April 22, 2009 agenda and meeting materials

Since the posting of this agenda, the following items have changed:
Notice - Added
3.A.2 - Deleted
1.D - Added

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, April 21, 2009, the Natural Resources Board will tour and receive presentations at the following locations: At approximately noon, the Board will arrive at Kettle Moraine State Forest-Pike Lake Unit, 3544 Moraine Road , Hartford . At approximately 1:25 p.m., the Board will arrive at the McCann Property/Ice Age Trail at Holy Hill, State Highway 167 at Carmel Road (North of entrance to Holy Hill). At approximately 3:25 p.m., the Board will arrive at the Eisenbahn State Trail, Highway 33 ( Washington Street ) and Veterans Ave., West Bend.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Natural Resources Board will convene at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at Washington County Fair Park, Ziegler Family Expo Center, West Bend, Wisconsin beginning at 4:30 p.m. The Board will act on items 1 - 2 as listed on the agenda. NOTE: The public must preregister to speak by contacting the Board Liaison no later than 4:00 p.m. on Friday, April 17, 2009. If the Board does not receive any registrations by this deadline, the session will be cancelled at that time. Deleted

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Natural Resources Board will convene at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at Washington County Fair Park, Ziegler Family Expo Center, West Bend, Wisconsin. The Board will act on items 1-7 as listed on the Agenda.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 12:00 p.m., the Natural Resources Board will meet in closed session under the authority of s.19.85(1)(g) Wisconsin Statutes for purposes of discussing litigation matters. Added

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that matters concerning natural resource issues or the Department's program responsibilities or operations specified in the Wisconsin Statutes, which arise after publication of this agenda may be added to the agenda and publicly noticed no less than two hours before the scheduled board meeting, if the Board Chair determines that the matter is urgent.

Tuesday, April 21 2009

Order of Business

1. Organizational Matters
   1. Calling the roll
   2. Approval of agenda for April 22, 2009
2. Citizen Participation - moved from 1:00 p.m. on April 22
   1. Citizen Participation

Wednesday, April 22, 2009: Order of Business

None

1. Organizational Matters
   1. Calling the roll
   2. Approval of minutes from March 25, 2009
   3. Welcome by Washington County
   4. Approval of amended agenda Added - moved from April 21
2. Ratification of Acts of the Department Secretary
   1. Real Estate Transactions
3. Action Items
   1. Air, Waste, and Water/Enforcement
      1. Request Adoption of Board Order AM-20-08, proposed rules affecting NR 428 pertaining to modification of Reasonably Available Control Technology for NOx sources (Larry Bruss, 10 minutes)
      2. Request Adoption of Board Order WT-36-07, revisions to NR 102 and NR 106 relating to water quality standards for heat and associated procedures for the calculation of point source effluent limitations (Russ Rasmussen, 30 minutes) Deleted
   2. Land Management, Recreation, and Fisheries/Wildlife
      1. Request Adoption of Board Order IS-34-06, creating ch. NR 40 relating to the identification, classification, and control of invasive species (Kelly Kearns, 25 minutes)
      2. Land Acquisition - Statewide Natural Area Program – Sugar Camp Hemlocks - Oneida County (Richard Steffes, 5 minutes) Note: Deferred from February 25 meeting
      3. Land Acquisition & Donation - White River Fishery Area - Bayfield County (Richard Steffes, 5 minutes)
      4. Request Approval of Department recommendations for the 2009 deer hunting season structure and antlerless deer quotas (Keith Warnke, 20 minutes)
4. Citizen Participation - moved to 4:30 p.m. on April 21
5. Board Members' Matters
6. Special Committee Reports
7. Department Secretary's Matters
   1. Retirement Resolutions
      1. Robert Hay
      2. Joseph R. Hennlich
      3. Joe Menkol
   2. Donations
      1. Dow Agrisciences will donate chemicals valued at $15,000 to be used for invasive species control on the Glacial Habitat Restoration Area
      2. The National Wild Turkey Federation will donate $10,000 to support WRP project restoration costs in South Central Region
      3. The Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin will donate $10,000 to the Endangered Resources Bat Program
      4. The Ruffed Grouse Society will donate $5,000 to support regeneration Quaking Aspen within the John Kubisak Ruffed Grouse Management Area.
8. Information Items
   1. Air, Waste, and Water/Enforcement
      None
   2. Land Management, Recreation, and Fisheries/Wildlife
      None

Public Participation Information

Public Participation at Natural Resources Board meetings

Public participation registration and written comment deadline:
4 p.m. on the Friday before the meeting.
Registration requests and comments should be directed to the Board Liaison.

Contact information

If you have Board-related questions or would like to request information, to submit written comments, or to register to speak at a Board meeting or listening session, email or call:

Laurie J. Ross, Board Liaison
Office of the Secretary, AD/8
Laurie.Ross@wisconsin.gov
608-267-7420

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