Environmental analysis of department actions

Environmental analysis of department actions. (1) Purpose. This section establishes the procedures to fulfill the requirements of s. 1.11 (2) (c) , Stats. (1m) Minor actions. The following actions do not require environmental analysis under this chapter because they are minor actions: (a) A real estate action, including property boundary establishment or modification, purchase, sale, easement, lease, designation, redesignation, or dedication. (b) Development or construction of new department facilities that follows protocols. (c) Natural resource management, timber management, or environmental restoration that follows protocols. (d) The operation, repair, maintenance, removal, or in-kind replacement of existing department facilities that follows protocols. (e) A research action that does not involve species introductions or substantive manipulation of resources, or that does involve species introductions or substantive manipulation of resources but follows protocols for doing so. (f) A natural resource inventory or mapping action. (g) Issuance of a grant or other financial assistance action. (ge) Educational activities. (gm) Model ordinances developed to assist municipalities in the creation of ordinances. (gs) Consultation offered to third parties. (h) Issuance of high capacity well approvals under s. 281.34 (2) , Stats., except for wells under s. 281.34 (4) , Stats. (i) Issuance of high capacity well approvals under s. 281.34 (4) , Stats., that are exempted from environmental analysis requirements under s. NR 820.30 (2) and (3) . (j) Reissuance, modification, revocation, and reissuance, or issuance of a routine or small-scale approval or action. (jg) Routine variances from department rule requirements. (jr) Denial, termination, revocation, or suspension of a grant, permit, license, approval, variance, land application site, or of any proposed activity. (k) A routine or small-scale approval or action, or an approval or action associated with a permit. (L) Confirmation of coverage under a general permit. (m) Promulgation of emergency administrative rules under ch. 227 , Stats. (n) Any enforcement action. (nm) Any emergency action that protects public health, safety, or welfare. (o) Issuance of a minor source construction permit under ch. NR 406 or an operation permit renewal or revision under ss. 285.60 and 285.62 , Stats., for air emission sources. (p) Issuance of licenses for servicing septage and approvals of county programs to regulate the disposal of septage under s. 281.48 , Stats. (pe) Issuance of operator certifications under s. 281.17 (3) , Stats., and licenses or registrations for well drillers and pump installers. (pm) Approvals of geothermal heat exchange projects. (ps) Approvals of additives to wastewater or cooling water. (q) Issuance of general permits established by administrative code under ch. 30 , Stats. (qm) Issuance of aquatic plant management permits under ch. NR 109 . (r) Listing and delisting of an impaired water as defined in s. NR 151.002 (16m) . (s) Review and approval of municipal ordinances or approval of changes to municipal floodplain or shoreland-wetland maps. (sc) Temporary drawdowns of dams under s. 31.02 , Stats. (sg) Reconstruction and repairs of dams under ss. 31.12 , 31.18 , or 31.185 , Stats. (sL) Transfer of dam ownership under s. 31.14 , Stats. (sp) Dam inspections under s. 31.19 , Stats. (st) Plan approvals for dams under s. 31.33 , Stats., and approvals of emergency action plans, inspection plans, operation and maintenance plans, dam failure analysis plans, or stability analysis plans under ch. NR 333 . (sx) Review and approval of hydrologic and hydraulic studies for floodplain mapping under s. NR 116.07 . (t) Approval of construction plans and specifications under s. 281.41 , Stats., for municipal and industrial pretreatment wastewater facilities, public water systems, and CAFO reviewable structures. (u) Decisions related to evaluations of existing reviewable facilities and systems for concentrated animal feeding operations under ch. NR 243 . (ug) Approvals of land application or nutrient management plans or modifications to the plans. (ur) Approvals of land application sites. (v) Issuance of natural heritage inventory permits, approvals, or licenses under ch. NR 29 except for permits issued under s. 29.604 (6m) , Stats. (w) Issuance of an order or any action relating to the forest croplands or managed forest land programs under subch. I or VI of ch. 77 , Stats. (2) Integrated analysis actions. (a) The following actions do not require a separate environmental analysis process under this chapter because they are integrated analysis actions: 1. Property planning under ch. NR 44 . 2. County forest planning under s. 28.11 (5) , Stats. 2g. Approval of a withdrawal of county forest land under s. 28.11 (11) , Stats. 2r. Cooperative state trail planning. 3. Areawide water quality management planning or priority watershed planning under ch. NR 121 . 3c. Development of total maximum daily loads as defined in s. NR 151.002 (46m) . 3g. Issuance, reissuance, revocation and reissuance, or modification of a WPDES permit that authorizes a new source discharge that is subject to antidegradation review under ch. NR 207 . 3n. Approval of a variance from a water quality standard under ch. 283 , Stats. 3r. An approval of a municipal wastewater facilities plan under s. NR 110.08 , and approvals of municipal wastewater projects receiving federal grants or state financial assistance under ss. 281.58 and 281.59 , Stats. 3w. Issuance, reissuance, revocation and reissuance, or modification of an individual WPDES permit for a concentrated animal feeding operation under ch. NR 243 that is a new source. 4. Issuance of a major source construction permit under ch. NR 405 or 408 or an initial operation permit under ss. 285.60 and 285.62 , Stats., for air emission sources. 6. An incidental take permit under ch. NR 27 and s. 29.604 (6m) , Stats. 7. A solid waste feasibility approval or a commercial PCB waste storage or treatment facility feasibility approval under ss. 289.25 and 289.53 , Stats., and chs. NR 157 , 182 , and 512 .