Wisconsin Administrative Code

NR 149.12 Variances. (1) GENERAL. The department may approve variances from non-statutory requirements of this chapter when the department determines that the variances have no effect on the department[s objectives. Before granting variances, the department shall consider factors…

NR 149.13 Fields of accreditation: certification and registration. (1) GENERAL. The department shall certify and register laboratories by specific fields of accreditation. Accreditation shall be by certification under s. 299.11 (7), Stats., or registration under s. 299.11 (8), St…

NR 149.14 Application for accreditation. (1) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. (a) Laboratories are required to do all the following: 1. Submit applications to seek, revise, or transfer accreditations. 2. Declare the fields of accreditation being sought, revised, or transferred in correspond…

NR 149.15 Period, renewal, and expiration of accreditation. (1) ACCREDITATION PERIOD. (a) The accreditation period shall commence on September 1 and end on August 31 of the following year for all laboratories accredited by the department. (b) The department shall renew the accred…

NR 149.155 Required notifications. NR 149.18 Subcontracting. NR 149.19 Requirements for certification in the drinking water matrix. NR 149.20 Requirements for whole effluent toxicity testing. NR 149.21 Fees. Subchapter V — Proficiency Testing NR 149.22 Required proficiency testin…

NR 149.18 Subcontracting. (1) Subcontracting samples shall be to a laboratory that holds valid certifications corresponding to the matrix, technology or method, and analyte requested. Note: Links to 40 CFR Part 141 can be found on the Wisconsin department of natural resources lab…

NR 149.19 Requirements for certification in the drinking water matrix. (1) APPLICABILITY. This section contains additional requirements that apply to laboratories analyzing drinking water for compliance under ch. NR 809. (2) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. (a) The minimum criteria and proc…

NR 149.20 Requirements for whole effluent toxicity testing. All the following apply to laboratories accredited to perform whole effluent toxicity testing: (1) ACUTE AND CHRONIC WHOLE EFFLUENT TOXICITY TESTING BY SPECIES. Laboratories analyzing whole effluents for acute and chroni…

NR 149.21 Fees. The department shall establish fees for laboratories participating in the laboratory accreditation program. These costs include those associated with laboratory evaluations, discretionary acceptance of data, reciprocity, training, and collection of fees. Fees may …

NR 149.22 Required proficiency testing samples and frequency of analysis. (1) REQUIREMENTS. (a) A laboratory shall participate in at least one PT sample study per accreditation period as specified in sub. (2), subject to all the following: 1. For aqueous and non-aqueous matrices,…

NR 149.23 Approval of proficiency testing sample providers. (1) CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL. When evaluating a PT sample provider for approval, the department shall consider criteria including all the following: (a) The PT sample provider accreditation status by national accreditation …

NR 149.24 Proficiency testing samples for applications and accreditation renewal. (1) PT SAMPLE ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA. The department may not grant or renew an accreditation unless the associated PT sample results meet the criteria specified in s. NR 149.27. (2) PT SAMPLE STUDY CLO…

NR 149.25 Treatment of proficiency testing samples. (1) PT samples shall be subjected to any preparatory steps undergone by analytical samples of that matrix, unless the preparation instructions submitted by a PT sample provider specifically instruct omitting a preparatory step. …

NR 149.26 Reporting proficiency testing sample results. (1) A laboratory shall submit PT sample results to PT the chapter was last published. 15 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES sample providers in accordance with the dates specified by the PT sample providers. (2) PT sample repor…

NR 149.27 Proficiency testing sample acceptance limits and grading. (1) ACCEPTANCE LIMITS. A laboratory[s result for any analyte or analyte group is considered unacceptable if it meets any of the following conditions: (a) The result falls outside the acceptance limits. (b) The la…

NR 149.28 Procedure for correcting unacceptable proficiency testing sample results. (1) AQUEOUS AND NON-AQUEOUS MATRICES. (a) If a laboratory does not meet the acceptance limits for an analyte or analyte group and the laboratory does not have acceptable results on a previous samp…

NR 149.29 Purpose, type, and frequency. (1) The department shall perform on-site evaluations to determine a laboratory[s potential, actual, or continued ability to comply with the provisions of this chapter. (2) The department shall conduct announced on-site evaluations of labora…

NR 149.30 Evaluation procedures and appraisal. (1) The department shall perform on-site evaluations of laboratories to evaluate systems, practices, procedures, and documentation in a laboratory and to identify deficiencies according to documented procedures that promote consisten…

NR 149.31 Evaluation reports. (1) The department shall document the deficiencies identified during an on-site evaluation under s. NR 149.30 in reports issued to the evaluated laboratory. (2) The report of an on-site evaluation shall be issued to a laboratory within 30 days of the…

NR 149.32 Evaluation corrective action. (1) A laboratory shall take corrective action to address all deficiencies dis- 16 covered during an on-site evaluation under s. NR 149.30 and contained in an evaluation report under s. NR 149.31. (2) A laboratory shall submit to the departm…

NR 149.33 Conflicts of interest. (1) The department shall establish procedures to ensure and document that laboratory evaluators under its employment are free of any conflicts that would render the laboratory evaluator incapable of performing an objective and unbiased evaluation …

NR 149.34 Evaluator qualifications. (1) The department shall develop procedures to establish and evaluate the education, experience, and credentials of the laboratory evaluators under its employment. (2) A laboratory may request information and documents used by the department to…

NR 149.35 General requirements. (1) SCOPE. This subchapter establishes personnel, quality assurance, quality control, method selection, sample handling, and documentation requirements for laboratories. (2) RESPONSIBILITY FOR QUALITY SYSTEM. A laboratory shall conduct analytical a…

NR 149.365 Laboratory ethics. NR 149.37 Quality manual. NR 149.38 Corrective action. NR 149.39 Records and documents. NR 149.40 Standard operating procedures. NR 149.41 Method selection. NR 149.42 Alternative methods. NR 149.43 Laboratory facilities. NR 149.44 Laboratory equipmen…

NR 149.37 Quality manual. (1) PURPOSE AND GENERAL PROVISIONS. Each laboratory shall define its quality system in a quality manual. All policies and procedures governing the laboratory[s quality system shall be documented or referenced in the quality manual. All laboratory personn…

NR 149.38 Corrective action. (1) The laboratory shall take corrective action in response to any nonconformances including all the following: (a) Departures from established procedures in the quality system are identified. (b) Quality control samples fail, unless immediate reanaly…

NR 149.39 Records and documents. (1) RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS RETENTION AND CONTROL. (a) The laboratory shall establish procedures to control and manage all records and documents that form part of its quality system and that are required to demonstrate compliance with this chapter. …

NR 149.40 Standard operating procedures. (1) A laboratory shall maintain written standard operating procedures that document or reference activities needed to maintain its quality systems and that enable performing or reproducing an analysis in its entirety as performed at the la…

NR 149.41 Method selection. (1) The laboratory shall use methods for environmental testing required by covered programs under this chapter and that are suitable for the matrix, type of analyte, expected level of analyte, regulatory limit, and potential interferences in the sample…

NR 149.42 Alternative methods. (1) The department may allow the use of alternative methods from those required by covered programs, including the safe drinking water program, if a laboratory requests approval and if the EPA has granted approval for the alternative methods. (2) On…

NR 149.43 Laboratory facilities. (1) (ag) The laboratory shall ensure that the environmental conditions of its facility do not adversely affect the required quality of any measurement. (ar) Laboratory facilities shall ensure effective separation between neighboring areas in which…

NR 149.44 Laboratory equipment. (1) GENERAL PROVISIONS. (a) The laboratory shall furnish the equipment necessary and required for the correct performance of all the environmental tests and associated preparations and activities it performs. (b) The laboratory shall use equipment …

NR 149.442 Handling of samples.

NR 149.444 Initial instrument calibration requirements.

NR 149.446 Continuing instrument calibration requirements. NR 149.45 Measurement traceability. NR 149.47 Reporting results. NR 149.48 Quality control requirements for chemical testing. NR 149.50 Technology requirements. 206 ] Land Disposal Of Municipal And Domestic Wastewaters, 2…

NR 149.45 Measurement traceability. The laboratory shall maintain all analytical and technical records containing raw and derived data or original observations necessary to allow historical reconstruction of all laboratory activities that contributed to generating reported result…

NR 149.47 Reporting results. (1) GENERAL PROVI(a) The laboratory shall report results of each test performed by the laboratory in accordance with any requirements or instructions specified in the methods or by the department. (b) The laboratory shall quantitate sample results onl…

NR 149.48 Quality control requirements for chemical testing. (1) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. (a) A laboratory shall establish a quality control program that includes the analysis of appropriate quality control samples and quality control procedures that define their practices. These qu…

NR 149.50 Technology requirements. The purpose of this section is to establish minimum requirements that can significantly affect data quality but are not always clearly or consistently addressed in all approved methods. Note: The Department will take the applicability of these r…

NR 150.01 Purpose. This chapter outlines the definitions, procedures and criteria to be used by the department in the implementation of s. 1.11, Stats. The purpose of this chapter is to assure that the department decisionmakers, other decisionmakers, and the interested public hav…

NR 150.02 Applicability. This chapter shall apply to all department actions which may negatively affect the quality of the human environment and to consideration of strategic natural resource issues or policies which may involve unresolved conflicts concerning alternative uses of…

NR 150.03 Definitions. (1) XActionY means any final decision by the department to exercise the department[s statutory or administrative rule authority that affects the quality of the human environment including actions under s. NR 150.20 (1m) to (4), but not including policies as…

NR 150.04 Policy. (1) (a) In accordance with the Wisconsin and national environmental policy acts and regulations issued by the president[s council on environmental quality, it is the intention of the natural resources board to declare a policy that will encourage productive and …

NR 150.05 WEPA Coordinator. The department shall the chapter was last published. 3 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES designate a qualified staff person as WEPA coordinator to coordinate and oversee performance of WEPA requirements under this chapter. The WEPA coordinator shall do a…

NR 150.10 Strategic analysis. (1) PURPOSE. This section establishes the procedures to fulfill the requirements of s. 1.11 (2) (e) and (h), Stats. (1m) IDENTIFICATION OF ISSUES. (a) Policies. The department shall conduct a strategic analysis for all new or revised policies if both…

NR 150.20 Environmental analysis of department actions. (1) PURPOSE. This section establishes the procedures to fulfill the requirements of s. 1.11 (2) (c), Stats. (1m) MINOR ACTIONS. The following actions do not require environmental analysis under this chapter because they are …

NR 150.30 EIS action analysis. (1) PREPARATION OF (a) Draft and Final EIS. The department shall prepare a draft EIS and a final EIS. (am) Notification. As required by s. 23.40 (2), Stats., the department shall notify an applicant when the department determines that it will follow…

NR 150.35 WEPA Compliance determination. (1) Actions under s. NR 150.20 (2) to (4) may not be taken until a determination is publicly announced or noticed regarding compliance with this chapter unless statutory deadlines preclude compliance with the procedural requirements of thi…

NR 150.40 Cooperation with other agencies. (1) REVIEW OF OTHER AGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSES. The department may comment on the environmental analyses prepared by other state and federal agencies for WEPA or NEPA compliance. To the extent possible, the department shall review and…

NR 150.50 Document retention and management. The department shall maintain a publicly accessible and searchable record system to provide public access to public announcements, strategic analyses, EIS analyses, and WEPA compliance determinations prepared by the department in compl…