Wisconsin § 30.053 - Applicability of chapter to artificial water bodies and certain impoundments.
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§ 30.053. Applicability of chapter to artificial water bodies and certain impoundments.
30.053(1) (1) Except in subch. V and except as specifically provided otherwise in this chapter, nothing in this chapter applies to an artificial water body, as defined in s. 30.19 (1b) (a) , that is not hydrologically connected to a natural navigable waterway and that does not discharge into a natural navigable waterway except as a result of storm events. 30.053(2) (2) Except in subch. V and s. 30.10 (2) (b) , nothing in this chapter applies to an impoundment described under s. 30.10 (2) (b) if the impoundment is not hydrologically connected to a stream classified by the department on March 30, 2018, as a class I, class II, or class III trout stream and the impoundment does not discharge directly into a natural navigable waterway. 30.053 History History: 2015 a. 387 ; 2017 a. 164 ; 2017 a. 365 s. 111 .
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