2017/11/15 - OTHER - (NA) - State Permits

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FINDINGS OF FACT 1. Dave Carroll has filed an application for a permit to construct an unconnected pond within five hundred feet of an unnamed waterway in the Town of Wood River, Burnett County, also described as being in the SE1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section 36, Township 38 North, Range 18 West. 2. The proposal is to create about 1,000 square foot wildlife pond. 3. The Department has completed an investigation of the project site and has evaluated the project as described in the application and plans. 4. The un -named waterway is a navigable water (and no bulkhead exists at the project site.) 5. The proposed project, if constructed in accordance with this permit will not adversely affect water quality, will not increase water pollution in surface waters and will not cause environmental pollution as defined in s. 283.01(6m), Wis. Stats. 6. The proposed project will impact wetlands if constructed in accordance with this permit. 7. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the agency's review of the proposed project constitutes an integrated analysis action under s. NR 150.20(2), Wis. Adm. Code. The Department has considered the impacts on the human environment, alternatives to the proposed projects and has provided opportunities for public disclosure and comment. The Department has completed all procedural requirements of s. 1.11(2)(c), Wis. Stats., and NR 150, Wis. Adm. Code for this project. 8. The Department of Natural Resources has completed all procedural requirements and the project as permitted will comply with all applicable requirements of sections 30.19(4), Wisconsin Statutes and Chapters NR 102, 103, of the Wisconsin Administrative Code. The applicant was responsible for fulfilling the procedural requirements for publication of notices under s. 30.208(5)(c)1 m., Stats., and was responsible for publication of the notice of pending application under s.30.208(3)(a), Stats. or the notice of public informational hearing under s.30.208(3)(c), Stats., or both. S. 30.208(3)(e), Stats., provides that if no public hearing is held, the Department must issue its decision within 30 days of the 30 -day public comment period, and if a public hearing is held, the Department must issue its decision within 20 days after the 10 -day period for public comment after the public hearing. S. 30.208(5)(bm), Stats., requires the Department to consider the date on which the department publishes a notice on its web site as the date of notice.