Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 200-299 - Environmental Protection - Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Chapter NR 203 - Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Public Participation Procedures
Subchapter II - Public Informational Hearings
Section NR 203.04 - Intent and scope

The regulations in this chapter prescribe the policies and procedures to be followed in issuing the notice of and the conducting of a public informational hearing and deciding the final determination as to whether to issue or deny a permit authorizing discharges into the waters of the state of Wisconsin. A public informational hearing, either mandatory or discretionary on the department, is to give all interested persons an additional opportunity to make a statement with respect to a proposed permit or permit application and to have such statements considered in the final determination. Exceptions to the requirements for holding a public informational hearing are provided in s. NR 203.015. The promulgation of the regulations in this chapter is by authority of ss. 283.49(1) (c) and (2) (b), Stats.