Wisconsin Administrative Code

NR 151.001 Purpose.

NR 151.002 Definitions.

NR 151.003 BMP Location.

NR 151.004 State targeted performance standards.

NR 151.005 Performance standard for total maximum daily loads.

NR 151.006 Applicability of maximum extent practicable. Subchapter II — Agricultural Performance Standards and Prohibitions NR 151.01 Purpose.

NR 151.01 Purpose. The purpose of this subchapter is to prescribe performance standards and prohibitions in accordance with the implementation and enforcement procedures contained in ss. NR 151.09 and 151.095 for agricultural facilities, operations and practices. NR 151.004 State…

NR 151.015 Definitions. NR 151.02 Sheet, rill and wind erosion performance standard. NR 151.03 Tillage setback performance standard. NR 151.04 Phosphorus index performance standard. NR 151.05 Manure storage facilities performance standards.

NR 151.02 Sheet, rill and wind erosion performance standard. (1) All land where crops or feed are grown, including pastures, shall be managed to achieve a soil erosion rate equal to, or less than, the XtolerableY (T) rate established for that soil. (2) This standard first applies…

NR 151.03 Tillage setback performance standard. The purpose of this standard is to prevent tillage operations from destroying stream banks and depositing soil directly in surface waters. In this section, Xsurface waterY has the meaning given in s. NR 102.03 (7). (1) No crop produ…

NR 151.04 Phosphorus index performance standard. (1) All crop and livestock producers shall comply with this section. (2) (a) Croplands, pastures, and winter grazing areas shall average a phosphorus index of 6 or less over the accounting period and may not exceed a phosphorus ind…

NR 151.05 Manure storage facilities performance standards. (1) APPLICABILITY. All livestock producers building new manure storage facilities, substantially altering manure storage facilities, or choosing to abandon their manure storage facilities shall comply with this section. (…

NR 151.055 Process wastewater handling performance standard. NR 151.06 Clean water diversion performance standard. NR 151.07 Nutrient management.

NR 151.06 Clean water diversion performance standard. (1) All livestock producers within a water quality management area shall comply with this section. (2) Runoff shall be diverted away from contacting feedlot, manure storage areas and barnyard areas within water quality managem…

NR 151.07 Nutrient management. (1) All crop producers and livestock producers that apply manure or other nutrients directly or through contract to agricultural fields shall comply with this section. Note: Manure management requirements for concentrated animal feeding operations c…

NR 151.075 Silurian bedrock performance standards. NR 151.08 Manure management prohibitions. NR 151.09 Implementation and enforcement procedures for cropland performance standards.

NR 151.08 Manure management prohibitions. (1) All livestock producers shall comply with this section. (2) A livestock operation shall have no overflow of manure storage facilities. (3) A livestock operation shall have no unconfined manure pile in a water quality management area. …

NR 151.09 Implementation and enforcement procedures for cropland performance standards. (1) PURPOSE. The purpose of this section is to identify the procedures the department will follow in implementing and enforcing the cropland performance standards pursuant to ss. 281.16 (3) an…

NR 151.095 Implementation and enforcement procedures for livestock performance standards and prohibitions.

NR 151.096 Local livestock operation ordinances and regulations.

NR 151.097 Variances. Subchapter III — Non-Agricultural Performance Standards NR 151.10 Purpose.

NR 151.10 Purpose. This subchapter establishes performance standards, as authorized by s. 281.16 (2) (a), Stats., for non-agricultural facilities and practices that cause or may cause nonpoint runoff pollution. These performance standards are intended to limit nonpoint runoff pol…

NR 151.105 Construction site performance standard for non-permitted sites. NR 151.11 Construction site performance standard for sites of one acre or more. NR 151.12 Post-construction performance standard for new development and redevelopment.

NR 151.11 Construction site performance standard for sites of one acre or more. (1) DETERMINATION OF SOIL LOSS. In this section, soil loss is calculated using the appropriate rainfall or runoff factor, also referred to as the R factor, or an equivalent design storm using a type I…

NR 151.12 Post-construction performance standard for new development and redevelopment. (1) GENERAL. In this section: (a) XPost-construction siteY means a construction site subject to regulation under this subchapter, after construction is completed and final stabilization has oc…

NR 151.121 Post-construction performance standards.

NR 151.122 Total suspended solids performance standard.

NR 151.123 Peak discharge performance standard. NR 151.124 NR 151.125 NR 151.126 NR 151.127 NR 151.128 NR 151.13 NR 151.14 NR 151.15 Infiltration performance standard. Protective areas performance standard. Fueling and vehicle maintenance areas performance standard. Location. Tim…

NR 151.124 Infiltration performance standard. (1) REQUIREMENT. BMPs shall be designed, installed, and maintained to infiltrate runoff in accordance with the following or to the maximum extent practicable: (a) Low imperviousness. For development up to 40 percent connected impervio…

NR 151.125 Protective areas performance standard. (1) DEFINITION. In this section, Xprotective areaY means an area of land that commences at the top of the channel of lakes, streams and rivers, or at the delineated boundary of wetlands, and that is the greatest of the following w…

NR 151.126 Fueling and vehicle maintenance areas performance standard. Fueling and vehicle maintenance areas shall have BMPs designed, installed, and maintained to reduce petroleum within runoff, so that the runoff that enters waters of the state contains no visible petroleum she…

NR 151.127 Location. To comply with the standards required under ss. NR 151.122 to 151.124, BMPs may be located on-site or off-site as part of a regional storm water device, practice, or system, but shall be installed in accordance with s. NR 151.003.

NR 151.128 Timing. The BMPs that are required under ss. NR 151.122 to 151.126 shall be installed before the construction site has undergone final stabilization. Note: In accordance with subch. V, the department has developed technical standards to help meet the post-construction …

NR 151.13 Developed urban area performance standard for municipalities. (1) INCORPORATED MUNICIPALITIES. (a) Applicability. This subsection applies to any incorporated municipality with an average density of 1,000 people per square mile or greater, based on the latest decennial c…

NR 151.14 Turf and garden nutrient management performance standard. (1) APPLICABILITY. This section applies when all of the following conditions are met: (a) The property is not subject to s. NR 151.13 (1) (b) 3. (b) Nutrients are applied to over 5 acres of turf or garden. (c) Th…

NR 151.15 Implementation and enforcement. (1) IMPLEMENTATION. This subchapter shall be implemented as follows: (a) Construction sites and post-construction sites. The provisions of ss. NR 151.11, 151.12, and 151.121 to 151.128 shall be implemented through subch. III of ch. NR 216…

NR 151.20 Purpose and applicability. (1) This subchapter establishes performance standards, as authorized by s. 281.16 (2) (a), Stats., for transportation facilities that cause or may cause runoff pollution. These performance standards are intended to limit runoff pollution in or…

NR 151.21 Definitions. In this subchapter: (1m) XAverage annual rainfallY means a typical calendar year of precipitation as determined by the department for users of models such as SLAMM, P8, or equivalent methodology. The average annual rainfall is chosen from a department publi…

NR 151.225 Construction site performance standard for non-permitted sites and routine maintenance. NR 151.23 Construction site performance standard for sites of one acre or more. NR 151.24 Post]construction performance standard.

NR 151.23 Construction site performance standard for sites of one acre or more. (1) APPLICABILITY. This section applies to any transportation facility construction site that consists of one acre or more of land disturbing construction activity. (a) Subsections (2), (3), (4), and …

NR 151.24 Post]construction performance standard. (1) APPLICABILITY. This section applies to a transportation facility that is or was subject to the construction performance standards of s. NR 151.23, except any of the following: (a) A transportation construction site where the d…

NR 151.241 Post-construction performance standards.

NR 151.242 Total suspended solids performance standard.

NR 151.243 Peak discharge performance standard.

NR 151.244 Infiltration performance standard.

NR 151.245 Protective areas performance standard.

NR 151.246 Fueling and vehicle maintenance areas performance standard.

NR 151.247 Location.

NR 151.248 Timing.

NR 151.249 Swale treatment performance standard. NR 151.25 Developed urban area performance standard for transportation facilities. NR 151.26 Enforcement. Subchapter V — Technical Standards Development Process for Non-Agricultural Performance Standards NR 151.30 Purpose. NR 151.3…