293.31 Preapplication notification; data collection.
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293.31 Preapplication notification; data collection.
(1)At least 12 months before filing an application for a prospecting permit under s. 293.35 or a mining permit under s. 293.37 , a person proposing to engage in a prospecting or mining project shall notify the department in writing of the intention to apply for a prospecting or mining permit. A person who intends to give notice of intent to apply for a prospecting or mining permit may, prior to obtaining, collecting, or generating environmental data intended to be used to support the permit application, submit to the department the methodology that the person intends to use in obtaining, collecting, or generating the data. The department shall review the proposed methodology and shall either inform the person that the proposed methodology will be accepted by the department or provide the person with the methodology that the department requires to be used. The department may assess the person submitting the proposed methodology a fee equal to the department’s costs for reviewing the proposed methodology. If a person obtains, collects, or generates data or information intended to be used to support a prospecting or mining permit application without obtaining department approval of the person’s methodology under sub.
(4), the department may not exclude any of the data or information that consists of general environmental information such as soil characteristics, hydrologic conditions, and air and water data contained in publications, maps, documents, studies, reports, and similar sources, whether public or private, not prepared by or for the applicant.