These rules are promulgated pursuant to ss. 30.20(2) (a) and 227.11(2) (a) and (b), Stats., to establish a commercial and noncommercial class of dredging projects, to provide for bonding and to establish procedures applicable to the removal of material from the beds of natural lakes and outlying waters for which a contract is required between the state of Wisconsin and the person desiring to remove bed material. Implementation of these rules will also provide for protection of the public interest in the natural lakes in Wisconsin during the execution of dredging contracts.
Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 346.01