Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 293 - Nonferrous metallic mining.
293.66 - Groundwater quality.

293.66 Groundwater quality.
(1) For the site of any activity that will take place under a mining or prospecting permit or under another approval related to a mining or prospecting operation, the department shall determine the depth in the Precambrian bedrock below which the groundwater is not reasonably capable of being used or made suitable for human consumption and is not hydrologically connected to other sources of groundwater that are suitable for human consumption. The department shall notify the applicant of its determination before the department issues a draft environmental impact statement.
(2) For an activity regulated under a mining or prospecting permit or another approval related to the mining or prospecting operation, the department may not apply a groundwater enforcement standard at any point that is deeper than the depth identified under sub. (1).
History: 2017 a. 134.

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Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Chapter 293 - Nonferrous metallic mining.

293.01 - Definitions.

293.11 - Mine effect responsibility.

293.13 - Department duties.

293.15 - Department powers.

293.21 - Exploration.

293.25 - Radioactive waste site exploration.

293.26 - Bulk sampling.

293.31 - Preapplication notification; data collection.

293.32 - Prospecting and mining fees.

293.33 - Local impact committee.

293.35 - Application for prospecting permit.

293.37 - Application for mining permit.

293.39 - Environmental impact statement.

293.40 - Timeline for review.

293.41 - Local agreements.

293.43 - Hearings on permit applications.

293.45 - Prospecting; department grant or denial of permit.

293.47 - Prospecting data.

293.49 - Mining; department grant or denial of permit.

293.495 - Subsequently filed applications for other approvals.

293.51 - Bonds and other security.

293.53 - Review of permits; periodic reports.

293.55 - Modifications.

293.57 - Successors.

293.59 - Cessation of mining or reclamation.

293.61 - Determination of abandonment of mining.

293.63 - Certificate of completion, partial completion and bond release.

293.65 - Withdrawal of surface waters; withdrawal of groundwater; damage claims.

293.66 - Groundwater quality.

293.81 - Exploring, bulk sampling, prospecting, and mining without authorization.

293.83 - Mining and reclamation; orders.

293.85 - Cancellation of permit.

293.86 - Visitorial powers of department.

293.87 - Enforcement; penalties.

293.89 - Citizen suits.

293.91 - Nonconforming sites.

293.93 - Effect of other statutes.

293.95 - Review.