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Show 804 WISCONSIN is not required, they are given notice and an opportunity to be heard. The method of acquiring permits under the statute is discussed in section 3.1, above, and the nature of those permits is discussed below. C. TACONITE PERMITS 44 The department of natural resources is authorized to fix the dura- tion of taconite permits, which duration shall be for such time as is necessary to exhaust the supply of ore. The duration of these permits may be extended "for good cause." The permits may contain such conditions prescribed by the department as may be necessary to pro- tect the "public health, safety and welfare," for the restoration of the water after completion of mining operations, for the orderly dis- posal of waste or tailings, or for leaving the lands in a neat and orderly condition. Security may be required for the performance of these conditions. Taconite permits may be revoked for noncompliance with conditions in the permit or for violation of any applicable law. Notice of the proposed revocation is required to be given to the per- mittee, and no permit may be revoked unless the permittee is given a reasonable time within which to remedy the breach. 3.3 Changes, Sales, and Transfers The statutes contain no provisions relating to transfer of agri- curtural or irrigation permits, although over the last 10 years or so several transfers were informally approved by the State agency.45 None of these changes appears to have involved changes in the land to be irrigated or changes in the conditions specified in the permit. There has been no report of transfers of taconite permits. Riparian rights-not represented by permits-are transferred with the con- veyance of the riparian land, subject to such reservations or condi- tions as may be contained within the instrument of conveyance. 3.4 Loss of Bights Water rights may be lost (or acquired) by prescription in Wis- consin.46 The prescriptive period is 20 years, although a 1.0-year period applies to acquiring a prescriptive flowage right in connection with the maintenance of a mill dam.47 Prescriptive rights once ac- quired may be lost by abandonment. Water use rights under permits are lost if the permit is revoked or canceled. Revocation resulting from interference with riparian rights, from breaching conditions of the permit, or from violation of statutory provisions is discussed in sections 3.1 and 3.2 above. 3.5 Storage Waters, Artificial Lakes, and Ponds It is possible in Wisconsin that owners abutting an artificial stream may-in practical effect-acquire riparian rights by prescrip- "Id. « Ellis et al., note 2, at 262-63. 48 The subject is extensively discussed in R. S. Harnsberger, Prescriptive Water Rights in Wisconsin, 1961 Wis. L. Rev. 47. «Id |