Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 300-399 - Environmental Protection - Water Regulation › Chapter NR 327 - Barge Fleeting In Navigable Waterways › Section NR 327.04 - Application

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) No operator may engage in barge fleeting
				activities in navigable waters of the state without complying with this
				chapter, except that fleeting activities in existence on December 1, 1982 may
				continue without a permit until a final permitting decision is made, provided a
				permit application is filled with the department by April 1, 1983. An applicant
				for a barge fleeting permit for either an existing or proposed activity shall
				submit an application to the department on forms provided by the
				department.
(2) The following
				information shall be included in the application:
(a) Proof that the applicant has riparian
				rights on the navigable waterway at the location of the proposed fleeting area.
				Proof may include fee simple title, a lease of riparian or mooring rights from
				the riparian owner, or written permission from the riparian owner. The
				department shall be notified by the operator of any action to terminate a lease
				or written permission.
(b) A map
				extending at least 1/4 mile up and downstream from the proposed fleeting area
				showing the location of the proposed fleeting area by section, township, range,
				and river mile and by major identifiable features in the immediate area such as
				locks and dams, incorporated areas, roads, bridges, and county lines. The map
				shall indicate designated fish and wildlife areas and refuges; existing
				recreational areas; historical, archeological and cultural sites, if known;
				residential housing locations; and existing adjacent water or shoreland uses
				which, together with fleeting operations, would present an unusual risk of
				fire, explosion, collision, contamination or other serious safety hazards. The
				map shall also show the following navigation-related features:
1. Docks,
2. Landings,
3. Harbors,
4. Marinas,
5. Dikes,
6. Revetments,
7. Islands,
8. Navigation or warning lights,
9. Left and right channel line
				buoy,
10. Wing dams, and
11. Submerged cable and pipeline
				crossings.
(c) A
				description of local land use and zoning in the vicinity of the proposed
				fleeting area.
(d) A drawing of the
				proposed fleeting area which contains the following: plan view and
				cross-sections to show existing pertinent topographic and hydrographic
				features; referenced government datum plane; scale, both vertical and
				horizontal (not smaller than 1" = 400' horizontal); north arrow; current
				directions; flow area; property lines and adjacent property owners by name and
				address; proposed features including dolphins, anchors, deadmen, mooring
				barges, mooring cells and buoys, and other devices; mooring facility size and
				configuration; and maximum number and size of barges to be moored, and routes
				used by any tow entering or leaving the fleeting area.
(e) A list of undeveloped alternative
				fleeting sites considered by the applicant and the reasons why the proposed
				site was preferred over them.