Representatives from the Wisconsin Departments of Natural Resources and Justice and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District and experienced environmental law practitioners will share their perspectives in a comprehensive treatment of the latest issues in environmental law during the 16th Annual Environmental Law Update.
Vol. 77, No. 9, September
2004
Plan to Attend 16th Annual Environmental Law Update
Representatives from the Wisconsin Departments of Natural Resources
and Justice and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District and
experienced environmental law practitioners will share their
perspectives in a comprehensive treatment of the latest issues in
environmental law during the 16th Annual Environmental Law
Update.
This full-day seminar will include updates on these and other topics:
air, water, and solid waste regulations; state enforcement initiatives
in environmental regulation; brownfields issues in real estate
development; and how to oppose a project effectively (including a case
study of the Crandon Mine project). The DNR also will report on the
"State of Environmental Law."
The live seminar is Sept. 29 in Milwaukee; the video replay is Oct.
29 at statewide locations. This program has been submitted to the
Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners for up to 7.0 CLE credits. Tuition is
$199. For more information and to register for this State Bar CLE
Seminar, please phone (800) 728-7788.
Figure 1
Activities Subject to Exemptions Under Act 118
(Note: Further definition of eligibility is set forth by DNR
rules.)
- Incidental deposits up to 2 cubic yards associated with another
exempt activity
- Piers and wharfs that meet pier planner guidance
- Seasonal structures (boat hoists, boat shelters, swim rafts) defined
by rule criteria
- Riprap up to 300 feet of repair and 100 feet of replacement
- Fish habitat structures
- Bird nesting platforms
- Intake or outfall structures less than 25 percent of channel
width
- Intakes for dry fire hydrant
- Pilings for ice deflection
- Biological shore erosion control structures defined by rule
- Replacement culverts: any size, if subject to the terms of a
previous permit; or up to 24 inches, if no permit
- Dredging necessary for installation or maintenance of an exempt
structure
- Manual dredging
Figure 2
Summary of New General Permits under Act 118 (Note:
Further definition of eligibility is set forth by DNR rules.)
- Beach material
- Limited new riprap or similar material, if replacement riprap not
exempt
- Fords
- Boat landings
- Limited replacement seawalls
- Clear span bridges
- Culverts crossing waterways not more than 35 feet wide
- Grading
- Stormwater ponds designed in accordance with standard best
management practices required for stormwater management
- Maintenance dredging, if not exempt
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