Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 283 - Pollution discharge elimination.
283.43 - Public access to information.

283.43 Public access to information.
(1)
(a) The department shall make available to and provide facilities for the public to inspect and copy completed permit application forms, fact sheets, draft permits, or any public document thereon.
(b) The department shall make available to the U.S. environmental protection agency any completed permit application forms, fact sheets, draft permits, or any public comments thereon, and shall also make available any other records, reports, plans or other information obtained by the department under this chapter.
(2) The department shall protect as confidential any information, other than effluent data, contained in permit application forms, or in other records, reports or plans, that is found to be confidential under s. 283.55 (2) (c).
(3) Any information afforded confidential status may be disclosed by the department to the U.S. environmental protection agency or its authorized representative.
History: 1973 c. 74; 1995 a. 227 s. 870; Stats. 1995 s. 283.45.

Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Chapter 283 - Pollution discharge elimination.

283.001 - Statement of policy and purpose.

283.01 - Definitions.

283.11 - State and federal standards.

283.13 - Effluent limitations.

283.15 - Variances to water quality standard.

283.16 - Statewide variance for phosphorus.

283.17 - Thermal effluent limitations.

283.19 - Standards of performance.

283.21 - Toxic and pretreatment effluent standards.

283.31 - Water pollutant discharge elimination system; permits, terms and conditions.

283.33 - Storm water discharge permits.

283.35 - General permits.

283.37 - Applications for permit.

283.39 - Public notice.

283.41 - Notice to other government agencies.

283.43 - Public access to information.

283.45 - Fact sheets.

283.47 - Requests for information by permittee.

283.49 - Public hearing.

283.51 - Mining hearing.

283.53 - Permit duration, modification, revocation and reissuance.

283.55 - Monitoring and reporting; access to premises.

283.57 - Waste treatment service charges.

283.59 - Reporting of new discharges.

283.60 - Waiver for certain nutrient management research projects.

283.61 - Exemption for certain alcohol fuel production systems.

283.62 - Exemption for certain fruit and vegetable washing facilities.

283.63 - Review of permits, decisions, terms and conditions.

283.81 - Waiver.

283.82 - Land application of sewage sludge.

283.83 - Continuing planning process.

283.84 - Trading of water pollution credits.

283.85 - Design of publicly owned treatment facilities.

283.87 - Liability for water pollution.

283.89 - Enforcement.

283.91 - Civil and criminal remedies.

283.93 - Environmental pollution.

283.95 - Savings clause.