On February 5, 2019, the Remediation and Redevelopment (RR) program will host the first meeting in a series of public meetings to provide information and seek input on the development of revisions to select provisions of Wis. Admin. Code chs. NR 700–799, Environmental Protection – Investigation and Remediation of Environmental Contamination.

The RR program is initiating the rulemaking process following the Natural Resource Board’s approval on January 23, 2019, of two statements of scope that describe the proposed content of the rulemaking.  These scope statements are available online in the Wisconsin Administrative Register.

• The scope statement for emergency rulemaking (Board Order RR-11-17(E)) is available in the October 22, 2018, Administrative Register; and
• The scope statement for permanent rulemaking (Board Order RR-10-17) is available in the November 19, 2018, Administrative Register.

At the upcoming meeting on Feb. 5, 2019, the RR Program will provide background information on the proposed content and scope of the rulemaking and will present its plan for gathering input during the rule drafting phase of the rulemaking process.  The meeting will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the DNR’s Madison office, with remote access available.  All meeting details, a schedule of future meeting dates, and general information about this rulemaking effort are available online at: https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/Brownfields/RuleChanges.html.

For questions regarding the scope statements or proposed rulemaking, please contact Christine Haag, Christine.haag@wisconsin.gov or 608-266-0244.