Environmental August 2009 (Green Tier & Audit Prog) (A3420525-2)

August 2009 Environmental Alert Wisconsin Legislature Reauthorizes and Improves Green Tier and Environmental Compliance Audit Programs On July 8, 2009, Governor Jim Doyle signed into law legislation reauthorizing two programs designed to encourage and reward environmental performance: 1. The Green Tier Program (“Green Tier”) promotes “superior environmental performance” by regulated businesses, industries and municipalities, and 2. The Environmental Compliance Audit Program (“Audit Program”) encourages the conduct of environmental audits and provides protection against potential penalties for identified violations. 2009 Wisconsin Act 30 became effective on July 10, 2009, and amended various provisions of Wis. Stat. §§ 299.83 and 299.85. In effect since March 2004, both programs are administered by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) and both were scheduled to sunset on July 1, 2009. With overwhelming support from the business, environmental, academic and governmental communities, the Wisconsin legislature determined these two programs serve important environmental policy objectives, eliminated the sunset provisions, and made other program improvements. Are you in compliance and want to do more? Not sure if you in compliance and not sure how to find out? If you have good reason to believe that your facility is meeting its environmental compliance requirements and you want to do more, the Green Tier Program ...