Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 100-199 - Environmental Protection General
Chapter NR 135 - Nonmetallic Mining Reclamation
Subchapter VI - Registration of Marketable Nonmetallic Mineral Deposits
Section NR 135.56 - Registration requirements

Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง NR 135.56

Current through August 26, 2024

(1) The registration shall include a legal description delineating the land and a certification and delineation by a licensed professional geologist or a registered professional engineer that the land has a marketable nonmetallic mineral deposit. In making this certification, the licensed professional geologist or registered professional engineer shall describe the type and quality of the nonmetallic mineral deposit, the areal extent and depth of the deposit, how the deposit's quality, extent, location and accessibility contribute to its marketability, and the quality of the deposit in relation to current and anticipated standards and specifications for this type of material. This certification shall be supported by logs or records of drilling, boring, geophysical surveys, records of physical inspections of outcrops or equivalent scientific data.

(2) The certification shall include the licensed professional geologist's or registered professional engineer's seal affixed to this statement:

"I hereby certify that this document contains a description of a marketable nonmetallic mineral deposit consistent with the requirements of Chapter NR 135, Wisconsin Administrative Code."

(3)

(a) A person wishing to register land pursuant to this subchapter shall provide evidence that nonmetallic mining is a permitted or conditional use for the land under zoning in effect on the day in which notice is provided to the zoning authorities pursuant to sub. (4).

(b) Nonmetallic mining is a permitted or conditional use for land if any of the following apply:
1. There is no existing zoning.

2. The land is in a zoning category that expressly states that nonmetallic mining is either a permitted use or may be allowed as a conditional use.

3. The land is in a zoning category that allows general uses and the zoning authority allows nonmetallic mining as a permitted or conditional use as a subset of the general uses listed for that zoning category, even though nonmetallic mining in not expressly referred to in the zoning.

(c) If the existing zoning requires a conditional use permit for nonmetallic mining, there is no need to apply for or obtain a conditional use permit in order to register the land pursuant to this subchapter.

(4) A copy of the proposed registration and supporting information shall be provided to each zoning authority if the land is zoned, the county regulatory authority, the municipal regulatory authority if one exists, the city, village or town in which the deposit is located, and the department at least 120 days prior to filing of the registration. Each zoning authority shall maintain records of proposed registrations of lands containing marketable nonmetallic mineral deposits which they shall receive in a manner of the zoning authority's choosing.

(5) The registration shall include a certification by the landowner and binding on the landowner and his or her successors in interest that the landowner will not undertake any action that would permanently interfere with present or future extraction of the nonmetallic mineral deposit for the duration of the registration.

(6) Registration shall be accomplished by recording the information required by this section, the date of recording, and the date registration expires as a deed notice in the office of registrar of deeds pursuant to s. 59.43(1c) (a), Stats., in the county in which the land is located no sooner than 121 days and no later than 240 days after notice to zoning authorities has been provided pursuant to sub. (4).

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