Cooperation with American Indian tribes and bands

160.36 Cooperation with American Indian tribes and bands. (1) REQUIREMENT TO COOPERATE. The department shall cooperate with American Indian tribes and bands with the approval of the tribal governing body, for the purposes specified in this section. (2) AGREEMENTS REGARDING MONITORING. The department may negotiate and enter into cooperative agreements with American Indian tribes and bands for the purposes of: (a) Providing advice and assistance to American Indians who wish to establish a groundwater monitoring program on the lands of any American Indian tribe or band. (b) Obtaining for state use any information on groundwater quality which results from a monitoring program conducted by American Indians. (c) Using state resources to conduct groundwater monitoring on the lands of any American Indian tribe or band. (d) Sharing with an American Indian tribe or band the results of groundwater monitoring conducted by the department, by a regulatory agency or by the geological and natural history survey which relate to the potential contamination of groundwater under the lands of an American Indian tribe or band. (3) AGREEMENTS REGARDING ENFORCEMENT. The department may negotiate and enter into cooperative agreements with American Indian tribes and bands for the following purposes: (a) Providing advice and assistance to American Indians who wish to establish groundwater regulatory programs on the lands of any American Indian tribe or band. (b) Using state resources to conduct regulatory activities on the lands of an American Indian tribe or band. History: 1983 a. 410. 160.50 Groundwater coordinating council. (1) GENThe groundwater coordinating council shall serve as a means of increasing the efficiency and facilitating the effective functioning of state agencies in activities related to groundwater management. The groundwater coordinating council shall advise and assist state agencies in the coordination of nonregulatory programs and the exchange of information related to groundwater, including, but not limited to, agency budgets for groundwater programs, groundwater monitoring, data management, public information and education, laboratory analysis and facilities, research activities and the appropriation and allocation of state funds for research. (1m) FUNDING FOR GROUNDWATER RESEARCH. The groundwater coordinating council shall advise the secretary of administration on the allocation of funds appropriated to the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System under s. 20.285 (1) (a) for groundwater research. ERAL FUNCTIONS. (2) SUBCOMMITTEES. The groundwater coordinating council may create subcommittees to assist in its work. The subcommittee members may include members of the council, employees of the agencies with members on the council, employees of other state agencies, representatives of counties and municipalities and public members. The council shall consider the need for subcommittees on the subjects within the scope of its general duties under sub. (1) and other subjects deemed appropriate by the council. (3) REPORT. The groundwater coordinating council shall review the provisions of 1983 Wisconsin Act 410 and report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2), concerning the implementation of the act by January 1, 1989. History: 1983 a. 410; 1987 a. 186; 1989 a. 31.