The county shall provide public notice and the opportunity for
a public informational hearing as set forth below:
A.
Public notice.
(1)
Within 30 days after the county has received all the application materials under § 357-27, the county shall publish a Class 1 public notice pursuant to § 985.07(1), Wis. Stats., in the official newspaper of the county. The notice shall do all of the following:
(a)
Provide a brief description and location of the proposed nonmetallic
mining and reclamation planned;
(b)
Announce the date, time and place of any scheduled zoning hearing,
where the public is offered the opportunity to submit comments to
the county concerning the reclamation plan. If no zoning hearing is
scheduled, the notice shall explain the procedures for requesting
a public hearing; and
(c)
Provide the location and times that the public may review the
reclamation plans that have been prepared to satisfy the requirements
of this chapter.
(2)
Copies of the notice shall be forwarded by the county to the applicable
municipal zoning board, the applicable local planning organization,
the County Zoning Administrator and owners of land within 300 feet
of the boundaries of the parcel or parcels of land on which the site
is located.
B.
Hearing. The county shall provide for an opportunity for a public
informational hearing on an application or request to issue a reclamation
permit as follows:
(1)
If a zoning-related hearing is conducted on the mine site, the county
shall provide jointly the opportunity at this hearing for the public
to present testimony on reclamation-related matters. This joint hearing
shall fulfill the requirement for public hearing for a nonmetallic
mining reclamation permit required by this section. The county shall
consider the reclamation-related testimony in the zoning-related hearing
in deciding on a permit application pursuant to this chapter.
(2)
If there is no opportunity for a joint reclamation and zoning-related hearing on the site as described in Subsection B(1), opportunity for public hearing required by this section shall be provided as follows. Any person residing within, owning property within, or whose principal place of business is within 300 feet of the boundary of the parcel or parcels of land in which the mining site is located or proposed may request a public informational hearing. The county shall hold a public informational hearing if requested by any of these persons within 30 days of the actual date of public notice under Subsection A(1). This public informational hearing shall be held no sooner than 30 days nor later than 60 days after being requested. The hearing shall be conducted as an informational hearing for the purpose of explaining and receiving comment from affected persons on the nature, feasibility and effects of the proposed reclamation. The subject matter and testimony at this informational hearing shall be limited to reclamation of the nonmetallic mine site.