1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 906, the first engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 1, line 13, delete "or shafting" and insert "by shaft"
1.3Page 1, line 16, delete everything after "means" and insert "well-rounded, sand-sized
1.4grains of quartz (silicon dioxide), with very little impurities in terms of other minerals.
1.5Specifically, the silica sand for the purposes of this section is commercially valuable for
1.6use in the hydraulic fracturing of shale to obtain oil and natural gas."
1.7Page 1, line 17, delete everything before "Silica"
1.8Page 1, line 20, after "mining" insert "and processing"
1.9Page 1, line 21, after "filtering," insert "drying," and delete "processing,"
1.10Page 2, delete lines 11 to 22 and insert:
1.11"The standards and criteria must include:
1.12(1) recommendations for setbacks or buffers for mining operation and processing,
1.13including:
1.14(i) any residence or residential zoning district boundary;
1.15(ii) any property line or right-of-way line of any existing or proposed street or
1.16highway;
1.17(iii) ordinary high water levels of public waters;
1.18(iv) bluffs;
1.19(v) designated trout streams, Class 2A water as designated in the rules of the
1.20Pollution Control Agency, or any perennially flowing tributary of a designated trout
1.21stream or Class 2A water;
1.22(vi) calcareous fens;
1.23(vii) wellhead protection areas as defined in section 103I.005;
1.24(viii) critical natural habitat acquired by the commissioner of natural resources
1.25under section 84.944; and
1.26(ix) a natural resource easement paid wholly or in part by public funds;"
2.1Page 3, line 4, delete "and" and insert "(13) road and bridge impacts and
2.2requirements; and"
2.3Page 3, line 5, delete "(13)" and insert "(14)"
2.4Page 3, line 6, delete "Pollution Control Agency" and insert "commissioner of
2.5natural resources"
2.6Page 3, delete section 2 and insert:

2.7    "Sec. 2. RULES.
2.8(a) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall adopt rules pertaining
2.9to the control of particulate emissions from silica sand mines. The commissioner
2.10shall consider and incorporate as appropriate to the conditions of this state, Wisconsin
2.11Administrative Code NR 415, in effect as of January 1, 2012, pertaining to industrial
2.12sand mines.
2.13(b) The commissioner of natural resources shall adopt rules pertaining to the
2.14reclamation of silica sand mines. The commissioner shall consider and incorporate as
2.15appropriate to the conditions of this state, Wisconsin Administrative Code NR 135, in
2.16effect as of January 1, 2012, pertaining to reclamation of industrial sand mines.
2.17(c) By January 1, 2014, the Department of Health shall adopt an air quality health
2.18advisory for silica sand."
2.19Page 3, after line 28, insert:

2.20    "Sec. 2. [116C.991] TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, ORDINANCE, AND PERMIT
2.21LIBRARY.
2.22By October 1, 2013, the environmental quality board, in consultation with local units
2.23of government, shall create and maintain a library on local government ordinances and
2.24local government permits that have been approved for regulation of silica sand projects for
2.25reference by local governments."
2.26Page 4, line 3, before "$......." insert "(a)"
2.27Page 4, after line 5, insert:
2.28"(b) $...... in fiscal year 2014 is appropriated from the general fund to the Pollution
2.29Control Agency for the development of rules under section 2, paragraph (a).
2.30(c) $...... in fiscal year 2014 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
2.31of natural resources for the development of rules under section 2, paragraph (b)."
2.32Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.33Amend the title accordingly