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November 2019 | |
Wednesday, November 206:00 p.m. to end of agenda Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Public hearing on a permanent rule to revise ch. NR 25, relating to commercial fisheries of lake whitefish in Lake Michigan Lakeshore Technical College, 1290 North Ave., Room: Lake Michigan Conference Room Cleveland, Wisconsin 53015 (Manitowoc County)  View map of locationContact: Meredith Penthorn, 608-316-0080 Detailed information: This rule codifies gear requirements for trawls used to harvest lake whitefish commercially. This rule also establishes monitoring and reporting requirements for trawling, including provisions for electronic reporting of whitefish and bycatch harvested by trawling. Public hearing notice [PDF] Proposed administrative rules Published: 10/18/2019 12:26:35 PM | |
Thursday, November 219:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Thursday, November 21, 2019 Public informational hearing on a application for a permit to perform maintenance to a waterway with a non-navigable connection to Lac La Belle Oconomowoc City Council Chambers, 174 E Wisconsin Avenue Oconomowoc, Wisconsin 53066 (Waukesha County) View map of locationContact: Theresa Szabelski, 414-263-8670 Detailed information: The purpose of the informational hearing is to allow the public to learn about the proposed private landscaping pond rehabilitation and to provide an opportunity for the public to make a written or oral statement about the issuance of the proposed permit. This hearing was rescheduled from Nov. 4. Public hearing notice [PDF]. Published: 10/23/2019 10:39:16 AM 1:00 p.m. to end of agenda Thursday, November 21, 2019 Public hearing concerning the proposed State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision for a second 10-year maintenance plan for the Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County and Milwaukee-Racine 1997 8-hour Maintenance Areas. State Natural Resources Building (GEF 2), 101 S. Webster St., Room: 613 Madison, Wisconsin 53703 (Dane County) View map of locationContact: Cami Peterson, 608-267-7546 Detailed information: The DNR is submitting this SIP revision to the U.S. EPA as required by the federal Clean Air Act (CAA). This SIP requests EPA to approve a second, 10-year maintenance plan for the Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County and the Milwaukee-Racine 1997 8-hour ozone maintenance areas. In 2004, EPA designated these areas as nonattainment of the 1997 ozone standard. All nonattainment areas, apart from Sheboygan County, were subsequently redesignated to attainment/maintenance for this standard between 2008 and 2012. Public Hearing Notice [PDF] Proposed SIP Revision [PDF] Published: 10/23/2019 11:02:51 AM | |
Friday, November 2210:30 a.m. to end of agenda Friday, November 22, 2019 Public Notice of an Air Pollution Control Permit Application from Green Bay Packaging, Inc Brown County Central Library, 515 Pine St. Green Bay, Wisconsin 54301 (Brown County) View map of locationContact: Dave Minkey, 920-662-5179 Detailed information: Green Bay Packaging, Inc. - Mill Division, located at 1601 N. Quincy Street, Green Bay, Brown County, (FID 405032100) and Green Bay Packaging, Inc. - Shipping Container Division, located at 831 Radisson St., Green Bay, Brown County, (FID 405034520), submitted to the Department of Natural Resources a permit application, including plans and specifications for the construction of an emergency fire pump, three emergency generators, a flexographic press and several insignificant emissions units, and the modification of existing construction permit conditions. Air pollution control construction permit no. 19-DMM-129. Public Hearing Notice Published: 11/5/2019 12:21:05 PM | |
December 2019 | |
Wednesday, December 410:00 a.m. to end of agenda Wednesday, December 04, 2019 Public informational hearing regarding the proposed reissuance of a Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (WPDES) permit for the Village of Cedar Grove Wastewater Treatment Facility. WI-0020711-09-0 DNR Satellite Center, 1115 Pilgrim Road Plymouth, Wisconsin 53073 (Sheboygan County) View map of locationContact: Lisa Creegan (414) 263-8701 Detailed information: The Village of Cedar Grove Wastewater Treatment Facility is located at NWQ SEQ SEC 24 T13N R22E. Discharge is to Barr Creek/Black River Watershed in Sheboygan County. The proposed WPDES permit includes a variance to the water quality standard for chloride. Published: 10/21/2019 12:17:24 PM | |
Wednesday, December 1110:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Public informational hearing regarding the proposed reissuance of a Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit for the City of Mellen wastewater treatment facility. Spooner DNR Service Center, 810 W. Maple St. Spooner, Wisconsin 54801 (Washburn County) View map of locationContact: Sheri Snowbank , 715-635-4131 Detailed information: The City of Mellen Wastewater Treatment facility is located at 500 Christ Lutz Drive in Mellen Wisconsin. Discharge is to the Bad River in Ashland County within the Upper Bad River Watershed in the Lake Superior dBrainage Basin. The proposed WPDES permit WI-0020311-10-0 includes a proposed Mercury Variance. Hearing Notice [PDF] WPDES public notices Published: 10/23/2019 2:08:35 PM | |
Thursday, December 121:00 p.m. to end of agenda Thursday, December 12, 2019 Public hearing on an air permit application for Waupaca Foundry Inc - Plants 2/3 Waupaca County Courthouse, 811 Harding St., Room: Room LL43 Waupaca, Wisconsin 54981 (Waupaca County) View map of locationContact: Ron Binzley, 608-264-9243 Detailed information: Waupaca Foundry Inc. - Plants 2/3, located at 1955 Brunner Drive, Waupaca, Waupaca County, (FID 469033840) submitted to the Department of Natural Resources a permit application, including plans and specifications for revision of 469033840-P22 for operation of a gray iron foundry and construction and operation of a mesh belt machine, a robot arm pick and sort operation, and a sand conveyor cooler and to make other changes identified as part of the Dust Optimization Project. Air pollution control construction permit no. 19-RAB-059 Air pollution control operation permit no. 469033840-P25 Public Hearing Notice Published: 11/13/2019 3:44:18 PM 1:00 p.m. to end of agenda Thursday, December 12, 2019 Public hearing on a
permanent rule, WM-05-19, relating to the
2019 Bureau of Wildlife Management housekeeping rule State Natural Resources Building (GEF 2), 101 S. Webster St., Room: 613 Madison, Wisconsin 53703 (Dane County) View map of locationContact: Scott Karel, 608-267-2452 Detailed information: These rule changes are proposed to update administrative code language to correct inconsistencies, update outdated language, and provide clarification when appropriate. This rule package will amend regulations for hunting and trapping, found in Ch's. NR 8, 10, 12, 11, 16, 17, 19 and 45 Wis. Admin. Code. Public hearing notice [PDF] Published: 11/19/2019 12:49:16 PM 2:00 p.m. to end of agenda Thursday, December 12, 2019 Public hearing on a
emergency rule, WM-18-19 (E), to revise ch. NR 10, relating to ruffed grouse management State Natural Resources Building (GEF 2), 101 S. Webster St., Room: 613 Madison, Wisconsin 53703 (Dane County) View map of locationContact: Mark Witecha, 608-267-7861 Detailed information: This rule shortens the 2019 ruffed grouse season for grouse management zone A so that it will close on January 5, 2020, instead of January 31, 2020 Public Hearing Notice [PDF] Proposed emergency administrative rules Published: 11/12/2019 12:14:42 PM | |
Wednesday, December 1811:00 a.m. to end of agenda Wednesday, December 18, 2019 Public hearing concerning the proposed State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision for redesignation request for the Wisconsin portion of the Chicago Naperville(IL-IN-WI) 2008 8-hour ozone nonattainment area (the eastern part of Kenosha County). Kenosha Public Library - Southwest Branch, 7979 38th Ave., Room: Room A/B Kenosha, Wisconsin 53143 (Kenosha County) View map of locationContact: Cami Peterson, 608-267-7546 Detailed information: The DNR is submitting a SIP revision to the U.S. EPA as required by the federal Clean Air Act (CAA). This SIP requests EPA to approve Wisconsin's redesignation request and maintenance plan for the Wisconsin potiion of the Chicago Naperville(IL-IN-WI) 2008 8-hour ozone nonattainment area (the eastern part of Kenosha County). Ozone monitoring data for the most recent three years, 2017 through 2019, demonstrate that the air quality meets the 2008 ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) in the Chicago nonattainment area. Public hearing notice [PDF] Proposed SIP Revision [PDF] Published: 11/18/2019 10:27:34 AM | |
Friday, December 2011:00 a.m. to end of agenda Friday, December 20, 2019 Public informational hearing regarding the proposed reissuance of the Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit for the City of Sparta La Crosse DNR Service Center, 3550 Mormon Coulee Road La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601 (La Crosse County) View map of locationContact: Jennifer Jerich, 920-387-7886 Detailed information: Sparta Wastewater Treatment Facility is located at 805 Richgruber Road, Sparta. Discharge is to La Crosse River in the Little La Crosse River Watershed of the Bad Axe- La Crosse River Basin in Monroe County. The proposed WPDES WI-0020737-10-0 includes a variance to the water quality standard for mercury. Hearing Notice WPDES public notices Published: 11/8/2019 9:49:08 AM | |
January 2020 | |
Monday, January 610:00 a.m. to end of agenda Monday, January 06, 2020 Public informational hearing regarding the proposed issuance of a Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit for the Village of Browntown Waste Water Treatment Facility. Fitchburg DNR Service Center, 3911 Fish Hatchery Road Fitchburg, Wisconsin 53711 (Dane County) View map of locationContact: Jennifer Jerich, 920-387-7886 Detailed information: The Browntown Wastewater Treatment Facility is located at 319 East Murray Street, Browntown, Wisconsin. Discharge is to Skinner Creek (Jordan and Skinner Creek Watershed) in Green County. The proposed WPDES permit WI-0032051-07-0 includes a variance to the water quality standard for Phosphorus. Published: 11/19/2019 12:49:16 PM | |
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