Final Rules

Revising sharp-tailed grouse management zones

May 26, 2026

All-terrain vehicles

May 26, 2026

Updating lead and copper requirements for public drinking water in order to be consistent with revised federal requirements

Apr 27, 2026

An alternative method for a municipality to establish proof of financial responsibility required for a solid waste disposal facility

Mar 30, 2026

Revisions to fees for reviewing air pollution control construction permit applications and exemption determination requests under ch. NR 410

Mar 30, 2026

Revisions to subch. III of ch. NR 812, Wis. Adm. Code, to update, correct and clarify existing code requirements and add requirements for new pump installations and water treatment and other specified code requirements within ch. NR 812, Wis. Adm. Code

Feb 23, 2026

Revisions to ch. NR 146 related to water well driller, heat exchange driller, and pump installer licensing and registration, and drilling rig operator registration

Feb 23, 2026

The 2025 wildlife management spring hearing rule

Feb 23, 2026

Navigable waterways

Jan 26, 2026

Wisconsin’s water quality antidegradation policy and procedures

Jan 26, 2026

Elk management

Dec 29, 2025

Fishing regulations on inland, outlying and boundary waters (the 2025 Fisheries Management Spring Hearing rule)

Nov 24, 2025

Gray wolf harvest regulations

Oct 27, 2025

Landfills, solid waste management fees, financial responsibility and reporting requirements

Sep 29, 2025

Lake Michigan trawling regulations

Sep 29, 2025

Revising white-tailed deer management unit boundaries

Aug 25, 2025

Technical corrections of state hazardous waste regulations and affecting small business

Jun 30, 2025

Modifying and expanding universal waste management regulations and affecting small business.

Jun 30, 2025

Statewide materials recycling and effective recycling programs

Jun 30, 2025

Incorporating federal hazardous waste regulations promulgated since the previous authorization of the Wisconsin hazardous waste program, relating to updated test methods, and affecting small business

Jun 30, 2025

Simplifying, reducing, and making more efficient reporting, recordkeeping, testing, inspection and determination of compliance requirements for sources of air contaminants

Jun 30, 2025

Lake Superior cisco and lake trout regulations

May 27, 2025

Fishing while in possession of a firearm.

May 27, 2025

Wildlife damage and abatement

Apr 28, 2025

The deer management assistance program

Apr 28, 2025

Fish refuge establishment

Jul 29, 2024

Wisconsin DNR property management regulations

Jul 29, 2024

Management of diversions (transfers of water from the Great Lakes basin to outside of the Great Lakes basin) and intrabasin transfers including the application and review process and other related criteria

Jun 24, 2024

Statewide water supply service area planning for municipalities serving populations greater than 10,000 people

Jun 24, 2024

Minor changes to fishing regulations on inland, outlying and boundary waters (the 2023 Fisheries Management housekeeping rule)

Jun 24, 2024

Wild bait harvest regulations

Apr 29, 2024

The 2021 Bureau of Wildlife Management housekeeping rule amending chs. NR 8, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, and 27, Wis. Admin. Code

Mar 25, 2024

Revisions to nitrogen compound emissions regulations

Mar 25, 2024

Establishing the 2023-2024 migratory bird season framework and regulations

Mar 25, 2024

Changes to fishing regulations on inland, outlying and boundary waters (the 2023 Fisheries Management Spring Hearings rule)

Feb 26, 2024

The 2023 wildlife management spring hearing rule

Feb 26, 2024

Site-specific phosphorus criteria for Lac Courte Oreilles

Jan 29, 2024

Updating, correcting and clarifying existing code requirements and adding requirements for new technologies related to community drinking water system sources, source water quality, storage, treatment, and distribution

Jan 29, 2024

Disposal of material dredged from the Great Lakes

Jan 29, 2024

New cement formulations for the construction of water wells

Oct 30, 2023

Reorganization rule

Oct 30, 2023

Clean Water Fund Program

Oct 30, 2023

Safe Drinking Water Loan Program and affecting small business

Oct 30, 2023

Setting numerical standards to minimize the concentration of polluting substances in groundwater (Cycle 10 Bacteria)

Jul 31, 2023

The administration, procedures and enforcement of the Wisconsin wetland and waterway regulatory program

Jun 26, 2023

The brownfield site assessment grant program

Jun 26, 2023

Electronics recycling program requirements

Jun 26, 2023

Reporting requirements for sport trolling licensees

Apr 24, 2023

Phosphorus site-specific water quality criteria methodology and procedures

Sep 26, 2022

Processes for waterbody assessments, biological assessment thresholds, biological confirmation of phosphorus impairments, and water quality criteria for dissolved oxygen.

Sep 26, 2022