Wisconsin Administrative Code

NR 433.02 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) XBART-eligible sourceY means any of the stationary sources of air pollutants listed in this …

NR 433.03 Identification of sources subject to BART. (1) On or before September 29, 2008, the department shall identify all BART-eligible sources that may reasonably be anticipated to cause or contribute to any visibility impairment in any mandatory class I federal area according…

NR 433.04 BART analyses. (1) No later than 180 days after the department sends a notification under s. NR 433.03 (4) that a source is subject to BART, the owner or operator of the source shall conduct and submit to the department a BART analysis for all emissions units which comp…

NR 433.05 Determination of BART requirements. (1) PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION. (a) The department shall make a preliminary determination of the BART requirements for each emissions unit which comprises the sources subject to BART based on the information in the BART analysis requir…

NR 433.06 Emissions trading program for boilers. (1) The owner or operator of a facility, having at least one boiler subject to BART, may propose an emissions trading program if the program achieves an improvement in visibility in the mandatory class I federal areas greater than …

NR 436.01 Applicability; purpose. (1) APPLICABILThis chapter applies to all air contaminant sources and to their owners and operators. (2) PURPOSE. This chapter is adopted under ss. 285.11, 285.13 and 285.17, Stats., to specify that emissions into the ambient air in excess of the…

NR 436.02 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) XEmergency or reserve equipmentY means that equipment used when normal equipment fails, or u…

NR 436.03 Emissions prohibited. (1) GENERAL PROHIBITION. No person may cause, allow or permit emissions in excess of the limits set in chs. NR 400 to 499. Where a numerical limit is specified as a 2 digit integer in which the second digit is zero, the zero is a significant figure…

NR 436.04 Delayed compliance orders. (1) ORDER The department may, by order issued under ss. 285.13 (2) and 285.83, Stats., authorize a source not in compliance with an emission limitation prescribed in chs. NR 400 to AUTHORITY. NR 436.05 NR 436.06 NR 436.07 RACT variances. Alter…

NR 436.05 RACT variances. (1) VARIANCE AUTHORThe department may grant source-specific revisions to the state implementation plan setting alternate compliance schedules ITY. the chapter was last published. NR 436.05 WISCONSIN ADMINISTRATIVE CODE or alternate emission limitations, …

NR 436.06 Alternate fuel variances. The department may grant temporary variances from the emission limitations of chs. NR 400 to 499 to air contaminant sources which request such variances in order to switch from a regular fuel to an alternate fuel which is in more plentiful supp…

NR 436.07 Duty to comply with applicable provisions. The issuance or granting of any order or variance under this chapter does not relieve any person of the duty to comply with all other applicable federal, state and local laws and rules. History: Renum. NR 154.02 (5) and am. Reg…

NR 437.01 Applicability; purpose. (1) APPLICABILThis chapter applies to any person who wants to register emission reductions or avoided emissions of greenhouse gases or air contaminants, or carbon sequestration, if the emission reduction, emission avoidance or carbon sequestratio…

NR 437.02 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) XBaselineY means the average annual amount or rate of a greenhouse gas or air contaminant em…

NR 437.03 Eligibility. Any person may register VERs under this chapter. VERs may be registered if they meet all of the following requirements, as applicable: (1) The VERs are not required by or go beyond the requirements of law. The following are examples of VERs that are eligibl…

NR 437.04 Quantification protocols. (1) QUANTIFICATION. The emission or carbon reserve baseline and the resulting VER shall be quantified using quantification protocols that are listed in sub. (2) (a) or that have been submitted to the department under sub. (2) (b). (2) QUANTIFIC…

NR 437.05 Baseline determination. Any person wishing to register a VER shall determine a baseline in order to quantify the amount of emissions reduced or avoided or the amount of carbon sequestered, except as provided in sub. (4). Baselines shall be determined as follows: (1) STA…

NR 437.06 Quantifying and registering voluntary emission reductions and quantifying baselines. (1) VERs and baselines shall be quantified on either a mass or a rate basis, or both. Mass-based VERs shall be quantified and registered as total tons or pounds per year. Rate-based VER…

NR 437.07 Registration procedure. (1) INITIAL REGISTRATION. Any person seeking to register VERs shall complete the registration forms and submit them to the department. Note: Registration forms may be obtained from: Voluntary Emission Reduction Registry, Wisconsin DNR, PO Box 792…

NR 438.01 Applicability; purpose. (1) APPLICABILThis chapter applies to all air contaminant sources and to their owners and operators. (2) PURPOSE. The purpose of this chapter is to establish, pursuant to ss. 285.11, 285.13, 285.17, and 299.15 (1) and (2), Stats., requirements fo…

NR 438.02 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: (1a) XCondensable PMY means a material that is vapor phase at stack conditions but that condense…

NR 438.03 Required emissions inventories. (1) REPORTABLE AIR CONTAMINANTS AND LEVELS. (a) Except as provided under par. (am), any person owning or operating a facility that emits an air contaminant in quantities above applicable reporting levels, except indirect sources of air po…

NR 438.04 Content of emissions inventories. (1) GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS. Emissions inventories required under this chapter shall be submitted in the manner prescribed by the department. Emissions inventories submitted by facilities shall contain the information specified under s. NR…

NR 439.01 Applicability; purpose. (1) APPLICABILThis chapter applies to all air contaminant sources and to their owners and operators. For sources subject to an emission standard under 40 CFR parts 60 to 63, the applicable requirements of 40 CFR parts 60 to 63 apply in addition t…

NR 439.02 Definitions. The definitions contained in chs. NR 400 and 407 apply to the terms used in this chapter. In addition, the following definitions apply to the terms used in this chapter: (1m) XAdsorptionY means the transferring of a gaseous pollutant from the gas stream to …

NR 439.03 Reporting. (1) (a) General reporting requirements. When requested by the department, a person shall furnish to the department information to locate and classify air contaminant sources according to the type, level, duration, frequency, and other characteristics of emiss…

NR 439.04 Recordkeeping. (1) The owner or operator of an air contaminant source to which chs. NR 400 to 499, standards of performance for new stationary sources under section 111 of the Act (42 USC 7411), or emission standards for hazardous air contaminants under section 112 of t…

NR 439.05 Access to records; access for inspections, monitoring, and sampling; record retention. (1) No person may deny information or access to records required to be kept to an authorized representative of the department. (2) No person may deny entry or access at any reasonable…

NR 439.055 Methods and procedures for determining compliance using instrumentation of air pollution control equipment and source processes. (1e) In this section, XaccuracyY or XaccurateY means the closeness of an indicator or reading of a measurement device to the actual value of…

NR 439.06 Methods and procedures for determining compliance with emission limitations (by air contaminant). When tests or a continuous monitoring system are required by the department, the owner or operator of a source shall use the reference methods listed under this section and…

NR 439.07 Methods and procedures for periodic compliance emission testing. The owner or operator of a source required to conduct emission testing under s. NR 439.075 shall comply with all applicable methods and procedures listed in this section. (1) GENERAL. All emission tests co…

NR 439.075 Periodic compliance emission testing requirements. (1) APPLICABILITY AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. (a) The owner or operator of a direct stationary source specified in sub. (2) which has been issued an air pollution con- NR 439.075 trol permit under s. 285.60, Stats., shal…

NR 439.08 Methods and procedures for periodic fuel sampling and analysis. The owner or operator of a source required to conduct fuel sampling and analysis under s. NR 439.085 shall use the methods and procedures listed in this section to obtain fuel samples and perform analyses f…

NR 439.085 Periodic fuel sampling and analysis requirements. (1) GENERAL APPLICABILITY. Effective April 1, 1989, the requirements of this section apply to all owners or operators of sources described in this section, with the following exceptions: (a) Sources affected by the RACT…

NR 439.09 Methods and procedures for continuous emission monitoring. The owner or operator of a source conducting continuous emission monitoring under s. NR 439.095 shall use the methods and procedures listed in this section to install, calibrate, maintain and operate a continuou…

NR 439.095 Continuous emission monitoring requirements. (1) APPLICABILITY AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. Except as provided under sub. (2), the owner or operator of a stationary source listed in this subsection shall install, calibrate, operate, and maintain all monitoring equipment n…

NR 439.096 Methods and procedures for combustion optimization. The owner or operator of a unit subject to the combustion optimization requirements of s. NR 428.05 (2) shall comply with all applicable methods and procedures for combustion optimization listed in this section. (1) G…

NR 439.098 Methods and procedures for parametric testing of NOx emissions pursuant to an acid rain program alternative NOx emission limitation. (1) The owner or operator of an acid rain affected unit subject to the requirements under s. NR 409.065 may use one or more of the follo…

NR 439.10 Circumvention. No person may cause, allow or permit the installation or use of any article, machine, equipment, process or method which conceals an emission which would otherwise constitute a violation of an applicable rule. Concealment includes, but is not limited to, …

NR 439.11 Malfunction prevention and abatement plans. (1) MALFUNCTION PREVENTION AND ABATEMENT PLAN APPLICABILITY. A malfunction prevention and abatement plan is a plan to prevent, detect, and correct malfunctions or equipment failures that may cause any applicable emission limit…

NR 44.01 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to: (1) Create a uniform planning process for the management and use of department managed properties. (2) Establish procedures for the development, revision, amendment, implementation and review of master plans for department mana…

NR 44.02 Applicability. This chapter shall apply to department master plans and the master planning process. History: Cr. Register, August, 1996, No. 488, eff. 9-1-96.

NR 44.03 Definitions. (1) XBiological diversityY means the variety and abundance of species, their genetic composition, and the communities, ecosystems, and landscapes in which they occur. It also refers to the variety of ecological structures, functions and processes at any of t…

NR 44.04 Master plan development, adoption and public involvement. (1) DEFINITIONS. (a) XAffected or interested partiesY means those persons or groups who are affected by a master plan or project, and may include persons with an interest in department management practices across …

NR 44.05 Land management classification system. (1) The land management classifications established in this chapter shall be used by the department in developing, revising or amending master plans, unless directed otherwise by the board. (2) The land management classifications sh…

NR 44.06 Land management classifications. (1) GENERAL. The land management classifications described in this section and the recreational use setting subclassifications described in s. NR 44.07 shall be used in the master plan in a manner consistent with the management objective …

NR 44.07 Recreational use setting subclassifications. (1) GENERAL. The recreational use subclassifications define the compatible management and use activities and the appropriate recreational facilities for 4 general recreational settings. Each subclassification describes a disti…

NR 440.01 Applicability; purpose. (1) APPLICAOn and after February 1, 1984 the provisions of this chapter apply to the owner or operator of any stationary source which contains an affected facility. BILITY. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21…

NR 440.02 Definitions. The definitions contained in s. NR 400.02 apply to the terms used in this chapter. In addition, the following definitions apply to the terms used in this chapter: (3) XAffected facilityY means, with reference to a stationary source, any apparatus to which a…

NR 440.03 Units and abbreviations. The definitions contained in s. NR 400.03 apply to the abbreviations and symbols of units of measure used in this chapter. In addition, the following definitions apply to the units and abbreviations used in this chapter: (1) System international…