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Assembly Bill 506

Relating To: the definition of navigable waters and navigable waterway and declarations of navigability.
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Lobbying Principals

Principal Name	Notified Date	Communication Date	Comments	Supporting Documentation
American Council of Engineering Companies of Wisconsin (formerly Wis Assn of Consulting Engineers)	Notified Date 10/23/2003	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
None Report Date 10/23/2003
Dane County	Notified Date 10/15/2003	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
Against Report Date 10/15/2003
Gathering Waters Inc	Notified Date 10/16/2003	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
Against Report Date 10/16/2003
Kenosha County	Notified Date 10/10/2003	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
Against Report Date 10/10/2003
Lake States Lumber Association	Notified Date 10/17/2003	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 10/17/2003
Madison Audubon Society Inc	Notified Date 10/22/2003	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
Against Report Date 10/22/2003
Midwest Environmental Advocates, Inc.	Notified Date 10/14/2003	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
Against Report Date 10/14/2003
Nature Conservancy - Wisconsin Chapter, The	Notified Date 11/5/2003	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
Against Report Date 11/5/2003
River Alliance of Wisconsin	Notified Date 10/21/2003	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
Against Report Date 10/21/2003
Sierra Club - John Muir Chapter	Notified Date 10/9/2003	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation	Position Info
Against Report Date 10/9/2003 Comments OPPOSE bill that limits protection of our streams.
Timber Producers Association of Michigan & Wisconsin Inc	Notified Date 10/17/2003	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 10/17/2003
Waukesha County	Notified Date 10/13/2003	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
Against Report Date 10/13/2003
Wisconsin Association of Lakes Inc	Notified Date 9/25/2003	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
Other Report Date 9/25/2003
Wisconsin Counties Association	Notified Date 10/31/2003	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation	Position Info
For Report Date 10/31/2003 Comments Provides clarity to current definition. A clear definition will expedite and simplify the process for county highway projects.
Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Association	Notified Date 12/11/2003	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
Against Report Date 12/11/2003
Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters (WLCV)	Notified Date 9/22/2003	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation	Position Info
Against Report Date 9/22/2003 Comments This is a thinly veiled attempt to remove critical waters from state and federal regulation. The term "navigable waters" is well established in case law and needs no further defintion.
Wisconsin Muck Farmers Association	Notified Date 10/16/2003	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
None Report Date 10/16/2003
Wisconsin Pork Producers Association	Notified Date 10/21/2003	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
None Report Date 10/21/2003
Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association	Notified Date 9/19/2003	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
None Report Date 9/19/2003
Wisconsin Professional Loggers Association	Notified Date 10/23/2003	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation	Position Info
For Report Date 10/23/2003 Comments Need a better definition or criteria for defining a navigable water so that the true navigable waters are adequately protected and unnessary costs and permitting are avoided on non-navigable waters that may be interpreted as navigable.
Wisconsin Realtors Association	Notified Date 9/30/2003	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 10/13/2003 Other Report Date 9/30/2003
Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors	Notified Date 10/14/2003	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
Other Report Date 10/14/2003
Wisconsin State Council of Carpenters	Notified Date 1/13/2004	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
For Report Date 1/13/2004
Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association	Notified Date 9/19/2003	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
None Report Date 9/19/2003
Wisconsin Wetlands Association	Notified Date 10/9/2003	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation	Position Info
Against Report Date 10/9/2003 Comments Removes protection and public access from thousands of miles of valuable streams and their associated wetlands
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation	Notified Date 9/17/2003	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation	Position Info
Against Report Date 9/17/2003 Comments wqould remove protection from thousands of miles of some of some of Wisconsin's most valuable waterways and is also clearly unconstitutional
Wisconsins Environmental Decade Inc	Notified Date 11/4/2003	Communication Date N/A	Comments	Supporting Documentation
Against Report Date 11/4/2003

Lobbying Efforts

	2003 January - June	2003 July - December	2004 January - June	2004 July - December	Total
Total Hours Of Effort On This Matter	2003 January - June	2003 July - December	2004 January - June 48.00	2004 July - December	Total 48.00
Lake States Lumber Association	2003 January - June	2003 July - December	2004 January - June 24.00	2004 July - December	Total 24.00
Timber Producers Association of Michigan & Wisconsin Inc	2003 January - June	2003 July - December	2004 January - June 24.00	2004 July - December	Total 24.00