Wisconsin Administrative Code

NR 503.01 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to help ensure that efficient, nuisance-free and environmentally accepted solid waste management procedures are practiced in this state and to outline the requirements regarding approval and operational requirements for one time d…

NR 503.02 Applicability. (1) Except as otherwise provided, this chapter applies to all one time disposal landfills, small size construction and demolition waste landfills, and intermediate size construction and demolition waste landfills. This chapter does not apply to hazardous …

NR 503.03 Definitions. The terms used in this chapter are defined in s. NR 500.03. Note: Section NR 500.03 (50) defines Xconstruction and demolition wasteY to mean solid waste resulting from the construction, demolition or razing of buildings, roads and other structures. Note: Co…

NR 503.04 Locational criteria and performance standards. (1) GENERAL. An applicant for an approval of a new landfill or approval of an expansion of an existing landfill regulated under this chapter shall demonstrate to the department that the proposed landfill will comply with al…

NR 503.05 Licensing exemption. No person may construct, operate or maintain a one time disposal landfill for agricultural or construction and demolition waste, a small size construction and demolition waste landfill, or an intermediate size construction and demolition waste landf…

NR 503.06 Affidavit of site registry. Unless otherwise specified, no person may operate or maintain a landfill regulated under this chapter unless the person has submitted on form 4400067 proof that a notation of the existence of the landfill has been recorded in the office of th…

NR 503.07 Initial site inspection. (1) INSPECTION REQUEST. Any person intending to establish a new landfill or an expansion of an existing landfill regulated under this chapter shall submit a written request to the department for an initial site inspection for the purpose of eval…

NR 503.08 One time disposal landfill. (1) PLAN OF OPERATION REQUIREMENTS. Any person intending to establish a one time disposal landfill shall submit a plan of operation to the department which contains a description of the need for the landfill and the potential environmental im…

NR 503.09 Small size construction and demolition waste landfills. (1) PUBLIC NOTICE. The applicant for a small size construction and demolition waste landfill shall publish a public notice in the local newspaper and send written notification to residents within 1,200 feet of the …

NR 503.10 Intermediate size construction and demolition waste landfills. (1) PUBLIC NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. No person may establish or construct an intermediate size construction and demolition waste landfill for disposal of more than 50,000 cubic yards but no more than 250,00…

NR 504.01 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to help ensure that efficient, nuisance-free and environmentally acceptable solid waste management procedures are practiced in this state and to provide information on locational criteria, performance standards and the minimum des…

NR 504.02 Applicability. (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) and except as otherwise provided, this chapter governs all landfills as defined under s. 289.01 (20), Stats., including all CCR landfills and expansions. (b) This chapter does not govern any of the following: 1. Land…

NR 504.03 Definitions. The terms in this chapter are defined in s. NR 500.03. History: Cr. Register, January, 1988, No. 385, eff. 2-6-88.

NR 504.04 Landfill locational criteria and performance standards. (1) GENERAL. As part of the feasibility report required under ch. NR 512 an applicant shall demonstrate to the department that the proposed landfill will comply with all of the locational criteria and performance s…

NR 504.05 General design and construction criteria. (1) Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, the minimum design criteria in ss. NR 504.06 to 504.09 apply to all new landfills and to the expansion of existing landfills. Landfills designed in substantial conformance with the…

NR 504.06 Minimum design and construction criteria for landfill liners and leachate collection systems. (1) GENERAL. (a) All major phases of landfills accepting municipal solid waste shall be designed, constructed, operated, and maintained with a composite liner and a leachate co…

NR 504.065 Alternative composite landfill liner design. (1) An applicant may propose an alternative to the liner design requirements under s. NR 504.06 (2) if the landfill meets the requirements of s. NR 504.06 (2m) and either s. NR 504.06 (3) or (4). (2) The proposed alternative…

NR 504.07 Minimum design and construction criteria for final cover systems. (1) GENERAL. (a) All final cover systems shall be designed to minimize leachate generation by limiting the amount of percolation through the cap system, reduce landfill maintenance by stabilizing the fina…

NR 504.073 Alternative final cover design for municipal solid waste landfills. All new municipal solid waste landfills and expansions of existing municipal solid waste landfills shall meet all of the requirements under s. NR 504.07 unless the owner demonstrates to the satisfactio…

NR 504.075 Soil borrow sources. (1) GENERAL. This section applies to all soil borrow sources developed for the purpose of constructing, operating or closing landfills. Written approval from the department shall be obtained prior to initiating soil borrow activities at any borrow …

NR 504.08 Minimum design and construction criteria for landfill gas extraction systems. (1) GENERAL. All landfills accepting wastes with the potential to generate gas shall be designed to prevent the migration of explosive gases and prevent the emission of greenhouse gases genera…

NR 504.09 Storm water management and miscellaneous design and construction criteria for landfills. (1) STORM WATER MANAGEMENT. (a) Storm water drainage ditches, structures and sedimentation basins shall be designed such that the construction of these items shall occur during the …

NR 504.095 Design criteria for landfills that recirculate leachate. (1) GENERAL. Leachate recirculation systems shall be designed to meet the following requirements: (a) Leachate recirculation shall be limited to municipal solid waste landfills that are designed with a composite …

NR 504.10 Alternative design criteria for landfills accepting high volume industrial wastes. This section applies to landfills designed principally for high volume industrial waste, wood residue and minor amounts of other wastes as approved by the department. This section applies…

NR 504.11 Minimum design and construction criteria for landfills accepting residue produced by burning municipal solid waste. (1) APPLICABILITY. This section applies to landfills designed for residue produced by the burning of municipal solid waste as approved by the department. …

NR 504.12 Minimum design and construction criteria for CCR landfills. (1) APPLICABILITY. In addition to ss. NR 504.04 to 504.10, applicable to all landfills or landfills accepting high volume industrial waste, this section includes design criteria that are applicable to the const…

NR 506.01 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to help ensure that efficient, nuisance-free and environmentally acceptable solid waste management procedures are practiced in Wisconsin and to outline the requirements regarding operational criteria for solid waste landfills and …

NR 506.02 Applicability. (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) and except as otherwise provided, this chapter governs all solid waste disposal facilities as defined under s. 289.01 (35), Stats., including all CCR landfills and expansions. (b) This chapter does not govern any of …

NR 506.03 Definitions. The terms in this chapter are defined in s. NR 500.03. History: Cr. Register, January, 1988, No. 385, eff. 2-6-88.

NR 506.04 Open burning. The department may approve NR 506.105 NR 506.11 NR 506.12 NR 506.13 NR 506.135 NR 506.14 NR 506.15 NR 506.155 NR 506.16 NR 506.17 NR 506.18 NR 506.19 NR 506.20 Untreated contaminated unconsolidated material. Infectious waste. Technologically enhanced natur…

NR 506.05 Daily cover requirements. (1) MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE. All solid waste disposed in a municipal solid waste landfill shall be compacted and completely covered at the end of each operating day with a compacted layer of at least 6 inches of soil. Alternate daily cover materi…

NR 506.055 Alternate daily cover. (1) FACILITIES SEEKING APPROVAL. An owner or operator of a solid waste landfill seeking approval from the department to use an alternate daily cover material shall submit the following information: (a) Type of material to be used, including its c…

NR 506.06 Intermediate cover. Unless otherwise approved by the department in writing, any portion of a landfill that has been used for solid waste disposal but will not receive additional solid waste for a period exceeding 6 months shall be covered with a minimum of one foot of s…

NR 506.07 Operational requirements for landfills. No person may operate or maintain a new or existing landfill except in conformance with any approved plan of operation and the following minimum requirements: (1) GENERAL. (a) Daily disposal of solid waste shall be confined to as …

NR 506.08 Closure requirements. Any person who maintains or operates a landfill, except a CCR landfill regulated under s. NR 506.083, or who permits use of property for such purpose shall, when the fill area or portion thereof reaches final grade, or when the department determine…

NR 506.081 Long-term care requirements. Longterm care for all landfills, except a CCR landfill regulated under s. NR 506.084, shall be performed in accordance with the plan of operation approval or closure plan approval issued by the department and all of the following: (1) LONG-…

NR 506.083 Closure requirements for CCR landfills. Closure of a new or existing CCR landfill or a lateral expansion of a CCR landfill shall be performed in accordance with the plan of operation approval issued by the department and all of the following: (1) NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE…

NR 506.084 Long-term care requirements for CCR landfills. Long-term care of a new or existing CCR landfill or a lateral expansion of a CCR landfill shall be performed in accordance with the plan of operation approval issued by the department and all of the following: (1) LONG-TER…

NR 506.09 Waste characterization. (1) GENERAL. No person may dispose in a landfill prohibited items under s. NR 506.095. Wastes which are limited under ss. NR 506.10 to 506.155 may only be disposed in accordance with those sections. Solid wastes which are not prohibited or limite…

NR 506.095 Prohibited items. No person may dispose of the following in a landfill: (1) Lead acid batteries. (2) Major appliances. (3) Waste oil, used oil filters, oil absorbent materials, or ma- 8 terials containing waste oil, except as provided under s. NR 506.105 and par. (a). …

NR 506.10 Asbestos. No person may dispose of asbestos containing material at a solid waste landfill except in conformance with the following minimum requirements: (1) LANDFILL CRITERIA. Only facilities meeting the following criteria may accept asbestos for disposal: (a) Except as…

NR 506.105 Untreated contaminated unconsolidated material. Except as provided in s. NR 506.095 (3) and this section, untreated contaminated unconsolidated material which is the result of a remediation conducted under chs. NR 700 to 736, or a remediation conducted in another state…

NR 506.11 Infectious waste. No person may accept infectious waste at a solid waste disposal facility unless the requirements of s. NR 526.13 have been met. History: Cr. Register, January, 1988, No. 385, eff. 2-6-88; am. Register, October, 1994, No. 466, eff. 11-1-94.

NR 506.12 Technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material waste. (1) A landfill may accept for disposal TENORM waste if all of the following requirements are met: (a) The landfill is a licensed and approved facility as defined under s. 289.01 (3), Stats. (b) The…

NR 506.13 Free liquids wastes. (1) SMALL QUANTITY EXEMPTION. An owner or operator of a solid waste landfill used for the disposal of municipal solid waste may not accept containers holding liquid waste unless: (a) The container is small and similar in size to that normally found …

NR 506.135 Leachate recirculation. (1) GENERAL. Leachate recirculation operations shall comply with the following requirements: (a) Leachate recirculation distribution systems may not discharge leachate within 100 lateral feet of the exterior sideslope final grades, unless otherw…

NR 506.15 Management of residue produced by burning municipal solid waste. (1) GENERAL. No person may operate or maintain a landfill for the disposal of residue produced by the burning of municipal solid waste, except in accordance with this section and the written approval of th…

NR 506.155 Very small quantities of hazardous waste. No person may accept hazardous waste from very small quantity generators excluded from regulation under s. NR 662.014 except in accordance with this section and the written approval of the department. (1) LANDFILL CRITERIA. No …

NR 506.16 Procedures for excluding the receipt of waste not specifically approved for acceptance at the landfill. Owners and operators of landfills that accept municipal solid waste shall implement a program at the landfill for detecting and preventing the disposal of waste not s…

NR 506.17 Record keeping. (1) LANDFILL WRITTEN OPERATING RECORD. (a) The owner or operator of a landfill, except a CCR landfill, shall maintain a written operating record at the landfill during the operating life and long-term care of the landfill. The department may approve an a…