Wisconsin Administrative Code

NR 408.10 Source obligation. (1) Any owner or operator who constructs or operates a stationary source or modification not in accordance with the application submitted under this chapter or with the terms of any approval to construct, or any owner or operator of a stationary sourc…

NR 408.11 Plant-wide applicability limitations (PALs). (1) APPLICABILITY. (a) This section applies to any existing major stationary source which wishes to operate under a PAL. The department may approve the use of a PAL for any existing major stationary source if the source and i…

NR 409.01 Applicability; purpose; and scope. (1) APPLICABILITY. (a) Each of the following emissions units is an affected unit and any source that includes such a unit shall be an affected source subject to the requirements of the acid rain program: 1. A unit listed in Table 1 of …

NR 409.02 Definitions. The definitions contained in chs. NR 400, 406 and 407 and title IV of the act (42 USC 7651 to 7651o) apply to the terms used in this chapter. In addition, the following definitions apply to the terms used in this chapter: (1) XAcid rain compliance optionY m…

NR 409.04 New units exemption. (1) APPLICABILITY. This section applies to any new utility unit that has not previously lost an exemption under sub. (6) (d) and that, in each year starting with the first year for which the unit is to be exempt, satisfies all of the following: (a) …

NR 409.05 Retired units exemption. (1) APPLICABILITY. This section applies to any affected unit, except for an opt-in source, that is permanently retired. (2) SOURCE OBLIGATIONS. (a) Scope of exemption. Any affected unit, except for an opt-in source, that is permanently retired s…

NR 409.055 Non-cogeneration industrial utility units exemption. (1) APPLICABILITY. This section applies to any non-cogeneration, industrial utility unit that has not previously lost an exemption under sub. (4) (d) and that meets all of the following criteria: (a) Starting on the …

NR 409.06 Standard requirements. (1) PERMIT REQUIREMENTS. (a) The designated representative of each affected source and each affected unit at the source shall: 1. Except for a phase I acid rain permit to be issued by EPA, submit a complete acid rain portion of an operation permit…

NR 409.065 Nitrogen oxides requirements. (1) APPLICABILITY. (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) to (c), this section applies to each coal-fired utility unit that is subject to an acid rain emissions limitation or reduction requirement for SO under Phase I or Phase II pursuant to …

NR 409.07 Designated representative. (1) SUBMIS(a) The designated representative shall submit a certificate of representation, and any superseding certificate of representation, to the administrator in accordance with subpart B of 40 CFR part 72 and, concurrently, shall submit a …

NR 409.08 Application for the acid rain portion of an operation permit. (1) REQUIREMENT TO APPLY. (a) Duty to apply. 1. The designated representative of any source with an affected unit shall submit a complete acid rain portion of an operation permit application by the applicable…

NR 409.09 Acid rain compliance plan and compliance options. (1) GENERAL. (a) Acid rain portion of an operation permit application. 1. For each affected unit included in the acid rain portion of an operation permit application, a complete compliance plan shall include, for sulfur …

NR 409.10 Acid rain portion of an operation permit. (1) CONTENTS. (a) Each acid rain portion of an operation permit, including any draft or proposed acid rain portion of an operation permit, shall contain the following elements: 1. All elements required for a complete acid rain p…

NR 409.11 Acid rain portion of an operation permit issuance procedures. (1) GENERAL. The department shall issue or deny all acid rain portions of title V permits in accordance with s. 285.62, Stats. and s. NR 409.10. Note: These rules are intended to follow the requirements in 40…

NR 409.12 Revisions of acid rain provisions. (1) GENERAL. (a) This section governs revisions to the acid rain portion of any operation permit issued by the department under ch. NR 407. Any determination or interpretation by the department or by the state, including a state court,…

NR 410.01 Applicability; purpose. (1) APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies to all owners or operators of air contaminant sources and to any other person who may be required to pay a fee under s. 285.69, Stats. (2) PURPOSE. The purpose of this chapter is to establish, pursuant to s…

NR 410.02 Definitions. The definitions contained in ch. NR 400 apply to the terms used in this chapter. In addition, the following definitions apply to the terms used in this chapter: (2) “Emissions offset” means the reduction of emissions from existing sources to compensate for …

NR 410.03 Application and review fees. (1) BASIC DIRECT SOURCE FEES. (a) Each person submitting an application for an individual construction permit for a direct source, other than an individual construction permit solely to establish emission reduction credits, shall pay the app…

NR 410.04 Annual emission fee. (1) FEE REQUIRED. Except as provided under sub. (3), any person who owns or operates a facility for which an operation permit is required under s. 285.60, Stats., shall pay an annual emission fee to the department at the rate specified in s. 285.69 …

NR 410.05 Asbestos abatement project permit exemption review and inspection fees. (1) FEES REQUIRED. Any person who submits an asbestos abatement notification under ch. NR 447 shall pay the fees in subs. (2) and (3). The fees shall be submitted with the completed notification req…

NR 410.06 Severe ozone nonattainment area major source fee. (1) FEE REQUIRED. Except as provided in sub. (3), any person who owns or operates a stationary source which emits or has the potential to emit 25 tons per year of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and which is located in…

NR 415.01 Applicability; purpose. (1) APPLICABILThis chapter applies to all air contaminant sources which emit particulate matter and to their owners and operators. (2) PURPOSE. This chapter is adopted under ss. 285.11, 285.13 and 285.17, Stats., to categorize particulate matter …

NR 415.02 Definitions. The definitions in ch. NR 400 apply to the terms used in this chapter. In addition, the following definitions apply to the terms used in this chapter: (2) XFugitive dustY means solid airborne particles emitted from any source other than a flue or stack. (3)…

NR 415.03 General limitations. No person may cause, allow or permit particulate matter to be emitted into the ambient air which substantially contributes to exceeding of an air standard, or creates air pollution. ITY. Note: Particulate emission limitations are also established in…

NR 415.035 Specific geographic areas for additional particulate emission control. NR 415.04 Fugitive dust. NR 415.05 Particulate matter emission limits for processes. NR 415.06 Particulate matter emission limits for fuel burning installations. NR 415.07 NR 415.075

NR 415.04 Fugitive dust. No person may cause, allow or permit any materials to be handled, transported or stored without taking precautions to prevent particulate matter from becoming airborne. Nor may a person allow a structure, a parking lot, or a road to be used, constructed, …

NR 415.05 Particulate matter emission limits for processes. No person may cause, allow or permit the emission of particulate matter to the ambient air from a direct or portable source involving a process in excess of the following limitations: (1) All direct and portable sources …

NR 415.06 Particulate matter emission limits for fuel burning installations. No person may cause, allow or permit the emission of particulate matter to the ambient air from any indirect heat exchanger, power or heating plant, fuel-burning installation or pulp recovery furnace wit…

NR 415.07 Particulate matter emission limits for incinerators. No person may cause, allow or permit particulate matter, concentrations corrected to 12% carbon dioxide, to be emitted to the ambient air from any incinerator in excess of one of the following limitations: (1) All inc…

NR 415.075 Particulate matter emission limitations for ledge rock quarries and industrial sand mines. (1) APPLICABILITY. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the provisions of this section are applicable to the following operations and emission points in ledge rock quarries and in…

NR 415.076 Particulate matter emission limitations for crushed stone and sand and gravel plants. (1) APPLICABILITY. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the provisions of this section are applicable to the following direct or portable sources in fixed or portable crushed stone and…

NR 415.08 RACT requirements for coking operations. (1) This section applies to all coking operations. (2) Visible emissions from charging procedures shall be limited by the application of RACT. RACT includes: (a) The use and maintenance of suitable jumper pipes and leveling bar s…

NR 415.09 Compliance schedule for sources of condensible particulate matter. (1) GENERAL COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE. If a source on which construction or modification was last commenced on or before July 1, 1975, other than a heatset web offset press, fails to meet a particulate emissio…

NR 417.01 Applicability; purpose. (1) APPLICABILThis chapter applies to all air contaminant sources which emit sulfur dioxide or other sulfur compounds and to their owners and operators. (2) PURPOSE. This chapter is adopted under ss. 285.11, 285.13 and 285.17, Stats., to categori…

NR 417.02 Definitions. The definitions contained in ch. NR 400 apply to the terms used in this chapter. In addition, the following definitions apply to the terms used in this chapter: (1) XEquivalent air-dried kraft pulpY means pulp production which produces a loading of black li…

NR 417.03 General limitations. No person may cause, allow or permit emission of sulfur or sulfur compounds into the ambient air which substantially contribute to the exceeding of an air standard or cause air pollution. The limitation on total reduced sulfur from pulping operation…

NR 417.05 Petroleum refineries. No person may cause, allow or permit the release into the atmosphere or the burning of any fuel gas in an incinerator-waste heat boiler or process heater which contains greater than 0.10 grains of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) per dry cubic foot at standa…

NR 417.06 Total reduced sulfur limitations. No person may cause, allow or permit emission into the ambient air of total reduced sulfur (TRS) in excess of the limitations in this section. All emission standards in this section are based on average daily emissions. (1) The emission…

NR 417.07 Statewide sulfur dioxide emission limitations. (1) APPLICABILITY. This section applies to any direct source of sulfur dioxide, with the following exceptions: (a) Any direct source which is subject to emission limitations specified in ch. NR 418. (b) Any direct source wh…

NR 418.01 Applicability; purpose. (1) APPLICABILThis chapter applies to all direct air contaminant sources which are located in the specific geographic areas described in this chapter and which emit sulfur dioxide or other sulfur compounds and to all owners and operators of these…

NR 418.02 Definitions. The definitions contained in ch. NR 400 apply to the terms used in this chapter. History: Cr. Register, September, 1986, No. 369, eff. 10-1-86.

NR 418.025 Brokaw RACT sulfur limitations. (1) No person may cause, allow or permit sulfur dioxide to be emitted to the ambient air within the corporate boundaries of the village of Brokaw, Marathon county from any direct stationary source on which construction or modification co…

NR 418.03 Madison RACT sulfur limitations. (1) No person may cause, allow or permit sulfur dioxide to be emitted to the ambient air within the geographical boundaries of the NR 418.04 NR 418.05 NR 418.06 NR 418.07 NR 418.08 Milwaukee RACT sulfur limitations. Green Bay and DePere …

NR 418.035 Southeastern Wisconsin intrastate AQCR. In the Southeastern Wisconsin intrastate AQCR, installations of 250 million Btu per hour or less may not burn coal with a sulfur content exceeding 1.11 pounds per million Btu in the coal. History: Renum. from NR 417.04 and am., R…

NR 418.04 Milwaukee RACT sulfur limitations. (1) No person may cause, allow or permit sulfur dioxide to be emitted to the ambient air within the corporate boundaries of the city of Milwaukee, Milwaukee county, from any direct source on which construction or modification was comme…

NR 418.05 Green Bay and DePere RACT sulfur limitations. (1) No person may cause, allow or permit sulfur dioxide to be emitted to the ambient air within the corporate boundaries of the cities of Green Bay and De Pere, Brown county, from any direct source on which construction or m…

NR 418.06 Peshtigo RACT sulfur limitations. (1) No person may cause, allow or permit sulfur dioxide to be emitted to the ambient air within the corporate boundary of the city of Peshtigo, Marinette county, from any pulp, paper, or pulp and paper mill on which construction or modi…