Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 285 - Air pollution.
285.675 - Pilot program for manufacturing facilities on brownfields.

285.675 Pilot program for manufacturing facilities on brownfields.
(1) In this section:
(a) “Green Tier Program" means the program under s. 299.83.
(b) “Registration permit" means an air pollution control permit under s. 285.60 (2g).
(2) The department shall implement a pilot program under which a participating owner or operator is not required to make changes to the air pollution controls for a stationary source due to new or modified legal requirements, except as required under the federal clean air act, for 10 years after the department grants coverage under a registration permit for the stationary source.
(3) The department may allow an owner or operator to participate in the pilot program under this section only if all of the following apply:
(a) The stationary source is a minor source and is eligible for coverage under a registration permit.
(b) The stationary source is a manufacturing facility that the owner or operator is constructing.
(c) The stationary source is located on property on which the owner or operator has conducted the activities required under s. 292.15 (2) (a) 2., (ae) 2., or (ag) 1. and the owner or operator has obtained a certificate of completion from the department under s. 292.15 (2) (a) 3., (ae) 3., or (ag) 2. for the property.
(d) The owner or operator is a participant in tier I or tier II of the Green Tier Program and the manufacturing facility is included in the program.
(4) The department may specify limitations on participation in the pilot program, such as limitations on the number of participants or on the location in which the pilot program operates.
(5) No later than the first day of the 60th month beginning after department implements the pilot program, the department shall submit a report, to the governor and to the standing committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over environmental matters under s. 13.172 (3), on the pilot program, including the environmental and economic effects of the pilot program and the department's recommendations about whether the pilot program should be expanded.
History: 2017 a. 70.

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