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	Kevin Potter, Administrator • Biography
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Environmental Protection Unit

The Environmental Protection Unit enforces state environmental laws.  The unit enforces the laws relating to air pollution, solid and hazardous waste, wastewater, hazardous substance spills, water supply, water regulation and zoning, underground storage tanks, superfund, water pollution, public nuisance, natural resource protection, radioactive waste, land use and the public trust in navigable waters.  The unit defends the state and state agencies in environmental or natural resource related lawsuits, actions raising regulatory takings and other constitutional claims related to environmental protection, and engages in litigation on environmental matters related to Indian law.

MMSD Settlement
  Legal Notice [PDF]
  Joint Motion [PDF]

Environmental Law Web Sites (2004)

Wisconsin 

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR)

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection (DATCP)

Wisconsin Commerce

Federal 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
EPA Laws & Regulations

Environmental Law Teachers' Clearinghouse

Cornell Legal Information Institute (LII)

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