Published: August 31, 2011
Tags: Department of Health Services, DHS, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Jon Halverson, lead paint, Lead Safe Services, Shelley Bruce, Terry O'Neill
The federal government will take over Wisconsin’s lead paint inspection and enforcement in two years if the state does not increase the maximum penalty for violations.
Published: February 14, 2011
Tags: AFL-CIO, Balistreri, collective bargaining, Danny McGowan, Department of Health Services, Frank Lasee, Marty Beil, Milwaukee Building and Construction Trades, Samantha Kerkman, Scott Fitzgerald, Scott Walker, Teamsters, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, Wisconsin State Employees Union, WSEU
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin unions were mobilizing Monday to fight Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to remove nearly all collective bargaining rights for public employees. They don’t have much time. The Legislature is moving quickly to pass the proposal, perhaps as soon as Thursday, which Walker said is needed immediately [...]
Published: December 6, 2010
Tags: Cieslewicz, common council, Department of Health Services, high-speed rail, Ken Golden, Konkel, Legislature, Madison, mayor, Rail, Risser, University of Wisconsin System, UW System, Wisconsin Regional Transportation Authorities
By James Briggs The high-speed rail debate is trudging into a new campaign season. Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz on Monday announced the start of his re-election campaign, and in doing so set the stage for a two-year battle between the city and soon-to-be Republican-controlled state Legislature. Cieslewicz faces a Feb. 15 primary and April 5 [...]
Published: September 21, 2010
Tags: Anundson, Asbestos and Lead Certification Section, Dan Askin, David Pekel, Department of Health Services, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, ESCA Tech, Hybrivet Systems, Joe Moriarty, lead, lead paint, Milwaukee, Pekel Construction and Remodeling, Samantha Dickman, Shelley Bruce, Testudo LLC, The OAR Group
By Joe Lanane Instead of buying a $25 kit to test for lead, Wisconsin contractors and, by extension, homeowners face shelling out up to $500 for an independent inspection before remodeling older homes. Lead Abatement at Two Residential Buildings – Phase 1 (HUD), La Crosse The state in April began requiring home-renovation contractors take lead-abatement [...]
Published: September 15, 2010
Tags: Beiriger, Department of Health Services, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, lead, Megan Taylor, Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Wisconsin Association, renovation, Samantha Dickman, Shelley Bruce, Testudo LLC, Wisconsin Builders Association
By Joe Lanane Industry groups still are confused over which contractors need lead paint renovation certification even though the Wisconsin regulation has been in place since April. The regulation requires home-renovation contractors be trained in lead paint cleanup before working on any house built before 1978, the year lead paint was made illegal. The law [...]
Published: September 14, 2010
Tags: 4th District Court of Appeals, Delwiche, Department of Health Services, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Jeff Gore, John Johnson, landfill, Lynn Morgan, Muskego, plume, Superfund, vinyl chloride, waste management
By Marie Rohde The city of Muskego is developing a plan to protect a municipal well from a toxic chemical oozing from a former landfill, Mayor John Johnson said. The city well is about a mile east of the former landfill. Jim Delwiche, a hydrogeologist with the state Department of Natural Resources, said the chemical, [...]
Published: June 16, 2010
Tags: abatement, Ausavich, Carl Krueger Construction, contractors, Department of Health Services, Ellarson, Ken Peterson, lead, license, Micech, renovation, Shelley Bruce, West Central Wisconsin Community Action Agency
By Sean Ryan The state is simultaneously slogging through a backlog of applications for lead removal licenses and reassuring contractors they will not be penalized for violating the new rules. Wisconsin on April 22 enacted new rules requiring home-renovation contractors train workers in lead abatement to get a state license before working on houses built [...]
Published: May 21, 2010
Tags: Chris Klein, Department of Health Services, Downtown Madison Inc., Madison, Mark Clear, Monona Terrace, Verveer
Comments: 3
By Darryl Enriquez Two Madison aldermen want the state Department of Health Services building, with its art deco styling, to be home to the new high-speed rail depot near Monona Terrace. Common Council President Mark Clear and Alderman Mike Verveer, who represents the terrace’s downtown district, said Thursday during an informal walking tour of the [...]
