a preliminary determination that the application meets state and federal air pollution control requirements and that the permit should be approved. The permit application, the DNR’s analysis and draft permit area available on the air permit search page of the DNR website and at the DNR Bureau of Air Management, Seventh Floor, 101 South Webster St., Madison; DNR West Central Region Air Program, La Crosse Area Office, 3550 Mormon Coulee Road, Room 104, La Crosse; and at the Tomah Public Library, 716 Superior Avenue, Tomah; or by contacting Michael Ross at 608-785-9973 or by e-mail. This type of proposal normally does not have the potential to cause significant adverse environmental effects and the DNR has not prepared an Environmental Assessment of the proposal. This preliminary determination does not constitute approval from the Air Management Program or any other DNR sections which may also require a review of the project. Written comments on the application or DNR’s review are due by Feb. 29, 2012 and should be sent to Wisconsin DNR West Central Region Air Program, 3550 Mormon Coulee Road Room 104, La Crosse, WI 54601. Attn.: Michael Ross. All comments received by the DNR at the public hearing and all written comments received by mail and by e-mail during the public comment period will be considered prior to making a final decision regarding the proposed project. After the public hearing and the public comment period, a final decision will be made on whether to issue or deny the air pollution control construction permit. If you would like a copy of the final determination, contact Michael Ross of Wisconsin DNR West Central Region Air Program, La Crosse Area Office, 3550 Mormon Coulee Road Room 104, La Crosse, WI 54601, or by e-mail at Michael.Ross@wisconsin.gov Information on the public commenting and hearing process is available on the DNR website. For more information contact Michael Ross at 608-785-9973.
• February 16 - Pursuant to § 283.83, Wis. Stats., and § NR 121.07 Wis. Admin. Code, a public hearing on the intent of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to amend the Dane County Areawide Water Quality Management Plan by revising the Verona Urban Sewer Service Area boundary and the environmental corridors in the City of Verona will be held at 1 p.m. in the Verona Public Library Community Room, 500 Silent Street, Verona. The proposed amendment adds 265 acres on the southwest side of the City of Verona near the interchange of State Highway 69 and U.S. Highway 18/151. The City plans to allow future development of approximate 148 acres with the remainder being undeveloped lands for flood plains, parks, street right-of-way, and storm water management facilities. The amendment area drains into Badger Mill Creek and the Sugar River. DNR proposes to issue an approval of the amendment with the following conditions recommended by Capital Area Regional Planning Commission technical staff: all recommendations of the Montgomery Report shall be honored; all agreements between the commission’s technical staff and the City of Verona regarding environmental quality beyond the statutory regulations of DNR shall be honored including maintaining 90 percent stay-on volume for runoff control for both residential and nonresidential development, 75 foot set-back distance from the Badger Mill Creek and Sugar River, and developing and implementing a restoration plan for the intermittent tributary to Badger Mill Creek. Written comments on DNR’s preliminary determination to modify the Dane County Areawide Water Quality Management Plan may be submitted via U.S. mail to Lynn Singletary, DNR Bureau of Watershed Management, PO Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707 or electronically to Lynn.Singletary@wisconsin.gov. Comments may be submitted until Feb. 24, 2012. Written comments, whether submitted electronically or by U.S. mail, will have the same weight and effect as oral statements presented at the public hearing. For more information on the commission recommendation regarding whether to modify the Dane County Areawide Water Quality Management Plan contact Lynn Singletary at 608-267-7610 or email Lynn.Singletary@wisconsin.gov.
• February 23 - Pursuant to §§ 285.13(1), 285.61(7) and 285.62(5), Wis. Stats., the Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing on an air pollution control permit application submitted by Hi-Crush Proppants LLC for construction and operation of an industrial sand processing plant and mine in Monroe County at 2 p.m. at the City of Tomah Municipal Center, Council Chamber, 819 Superior Ave., Tomah. Hi-Crush Proppants LLC, 8850 State Highway 173, Tomah, Monroe County, Wisconsin, (FID 642076820) submitted to DNR a permit application, including plans and specifications for construction and operation of an industrial sand processing plant and mine. (Air pollution construction permit no. 11-POY-158, and permit 642076820-F01, a synthetic minor permit.) DNR has made a preliminary determination that the application meets state and federal air pollution control requirements and that the permit should be approved. The permit application, the DNR’s analysis and draft permit area available on the air permit search page of the DNR website and at the DNR Bureau of Air Management, Seventh Floor, 101 South Webster St., Madison; DNR West Central Region Air Program, La Crosse Area Office, 3550 Mormon Coulee Road, Room 104, La Crosse; and at the Tomah Public Library, 716 Superior Avenue, Tomah; or by contacting Paul O. Yeung at 608-266-0672 or by email at paul.yeung@wisconsin.gov. This type of proposal normally does not have the potential to cause significant adverse environmental effects and the DNR has not prepared an Environmental Assessment of the proposal. This preliminary determination does not constitute approval from the Air Management Program or any other DNR sections which may also require a review of the project. Written comments on the application or DNR’s review are due by March 5, 2012 and should be sent to Wisconsin DNR, Bureau of Air Management, PO Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707-7921. Attn.: Paul O. Yeung. For more information contact Paul O. Yeung at 608-266-0672.
• February 27-28 - A contested case hearing in the matter of the Department of Natural Resources’ February 4, 2011, approval of coverage under Type A Registration Air Operation Permit and Type A Registration Air Construction Permit for Waukesha Iron & Metal, Inc will commence at 9 a.m. at the Division of Hearings and Appeals, Suite 201, 5005 University Ave., Madison. For more information contact the Division of Hearings and Appeals at (608) 266-7709.

Meetings

• Wisconsin Conservation Congress public meeting notices

• February 7 - The Laboratory Certification Standards Review Council will hold its regular quarterly meeting from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (or until all agenda items have been addressed) in the main conference room of the DNR Science Operations Center, 2801 Progress Road, Madison. Agenda and meeting information will be posted on the Laboratory Certification Standards Review Council page pf tje DNR website as it becomes available. The primary focus for this meeting is to solicit approval for the program's 2012-13 fiscal budget and certification fees package. In the event of a need to cancel due to inclement weather, the meeting will be held Feb. 9. For more information, please call Camille Turcotte (608) 266-0245.
• February 8-9 - The DNR Silviculture Specialist Team will meet at 10 a.m. Feb. 8 and at 7:45 a.m. Feb. 9 in Conference Room A & B, 3rd Floor of the Normal Building, 104 South Eyder Avenue, Phillips, regarding chapters and issues pertinent to the Silviculture Handbook, including swamp hardwoods, site productivity, red maple, white birch, team progress and other issues. For more information, contact Joe Schwantes at 715-856-9153
• February 13 - The Wisconsin Invasive Species Council - Species Assessment Group on Herbaceous Ornamentals will meet from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the DNR Science Operations Center 2801 Progress Road, Madison. The Group will discuss the literature reviews on proposed invasive species and make recommendations to for the Wisconsin Invasive Species Council on which plant species should be recommended for potential addition to the Invasive Species Rule NR 40. For more information contact Kelly Kearns at 608-267-5066 or Mindy Wilkinson at 608-266-6437.
• February 14 - The Wisconsin Invasive Species Council - Species Assessment Group on Trees, Vines, and Shrubs will meet from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the DNR Science Operations Center 2801 Progress Road., Madison. The Group will discuss the literature reviews on proposed invasive species and make recommendations to for the Wisconsin Invasive Species Council on which plant species should be recommended for potential addition to the Invasive Species Rule NR 40. For more information contact Tom Boos 608-266-9276 or Mindy Wilkinson at 608-266-6437.
• February 15 - The DNR Fisheries Management and Law Enforcement bureaus rules committee will meet at 8 a.m. at the DNR South Central Region Headquarters, 3911 Fish Hatchery Road in Fitchburg, regarding administrative rule proposals. For information or a complete agenda contact Kate Strom Hiorns at (608) 266-0828.
• February 15 - The Wisconsin Council on Forestry will meet at 9 a.m. in Room 415 NW of the State Capitol, Madison, to discuss council priorities for 2012, the biomass harvest guideline review process, and other items. For information or to RSVP contact Mary Brown at 608-261-7599.
• February 16 - An informational on a permit application from the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership to treat waters withing the Necedah Natioanl Wildlife Refuge to reduce black fly populations will be held at 7 p.m. at the Necedah Village Hall, 101 S. Center St., Necedah. The Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership is applying for a permit for one more year of treatment to reduce black fly species that feed on birds. If permitted, the streams would be treated with a naturally occurring biological control agent that targets larvae of individual species of black flies. The purpose of the treatment is to see if whooping cranes in the area will respond to the reduction of black flies by nesting successfully. Black flies have been shown to potentially negatively impact whooping crane nesting. This treatment will not affect the water quality of the streams and is completely harmless to people, fish, birds, or other animals (including most other species of insects). The partnership is composed of private organizations like the International Crane Foundation and public agencies like the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Wisconsin DNR. If the partnership receives a permit for treatment, their plan is to treat a few streams located near the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in late March or early April. The counties that contain streams that may, but not necessarily will, receive treatment are Juneau, Wood, and Monroe. Final determinations of which areas will be treated will be known when the permit application process is complete. For more information contact: Davin L. Lopez, DNR conservation biologist at 608-266-0837 or: Anne Lacy, International Crane Foundation at 608-356-9462 ext. 146.
• February 21-22 - The State Natural Resources Board will convene at 1 p.m. in in the Board Room at the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, 2811 Agriculture Drive, Madison. The agenda is available on the Natural Resources Board Web pages. For more information contact Laurie Ross, Natural Resources Board Liaison at (608) 267-7420.
• February 29 – The Department of Natural Resources will hold a public information meeting on the temporary closure of Peshtigo Flowage fishing during the 2012 drawdown of the Peshtigo River at 6:30 p.m. at the Municipal Building at 331 French St. (Highway 41 Business), Peshtigo. This drawdown is part of the Highway 41 bridge replacement project. For more information contact Chip Long at (715) 582-5017.
• February 29 – The Wisconsin Invasive Species Council - Species Assessment Group on Non-Commercial Forbs will meet from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the DNR Science Operations Center 2801 Progress Road, Madison. The Group will discuss the literature reviews on proposed invasive species and make recommendations to for the Wisconsin Invasive Species Council on which plant species should be recommended for potential addition to the Invasive Species Rule NR 40. For more information contact Courtney LeClair 608-267-7438 or Mindy Wilkinson at 608-266-6437.
• March 1 - The Green Tier Clean Water Initiative Board will meet from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Monona State Bank, 6430 Bridge Road, Monona. The Green Tier Clear Waters Initiative is a charter between the cities of Madison and Sun Prairie, Dane County, DNR, Homburg, Inc. and Veridian Homes. It's mission is to cause a meaningful reduction, beyond current state standards, in the sediment and nutrient delivery to lakes, streams, and wetlands in Dane County resulting from the construction of new homes, housing subdivisions, and businesses, and to develop alternative approaches and practices at the planning level, subdivision construction level, and individual lot level, that will result in better erosion control and long-term storm water management. For more information contact Sue Josheff, Field Supervisor at 608-275-3305, or Laura Bub, Storm Water Specialist at 608-275-3309.
• March 7 - The Wisconsin Invasive Species Council - Species Assessment Group on Forage, Turf, Erosion and Biofuels will meet from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the DNR Science Operations Center 2801 Progress Rd., Madison. The Group will discuss the literature reviews on proposed invasive species and make recommendations to for the Wisconsin Invasive Species Council on which plant species should be recommended for potential addition to the Invasive Species Rule NR 40. For more information contact Pat Trochlell 608-267-2453 or Mindy Wilkinson at 608-266-6437.
• April 12 - The Green Tier Clean Water Initiative Board will meet from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Sun Prairie Municipal Building, 300 E. Main St., Sun Prairie. The Green Tier Clear Waters Initiative is a charter between the cities of Madison and Sun Prairie, Dane County, DNR, Homburg, Inc. and Veridian Homes. It's mission is to cause a meaningful reduction, beyond current state standards, in the sediment and nutrient delivery to lakes, streams, and wetlands in Dane County resulting from the construction of new homes, housing subdivisions, and businesses, and to develop alternative approaches and practices at the planning level, subdivision construction level, and individual lot level, that will result in better erosion control and long-term storm water management. For more information contact Sue Josheff, Field Supervisor at 608-275-3305, or Laura Bub, Storm Water Specialist at 608-275-3309.
• May 24 - The Green Tier Clean Water Initiative Board will meet from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Dane County Land and Water Resources Department, 1 Fen Oak Court, Madison. The Green Tier Clear Waters Initiative is a charter between the cities of Madison and Sun Prairie, Dane County, DNR, Homburg, Inc. and Veridian Homes. It's mission is to cause a meaningful reduction, beyond current state standards, in the sediment and nutrient delivery to lakes, streams, and wetlands in Dane County resulting from the construction of new homes, housing subdivisions, and businesses, and to develop alternative approaches and practices at the planning level, subdivision construction level, and individual lot level, that will result in better erosion control and long-term storm water management. For more information contact Sue Josheff, Field Supervisor at 608-275-3305, or Laura Bub, Storm Water Specialist at 608-275-3309.
• July 5 - The Green Tier Clean Water Initiative Board will meet from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Larry D. Nelson Engineering Operations Facility, 1600 Emil Street, Madison. The Green Tier Clear Waters Initiative is a charter between the cities of Madison and Sun Prairie, Dane County, DNR, Homburg, Inc. and Veridian Homes. It's mission is to cause a meaningful reduction, beyond current state standards, in the sediment and nutrient delivery to lakes, streams, and wetlands in Dane County resulting from the construction of new homes, housing subdivisions, and businesses, and to develop alternative approaches and practices at the planning level, subdivision construction level, and individual lot level, that will result in better erosion control and long-term storm water management. For more information contact Sue Josheff, Field Supervisor at 608-275-3305, or Laura Bub, Storm Water Specialist at 608-275-3309.
• August 16 - The Green Tier Clean Water Initiative Board will meet from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at DNR, South Central Region Headquarters, 3911 Fish Hatchery Road, Fitchburg. The Green Tier Clear Waters Initiative is a charter between the cities of Madison and Sun Prairie, Dane County, DNR, Homburg, Inc. and Veridian Homes. It's mission is to cause a meaningful reduction, beyond current state standards, in the sediment and nutrient delivery to lakes, streams, and wetlands in Dane County resulting from the construction of new homes, housing subdivisions, and businesses, and to develop alternative approaches and practices at the planning level, subdivision construction level, and individual lot level, that will result in better erosion control and long-term storm water management. For more information contact Sue Josheff, Field Supervisor at 608-275-3305, or Laura Bub, Storm Water Specialist at 608-275-3309.
• September 27 - The Green Tier Clean Water Initiative Board will meet from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Veridian Homes, 6801 South Towne Drive, Madison. The Green Tier Clear Waters Initiative is a charter between the cities of Madison and Sun Prairie, Dane County, DNR, Homburg, Inc. and Veridian Homes. It's mission is to cause a meaningful reduction, beyond current state standards, in the sediment and nutrient delivery to lakes, streams, and wetlands in Dane County resulting from the construction of new homes, housing subdivisions, and businesses, and to develop alternative approaches and practices at the planning level, subdivision construction level, and individual lot level, that will result in better erosion control and long-term storm water management. For more information contact Sue Josheff, Field Supervisor at 608-275-3305, or Laura Bub, Storm Water Specialist at 608-275-3309.
• November 8 - The Green Tier Clean Water Initiative Board will meet from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Monona State Bank, 6430 Bridge Road, Monona. The Green Tier Clear Waters Initiative is a charter between the cities of Madison and Sun Prairie, Dane County, DNR, Homburg, Inc. and Veridian Homes. It's mission is to cause a meaningful reduction, beyond current state standards, in the sediment and nutrient delivery to lakes, streams, and wetlands in Dane County resulting from the construction of new homes, housing subdivisions, and businesses, and to develop alternative approaches and practices at the planning level, subdivision construction level, and individual lot level, that will result in better erosion control and long-term storm water management. For more information contact Sue Josheff, Field Supervisor at 608-275-3305, or Laura Bub, Storm Water Specialist at 608-275-3309.
• December 13 - The Green Tier Clean Water Initiative Board will meet from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Sun Prairie Municipal Building, 300 E. Main St., Sun Prairie. The Green Tier Clear Waters Initiative is a charter between the cities of Madison and Sun Prairie, Dane County, DNR, Homburg, Inc. and Veridian Homes. It's mission is to cause a meaningful reduction, beyond current state standards, in the sediment and nutrient delivery to lakes, streams, and wetlands in Dane County resulting from the construction of new homes, housing subdivisions, and businesses, and to develop alternative approaches and practices at the planning level, subdivision construction level, and individual lot level, that will result in better erosion control and long-term storm water management. For more information contact Sue Josheff, Field Supervisor at 608-275-3305, or Laura Bub, Storm Water Specialist at 608-275-3309.