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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 269 - Transportation Of Garbage Or Refuse Permits And Transportation Of Recyclable Scrap Permits › Section Trans 269.10 - Times of operation

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Except as otherwise specified in a
			 permit, a vehicle, load, or vehicle and load that is overweight, but not
			 oversize, may operate 24 hours a day, including weekends and
			 holidays.
(2) Except as otherwise
			 specified in the permit, no vehicle or vehicle combination operating under a
			 permit that is overlength may be operated:
(a) Between 4:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. on
			 Sunday.
(b) Between 4:00 p.m. and
			 11:00 p.m. on Friday between the 4th Friday in May and Labor Day.
(c) Between 4:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. on any
			 holiday, or, when Independence Day falls on Sunday, on the following
			 Monday.
(d) Between 4:00 p.m. and
			 11:00 p.m. on the day before any holiday, except that this restriction does not
			 apply to Independence Day when it falls on a Sunday.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 269 - Transportation Of Garbage Or Refuse Permits And Transportation Of Recyclable Scrap Permits › Section Trans 269.11 - Route limitations

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A permit issued by the department
			 authorizes the use of any of the highways of the state, subject to the
			 limitations stated in the permit.
(2) Except as provided in sub. (2a), a permit
			 is not valid on any part of the national system of interstate and defense
			 highways in Wisconsin.
(2a)
			 Notwithstanding sub. (2), permits issued by the department for the
			 transportation of scrap, garbage or refuse authorize the use of that portion of
			 U.S. highway 51 between Wausau and state trunk highway 78 and that portion of
			 state trunk highway 78 between U.S. highway 51 and the interstate highway 90/94
			 interchange near Portage upon their federal designation as interstate highway
			 39.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 269 - Transportation Of Garbage Or Refuse Permits And Transportation Of Recyclable Scrap Permits › Section Trans 269.12 - Transfers

Current through June 24, 2024
In the event of a breakdown or other circumstance requiring a
				change of the power unit identified on the permit, transfers to another
				vehicle, under the control of the permittee, may be made following the
				completion of a new application and the issuance of a new permit. The words,
				"This is a transfer from permit # ," shall be written on the bottom of the
				application. The original permit shall be sent to the issuing authority with
				the transfer application.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 269 - Transportation Of Garbage Or Refuse Permits And Transportation Of Recyclable Scrap Permits › Section Trans 269.13 - Insurance and liability conditions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) In applying for
			 and accepting a permit, the permittee agrees to:
(a) Pay any claim for any bodily injury or
			 property damage resulting from operation under the permit for which the
			 permittee is legally responsible.
(b) Hold the state, its subdivisions,
			 officers, employes and agents harmless from any claim which may arise from
			 operation over public highways under the permit.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 269 - Transportation Of Garbage Or Refuse Permits And Transportation Of Recyclable Scrap Permits › Section Trans 269.14 - General conditions and requirements

Current through June 24, 2024
A permittee shall comply with all applicable statutes,
				ordinances, rules and policies of any state agency or subdivision of the state,
				unless they are modified by the conditions of the permit.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 269 - Transportation Of Garbage Or Refuse Permits And Transportation Of Recyclable Scrap Permits › Section Trans 269.15 - Denial, suspension or revocation of permit

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) An issuing
			 authority may deny, suspend, or revoke a permit for good cause, pursuant to s.
			 348.25(7),
			 Stats. Grounds for the denial, suspension, or revocation of a permit include:
(a) Violation of any condition of a
			 permit.
(b) Preventing an employe
			 of an issuing authority or a law enforcement officer from performing his or her
			 official duties, or interfering with the lawful performance of his or her
			 duties.
(c) Physically assaulting
			 an employe of an issuing authority or a law enforcement officer while
			 performing his or her official duties.
(d) Making a material misstatement in an
			 application for a permit.
(e)
			 Unauthorized alteration of a permit.
(f) Refusal or failure, without just cause,
			 to produce required records.
(g)
			 Payment of an application fee with a worthless check.
(h) Violation of any other applicable
			 provision under ch. 348, Stats., or this chapter.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 275 - Application for and issuance of single trip permits by telephone › Section Trans 275.03 - Persons authorized to use telephone procedure

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The department
			 may accept an application for a single trip permit by telephone from, and may
			 issue a permit to, only a person who has received prior approval from the
			 department to use the telephone procedure.
(2) An application for prior approval to use
			 the telephone procedure shall be submitted to the department of transportation,
			 motor carrier permit unit, P.O. Box 7980, Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7980, on a
			 form approved by the department. An application shall include:
(a) An acknowledgement that, if approval is
			 granted, the applicant will pay all permit fees within 21 days after receipt of
			 the department's invoice.
(b) The
			 address to which invoices and other correspondence concerning permits issued by
			 telephone may be sent. An applicant may request separate invoices. The
			 department shall assign a separate account number to each address.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 275 - Application for and issuance of single trip permits by telephone › Section Trans 275.04 - Bond

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) An applicant for prior approval for use
			 of the telephone procedure shall deposit with the department a surety bond
			 guaranteeing payment of fees for permits issued by the department by telephone
			 to the applicant. The amount of the bond shall be not less than twice the total
			 fees which the applicant estimates may be incurred in any calendar month. The
			 form of the bond and the surety shall be in a form approved by the
			 department.
(2) Any bond filed with
			 the department under this section shall contain a clause stating that the
			 bonding company shall notify the department at least 30 days prior to the
			 effective date of any suspension, revocation or cancellation of a bond. No
			 suspension, revocation or cancellation of a bond under this section is
			 effective until 30 days after the date it is received by the
			 department.
(3) Any bond filings,
			 notices of suspension, revocation or cancellation of bonds and any
			 correspondence relating to bonds shall be submitted to the department of
			 transportation, motor carrier permit unit, P.O.. Box 7980, Madison, Wisconsin
			 53707-7980.
(4) In lieu of a bond,
			 an applicant may deposit a sum of money not less than twice the total fees
			 which the applicant estimates may be incurred in any calendar month. The
			 deposit may be in the form of cash, certified check, cashiers check, corporate
			 check or personal check. The invoice and payment provisions of ss.
			 Trans
			 275.08 and apply 275.09 to an applicant utilizing this
			 subsection. A deposit made under this subsection shall be returned to the
			 applicant upon the applicant's request, less any unpaid invoices. An
			 applicant's authority to use the telephone procedure shall be immediately
			 terminated upon the department's receipt of a request for the return of the
			 deposit.
The department does not have a standard form for this bond.
				  Standard forms normally used by bonding companies should be used.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 275 - Application for and issuance of single trip permits by telephone › Section Trans 275.05 - Authorization code

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) An applicant shall select an
			 authorization code consisting of any combination of letters or numerals, or
			 both, and shall consist of any 5 digits, but may not include the numeral zero.
			 An applicant shall notify the department in writing of the code selected before
			 applying for any permit. If more than one address has been designated under s.
			 Trans
			 275.03(2) (b), different
			 authorization codes shall be selected for each address.
(2) When a permit is requested by telephone,
			 the department shall ask the caller for the authorization code and no permit
			 may be issued unless the authorization code is correctly provided.
(3) After an application is approved, an
			 applicant may change the authorization code at any time by notifying the
			 department in writing of the new authorization code for each account number
			 assigned under s.
			 Trans
			 275.07(1).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 275 - Application for and issuance of single trip permits by telephone › Section Trans 275.06 - Caller code

Current through June 24, 2024
In addition to assigning an authorization code to each account,
				an applicant may assign up to 35 caller codes to individuals who are authorized
				by an applicant to request permits on the applicant's behalf. Each caller code
				shall consist of a single letter or single numeral from 1 to 9. If caller codes
				are assigned, the department's invoices shall show the caller code for each
				permit used.
The caller codes are intended to assist the applicant in
				  reviewing the invoices and permits issued. The department will not determine
				  the validity of a caller code before issuing permits.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 275 - Application for and issuance of single trip permits by telephone › Section Trans 275.07 - Approval for use of telephone procedure

Current through June 24, 2024
Upon receipt of an application to use the telephone procedure
				which complies with ss.
				Trans
				275.03 and
				275.04, the department may approve
				the application and may notify the applicant in writing. If an application is
				approved, the department shall:
(1)
			 Assign an account number for each billing address the applicant has requested
			 and notify the applicant of the number or numbers.
(2) Notify the applicant of the telephone
			 number to be used in applying for permits.
(3) Furnish the applicant with a supply of
			 approved forms to be used when a permit is issued by telephone.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 275 - Application for and issuance of single trip permits by telephone › Section Trans 275.08 - Invoices

Current through June 24, 2024
The department shall mail monthly invoices to each applicant
				issued a permit during the preceding billing period. All invoices shall include
				the permit number of each permit issued, the caller code, if any, of the person
				who requested the permit, the fee for each permit, and the total amount payable
				to the department.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 275 - Application for and issuance of single trip permits by telephone › Section Trans 275.10 - Limitations on applying for permits

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Applications by
			 telephone for single trip permits may be received by the department between
			 7:45 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday except on New Year's Day, Dr.
			 Martin Luther King Jr.'s Day, Good Friday afternoon, Memorial Day, Independence
			 Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve Day, Christmas Day, and New
			 Year's Eve Day. When any of these holidays fall on Sunday and is celebrated on
			 the following Monday, permit applications may not be received on the day
			 celebrated as the holiday.
(2)
			 Approved applicants may apply for single trip permits by telephone provided the
			 overall size and weight of the loaded vehicle or vehicles do not exceed:
(a) Length of 100 feet for a combination of
			 vehicles.
(b) Length of 80 feet for
			 a trailer, semi-trailer, mobile home, or modular building section.
(c) Length of 50 feet for a single motor
			 vehicle, except 60 feet for a mobile crane.
(d) Width of 14 feet.
(e) Height of 15 feet.
(f) Gross weight of 150,000 pounds.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 275 - Application for and issuance of single trip permits by telephone › Section Trans 275.11 - Permit application procedure

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) To request a
			 single trip permit, an applicant shall telephone the department using the
			 number provided under s.
			 Trans
			 275.07(2) and shall provide the
			 assigned account number. All calls may be tape-recorded by the
			 department.
(2) When requested by
			 the department as required under s.
			 Trans
			 275.05(2), an applicant shall provide
			 any required authorization code and caller code.
(3) When requested by the department, an
			 applicant shall provide all other information regarding the proposed
			 transportation as shown on the department's permit application form.
(4) When a permit is issued, the applicant
			 shall copy all relevant information dictated by the department, on the form
			 provided under s.
			 Trans
			 275.07(3), and shall sign and date
			 the form.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 275 - Application for and issuance of single trip permits by telephone › Section Trans 275.12 - Permit retransmittal

Current through June 24, 2024
An applicant may retransmit an approved permit by telephone
				provided that the person to whom it is retransmitted copies it on the form
				provided under s.
				Trans
				275.07(3), or may transmit the permit
				by facsimile.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 275 - Application for and issuance of single trip permits by telephone › Section Trans 275.14 - Denial, suspension or revocation of permit

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The department
			 may deny, suspend, or revoke approval to use the telephone procedure, pursuant
			 to s.
			 348.25(7),
			 Stats. Grounds for the denial, suspension, or revocation of approval to use the
			 telephone procedure include:
(a) Violation of
			 any condition of a permit.
(b)
			 Preventing an employee of an issuing authority or a law enforcement officer
			 from performing his or her official duties, or interfering with the lawful
			 performance of his or her duties.
(c) Physically assaulting an employee of an
			 issuing authority or a law enforcement officer while performing his or her
			 official duties.
(d) Making a
			 material misstatement in an application for a permit.
(e) Unauthorized alteration of a
			 permit.
(f) Refusal or failure,
			 without just cause, to produce required records.
(g) Payment of an application fee with a
			 worthless check.
(h) Cancellation,
			 suspension, revocation, or expiration of a bond.
(i) Violation of any other applicable
			 provision under ch. 348, Stats., or this chapter.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 275 - Application for and issuance of single trip permits by telephone › Section Trans 275.15 - Permit services

Current through June 24, 2024
For persons whose business is obtaining permits for others and
				who have entered into a contract with the department for placing communication
				equipment in the department's office and guaranteeing payment of fees, the
				department may waive the requirements of ss.
				Trans
				275.04 and
				275.10(4).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 276 - Size and weight of vehicles and vehicle combinations › Section Trans 276.01 - General

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) SCOPE. This chapter administratively
			 interprets ss.
			 348.07 and
			 348.08, Stats. In
			 particular, it identifies and designates lists of highways upon which those
			 statutes permit the secretary to set vehicle and trailer length limits. In
			 addition, this chapter clarifies other statutory provisions or federal rules
			 affecting the weight, width and length of vehicles and combinations of vehicles
			 and the number of vehicles in combination.
(2) POLICY. This policy is intended to permit
			 Wisconsin to comply with federal law, to provide guidance to vehicle users and
			 law enforcement authorities for safe and lawful operations, and to continue the
			 reasonable enforcement of Wisconsin vehicle size and combination
			 laws.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 276 - Size and weight of vehicles and vehicle combinations › Section Trans 276.03 - Safety devices-width exclusion

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The devices in
			 this subsection are designated as safety devices as required under
			 23
			 CFR 658.5(g) and 23 CFR
			 658.15 and are not included in the calculation of width:
(a) Rear-view mirrors;
(b) Turn-signal lamps;
(c) Hand-holds for cab entry and
			 egress;
(d) Splash and spray
			 suppressant devices;
(e) Load
			 induced tire bulge.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 276 - Size and weight of vehicles and vehicle combinations › Section Trans 276.04 - Width, metric equivalent

Current through June 24, 2024
For purposes of enforcement of ch. 348, Stats., 23 CFR 658, and
				this chapter, the approximate metric equivalent of 102 inches is deemed to be
				within the 8 foot 6 inch length limit of s.
				348.05, Stats.
				The approximate metric equivalent of 102 inches is 2.6 meters, which equals
				approximately 102.36 inches.
The use of the metric equivalent of 102 inches (8 feet 6
				  inches) is authorized in
				  23 CFR
				  658.15.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 276 - Size and weight of vehicles and vehicle combinations › Section Trans 276.05 - Automobile haulaways

Current through June 24, 2024
For enforcement purposes:
(1) The provision of s.
			 348.07(2)
			 (g), Stats., which limits the length of a
			 trailer or semitrailer in a 2-vehicle combination to 48 feet does not apply to
			 an automobile or boat haulaway provided the automobile or boat haulaway does
			 not exceed 66 feet in length plus the authorized front and rear overhangs. This
			 subsection applies to both designated and non-designated highways.
(2) An automobile or boat haulaway exceeding
			 66 feet in length may operate on designated highways and 5-mile access routes
			 provided the trailer or semitrailer portion of the combination does not exceed
			 48 feet plus authorized rear overhang.
(3) A stinger-steered automobile or boat
			 haulaway exceeding 66 feet in length may operate on the national network and
			 5-mile access routes providing its overall length does not exceed 75 feet plus
			 overhangs of not more than 3 feet to the front and 4 feet to the
			 rear.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 276 - Size and weight of vehicles and vehicle combinations › Section Trans 276.06 - Permits for vehicles operating in saddlemount combination or motor buses

Current through June 24, 2024
For enforcement purposes, no permit is required for vehicles
				operating in double or triple saddlemount combination provided the overall
				length of the combination is 75 feet or less, or for the operation of any motor
				bus provided the overall length of the motor bus is 45 feet or less. This
				section applies to the national network and access routes.
Note: The provision of Wisconsin law requiring a permit for
				these combinations (s.
				348.27(13),
				Stats., was preempted by the federal rule (
				23 CFR
				658.13(d) (1) iii.) when
				these vehicles operate on the designated system and access routes.
The provision of Wisconsin law requiring a permit for the
				operation of motor buses in excess of 40 feet in length (s.
				348.07(1),
				Stats.) was preempted by federal law (49 USC Appx. section 2311 (a) as amended
				by section 4006 (b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of
				1991) when these vehicles operate on the federally designated system and access
				routes.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 276 - Size and weight of vehicles and vehicle combinations › Section Trans 276.08 - Detours, bypasses and alternate routes

Current through June 24, 2024
When a highway designated in s.
				Trans
				276.07 is closed and detoured as authorized by s.
				84.02(10)
				(b), Stats., vehicles being operated under
				ss.
				348.07(2) (f), (fm), (gm),
				(4) and
				348.08(1)
				(e), Stats., may be operated on the detour
				until the regular route of the highway is reopened to traffic. When a bypass or
				alternate route is recommended by the department for a highway designated in s.
				Trans
				276.07 in order to reduce congestion, improve access
				or improve public safety, vehicles being operated under ss.
				348.07(2) (f), (fm), (gm),
				(4) and
				348.08(1)
				(e), Stats., may be operated on the
				recommended bypass or alternate route. Notice of a recommended bypass or
				alternate route may be given by signs or other appropriate
				methods.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 276 - Size and weight of vehicles and vehicle combinations › Section Trans 276.09 - Applicability

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The treatment of s.
			 Trans 276.07(11m),
			 (17m), (26m) and (40m) applies upon
			 completion of the reconstruction of Liberty Avenue in Beloit and ending when
			 the Beloit bypass authorized in s.
			 84.013(3)
			 (rb), Stats., is constructed and designated
			 by the department under s.
			 348.07(4),
			 Stats., as a highway to which ss.
			 348.07(2) (f), (fm),
			 (gm), and
			 348.08(1) (e) and
			 (h), Stats., apply.
(2) The treatment of s.
			 Trans
			 276.07(15m) applies when the state of
			 Minnesota has designated Minnesota state trunk highway 70/county trunk highway
			 110 from the Wisconsin border to interstate highway 35.
(3) The treatment of s.
			 Trans 276.07(10m) and
			 (25m) applies after the segment of STH 182
			 from the Iron-Price county line to Park Falls is reconstructed and all
			 construction signing is removed in 1999.
(4) The treatment of s.
			 Trans
			 276.07(12m) applies after the
			 intersection of STH 26 and STH 59 in Milton is modified to accommodate turning
			 trucks in the northeast and southeast quadrants.
The reconstruction of Liberty Avenue in Beloit is expected to
				  be completed in the fall of 1999 and the construction of the Beloit bypass
				  authorized in s.
				  84.013(3)
				  (rb), Stats., is scheduled for completion in
				  the fall of 2001.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 276 - Size and weight of vehicles and vehicle combinations › Section Trans 276.10 - Tire load carrying capacity in excess of 13,000 pounds

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Subject to the
			 restrictions and limitations in sub. (2), the weight on the steering axle of a
			 truck tractor may exceed 13,000 pounds if the sum of the maximum load carrying
			 capacities of the tires used on that axle, as certified by the tire
			 manufacturer, allows a greater steering axle load.
(2)
(a) The
			 actual weight on the steering axle of a truck tractor may not exceed the sum of
			 the maximum load carrying capacities of the tires used on that axle and in any
			 event may not exceed 20,000 pounds.
(b) The extra weight privilege allowed by
			 this chapter is available only when the tires used on the steering axle of a
			 truck tractor have the manufacturer's certified load carrying capacity embossed
			 thereon in compliance with applicable federal regulations. If the tires on a
			 steering axle have no certified load carrying capacity embossed on them, the
			 steering axle is restricted to the 13,000 pound load limit prescribed in s.
			 348.15(3)
			 (b), Stats.
(c) This chapter does not authorize the
			 operator of a truck tractor to exceed the gross axle weight rating (G.A.W.R.)
			 established by the manufacturer of the steering axle being used.
(d) The tires on the steering axle of a truck
			 tractor exceeding the statutory 13,000 pound weight limit shall have equal load
			 carrying capacity and shall be properly inflated.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 277 - Highway Salt Storage Requirements › Section Trans 277.01 - Statutory authority

Current through June 24, 2024
The purpose of this chapter is to implement and interpret s.
				85.17,
				Stats., as authorized by ss.
				85.17(3) and (5)
				(d),
				160.19(1)
				and (2),
				160.21(1),
				(2)(intro.) and (b), (3) and (4), 160.23,
				160.25, 160.26, 160.27 (2) (d), 160.33 and 227.11, Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 277 - Highway Salt Storage Requirements › Section Trans 277.03 - Applicability

Current through June 24, 2024
This chapter shall apply to any person who stores highway salt
				or liquid calcium chloride within the boundaries or jurisdiction of this state
				in the course of manufacturing, distributing or using highway salt or liquid
				calcium chloride. This chapter does not restrict the actual use of highway salt
				or liquid calcium chloride on highways.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 277 - Highway Salt Storage Requirements › Section Trans 277.04 - Storage practices and facilities

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) HIGHWAY SALT
			 STORAGE RESTRICTIONS. A person who stores highway salt within the boundaries or
			 jurisdiction of this state or who manufactures, distributes or uses highway
			 salt, shall exercise all reasonable precautions to prevent the entry of highway
			 salt, or any substance regulated by the department, from the storage facility
			 into the waters of the state.
(2)
			 RESPONSIBILITY FOR COMPLIANCE. A person who stores highway salt shall
			 construct, inspect and maintain each of the person's storage facilities as
			 necessary to assure compliance with this chapter. When more than one person
			 stores highway salt, including when one person owns the highway salt stored at
			 a storage facility owned or operated by another person, the department may
			 require the compliance of, and issue compliance directives and special orders
			 to, such person or persons as the department determines to be reasonable or
			 necessary to obtain compliance with this chapter.
(3) STORAGE FACILITY REQUIREMENTS.
(a) All highway salt shall be stored on a
			 base which is both constructed and maintained to be impermeable, so as to
			 prevent a substance regulated by the department, including solutions or
			 combinations containing such substance, from passing through the base and
			 reaching the waters of the state.
1. The
			 storage facility shall be designed, constructed and maintained to divert any
			 runoff from the terrain surrounding the storage facility to prevent any contact
			 between the runoff and highway salt at the storage facility.
2. The base of the storage facility required
			 by this subsection shall be designed, constructed and maintained to drain into,
			 or function as, a holding basin of sufficient capacity to contain all
			 precipitation which may reasonably be expected to come into contact with
			 uncovered highway salt, and to prevent any runoff into the waters of the state
			 of brine resulting from the combination of such precipitation and highway salt.
			 Except as expressly allowed by a permit issued under ch. 283, Stats., brine
			 collected in the holding basin may not be discharged onto the terrain
			 surrounding the storage facility.
Note:
Brine from the holding basin may be
				discharged into a municipal sewage system with surface water discharge, or
				directly discharged into surface water, after a permit is obtained from the
				department of natural resources under ch. 283,
				Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 277 - Highway Salt Storage Requirements › Section Trans 277.05 - Required reports and records

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) REPORTING. A
			 person storing highway salt shall make reports in writing to the department as
			 required by this section.
(a) The person shall
			 report the receipt of any information or allegation concerning the storage
			 facility as a source of contamination of the waters of the state by any
			 substance regulated by the department. A copy of any written complaint or other
			 information received by the person in this regard shall be attached to the
			 report, and sent to the department within 10 days of its receipt. The
			 department shall forward a copy of any such report to the monitoring
			 agency.
(b) When a person who
			 stores highway salt sells, leases, or abandons a storage site, or otherwise
			 discontinues storage at a storage site, temporarily or permanently, or intends
			 to do so, the person shall report to the department no later than 10 days after
			 such discontinuance. If the discontinuance is reported in advance, the
			 anticipated date of discontinuance shall be stated.
(c) Except if previously reported under par.
			 (d), within 30 days of commencing to store highway salt or liquid calcium
			 chloride for the first time, the person storing the highway salt shall file a
			 report with the department containing the following information:
1. The name and address of the person or
			 persons storing highway salt or liquid calcium chloride;
2. The street address and telephone number of
			 the office where the records of the highway salt storage facility or stored
			 liquid calcium chloride are kept;
3. The mailing address of the administering
			 office, if different from the street address;
4. The actual location of the highway salt
			 storage facility;
5. The storage
			 capacity of the highway salt storage facility;
6. The actual location of the stored liquid
			 calcium chloride; and
7. The liquid
			 calcium chloride storage capacity.
(d) Within 30 days of May 1, 1986, each
			 person to whom this chapter applies shall report to the department the
			 information required in par. (c) for each storage facility where highway salt
			 is stored and each container where liquid calcium chloride is stored by the
			 person.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 277 - Highway Salt Storage Requirements › Section Trans 277.06 - Department inspections

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The department shall inspect each storage
			 facility and the records of each person storing highway salt or liquid calcium
			 chloride, at least once every 12 months, or more often as necessary to assure
			 compliance with this chapter, and as follows:
(a) The department shall inspect a storage
			 facility within 30 days when:
1. The
			 monitoring agency reports that:
a. A
			 preventive action limit or enforcement standard has been attained or exceeded
			 at an applicable point of standards application, or
b. Surface water has been adversely impacted;
			 and
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 277 - Highway Salt Storage Requirements › Section Trans 277.07 - Points of standards application

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Each of the
			 following locations shall, with the consent of the owner of the property where
			 the point is located, or pursuant to a special inspection warrant under s.
			 66.0119, Stats., be a point of
			 standards application for each storage facility for the purpose of determining
			 compliance with ch. 160, Stats.:
(a) Any
			 point of groundwater use within 1500 feet of any portion of the storage
			 facility, and at any depth from which groundwater is drawn for potable or
			 nonpotable use.
(b) Any point
			 within 1500 feet of any portion of the storage facility, or any point inside of
			 the property boundaries enclosing the storage facility, at which the monitoring
			 agency determines it to be necessary to apply standards in order to adequately
			 perform monitoring.
(c) Any point
			 beyond 1500 feet from the storage facility may also be accepted by the
			 department as a point of standards application if the monitoring agency first
			 demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that probable cause exists
			 to believe that a facility, activity or practice regulated by the department
			 under this chapter has caused the preventive action limit or enforcement
			 standard for a substance regulated by the department to be attained or exceeded
			 at that point.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 277 - Highway Salt Storage Requirements › Section Trans 277.08 - Department responses

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) NONCOMPLIANCE REPORT. When a department
			 inspector reports that a person storing highway salt has failed to comply with
			 this chapter or with a written compliance directive issued under this
			 subsection or s.
			 Trans
			 277.06(2), or with a special order
			 issued by the department, the department may respond by issuing a compliance
			 directive or a special order for remedial action. Remedial actions ordered may
			 include, but are not limited to, those actions set out in sub. (2) (d) except
			 sub. (2) (d) 1.
(2) PREVENTIVE
			 ACTION LIMIT OR CONTAMINATION REPORT. The department shall respond as provided
			 in this subsection when the department receives a report from the monitoring
			 agency that the preventive action limit of a substance regulated by the
			 department has been attained or exceeded at an applicable point of standards
			 application or that surface water has been adversely impacted near a storage
			 facility and the storage facility may have been the source of the
			 contamination.
(a) The department shall send
			 notice of the report by first class mail to the local office of the person
			 storing highway salt at the storage facility.
(b) The department shall inspect the storage
			 facility within 30 days of receipt of the report and determine if the storage
			 facility is in compliance with all provisions of this chapter, as provided in
			 s.
			 Trans 277.06(1)
			 (a).
(c) Within 60 days of receipt of the
			 monitoring agency report the department shall determine whether or not the
			 storage facility is the source or most probable source of contamination by a
			 substance regulated by the department.
(d) If the department determines that the
			 storage facility is the source or most probable source of the contamination,
			 then the department shall order appropriate remedial action to meet the goals
			 of s.
			 160.23(1),
			 Stats. Orders may be either written compliance directives, including deadlines,
			 or special orders. Remedial actions may include, but are not limited to:
1. No action;
2. Further investigation;
3. Increased monitoring of the storage
			 facility in cooperation with the monitoring agency;
4. Revision of specific operational
			 procedures at the storage facility;
5. Repair, construction or reconstruction of
			 facilities as necessary to comply with s.
			 Trans
			 277.04;
6.
			 Prohibition of activities or practices which use or produce the
			 substance;
7. Relocation of the
			 storage facility or the highway salt at the storage facility; or
8. Remedial action to renovate or restore
			 groundwater quality.
9. Closure of
			 the storage facility.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 277 - Highway Salt Storage Requirements › Section Trans 277.09 - Rule review

Current through June 24, 2024
The department shall review this chapter to determine whether
				revisions are necessary to meet the goals of s.
				85.17,
				Stats., and ch. 160, Stats., when the following conditions occur:
(1) The monitoring agency reports that the
			 preventive action limit or enforcement standard for a substance regulated by
			 the department has been reached or exceeded at a point of standards application
			 of a storage facility;
(2) The
			 department determines that the storage facility is the source or most probable
			 source of the contamination reported; and
(3) The storage facility has been inspected
			 by department employees as required by s.
			 Trans
			 277.06 and has been in compliance with this chapter at
			 each inspection by the department.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 277 - Highway Salt Storage Requirements › Section Trans 277.10 - Public participation

Current through June 24, 2024
In the issuance and administrative enforcement of special
				orders of the department pursuant to s.
				85.17(5)
				(d), Stats., or s.
				Trans 277.08(2) (d) or (3)
				(b), the secretary shall consider any
				concerns, complaints, response to the proposed terms of a special order or
				other information furnished to the secretary by any member of the public. In
				such cases as the secretary may designate, notice of proposed special orders
				may be published or publicly posted and public response solicited and
				considered prior to issuance of a special order.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 277 - Highway Salt Storage Requirements › Section Trans 277.11 - Department determinations

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)All departmental
			 determinations under this chapter shall be made by the secretary or the
			 particular person or persons the secretary may from time to time designate for
			 that purpose.
(2) The secretary, or
			 the person or persons designated by the secretary, may hold hearings and call
			 witnesses. Any hearing shall be a class 1 proceeding as defined by s.
			 227.01(3)
			 (a), Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 277 - Highway Salt Storage Requirements › Section Trans 277.12 - Effective date

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Except as otherwise expressly provided,
			 this chapter shall become effective immediately.
(2) The provisions of s.
			 Trans 277.04(3)
			 (a) shall become effective on October 1,
			 1987.
(3) The provisions of ss.
			 Trans 277.04(3)
			 (b) and (4), and
			 277.05(2), shall
			 become effective on October 1, 1986.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 278 - Vehicle weight limit exceptions › Section Trans 278.01 - Purpose and scope

Current through June 24, 2024
The purpose of this chapter is to:
(1) Establish general policies and criteria
			 for the analysis of any bill that is introduced in either house of the
			 legislature that indirectly or directly establishes an exception to the vehicle
			 weight limits specified in ch. 348, Stats.
(2) Establish the responsibilities of each
			 division within the department for timely preparation of reports on
			 bills.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 278 - Vehicle weight limit exceptions › Section Trans 278.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
The words and phrases defined in chs. 340 and 348, Stats., have
				the same meaning in this chapter unless a different definition is specifically
				provided. In this chapter:
(1) "Bill"
			 means any bill that requires a report under s.
			 13.096(2)
			 (a), Stats.
(2) "Establishes an exception to the vehicle
			 weight limits specified in ch. 348, Stats." includes the following:
(a) To increase maximum allowable axle, axle
			 group or gross weights in existing exceptions.
(b) To make additional commodities or vehicle
			 combinations eligible for transport under existing exceptions.
(c) To modify or eliminate special equipment
			 requirements, trip purpose, allowable trip distance, time or season of
			 operation, or other factors limiting eligibility for or operations under
			 existing exceptions.
(d) To reduce
			 or eliminate fees associated with permits required under existing exceptions or
			 to eliminate the requirement that a permit be obtained for movement of
			 overweight loads under existing exceptions.
(e) To modify or eliminate the authority of
			 the state agency or local officer issuing a permit to establish conditions for
			 the grant of a permit and operations under a permit, or to modify or eliminate
			 the authority of the state agency or local authority in charge of the
			 maintenance of a highway to impose weight limitations on a highway or to
			 suspend the operation of vehicles on a highway.
(f) To create entirely new statutory
			 exceptions.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 278 - Vehicle weight limit exceptions › Section Trans 278.03 - Contents of reports

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Reports of the department required by s.
			 13.096(2)
			 (a), Stats., shall contain an analysis of the
			 impact of each proposed vehicle weight exception contained in the bill for
			 which the report is prepared.
(2)
			 The analysis shall include the information required by s.
			 13.096(3)
			 (a), (b) and (c), Stats., and may include the
			 comments or opinions of interested federal agencies, a comparison of the
			 proposed exception to the laws of surrounding states and other information that
			 the department determines will assist the legislature in assessing the impact
			 of the proposed exception.
(3) If
			 the same or a substantially similar bill was introduced in a previous session,
			 the department may fulfill its obligation under s.
			 13.096(2)
			 (a), Stats., by providing a copy of a
			 previously prepared report and a memorandum addressing any differences in the
			 bills or any factors which may have changed since the prior report was
			 written.
(4) If the department
			 concludes that it has not been able to gather sufficient information to
			 adequately assess the impact of the proposed exception, the department may
			 include in its report a recommendation that no action be taken on the bill
			 until the sponsor can provide additional sources of information to the
			 department to enable the department to complete the required
			 analysis.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 278 - Vehicle weight limit exceptions › Section Trans 278.04 - Report preparation

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) When a bill is introduced, the
			 legislative reference bureau shall submit a copy of the bill to the chief
			 counsel of the department, and to such other officials of the department as the
			 legislative reference bureau deems appropriate.
(2) The chief counsel of the department shall
			 distribute a copy of the bill to the divisions of highways, motor vehicles, and
			 state patrol of the department.
(3)
			 Each division shall make appropriate contact with the following:
(a) Interested parties identified by
			 sponsoring legislators.
(b)
			 Representatives of organizations with a probable interest in the
			 legislation.
(c) Local governments
			 and individuals with a probable interest in the legislation.
(d) Officials in other departments or nearby
			 states who may have reviewed similar legislation.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 280 - Roadside vegetation management › Section Trans 280.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)
			 "AASHTO" means the American association of state highway and transportation
			 officials.
(2) "Clear zone" means a
			 roadside area that is required to be free of woody plant growth over 4 inch
			 caliper or that would impair highway safety.
(3) "Department" means the Wisconsin
			 department of transportation.
(4)
			 "Forb" means an herb other than grass.
(5) "Native vegetation" means plants and
			 plant communities that were found in a given area of Wisconsin before
			 1840.
(6) "Rights-of-way" means
			 lands used for highway purposes.
(7) "Roadsides" means all state highway
			 rights-of-way, excluding the area required for roadways and bridge
			 structures.
(8) "Roadways" means
			 the highway pavement and shoulder structure.
(9) "Vegetation" means a plant or group of
			 plants, including trees, present in any given area or region.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 280 - Roadside vegetation management › Section Trans 280.03 - Goals

Current through June 24, 2024
The goals of roadside vegetation management include the
				following:
(1) Plant trees to enhance
			 roadside aesthetics, maximize oxygen production and improve air
			 quality.
(2) Promote the ecological
			 integrity of the state's natural heritage through the planting of native trees
			 on state highway roadsides.
(3)
			 Tree planting should be consistent with a vegetation management plan to:
(a) Preserve and encourage the regeneration
			 of native vegetation on roadsides.
(b) Promote highway safety by establishing
			 and maintaining clear zones that are appropriate to any given highway
			 location.
(c) Avoid interference
			 with the visibility of legal adjacent land use.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 280 - Roadside vegetation management › Section Trans 280.04 - General features and roadside vegetation inventory

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The department
			 shall conduct an inventory to identify and classify roadside vegetation,
			 including trees, and other roadside and related features, as follows:
(a) Observed plants such as trees, shrubs,
			 vines, grasses and forbs, and plant communities.
(b) Sites for potential enhancements,
			 including reforestation, aesthetic improvement opportunities, erosion control
			 improvement, and native vegetation opportunities.
(c) Adjacent land uses, including
			 agriculture, natural areas, residential, business and cultural
			 development.
(d) Other features
			 necessary to effectively plan for increasing the number of trees.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 280 - Roadside vegetation management › Section Trans 280.05 - Roadside tree planting

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The department shall develop roadside
			 tree planting plans based on the principles of landscape architecture as
			 applied to highway design in accordance with AASHTO guidelines, the
			 department's facilities development manual, and highway maintenance manual. All
			 plantings should be consistent with the vegetation management plan.
(2) The department shall tabulate and record
			 the number of trees planted in each transportation region annually.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 300 - Transportation Of School Children › Section Trans 300.01 - Purpose and scope

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The purpose of this chapter is to promote
			 the safe transportation of pupils and other authorized persons in school buses
			 as defined in s.
			 340.01(56),
			 Stats.
(2) This chapter is intended
			 to provide specific safety-related standards regarding the design,
			 construction, inspection, and operation of school buses.
(3) The chapter provides for differing
			 standards for vehicles of varying size and configuration.