Hearings and Meetings Calendar

Air Management | Air Quality

Before The Department of Natural Resources Notice of Public Informational Meeting

Start Date: 06/11/2025

End Date: 06/11/2025

Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Location: Virtual

Ben Wolf, Benjamin.Wolf@wisconsin.gov or 414-216-1082

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will hold a public informational meeting to review Wisconsin’s ambient air quality monitoring network.

On May 13, 2025, the Air Management program made available for public review and comment the federally required “Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources 2025 Air Monitoring Network Plan.” Wisconsin is required to submit an annual network plan to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that shows the siting and operation of each monitor meets the requirements of 40 CFR Part 58. The plan proposes DNR-recommended changes to the ambient monitoring network based on monitor history, population distribution and modifications to federal monitoring requirements. Responses to the plan are gathered through public comments, a public meeting and the EPA response. This plan certifies that the state has met all federal ambient air monitoring requirements.

Join this meeting via Zoom.
Meeting ID: 890 3466 2278

Join by phone: 877-853-5257

Legal

Prehearing Conference For Legend Lake Protection And Rehabilitation District Aquatic Plant Management Permit

Start Date: 07/14/2025

End Date: 07/14/2025

Time: 10:00 a.m. - End of Agenda

Location: Virtual

Division of Hearings and Appeals, 608-266-7709

On March 20, 2025, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issued a Permit No. NE-2025-40-2220 to the Legend Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District to Conduct Chemical Aquatic Plant Management on Legend Lake, Menominee County, Wisconsin. Midwest Environmental Advocates, on behalf of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin (Petitioner), filed a Petition for a Contested Case Hearing with the DNR to review the decision to issue the permit to the Legend Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 227.42. By letter dated May 5, 2025, the DNR granted the request for contested case hearing and limited the hearing to the following issues:

1. Whether Permit No. NE-2025-40-22420 meets the standards for issuance pursuant to Wis. Admin. Code §§ NR 107.05(3) and (4); and

2. Whether Legend Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District Complied with the procedural requirement of Wis. Admin. Code § NR 107.04(4).

Also on May 5, 2025, the DNR suspended Permit No. NE-2025-40-22420 pursuant to Wis. Admin. Code § NR 107.05(2) pending resolution of the contested case. On March 15, 2025, the Division of Hearings and Appeals received, for filing, a request for a hearing from the DNR. The parties have agreed to a date for a prehearing conference.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the State of Wisconsin Division of Hearings and Appeals will hold a prehearing conference on the above-captioned matter pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 227.44, Wis. Stat. § 227.46(1), Wis. Admin. Code § NR 2.08(5), and Wis. Admin. Code § NR 2.12, at 10 a.m. on Monday, July 14, 2025, via Microsoft Teams. Interested persons may request an email invitation to the Teams Video Conference by contacting the Division of Hearings and Appeals at 608-266-7709. Alternatively, those interested in participating may participate by telephone by calling 608-571-2209 and entering Meeting ID 707 134 133#.

Any person, organization or governmental unit wishing to become a party to this proceeding must attend the conference personally or by an authorized representative. The purpose of the prehearing conference will be to identify parties to the proceeding, to simplify or clarify the issues which may be contested at the hearing, identify witnesses, discuss the exchange of exhibits, establish a discovery schedule, address any other matters as may aid in the disposition of the action, and schedule a date for the contested case hearing. No testimony will be heard at the prehearing conference. However, a date may be selected for a contested case hearing.

All parties are advised that they have the right to seek the aid and assistance of legal counsel and to be represented by legal counsel at the contested case hearing.

Pursuant to the Americans With Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations will be made to any qualified individual upon request.  Please call the Division of Hearings and Appeals at 608-266-7709 with specific information on your request before the date of the scheduled prehearing or hearing.

Remediation and Redevelopment Program | Events | Regulations

Remediation And Redevelopment External Advisory Group (RR EAG) Meeting And Training Series

Start Date: 07/17/2025

End Date: 07/17/2025

Time: 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Location: In-Person & Virtual Options; See Details for Information

Coreen Fallat, CoreenR.Fallat@wisconsin.gov or 608-910-0581

Information on the process for identifying, investigating and cleaning up contamination will be presented in the morning. The RR EAG will meet in the afternoon. The RR EAG was formed to address a broad range of issues, encompassing both technical and policy topics related to encouraging the investigation, cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated sites in Wisconsin. The meeting is open to the public.

The meeting is open to the public, and the DNR invites consultants and others who work with the NR process to attend both the morning and afternoon sessions. 

Agenda
9:30 - 11:30 a.m. - Training Series: Investigating & Notifying of Contamination

12:30 - 2:30 p.m. - RR EAG Meeting

Visit the DNR's RR EAG webpage for a full meeting agenda, materials and additional information. Subscribe for updates on future RR EAG meetings.  

Attend In-Person Or Virtually
This meeting will be simulcast in Madison, Milwaukee and Superior. Attend in person at the following locations:

State Natural Resources Building (GEF 2)    
Room G09    
101 S Webster St.    
Madison, WI  

Wisconsin DNR – Milwaukee Service Center   
1027 West St. Paul Ave.  
Harbor Room, Rm 107  
Milwaukee, WI

Wisconsin DNR – Superior Service Center
Lake Superior Conference Room
1701 N 4th St.
Superior, WI

In-person attendees should RSVP by July 15 to Coreen Fallat at CoreenR.Fallat@wisconsin.gov or 608-910-0581.

To attend virtually, register for this meeting via Zoom.