Total Lobbying Effort

Hours Lobbied on Each Matter

• Legislative Bills/Resolutions

  Lobbying Effort On Legislative Bills And Resolutions

  Assembly Bill 321

  Relating to: setting standards for certain contaminants, providing information relating to off-site disposal of certain waste, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)	14.00 (3%)	13.00 (2%)	5.00 (1%)	34.00 (2%)

  Senate Bill 302

  Relating to: setting standards for certain contaminants, providing information relating to off-site disposal of certain waste, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)	24.00 (5%)	32.00 (5%)	27.00 (5%)	85.00 (5%)

  Assembly Bill 39

  Relating to: proclaiming May 2019 as Paper and Forestry Products Month in Wisconsin.

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  3.00 (2%)		6.00 (1%)		9.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 91

  Relating to: buying and selling water pollution credits through a central clearinghouse. (FE)

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  8.00 (5%)	24.00 (5%)	6.00 (1%)		38.00 (2%)

  Assembly Bill 85

  Relating to: state health-based groundwater quality standards for certain groundwater contaminants.

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  17.00 (10%)	24.00 (5%)	32.00 (5%)	64.00 (12%)	137.00 (8%)

  Senate Bill 109

  Relating to: state health-based groundwater quality standards for certain groundwater contaminants.

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  17.00 (10%)	24.00 (5%)	19.00 (3%)	11.00 (2%)	71.00 (4%)

  Assembly Bill 323

  Relating to: regulating fire fighting foam that contains certain contaminants and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  	5.00 (1%)	19.00 (3%)	27.00 (5%)	51.00 (3%)

  Assembly Bill 792

  Relating to: expanding the clean sweep program to include collection of certain fire fighting foams and making an appropriation. (FE)

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  	5.00 (1%)			5.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 310

  Relating to: regulating fire fighting foam that contains certain contaminants and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  	5.00 (1%)	19.00 (3%)	27.00 (5%)	51.00 (3%)

  Senate Bill 386

  Relating to: trespassing on the property of an energy provider and providing a penalty.

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  	5.00 (1%)	6.00 (1%)		11.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 426

  Relating to: trespassing on the property of an energy provider and providing a penalty.

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  	10.00 (2%)	19.00 (3%)		29.00 (2%)

  Assembly Bill 551

  Relating to: the presumption of riparian rights on navigable waterways.

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  	10.00 (2%)		27.00 (5%)	37.00 (2%)

  Assembly Bill 712

  Relating to: making various changes to statutes administered by the Public Service Commission and requiring investor-owned energy utilities to fund a consumer advocate. (FE)

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  	10.00 (2%)	13.00 (2%)		23.00 (1%)

  Assembly Bill 781

  Relating to: inspection requirements for chemical recovery boilers. (FE)

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  	10.00 (2%)		38.00 (7%)	48.00 (3%)

  Senate Bill 501

  Relating to: the presumption of riparian rights on navigable waterways.

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  	10.00 (2%)	13.00 (2%)	11.00 (2%)	34.00 (2%)

  Senate Bill 689

  Relating to: making various changes to statutes administered by the Public Service Commission and requiring investor-owned energy utilities to fund a consumer advocate. (FE)

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  	10.00 (2%)	6.00 (1%)		16.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 113

  Relating to: buying and selling water pollution credits through a central clearinghouse. (FE)

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  	24.00 (5%)	32.00 (5%)		56.00 (3%)

  Assembly Bill 794

  Relating to: public notice and comment period for certain groundwater standards. (FE)

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  	24.00 (5%)	19.00 (3%)	27.00 (5%)	70.00 (4%)

  Senate Bill 699

  Relating to: inspection requirements for chemical recovery boilers. (FE)

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  	24.00 (5%)		27.00 (5%)	51.00 (3%)

  Senate Bill 708

  Relating to: public notice and comment period for certain groundwater standards. (FE)

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  	24.00 (5%)	13.00 (2%)	27.00 (5%)	64.00 (4%)

  Assembly Bill 597

  Relating to: funding for the Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology and making an appropriation. (FE)

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  		6.00 (1%)		6.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 545

  Relating to: funding for the Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology and making an appropriation. (FE)

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  		6.00 (1%)		6.00 (< 1%)

  Senate Bill 774

  Relating to: PFAS management zones, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  		6.00 (1%)		6.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 842

  Relating to: providing funding related to PFAS programs and positions, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  		32.00 (5%)		32.00 (2%)

  Assembly Bill 843

  Relating to: PFAS standards and grant programs, providing blood testing for certain individuals, requiring a cancer cluster study, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  		65.00 (10%)	27.00 (5%)	92.00 (5%)

  Senate Bill 772

  Relating to: PFAS standards and grant programs, providing blood testing for certain individuals, requiring a cancer cluster study, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  		65.00 (10%)	11.00 (2%)	76.00 (4%)

  Assembly Bill 133

  Relating to: proclaiming May 2020 as Paper and Forestry Products Month in Wisconsin.

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  			16.00 (3%)	16.00 (< 1%)

• Budget Bill Subjects

  Lobbying Effort On Budget Bill Subjects

  Natural Resources: Environmental Management

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  8.00 (5%)				8.00 (< 1%)

• Administrative Rulemaking Proceedings

  Lobbying Effort On Administrtive Rulemaking Proceedings

  Department of Natural Resources (NR)

  Incorporation of the national ambient air quality standards for fine particles (PM_2.5) into the Wisconsin Administrative Code

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)				2.00 (< 1%)

  Department of Natural Resources (NR)

  Phosphorous site-specific water quality criteria methodology and procedures.

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)		6.00 (1%)		8.00 (< 1%)

  Department of Natural Resources (NR)

  Site-specific phosphorus water quality criteria for Petenwell Lake located in Wood, Juneau, and Adams Counties, Castle Rock Lake located in Adams and Juneau Counties, and Lake Wisconsin located in Columbia and Sauk Counties

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)	5.00 (1%)	6.00 (1%)		13.00 (< 1%)

  Public Service Commission (PSC)

  PSC 118, renewable resource credits.

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  2.00 (1%)				2.00 (< 1%)

  Department of Natural Resources (NR)

  Financial responsibility for engineering controls for contaminated sediment remediation, and insurance and financial responsibility for Voluntary Party Liability Exemption projects with contaminated sediments; Chapters NR 700, 725, 726, 727, 750, 754,756, 758, Wis Adm. Code.

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  3.00 (2%)		6.00 (1%)		9.00 (< 1%)

  Department of Natural Resources (NR)

  Revisions to chapters NR102, NR 104, NR 219 and other related permit program regulations for the purpose of updating Wisconsin’s water quality criteria for pathogens and recreational uses; and updating related WPDES permit implementation procedures for the revised water quality standards to be consistent with EPA’s recreational water quality criteria

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  3.00 (2%)	24.00 (5%)	6.00 (1%)		33.00 (2%)

  Department of Natural Resources (NR)

  Incorporation of the 2015 national ambient air quality standards for ozone

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  5.00 (3%)				5.00 (< 1%)

  Department of Natural Resources (NR)

  Revises Chapters NR 404 and 484, relating to ambient air quality standards for sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide.

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  5.00 (3%)	5.00 (1%)			10.00 (< 1%)

  Department of Natural Resources (NR)

  Creating appendix JJJJ in ch. NR 460 and subchapter III in ch. NR 466 to incorporate national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for paper and other web coating.

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  7.00 (4%)				7.00 (< 1%)

  Department of Natural Resources (NR)

  Implementation of 40 CFR § 122-125: National Pollution Discharge Elimination System—Regulations Addressing Cooling Water Intake Structures for New Facilities (New Facilities Rule) and Final Regulations To Establish Requirements for Cooling Water Intake Structures at Existing Facilities and Amend Requirements at Phase I (New) Facilities; Final Rule (Existing Facilities Rule) SS 005-15

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  7.00 (4%)	10.00 (2%)	6.00 (1%)		23.00 (1%)

  Department of Natural Resources (NR)

  NR 102, nutrient water quality criteria for lakes and streams.

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  7.00 (4%)				7.00 (< 1%)

  Department of Natural Resources (NR)

  Definition of “indirect source” in chs. NR 438 and 484.

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  	5.00 (1%)	6.00 (1%)	5.00 (1%)	16.00 (< 1%)

  Department of Natural Resources (NR)

  Revisions to Chapter NR 106 related to the Wisconsin's Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit (WPDES) Program for the purpose of making the rules consistent with federal regulations (Rule Package #4).

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  	10.00 (2%)			10.00 (< 1%)

  Department of Natural Resources (NR)

  Rule revisions related to the Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (WPDES) Permit Program to ensure that permit limitations and requirements are consistent with federal regulations (Rule Package #5)

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  	10.00 (2%)			10.00 (< 1%)

  Department of Natural Resources (NR)

  Surface water quality criteria and analytical methods for poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) including PFOS, PFOA, and any other PFAS for the purpose of protecting public health, and the procedures in the Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“WPDES”) permitting program to implement the new water quality criteria

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  	48.00 (10%)	32.00 (5%)	54.00 (10%)	134.00 (7%)

  Department of Natural Resources (NR)

  The promulgation of new drinking water maximum contaminant levels for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) including Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  	48.00 (10%)	32.00 (5%)	27.00 (5%)	107.00 (6%)

  Department of Natural Resources (NR)

  NR 105, to bring Wisconsin into conformance with federal fish and aquatic life water quality criteria for copper, endrin, nickel, and selenium.

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  		6.00 (1%)		6.00 (< 1%)

  Department of Natural Resources (NR)

  Regulating fire fighting foam that contains certain contaminants

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  			43.00 (8%)	43.00 (2%)

• Topics Not Yet Assigned A Bill Or Rule Number

  Lobbying Effort On Topics Not Yet Assigned A Bill Or Rule Number

  Legislative Speaker's Water Quality Task Force

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  4.98 (3%)	4.75 (1%)	19.46 (3%)		29.19 (2%)

  The Wisconsin Paper Caucus - The Wisconsin Paper Council is actively engaged in collaborating with Wisconsin Paper Caucus members which include Legislators and Evers Administration personnel. The topics discussed pertain to the papermaking industry.

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  8.30 (5%)		6.49 (1%)		14.79 (< 1%)

  Recommended ground water standard recommendations for substances that represent a public health concern. This is not yet a rule however this is an intra-agency topic which may become an emergency rule. DHS and DNR work together to set these standards

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  16.59 (10%)		12.97 (2%)		29.56 (2%)

  PFAS and PFOA Issues, site specific criteria, water quality standards, PFAS Work Advisory Group

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  19.91 (12%)	4.75 (1%)	12.97 (2%)	26.85 (5%)	64.48 (4%)

  Hemp Research

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  	4.75 (1%)	6.49 (1%)		11.24 (< 1%)

  Speaker's Water Quality Task Force - Non-Fiscal recommendations for consideration by the task force for possible legislative proposals

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  	19.00 (4%)	6.49 (1%)		25.49 (1%)

  Chemical Recovery Boiler - Legislation to change Administrative Rules regarding inspection timelines

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  		19.46 (3%)		19.46 (1%)

  Groundwater Standards (Cycle 11 Recommendations from DHS to DNR)

  2019 January - June	2019 July - December	2020 January - June	2020 July - December	Total
  			10.74 (2%)	10.74 (< 1%)