I thought I'd list a few important, upcoming state environmental meetings gleaned from two sites I check often - - WI DNR News Releases and DNR Hearing Notices Calendar.
* From the news release site, this session on Chronic Wasting Disease, or CWD:
I have recently posted several items about CWD. One is here.
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From the hearing notices site:
* 10:00 a.m. to end of agenda
Detailed information: Pursuant to Wis. Stat. s. 281.36, the Department of Natural Resources granted The Kohler Company's permit application for 3.69 acres of wetland fill or disturbance for the purposes of constructing a golf course. The wetlands are located between the Black River and Lake Michigan, in the Town of Wilson, County of Sheboygan. Friends of the Black River Forest and Claudia Bricks submitted a petition for a Contested Case Hearing. The hearing will run from Monday, June 4 through Friday, June 8 with proceedings beginning at 10 a.m. on June 4 and at 9 a.m. on subsequent days.
Hearing notice [PDF]
* Another CAFO permit matter:
* From the news release site, this session on Chronic Wasting Disease, or CWD:
Informational meeting regarding chronic wasting disease in Eau Claire County to be held May 22
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Wisconsin Conservation Congress will host a public meeting May 22 to discuss the recent discovery of chronic wasting disease in a wild deer in western Eau Claire County.
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From the hearing notices site:
* 10:00 a.m. to end of agenda
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Public informational hearing regarding the proposed reissuance of Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (WPDES) permit WI-0063932-02 to Tag Lane Dairy Farm, located at W801 Gopher Hill Road, Town of Ixonia, Jefferson County
Oconomowoc City Council Chambers, 174 E Wisconsin Avenue
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin 53066 (Waukesha County)
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Oconomowoc, Wisconsin 53066 (Waukesha County)
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Contact: Mike Carlson, 608-635-8111
Detailed information: Tag Lane Dairy LLC is an existing Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) with 2,228 animal units. An expansion to 3,578 animal units is proposed. Discharge is to surface water and groundwater within the Sinissippi Lake and Ashippun River-Rock River watersheds, Upper Rock River drainage basin watersheds.
* 10:00 a.m. to end of agenda
Monday, June 04-08, 2018
Contested case hearing in the matter of Wetland Individual Permit IP-SE-2017-60-00631 and Water Quality Certification for 3.69 acres of wetland fill or disturbance in the Town of Wilson, Sheboygan County
Mead Public Library, 710 N. 8th St., Room: Loft Conference Room
Sheboygan, Wisconsin 53081 (Sheboygan County)
Contact: Division of Hearings and Appeals, 608-66-3865
Detailed information: Pursuant to Wis. Stat. s. 281.36, the Department of Natural Resources granted The Kohler Company's permit application for 3.69 acres of wetland fill or disturbance for the purposes of constructing a golf course. The wetlands are located between the Black River and Lake Michigan, in the Town of Wilson, County of Sheboygan. Friends of the Black River Forest and Claudia Bricks submitted a petition for a Contested Case Hearing. The hearing will run from Monday, June 4 through Friday, June 8 with proceedings beginning at 10 a.m. on June 4 and at 9 a.m. on subsequent days.
Hearing notice [PDF]
I have posted many items about the golf course plan. Here is a recent item, and a photo of land within a state park adjacent to the golf course site - - a privately-owned, heavily-wooded nature preserve - - which the DNR and its oversight body says the developer may have for a maintenance and vehicle building.
10:00 a.m. to end of agenda
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Public informational hearing regarding the proposed reissuance of Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System to Gordondale Farms Inc.
Portage County Annex, 1462 Strongs Ave.
Stevens Point, Wisconsin 54481 (Portage County)
Contact: Adam Scheunemann, 715-214-8576
Detailed information: Gordandale Farms Inc, located at 9845 Highway 161 in the Town of Amherst in Portage County, is an existing Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) with 2160 animal units. WPDES permit WI-0062359-3. Discharge is to surface and groundwater within the Waupaca River Watershed.
Detailed information: Gordandale Farms Inc, located at 9845 Highway 161 in the Town of Amherst in Portage County, is an existing Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) with 2160 animal units. WPDES permit WI-0062359-3. Discharge is to surface and groundwater within the Waupaca River Watershed.
* A permit for mercury discharge:
10:00 a.m. to end of agenda
Tuesday, July 03, 2018
Public informational hearing regarding the reissuance of Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit to Domtar A. W., LLC in Nekoosa
Wisconsin Rapids DNR Satellite Center, 473 Griffith Ave., Room: Conference Rooms Hovde A & B
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin 54494 (Wood County)
Contact: Trevor Moen, 608-266-3906
Detailed information: The proposed permit (WPDES WI-0003620-08) for Domtar A. W., LLC includes a variance to the water quality standard for mercury. The Nekoosa Mill is located at 301 Point Basse Avenue and the Wastewater Reclamation Center is located at 405 Church Avenue. Discharge is to the Wisconsin River, groundwater in Wood County and land application sites in Adams, Juneau, Portage, Waushara, and Wood counties.
Hearing notice [PDF]
WPDES public notices
Here is a recent blog posting about mercury and other discharges in Wisconsin waterways.
Detailed information: The proposed permit (WPDES WI-0003620-08) for Domtar A. W., LLC includes a variance to the water quality standard for mercury. The Nekoosa Mill is located at 301 Point Basse Avenue and the Wastewater Reclamation Center is located at 405 Church Avenue. Discharge is to the Wisconsin River, groundwater in Wood County and land application sites in Adams, Juneau, Portage, Waushara, and Wood counties.
Hearing notice [PDF]
WPDES public notices
Here is a recent blog posting about mercury and other discharges in Wisconsin waterways.
It may interest people to know that as far as the CAFO hearings the two people listed (Mike and Adam) no longer work in the CAFO program. In fact the vacancy rate is now up to about 50 per cent. The CAFO program is as near meaningless as imaginable. The Bureau head for the CAFO program has been transferred to fishing (no kidding) and the section chief has been destroying the CAFO program since she took over several years ago.
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