WISCONSIN BLUE BOOK 1989-1990


    The Low-Level Radioactive Waste Council advises and reviews the activities
of the Midwest
  Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commissioner from Wisconsin.
    The Council on Printing confers with the secretary on policies and procedures
with respect to
 the printing activities of the state.
   The Radioactive Waste Policy Council provides policy advice to the Radioactive
Waste Review
 Board in the execution of its responsibilities, including review of proposed
federal rules and
 federal-state agreements.
   The Radioactive Waste Technical Council provides technical advice to the
Radioactive Waste
 Review Board.
   The Council on Small and Minorit, Business Opportunities encourages the
participation of
 small and minority businesses in the statewide purchasing program.
   The Strategic Planning Council develops strategic plans to foster economic
development in the
 state and directs long range studies of state economic policy issues.
   Interagency Relationships: The department's functions intimately relate
to the internal opera-
 tions of all state agencies.


 INDEPENDENT UNITS ATTACHED FOR BUDGETING, PROGRAM COORDINATION
   AND RELATED MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS BY SECTION 15.03 OF THE STATUTES


                   STATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMMISSION
 State Emergency Response Commission: RICHARD BRAUND, chairperson; JOANN
BATESON, TERRY
   BRANDENBURG, RONALD W. CHIAPETE, DAVID L. DRAVES, MICHELE KAHLE, JAY G.
KOPPLIN,
   CRAIG OLSON, WILLIAM SCHMIDT, CLARENCE SCHWARTZ, CARYL E. TERRELL, JIM
VAN SISTINE,
   DAVID WOODBURY.
 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 7865, Madison 53707.
 Telephone: (608) 266-3232.
 Statutory Reference: Section 15.105 (20).
   History: The State Emergency Response Commission was created by 1987 WisAct
342. It
 succeeded the commission Governor Thompson created in Executive Order 13,
June 19, 1987.
   Organization: The commission consists of one representative each from
the Division of Emer-
gency Government (Department of Administration), the Departments of Health
and Social Ser-
vices, Transportation, and Natural Resources; one representative each from
fire fighting, law
enforcement, public or community health services, small business, a labor
organization, and an
environmental organization; 2 representatives of industry; and 2 representatives
who are elected
officials or county and municipal government employes. Members serve at the
pleasure of the
governor.
   Agency Responsibility: The commission is responsible for administering
the provisions of Title
III of the 1986 federal Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act and 1987
WisAct 342
pertaining to hazardous chemical substances. It establishes local emergency
response commit-
tees and oversees the implementation of state and local emergency response
plans. The commis-
sion also administers the emergency planning grant programs that assist local
committees in
complying with state and federal law. It requires public and private entities
who possess hazard-
ous substances to file reports on these substances.


                             SENTENCING COMMISSION
Sentencing Commission: JOHN P. WILCOX (nominated by chief justice, supreme
court), chairper-
  son; REPRESENTATIVE TRAVIS (nominated by assembly speaker), vice chairperson;
DONALD
  HANAWAY (attorney general), PATRICIA A. GOODRICH (secretary of health and
social services),
  CHARLES E. KUEHN (Parole Board chairperson), NICHOLAS CHIARKAS (state public
defender)
  (ex officio members); Vivi L. DILWEG, LAURENCE C. GRAM, JR., ROBERT R.
PEKOWSKY (judges
  nominated by chief justice, supreme court); KRISTIN KOEFFLER (nominated
by senate majority


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