Wisconsin Administrative Code

NR 506.18 Enforcement. The department may deny, suspend or revoke the operating license of a solid waste disposal facility as provided in s. 289.31 (1), Stats., for failure to pay fees required under ch. 289, Stats., or for grievous and continuous failure to comply with the appro…

NR 506.19 Landfill compliance certifications and audits. (1) COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION. No later than April 30 of each year and until otherwise specified by the department, the owner or operator of any licensed landfill that is in operation, or of any licensed, closed landfill wit…

NR 506.20 Inspection and reporting requirements for a CCR landfill. (1) PERIODIC INSPECTIONS. A new or existing CCR landfill or a lateral expansion of a CCR landfill shall be inspected in accordance with all of the following: (a) A person trained to recognize appearances or condi…

NR 507.01 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, to outline environmental monitoring requirements at solid waste facilities and to implement…

NR 507.02 Applicability. (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) and except as otherwise provided, this chapter governs all environmental monitoring for solid waste disposal facilities as defined under s. 289.01 (35), Stats., including all CCR landfills and expansions. (b) This ch…

NR 507.03 Definitions. The terms used in this chapter are defined in s. NR 500.03. History: Cr. Register, June, 1996, No. 486, eff. 7-1-96. NR 507.17 NR 507.18 NR 507.19 NR 507.20 NR 507.21 NR 507.215 NR 507.22 NR 507.23 NR 507.24 NR 507.25 NR 507.26 NR 507.27 NR 507.28 NR 507.29…

NR 507.04 General requirements for monitoring devices and geologic sampling. The department may require an owner or operator of a solid waste disposal facility to install, sample and document environmental monitoring devices in accordance with this chapter. All monitoring devices…

NR 507.05 Soil and rock sampling. All soil and rock samples collected from borings shall be collected and tested in accordance with this section unless otherwise approved in writing by the department. (1) SOIL SAMPLE COLLECTION. Soil samples shall be collected in accordance with …

NR 507.06 Groundwater monitoring well design and installation. All groundwater sampling devices shall be designed, located, installed and maintained so as to obtain reliable and representative information regarding aquifer characteristics, groundwater flow directions and chemical…

NR 507.08 Boring and well abandonment. All monitoring wells and boreholes shall be abandoned in accordance with s. NR 141.25 and this section. (1) TIMELINE. All boreholes not instrumented with a well shall be abandoned immediately after completion of drilling and soil sampling. (…

NR 507.09 Leachate head well design and installation. All leachate head wells required under s. NR 504.09 (2) (i) shall be located, designed and installed so as to obtain reliable and representative information regarding the leachate head levels within the landfill. Leachate head…

NR 507.10 Collection basin lysimeter design and installation. All collection basin lysimeters required under s. NR 504.06 (5) (u) shall be located, designed, and installed so as to obtain reliable and representative information regarding movement of liquid through the landfill li…

NR 507.11 Gas monitoring well design and installation. All gas monitoring wells shall be designed, installed and documented in accordance with ss. NR 507.04, 507.05, 507.06 (1) and (2) and 507.14 and the requirements of this section unless the department approves alternate method…

NR 507.12 Other monitoring device design and installation. The department may require other monitoring devices based on an evaluation of the potential for environmental impacts and the risk those impacts pose to human health and the environment. History: Cr. Register, June, 1996,…

NR 507.13 Inspections and replacement devices. The facility owner or operator shall inspect at least annually all monitoring devices installed for field investigations conducted under this chapter. Sampling personnel shall inspect all monitoring devices each time the device is sa…

NR 507.14 Documentation of monitoring devices and geologic sampling. All well construction and abandonment, well development, and boring advancement and abandonment activities shall be documented and reported to the department in accordance with s. NR 141.23 and this section. The…

NR 507.15 General requirements for environmental monitoring. (1) ALL FACILITIES. The department may require the owner or operator of any landfill, or any person who permits the use of property for that purpose, to conduct environmental monitoring in accordance with this chapter a…

NR 507.16 Sampling plan. The owner or operator shall submit a sampling plan for all monitoring devices at the facility for approval as part of the feasibility report. The sampling plan shall be implemented as approved in writing by the department. The sampling plan shall follow p…

NR 507.17 Sampling, analysis, and laboratory requirements. This section applies to all sampling required under chs. NR 507 and 508. The owner or operator shall obtain and analyze samples according to the approved sampling plan and the following requirements: (1) FIELD MEASUREMENT…

NR 507.18 Baseline groundwater quality sampling. An applicant for a proposed facility for all its monitoring wells and the owner or operator of an existing facility for its designated Subtitle D wells shall establish baseline groundwater quality in accordance with subs. (1) to (3…

NR 507.19 Detection groundwater monitoring. Owners or operators of solid waste disposal facilities shall implement a detection groundwater monitoring program in accordance with this section and the approved plan of operation unless otherwise approved in writing by the department.…

NR 507.20 Water supply well monitoring. The department may require the owner or operator to sample water supply wells as part of a detection groundwater monitoring program or to determine the extent of groundwater contamination. (1) WATER SUPPLY WELL SAMPLES. (a) Water supply wel…

NR 507.21 Lysimeter fluid and leachate monitoring. The owner or operator of a solid waste disposal facility shall sample lysimeter fluid and leachate in accordance with this section. (1) SAMPLING PARAMETERS. Owners or operators of landfills shall sample lysimeter fluid and leacha…

NR 507.215 Leachate recirculation monitoring. The owner or operator of a solid waste facility that recirculates leachate shall sample for, maintain records of, and report to the department all of the following, in accordance with ch. NR 507 Appendix I, Table 4A: (1) LIQUID MASS B…

NR 507.22 Gas monitoring. (1) GAS MIGRATION. The department may require the owner or operator to install gas monitoring devices, to prepare and submit gas sampling and analysis programs and to monitor for gas migration. If explosive gases are detected in any gas monitoring well l…

NR 507.23 Surface water monitoring. The department may require the owner or operator to monitor storm water runoff, leachate seeps, sumps, sedimentation ponds, any surface water bodies including wetlands, and other storm water discharges resulting from facility operation. Unless …

NR 507.24 Air monitoring. If the facility has the potential to cause air pollution as defined in s. 285.01 (3), Stats., the department may require the owner or operator to monitor air quality for particulates, toxics or other constituents in the ambient air from point sources or …

NR 507.25 Other monitoring. If the facility has the potential to cause environmental pollution as defined in s. 299.01 (4), Stats., the department may require the owner or operator to monitor any or all of the following: landfill settlement; berm, sideslope and final cover stabil…

NR 507.26 Documentation of environmental monitoring. The owner or operator of a solid waste disposal facility shall document all sampling and analysis activities in accordance with this section. (1) FIELD RECORDS. Field records of all monitoring activities shall be prepared in su…

NR 507.27 Calculation of groundwater standards. (1) BASELINE AND DETECTION MONITORING. The owner or operator shall calculate and submit to the department for approval proposed PALs for all baseline and detection monitoring parameters that do not have s. NR 140.10 or 140.12 standa…

NR 507.28 Evaluation of groundwater standards exceedances. The owner or operator shall determine whether the chapter was last published. NR 507.28 WISCONSIN ADMINISTRATIVE CODE a groundwater standard has been attained or exceeded and whether a PAL or ES applies in accordance with…

NR 507.29 Exemptions to groundwater standards. The owner or operator of a solid waste disposal facility may request an exemption to groundwater standards in accordance with s. NR 140.28 and this section. The exemption request shall be submitted to the department in writing. The d…

NR 507.30 Notification and response when values attain or exceed a standard. The owner or operator of a solid waste facility shall notify the department in writing and respond as follows when a groundwater standard at the point of standards application or an explosive gas level h…

NR 508.01 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish procedures for responding to a groundwater standard that is attained or exceeded at any groundwater monitoring well at a solid waste facility and for conducting assessment monitoring at Subtitle D wells and CCR wells.…

NR 508.02 Applicability. (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) and except as otherwise provided, this chapter governs all environmental monitoring for solid waste disposal facilities as defined under s. 289.01 (35), Stats., including all CCR landfills and expansions. (b) This ch…

NR 508.03 Definitions. The terms used in this chapter are defined in s. NR 500.03. History: Cr., Register, June, 1996, No. 486, eff. 7-1-96.

NR 508.04 Responses when a groundwater standard is attained or exceeded at any groundwater monitoring well or water supply well. If a PAL, ACL, or ES is attained or exceeded at any groundwater monitoring well or water supply well according to s. NR 140.14 and the value is confirm…

NR 508.05 Responses when a groundwater standard is attained or exceeded at a Subtitle D well. If a PAL, ACL or ES is attained or exceeded at a Subtitle D well and the value is confirmed, the owner or operator shall continue detection monitoring in accordance with s. NR 507.19 and…

NR 508.06 Responses when a groundwater standard is attained or exceeded at a CCR well. (1) NOTIFICATION AND CONFIRMATION. If a PAL, ACL, or ES is attained or exceeded at a CCR well according to s. NR 140.14 and the value is confirmed, the owner or operator of the CCR landfill sha…

NR 509.01 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to ensure that efficient, nuisance-free and environmentally acceptable solid waste management procedures are practiced in this state and to outline the requirements regarding initial site reports for proposed new landfills or expa…

NR 509.02 Applicability. (1) Except as otherwise provided, this chapter governs all landfills as defined in s. 289.01 (20), Stats. (2) This chapter does not apply to: (a) Solid waste facilities regulated under chs. NR 502 and 503. (c) Hazardous waste facilities as defined in s. 2…

NR 509.03 Definitions. The terms used in this chapter are defined in s. NR 500.03. History: Cr. Register, June, 1996, No. 486, eff. 7-1-96.

NR 509.04 Initial site inspection. (1) INSPECTION REAny person intending to establish a new landfill, an expansion of an existing landfill, or a soil borrow source designated to be used in the construction, operation, or closure of a specific landfill shall submit a written reque…

NR 509.05 Submittal requirements. (1) GENERAL PROVISIONS. Prior to submitting a feasibility report, an applicant shall obtain an initial site report opinion from the department. The initial site report shall follow the general submittal requirements of ss. NR 500.05 and 500.058, …

NR 509.06 Land use information. The initial site report shall include a discussion of land uses at the proposed landfill location and the surrounding area. A thorough discussion of land uses which may have an impact on the suitability of the property for waste disposal or on grou…

NR 509.07 Regional geotechnical information. The initial site report shall include a discussion of the regional setting of the proposed landfill. This discussion may be limited to information available from publications such as a hydrologic investigations atlas, water supply pape…

NR 51.001 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to implement and administer the stewardship program. History: Cr. Register, October, 1990, No. 418, eff. 11-1-90.

NR 51.002 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XAcquisition costY means the fair market value of the property as determined by department appraisal guidelines, except as provided in s. 23.0917 (7) (b) to (d), Stats., and reasonable costs related to the purchase of the property. Thes…

NR 51.003 Variances. The department may approve in writing a variance from a requirement of this chapter if the department determines that a variance is essential to effect necessary grant actions or program objectives and where special circumstances make a variance in the best i…

NR 51.004 Grants to conservation organizations. (1) Under s. 23.197 (4), Stats., the department may award one stewardship grant per group to conservation organizations that have entered into a cooperative agreement with a nonprofit organization to apply for the grant. The coopera…