Wisconsin Administrative Code

NR 146.065 Out-of-state heat exchange drillers. A heat exchange driller that holds a license to construct heat exchange drillholes in states other than Wisconsin is eligible to obtain a Wisconsin heat exchange driller license if all of the following requirements are met: (1) The …

NR 146.07 Renewals. (1) APPLICATION. (a) Submittal and fees. To renew a license or registration, the licensee or registrant shall submit a true and complete renewal application online or by mail to the department on or before January 1 of each year. The department may require tha…

NR 146.08 Licensee and registrant responsibilities. A licensee, drilling rig operator registrant, or business registrant shall do all of the following that are applicable to the person’s license or registration: (1) Perform work in compliance with, and ensure that work performed …

NR 146.09 Suspension and revocation. (1) GROUNDS FOR ACTION. The department may suspend or revoke a license or registration under this chapter for any of the following reasons: (a) The licensee or registrant made a material misstatement in the application for the license, registr…

NR 146.10 Well filling and sealing. (1) This section applies to all water supply wells used for any potable or nonpotable purpose. (2) An individual may not fill and seal a water supply well, or verify and report that a well was properly filled and sealed, unless at least one of …

NR 146.105 Heat exchange drillhole filling and sealing. This section applies to heat exchange drillholes made for the purpose of installing a geothermal closed-loop heat exchange system. An individual may not fill and seal a heat ex- NR 146.12 change drillhole unless the individu…

NR 146.11 Property transfer well inspections. (1) This section applies to all water supply wells as defined in s. 280.30, Stats., used for any potable or nonpotable purpose. (2) An individual may not for compensation, in contemplation of a transfer of real property, conduct an in…

NR 146.12 Citations. (1g) The department may take appropriate enforcement action against any person who violates any of the provisions listed in sub. (1r). The department shall consider the severity, duration, frequency, and environmental or health risks of the violation. The dep…

NR 149.01 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish a program for the accreditation of laboratories performing testing under s. 299.11, Stats.

NR 149.02 Applicability. (1) This chapter specifies requirements for the administration of the laboratory accreditation program by the department. (2) Unless otherwise exempted in this section, this chapter applies to all the following: (a) Laboratories applying for accreditation…

NR 149.03 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XAcceptance limitsY means limits established by the department that are used to determine if a laboratory has analyzed a proficiency testing sample successfully. Note: Acceptance limits are specified in s. NR 149.27. (2) XAccreditationY…

NR 149.05 Required accreditation. (1) All laboratories submitting data to the department for a covered program or generating data to determine compliance with a covered program, shall be accredited under this chapter for the fields of accreditation corresponding to the submitted …

NR 149.06 Certificates. (1) The department shall issue certificates to accredited laboratories indicating or referring to the specific fields of accreditation for which laboratories have been granted accreditation. The department shall issue certificates annually, whenever the fi…

NR 149.08 Acceptance of other accreditations, licenses, or approvals. (1) AGRICULTURE, TRADE, AND CONSUMER PROTECTION AGREEMENT. The department shall accept the accreditation, licensure, or approval by the department of agriculture, trade, and consumer protection for microbiologi…

NR 149.09 Certification standards review council. (1) The council shall advise the department on the standards used to certify, register, suspend, and revoke laboratories. (2) The council shall advise the department on training and outreach activities that the department may offe…

NR 149.10 Enforcement. (1) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEA laboratory[s accreditation is valid until it expires, is suspended, or is revoked. If, after opportunity for a contested case hearing, the department finds that an accredited laboratory materially and consistently failed to comply …

NR 149.11 Discretionary acceptance. (1) Except for results of tests required under ch. NR 809 the department may accept, on a case-by-case basis, the results of tests originating in a laboratory not accredited as required by a covered program if the results meet all other require…

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…