March 25, 2009 agenda and meeting materials

Since the posting of this agenda, the following items have changed:
3.B.1 Deleted
8.B.1 Added

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 the Natural Resources Board will tour and receive presentations on the Glacial Heritage Area at the following locations: At approximately 2:15 p.m., the Board will arrive at the Zeloski Unit of the Lake Mills Wildlife Area, parking lot located near W9042 London Road, Cambridge. At approximately 3:20 p.m., the Board will arrive at Korth County Park, W8403 Korth Lane, Lake Mills. At approximately 4:10 p.m., the Board will arrive at the proposed Crawfish Prairie Heritage Area, parking lot is located near N8123 CTH G, Lake Mills. The Board will arrive at their last tour stop at approximately 5:00 p.m. at the Holzhueter Property, located near W7666 Island Road, Waterloo.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Natural Resources Board will convene at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, in Room G09, State Natural Resources Building (GEF 2), Madison, Wisconsin. The Board will act on items 1-7 as listed on the Agenda.

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.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009: Order of Business

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1. Organizational Matters
   1. Calling the roll
   2. Approval of agenda for March 25, 2009
   3. Approval of minutes from February 24-25, 2009
2. Ratification of Acts of the Department Secretary
   1. Real Estate Transactions
3. Action Items
   1. Air, Waste, and Water/Enforcement
      1. Presentation of the 2009 Laboratory of the Year Awards (David Webb, 10 minutes)
      2. Request approval of the FY 2010 Laboratory Certification Program Fee Adjustment (David Webb, 10 minutes)
      3. Request Adoption of Board Order AM-19-08, proposed rules affecting NR 422 and 423 pertaining to Reasonable Available Control Technology for VOC sources engaged in solvent cleaning; lithographic printing; flexible package printing; flat wood panel coating; paper, film and foil coating; large appliance coating and metal furniture coating (Larry Bruss, 15 minutes)
      4. Request Adoption of Board Order AM-23-08, proposed rules affecting chs. NR 421 and 439, pertaining to establishing volatile organic compound (VOC) emission control requirements for synthetic organic chemical manufacturing industry facilities classified as major VOC sources in Wisconsin’s ozone nonattainment areas (Larry Bruss, 5 minutes)
      5. Request Adoption of Board Order AM-24-08, proposed rules affecting chs. NR 419 and 484, pertaining to establishing volatile organic compound (VOC) emission control requirements for industrial wastewater collection and treatment operations from major VOC sources in Wisconsin ozone nonattainment areas (Larry Bruss, 5 minutes)
   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 (Jane Cummings Carlson, 25 minutes) Deleted
      2. Request Adoption of expanded project boundary for the Paradise Valley addition to Southern Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest and review of feasibility study (Tim Lizotte and Tom Hauge, 15 minutes)
      3. Request Authorization for Public Hearing for Board Order FR-09-09, revisions to NR46, related to stumpage rates and administration of the MFL program (Kathryn Nelson, 10 minutes)
      4. Land Acquisition – Flambeau River State Forest – Sawyer County (Richard Steffes, 5 minutes)
      5. Land Acquisition & Donation – Statewide Natural Areas – Door County (Richard Steffes, 5 minutes)
      6. Land Acquisition – Rush Creek Natural Area – Crawford County (Richard Steffes, 5 minutes)
      7. Land Acquisition – Clam River Fishery Area – Burnett County (Richard Steffes, 5 minutes)
      8. Land Acquisition – Prairie River Fishery Area – Lincoln County (Richard Steffes, 5 minutes)
      9. Land Donation – Ice Age Trail – Waushara County (Richard Steffes, 5 minutes)
      10. Land Acquisition & Project Boundary Modification – Nicolet State Trail – Forest County (Richard Steffes, 5 minutes) Deferred from February 25, 2009 meeting
4. Citizen Participation - 11 a.m. (please note time change)
   1. Citizen Participation
5. Board Members' Matters
6. Special Committee Reports
7. Department Secretary's Matters
   1. Retirement Resolutions
      1. David R. Lundberg
      2. Roger Larson
      3. Greg Hill
   2. Donations
      1. The Natural Resources Foundation will donate $313,988 in support of the Department of Natural Resources
      2. The Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership will donate $55,500 in support of whooping crane management activities
      3. Windway Foundation, Inc. will donate $5,000 to the Endangered Resources Trumpeter Swan Program
      4. The Mark Opgenorth family will donate $5,000 to be used towards the Strawberry Creek Renovation Project
8. Information Items
   1. Air, Waste, and Water/Enforcement
      None
   2. Land Management, Recreation, and Fisheries/Wildlife
      1. Nature is Our Business (Elizabeth Kluesner, 15 minutes) Added

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