A few reminders about key Wisconsin pollution issues and their deadlines:
* The deadline for responding to the proposed approval diversion of Lake Michigan water to the Foxconn project - - which would also greenlight the return of about 60% of the daily diversion as treated wastewater - - is March 21st.
The application process - - from comment receipt to final review - - is run by the DNR which Walker intentionally has redefined with his 'chamber of commerce mentality' ideology. A March 21st comment deadline has been established.
Here's how to send in your comment:
* The deadline for responding to the proposed approval diversion of Lake Michigan water to the Foxconn project - - which would also greenlight the return of about 60% of the daily diversion as treated wastewater - - is March 21st.
The application process - - from comment receipt to final review - - is run by the DNR which Walker intentionally has redefined with his 'chamber of commerce mentality' ideology. A March 21st comment deadline has been established.
Here's how to send in your comment:
Email comments to:DNRRacineDiversionComments@wisconsin.gov
Hard copy comments can be sent to:
DNR Drinking Water and Groundwater Program DG/5 Attn: Adam Freihoefer PO Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707-7921.
* You may remember that a special provision was added by a GOP legislator as the State Assembly adjourned last month to bypass a judicial hearing already scheduled so that a sand mining operation could more easily fill a substantial wetland and bulldoze a rare stand of trees in Monroe County.
The bill then went to the State Senate, and to a committee chaired by GOP Sen. Robert Cowles - - who said he had no intention of scheduling it for a vote which could pass it on to the floor for final approval, but also noted that there were other ways the plan could bypass him.
I made sure to call Cowles' office to thank him for his position, and you can do the same. 1-608-266-0484, or toll-free, 1-800-334-1465.
* The DNR on a webpage lists all site and comment deadline information about pending applications for new or continuing waste discharge permits sought by municipalities, corporations and industrial-scale animal feeding operations, (CAFOs). Here is the website and details of recent postings so you can get an idea of what's being sought, by whom and how you can weigh in:
The bill then went to the State Senate, and to a committee chaired by GOP Sen. Robert Cowles - - who said he had no intention of scheduling it for a vote which could pass it on to the floor for final approval, but also noted that there were other ways the plan could bypass him.
I made sure to call Cowles' office to thank him for his position, and you can do the same. 1-608-266-0484, or toll-free, 1-800-334-1465.
* The DNR on a webpage lists all site and comment deadline information about pending applications for new or continuing waste discharge permits sought by municipalities, corporations and industrial-scale animal feeding operations, (CAFOs). Here is the website and details of recent postings so you can get an idea of what's being sought, by whom and how you can weigh in:
| Permittee | Permit No. | County | Notice Publication Date | Permit Action | Permit Draft | Variance Documents |
Supporting Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rib Lake, Village | WI0029017-10 | Taylor | March 15 | reissuance/ informational hearing |
267KB | 177KB | 437KB |
| Bell Sanitary District No.1 | WI0061336-7 | Bayfield | March 15 | reissuance | 232KB | 352KB | |
| Clover Sanitary District | WI0032069-7 | Bayfield | March 15 | reissuance | 221KB | 641KB | |
| Fifield Sanitary District No.1 | WI0060593-10 | Price | March 15 | reissuance | 235KB | 220KB | |
| Eau Claire, City | WI0023850-9 | Eau Claire | March 15 | reissuance | 293KB | 216KB | |
| Colonial House Laundromat LLC | WI0056006-8 | Oneida | March 14 | reissuance | 193KB | 275KB | |
| Wisconsin Rapids, City | WI0025844-9 | Wood | March 13 | reissuance/ informational hearing |
323KB | 194KB | 657KB |
| Milltown, Village | WI0024741-10 | Polk | March 13 | reissuance | 257KB | 146KB | |
| Reedsburg, City | WI0020371-9 | Sauk | March 8 | reissuance/ informational hearing |
311KB | 1.5MB | 812KB |
| Minong, Village | WI0035939-10 | Washburn | March 8 | reissuance | 250KB | 879KB | |
| Squires Farm Inc. | WI0066192-1 | Dunn | February 28 | issuance | 298KB | 148KB | |
| Murph Ko Farms Inc. | WI0062740-3 | Fond du Lac | February 28 | reissuance | 298KB | 227KB | |
| Zinke Dairy Farms LLC | WI0066079-1 | Fond du Lac | February 27 | issuance | 310KB | 143KB | |
| Packaging Corporation of America | WI0002810-9 | Lincoln | February 27 | reissuance/ informational hearing |
332KB | 257KB | 634KB |
| Sharon, Village | WI0022608-9-1 | Walworth | February 23 | modification | 306KB | 208KB | |
| Allenton Sanitary District | WI0028053-9-1 | Washington | February 23 | modification | 287KB | 192KB | |
| Kimberly Clark Corp., Marinette | WI0000540-9 | Marinette | February 23 | reissuance | 254KB | 388KB | |
| Fremont Orihula Wolf River Joint Sewage Commission | WI0026158-9 | Waupaca | February 22 | reissuance | 254KB | 191KB | |
| Silver Lake Sanitary District | WI0061301-6 | Waushara | February 22 | reissuance | 291KB | 264KB | |
| Forest Junction Sanitary District | WI0032123-8 | Calumet | February 22 | reissuance | 263KB | 431KB | |
| Sherwood, Village | WI0031127-9 | Calumet | February 21 | reissuance | 291KB | 399KB | |
| WI DOC Kettle Moraine | WI0060721-8 | Sheboygan | February 21 | reissuance | 275KB | 747KB | |
| Fibrek | WI0064921-2 | Marinette | February 20 | reissuance | 227KB | 221KB | |
| Central Sands Dairy LLC | WI0063533-3 | Juneau | February 19 | reissuance/ informational hearing |
330KB | 229KB |