Scope Hearing Notices

Changes to s. NR 20.35 to allow for alternate size and bag limits for walleye under specific conditions for the rehabilitation of walleye fisheries

Apr 20, 2026

Changes to the bag and possession limit for round goby on Lake Winnebago system area waters and possession and bag limit for other detrimental species on other waters of the state

Mar 2, 2026

Administering the elk hunting license application

Dec 15, 2025

Incorporation of reasonably available control technology requirements for sources of volatile organic compound air emissions

Dec 15, 2025

Establishing the 2026-2030 migratory bird season framework and regulations

Oct 27, 2025

Technical corrections, clarifications, and minor modifications to hazardous waste regulations, and repeal of superseded NR 187 household hazardous waste grant program regulations

Oct 27, 2025

Turkey management

Oct 27, 2025

Invasive Species

Oct 6, 2025

Invasive Species

Sep 29, 2025

Fish possession limits and fishing tournament regulations

Sep 29, 2025

Amphibian and reptile regulations

Sep 29, 2025

Revisions to chs. NR 660 to 679, pertaining to hazardous waste recordkeeping and reporting requirements, Canadian import-export operation codes, and standards for spent refrigerants being recycled for reuse

Aug 18, 2025

Minor changes to DNR property management regulations (the 2025 property management housekeeping rule)

Jun 30, 2025

The 2025 Wildlife Management Housekeeping rule

Jun 30, 2025

Beaver management

Jun 2, 2025

Implementation of electronics recycling program requirements

Mar 3, 2025

Amendments to ch. NR 140 to set numeric standards to minimize the concentration of polluting substances for certain Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in groundwater based on the 2025 DHS recommendations

Mar 3, 2025

Establishing a Lake Michigan lake trout commercial harvest and associated regulations and NR 20, lake trout harvest, bag limits, and season

Jan 27, 2025

Revisions to chs. NR 157 and 500 to 526, related to non-landfill solid waste management

Jan 27, 2025

Approval requirements for sewerage projects and facilities

Dec 16, 2024

Drinking water standards for PFAS

Sep 30, 2024

Technical corrections to ch. NR 809 to clarify and correct existing language and add federal consumer confidence report requirements

Sep 30, 2024

Aquatic plant management, manual removal and mechanical control regulations, and aquatic habitat protection, and surface water grants

Sep 30, 2024

All-terrain vehicles

Aug 19, 2024

Revisions of ch. NR 809 related to control of lead and copper in public drinking water, to be consistent with revisions to the federal Lead and Copper Rule and the federal Lead and Copper Rule Improvements

Jul 1, 2024

Revisions to chs. NR 500 and 520 to provide an alternative method for a municipality to establish proof of financial responsibility required for a solid waste disposal facility.

Jul 1, 2024

The deer management assistance program

Jan 29, 2024

Revisions to chs. NR 700, 708, 714, 722, 724, 725, 726, 727, and 749 related to definitions, notifications, fees, agreements, reports, and procedures for interim action and remedial action continuing obligations for environmental contamination

Dec 18, 2023

Revisions to chs. NR 700, 720, and 722 related to definitions, land use classifications, procedures for identifying environmental standards for soil, and soil cleanup standards used to investigate and remediate environmental contamination

Dec 18, 2023

Revisions to subch. II of ch. NR 809 related to control of lead and copper in public drinking water, to be consistent with revisions to the federal Lead and Copper Rule and the federal Lead and Copper Rule Improvements.

Dec 18, 2023

Elk management

Oct 2, 2023

Lake Superior cisco and lake trout regulations

Oct 2, 2023

Federal funding for the Urban and Community Forestry Grant Program

Aug 14, 2023

Minocqua Chain walleye harvest regulations

May 30, 2023

Lake Michigan trawling regulations

Feb 27, 2023

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

Dec 19, 2022

Amendments to ch. NR 140 to set numerical standards to minimize the concentration of polluting substances for certain Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in groundwater

Oct 31, 2022

Revisions to chs. NR 660 to 679 related to technical corrections of state hazardous waste regulations

Oct 3, 2022

Revisions to chs. NR 660 to 679 to incorporate federal hazardous waste regulations promulgated since the previous authorization of the Wisconsin hazardous waste program, relating to updated test methods

Oct 3, 2022

Revisions to chs. NR 600 to 679 to modify and expand universal waste management regulations.

Oct 3, 2022

Updating chapter NR 812 to allow for the use of new cement formulations for the construction of water wells

Aug 15, 2022

Revisions to ch. NR 439 to simplify, reduce, modernize, and make more efficient reporting, recordkeeping, testing, inspection and determination of compliance requirements for sources of air contaminants

Aug 15, 2022

Navigable waterways

Aug 15, 2022

Amendments to ch. NR 140 to set numerical standards to minimize the concentration of polluting substances in groundwater (Cycle 10 Bacteria)

Apr 18, 2022

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

Dec 13, 2021

Wisconsin DNR property management regulations

Nov 1, 2021

Revisions to nitrogen compound emissions regulations in ch. NR 428

Nov 1, 2021

Site-specific phosphorus criteria for Lac Courte Oreilles

Aug 16, 2021

Revisions to chapters NR 102, 106, 205, and 207, and other related regulations for the purpose of updating Wisconsin’s water quality antidegradation policy and procedures

Jun 28, 2021

Sturgeon spearing harvest regulations and gear use

Jun 28, 2021