Section 28.02. Definitions.

  As used in this chapter:

(1)  "Commercial transportation facility" means a facility used by vessels under construction or repair, by vessels transporting passengers or commodities or by commercial fishing vessels, but does not include a facility used on a regular basis by recreational or sport fishing vessels.

(1m)  "Cruise vessel" means a passenger vessel as defined in 46 USC 2101 (22) or a small passenger vessel as defined in 46 USC 2101 (35) that provides overnight accommodations for at least 50 passengers for hire and operates on a schedule between 2 points of sailing. Cruise vessels are not considered to be recreational vessels.

(2)  "Department" means the Wisconsin department of transportation.

(3)  "Disposal facility" means containment facilities, diked or undiked disposal sites, or transfer sites for future beneficial reuse.

(4)  "Disposal facility costs" means costs of acquisition, construction, operation, or physical maintenance of a disposal facility.

(5)  "Dock wall" means any bulkhead, pier or shoreline development used as a commercial transportation facility.

(6)  "Dredging" means the excavating of harbor sediment or bottom materials, including the mobilization or operation of equipment for excavation, the sampling and analysis of sediment to determine the composition of material to be dredged or the transportation of dredged material to and placement of dredged material in a disposal facility.

(7)  "Dredged material disposal" means placing dredged material in a disposal facility.

(8)  "Eligible applicant" has the meaning given in s. 85.095 (1) (a) , Stats.

(9)  "Eligible costs" means costs approved in a grant agreement.

(9m)  "Ferry" means a passenger vessel that has provisions for deck passengers or vehicles, or both, and operates on a regular schedule between a minimum of 2 points.

(10)  "Maintenance dredging" means dredging in an area previously dredged to the dimensions agreed upon in the grant agreement, but does not include dredging to greater dimensions than those to which the area has been previously dredged.

(11)  "Project priority list" means a ranking by the department, assisted by an advisory council as described in s. Trans 28.06 (3) , of various eligible applicant-proposed harbor improvement projects in the rank order in which the department proposes to fund the various projects.

History: Cr. Register, February, 1985, No. 350 , eff. 3-1-85; CR 01-117 : cr. (1m) and (9m) Register March 2002 No. 555 , eff. 4-1-02; CR 05-019 : am. (5), (8) and (11) Register July 2005 No. 595 , eff. 8-1-05.

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Federally recognized tribal governing bodies are also eligible applicants, based on s. 20.002(13) , Stats. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1