Section 121.09. Statewide water quality advisory committee.

 

(1)  The department shall form a statewide water quality advisory committee composed of representatives of federal, state and regional organizations, agencies and units of government, public interest groups, groups with a special economic interest and private citizens.

(2)  The department shall inform the committee of ongoing and proposed water quality planning and management activities and policy issues of statewide concern.

(3)  The committee shall advise the department on water quality management issues of statewide concern.

(4)  The statewide water quality advisory committee shall include, at a minimum, representatives of the following:

(a) U.S. environmental protection agency

(b) U.S. department of agriculture

(c) U.S. geological survey

(d) U.S. army corps of engineers

(e) Wisconsin assembly environmental resources committee

(f) Wisconsin senate agriculture and natural resources committee

(g) Wisconsin department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection

(h) Wisconsin department of transportation

(i) Wisconsin department of administration

(j) Wisconsin board of soil and water conservation districts

(k) University of Wisconsin-extension

(L) Wisconsin department of natural resources

(m) Wisconsin department of development

(n) Wisconsin department of health and social services

(o) Southeastern Wisconsin regional planning commission

(p) Dane county regional planning commission

(q) Fox valley water quality planning agency

(r) Rock river task force

(s) Upper Wisconsin river task force

(t) Lake Michigan policy advisory committee

(u) Southwest Wisconsin policy advisory committee

(v) Northwest Wisconsin policy advisory committee

(w) Public interest groups

(x) Groups with a special economic interest

(y) Private citizens

(z) East central Wisconsin regional planning commission

(za) Brown county planning commission

(zb) Wisconsin department of industry, labor and human relations

(zc) Agricultural producer groups

History: Cr. Register, January, 1979, No. 277 , eff. 2-1-79; am. (1) and (4), Register, August, 1981, No. 308 , eff. 9-1-81.