Published: June 24, 2010
Tags: Bill Cosh, Dairyland Power Cooperative, David Bender, District 4 Court of Appeals, Feyerherm, Lisa Prunty, Sierra Club, Weston 4 power plant, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Wisconsin Public Service Corp.
By Paul Snyder
An appeals court Thursday confirmed its ruling the state did not set strong enough pollution controls before granting construction permits for the Weston 4 power plant.
The District 4 Court of Appeals in May ruled the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources set appropriate limits on sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from the $774 [...]
Published: May 28, 2010
Tags: annexation, Brink, Bruce Sylvester, Capital Area Regional Planning Commission, CARPC, development, Doyle, land use, McCallum, Terrell, Verona, water, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
By Paul Snyder
Elected municipal leaders, not an appointed commission, should determine where and how cities grow in Wisconsin, according to Verona’s director of planning and development.
“That decision, for me, is black and white,” Bruce Sylvester said. “By law, elected officials at the municipal level make growth decisions. But now people are challenging that.”
Those people, Sylvester [...]
Published: May 26, 2010
Tags: cleanup, contamination, demolition, development, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee COunty Board, Plating Engineering Co., property tax, West Allis, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
Forgiving $29,900 in back taxes on a contaminated half-acre in West Allis is the only way Milwaukee County can avoid a $150,000 demolition bill for a building on the land.
The building at 1928 S. 62nd St. was a Plating Engineering Co. plant in which West Allis in 2006 discovered 30 chemical vats, many of [...]
Published: April 14, 2010
Tags: DNR Bureau of Watershed Management, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, Milwaukee River watershed, phosphorus, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Wastewater utilities facing tougher state phosphorus standards are offering to contribute to street or agricultural runoff projects in a bid to avoid costly plant upgrades.
Published: April 8, 2010
Tags: Bachman, Duchniak, flooding, Fox River, Hart Park, Krol, Lake Michigan, Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors, Underwood Creek, waterways, Waukesha Water Utility, Wauwatosa Common Council, Weishan, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Comments: 2
By Sean Ryan
Skeptics worried about Waukesha’s proposal to put water into flood-prone Underwood Creek say the city should instead build a pipe to Lake Michigan.
The Waukesha Water Utility plan to buy Lake Michigan water includes returning it to the lake through a pipe emptying into Wauwatosa’s Underwood Creek, which flows to the lake.
But Milwaukee County [...]
Published: March 15, 2010
Tags: Carol Holden, DNR, in-line pond, Jonathan Ela, Kaukauna, League of Wisconsin Municipalities, Neumeier, retention, rule, runoff, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Witynski
By Sean Ryan
The detention pond design municipal officials say is the cheapest way to satisfy state requirements would be outlawed under the latest proposed runoff rules.
“You just start adding things up higher and higher if you don’t have that option on the table,” said John Neumeier, engineer and GIS specialist for Kaukauna.
The Wisconsin Department of [...]
Published: February 24, 2010
Tags: Cudahy, DNR, foreclosure, Fritts, Iceport, McCue, property, Rail, redevelopment, Sportsites LLC, spur, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Comments: 3
By Sean Ryan
The city of Cudahy, which owns the former Iceport property, is studying whether to build a railroad spur through the site to attract development.
“I’d like to see manufacturing on that site,” said Mayor Ryan McCue.
The city bought the foreclosed 31.2-acre site at sheriff’s auction in June and plans to redevelop the land. The [...]
Published: February 17, 2010
Tags: Charter Street power plant, Clean Air Act, David Miller, DNR, Feyerherm, lawsuit, pollution, power plant, Sierra Club, Steffes, UW System, UW-Eau Claire, UW-La Crosse, UW-Madison, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Stout, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
By Paul Snyder
A Sierra Club lawsuit seeking the results of a state review of four campus power plants could be the beginning of a massive drain on the budgets of university building projects.
The Sierra Club wants to know whether projects completed since 1995 at University of Wisconsin System power plants on the campuses of UW-Eau [...]
Published: February 11, 2010
Tags: 1000 Friends of Wisconsin, Fitzgerald, global warming bill, Gunderson, Hiniker, Huebsch, jobs, Le Monds, Montgomery, power plant, PSC, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, renewable energy, Todd Stuart, Wisconsin Department of Commerce, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Wisconsin Industrial Energy Group
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
Critics of Wisconsin’s clean energy bill are calling for a sharper focus on specific job creation numbers and a detailed explanation of how much the proposal will cost.
“The cost is something we need to know and taxpayers need to know,” said state Rep. Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon. “I don’t think anybody’s against green jobs, [...]
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