Published: August 20, 2010
Tags: 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Effluent Limitation Guidelines, EPA, Justice Department, lawsuit, NAHB, National Association of Home Builders, Neenah, runoff, Sweetwood Builders, turbidity, WBA, Wisconsin Builders Association
By Marie Rohde
The Environmental Protection Agency is withdrawing from its storm water management rule a requirement builders say would have added $10 billion a year to construction costs in the U.S.
“This is a significant victory,” said Patrick Stevens, general counsel for the Wisconsin Builders Association. “In essence, the EPA agreed that it did not do [...]
Published: June 23, 2010
Tags: Clean Wisconsin, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Legislature, Pat Stevens, phosphorus, rules, runoff, Scott Manley, wastewater treatment, Wisconsin Builders Association, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
By Sean Ryan
Builders and manufacturers have only one more chance to convince state policymakers that new runoff and phosphorus rules will cost too much money.
The two rules, drafted by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, cleared the state Natural Resources Board on Wednesday, meaning business associations trying to block or revise the rules will have [...]
Published: June 19, 2010
Tags: Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Matt Frank, Natural Resources Board, phosphorus, wastewater, Wisconsin Builders Association
By TODD RICHMOND
Associated Press Writer
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin farmers would face phosphorus run-off limits for the first time and wastewater treatment plants would have to follow tighter discharge standards on the oxygen-depleting nutrient under a sweeping rules package state environmental officials are poised to adopt.
The rules represent more than a decade’s worth of work [...]
Published: April 12, 2010
Tags: AGC, amendment, Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin Inc., Boycks, Honadel, ironworkers, Jorgensen, licensure, Mielke, Milroy, Reihl, Wisconsin Builders Association, Wisconsin State Council of Carpenters
By Paul Snyder
State lawmakers Monday introduced an amendment to a bill requiring licensure of ironworkers in Wisconsin, but the changes are not enough to win over the bill’s opponents.
“In my first read of it, it looks like they tried to meet concerns of some of the other labor unions,” said Mark Reihl, executive director of [...]
Published: April 9, 2010
Tags: amendment, Boycks, Clean Energy Jobs Act, development, Gunderson, Huebsch, Mike Sheridan, nuclear, Phil Montgomery, Rebekah Sweeney, Soletski, Task Force on Global Warming, utility, Wisconsin Builders Association
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
The mystery surrounding changes to the state’s Clean Energy Jobs Act is sowing distrust among lawmakers who fear new policy with no input.
“I don’t have a major problem if the changes are based on what was talked about during public hearings, but I’m not convinced that’s what’s going to happen,” said state Rep. [...]
Published: March 29, 2010
Tags: AGC, American Subcontractors Association of Wisconsin, ASA, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Beiriger, Boullion, Boycks, contractor liability, Eric Peterson, Lena Taylor, subcontractors, Wisconsin Builders Association, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, WTBA
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
Time is running out in this legislative session for a bill that would change Wisconsin’s contractor liability law.
Subcontractors vow to keep pushing for passage, but the bill is trapped in a Senate committee and has a dwindling chance of escaping before the session ends April 22.
“We’ve reached out for other ideas, and we [...]
Published: March 18, 2010
Tags: bill, Boycks, Gordon Hintz, green building, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 159, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, League of Wisconsin Municipalities, Molepske Jr., silver certification, The Boldt Co., U.S. Green Building Council, Wisconsin Association of School Boards, Wisconsin Builders Association, Wisconsin Green Building Alliance, Wisconsin State Council of Carpenters
Comments: 3
By Paul Snyder
Builders, local officials and school board members are at odds over the value of a bill that would mandate green construction on public projects.
But that mixed reaction is not affecting state Rep. Louis Molepske Jr., D-Stevens Point, who said Thursday he wants to get his bill to the governor’s desk before the legislative [...]
Published: March 16, 2010
Tags: Clark County, Clark County Department of Planning, comprehensive plan, deadline, Della Properties, Hendrickson, Kreitlow, Kunze, Mary Hubler, Pat Stevens, plan, smart growth, Surveying and Land Information, Violante, Wisconsin Builders Association, zoning
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
The possibility of a lawsuit against Clark County hangs over Steve Kunze’s head every time he grants a development permit.
But Kunze, the county’s administrator in the Department of Planning, Zoning, Surveying and Land Information, said he will not stop issuing permits or doing business the way he always has.
Clark County missed the state’s [...]
Published: March 11, 2010
Tags: Bies, builder, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Hagen, landowner, Pat Stevens, permit, Rodrian, Slottke, survey, The Sigma Group, wetlands, Wisconsin Builders Association, Wisconsin Department of Justice
Comments: 7
By Paul Snyder
Disputes between the state and builders over construction projects near wetlands have prompted a lawmaker’s attempt to force better communication between the sides.
State Rep. Garey Bies, R-Sister Bay, has introduced a bill requiring the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources provide information about wetlands to landowners, builders and local governments that issue building permits. [...]
Published: February 26, 2010
Tags: agricultural land, bill, conversion tax, developers, farmland preservation program, Foye, Pat Stevens, Schultz, Tom Larson, Trade and Consumer Protection, Wisconsin Builders Association, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Wisconsin Realtors Association, zoning
By Paul Snyder
Builders groups are cheering on a bill that would suspend a tax developers and landowners face when they rezone agricultural land.
“The tax is a terrible thing to be doing at this time,” said Pat Stevens, general counsel for the Wisconsin Builders Association. “It just squeezed developers more in an already difficult economic climate.”
The [...]
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