Wisconsin Administrative Code

NR 155.10 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish administrative policies and procedures for a competitive grant program to abate urban nonpoint source water pollution and storm water runoff, as authorized by s. 281.66, Stats. This chapter promotes management of urba…

NR 155.11 Applicability. This chapter applies to all of the following when conducting urban nonpoint source water pollution abatement and storm water management activities authorized under s. 281.66, Stats.: (1) The department, when acting to solicit, accept and score urban runof…

NR 155.12 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XApplicantY means a governmental unit or Board of Regents when applying for a grant under this chapter. (2) XBoard of RegentsY means the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. NR 155.21 NR 155.22 NR 155.23 NR 155.25 NR …

NR 155.13 Eligible applicants. (1) A governmental unit or a federally recognized tribal governing body is eligible to apply for and receive a runoff management grant and local assistance grant administered under this chapter if at least one of the following conditions is met: (a)…

NR 155.14 Eligible projects. (1) An eligible project is that specified in the scope of a runoff management grant agreement developed in accordance with s. NR 155.21 or in the scope of a local assistance grant agreement developed in accordance with s. NR 155.26. A project scope sh…

NR 155.15 Cost sharing for urban best management practices. (1) ELIGIBLE COSTS. (a) The department may provide cost sharing for the construction of urban best management practices to abate urban runoff. Design and construction services are included as eligible components of the c…

NR 155.16 Aids for local assistance activities. (1) ELIGIBLE COSTS. (a) The department may provide cost sharing under s. NR 155.26 for activities in projects selected by the department under this chapter that are in an urban area or area expected to become urban within 20 years o…

NR 155.17 Project application. (1) APPLICATION PROCESS. (a) Subject to the availability of funds, the department shall: 1. Solicit applications for projects to be funded under this chapter by providing public notice that application materials are available upon request. 2. Distri…

NR 155.18 Project screening. (1) The department may deny consideration of applications that are incomplete by the submittal deadline. The department may consider an application incomplete if the project proposal requires significant additional review to determine compliance with …

NR 155.19 Project scoring. (1) SCORING PROCEDURE. The department shall use the procedure in this subsection to score each project that passes the eligibility screening under s. NR 155.18. (a) The department shall develop an initial project score using the information submitted by…

NR 155.20 Project selection and funding. (1) SE(a) The department shall place all of the projects scored in accordance with s. NR 155.19 on a statewide list in descending rank order according to the final project score. The department shall use the statewide ranked list, availabl…

NR 155.21 Runoff management grant agreement. (1) PURPOSE. (a) The department shall use the runoff management grant agreement to commit funds to a governmental unit or the Board of Regents for the purpose of implementing urban best management practices for a project selected under…

NR 155.22 Cost-share agreement. (1) PURPOSE OF AGREEMENT. (a) The cost-share agreement is an agreement listing the urban best management practices and establishing the conditions and considerations under which a cost-share recipient agrees to install the practices listed. (b) A l…

NR 155.23 Cost containment. (1) Governmental units as providers of cost-share agreements shall identify and agree to use one or more of the following cost containment procedures for each urban best management practice identified in the runoff management grant agreement: (a) Avera…

NR 155.25 Property acquisition. (1) ELIGIBLE ACTIVThe department may provide funding to a governmental unit holding a runoff management grant agreement under s. NR 155.21 to perform any of the following: (a) Acquire land in fee or an easement identified in the grant application f…

NR 155.26 Local assistance grant agreement. (1) The local assistance grant agreement is an agreement between the department and the Board of Regents or governmental unit providing funds for activities to carry out the tasks identified in a project selected for funding under this …

NR 155.27 Procurement. (1) PROFITS. Only fair and reasonable profits may be earned by contractors for contracts under grants described in this chapter. Profits included in a formally advertised, competitively bid, fixed price construction contract is presumed to be reasonable. (2…

NR 155.28 Grant reimbursement procedures. (1) RUNOFF MANAGEMENT GRANT AGREEMENTS. (a) State costshare funds may be used to share in the actual cost required for the installation of eligible urban best management practices identified in runoff management grant agreements described…

NR 155.29 Records. (1) REQUIRED RECORDS. A governmental unit serving as a runoff management grant grantee or as a cost-share agreement provider, and the Board of Regents serving as a runoff management grantee, shall maintain a financial management system which adequately provides…

NR 155.30 Project evaluation and reporting. (1) Grantees shall report to the department an annual accounting for accomplishments regarding its activities funded under the grant. (2) The department may require more frequent reports than those required under sub. (1) from a grantee…

NR 155.31 Variances. The department may approve in writing a variance from a requirement of this chapter upon written request from the grantee if the department determines that a variance is essential to effect necessary grant actions or water quality objectives and where special…

NR 155.32 Grant evaluation and enforcement. (1) EVALUATION. The department shall evaluate the progress of projects. During the evaluation, the department shall examine the progress of the project toward project goals and water quality objectives specified in the grant application…

NR 157.01 Applicability. The provisions of ss. NR 157.02 through 157.07 establish procedures for the storage, collection, transportation, processing and final disposal of PCBs and products containing PCBs taken out of service for disposal. These provisions do not affect PCBs and …

NR 157.02 Definitions. For the purpose of these regulations: (1) XDepartmentY means the department of natural resources. (2) XFull service contractorY means any person who accepts ownership and responsibility from a generator for delivery of PCBs or products containing PCBs for d…

NR 157.03 Generator responsibilities. (1) HANDLING AND STORAGE. The generator shall handle and store PCBs and products containing PCBs for disposal in a manner which will prevent losses to the environment. Except for transformers, containers used for the transportation or storage…

NR 157.04 Transporter responsibilities. (1) No person shall transport PCBs or products containing PCBs for disposal unless licensed pursuant to ch. NR 663 as a transporter of hazardous wastes. This requirement shall not apply to the transportation of PCBs or products containing P…

NR 157.05 Full-service contractors. (1) In lieu of meeting the requirements appearing in ss. NR 157.03 (2) and 157.04, the generator may contract with a full-service contractor for transportation, servicing or processing of PCBs or products containing PCBs for disposal. A full-se…

NR 157.06 Service facility responsibilities. (1) Existing facilities for repair or salvaging of PCBs or products containing PCBs in amounts greater than 2 pounds per unit shall register with the department by January 1, 1978. Any such facility which has failed to register by the …

NR 157.07 Disposal methods and facilities. (1) METHODS. PCBs or products containing PCBs (liquids, semisolids) for which a technically and economically feasible incineration method is available for destruction shall be incinerated unless approval for an alternative method of disp…

NR 157.20 Testing methods for PCBs and products containing PCBs. (1) For transformer fluids, waste oils, insulating liquids, and other non-polar liquids containing PCBs the extraction procedures and analysis methods used shall be any that is appropriate for the material being ana…

NR 157.21 Approval of alternate test procedures. Applications for approval of alternate test procedures for wastewater analysis must be made as directed in s. NR 219.033. History: Cr. Register, August, 1977, No. 260, eff. 9-1-77; r. and recr. Register, November, 1992, No. 443, ef…

NR 159.01 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish the appropriate containment, treatment, and disposal and storage measures when testing Class B firefighting foam that contains intentionally added PFAS; to establish consistent, uniform standards and procedures to lim…

NR 159.02 Applicability. (1) This chapter applies to any person conducting testing of foam that contains intentionally added PFAS, including calibration testing, conformance testing, or fixed-system testing, to evaluate its effectiveness or testing of a firefighting foam delivery…

NR 159.03 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XCalibration testingY means the comparison of measurement values delivered by a device under testing with those of a calibration standard of known accuracy. Note: Calibration testing is typically associated with the installation, mainte…

NR 159.04 Prohibition and exemptions. (1) Except as provided under sub. (2), no person may use or otherwise discharge, including for training purposes, a class B firefighting foam that contains intentionally added PFAS. (2) All of the following actions are exempt from the prohibi…

NR 159.05 Notification and recordkeeping. (1) NOTIFICATION. A person that uses or discharges foam shall do all of History: EmR2045: emerg. cr., eff. 12-4-20; CR 21-073: cr. Register July 2022 No. 799, eff. 8-1-22. the following: (a) Notify the department of the use or discharge o…

NR 159.06 Storage. A person that uses foam for testing purposes shall store foam in accordance with manufacturer instructions and safety data sheets, and in a manner that shall prevent discharge of foam to the environment. A person that stores foam for testing purposes shall do a…

NR 159.07 Containment. A person that uses foam for testing purposes shall ensure that appropriate containment is in place during testing of foam or testing of fire suppression systems, foam delivery systems, or foam equipment to prevent discharge of foam to the environment. Appro…

NR 159.08 Treatment and disposal. A person that uses foam for testing purposes or that conducts treatment or disposal of foam that was used for testing purposes may employ onsite or off-site measures for treatment, disposal, or a combination of treatment and disposal for foam. Wh…

NR 159.09 Lab analyses and samples for PFAS in foam. (1) Laboratory analyses of any treated foam samples collected shall report results to the testing laboratory[s method detection limit. Laboratories shall use procedures suitable for the matrix, potential interferences, and expe…

NR 16.001 Purpose. This chapter is established to administer ch. 169, Stats., relating to live captive wild animals. Note: This section is created eff. 1-1-27 by CR 25-092.

NR 16.01 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) “Adult” means any animal that has reached the age of one year. (2) “Amphibian” means cold-blooded, smooth-skinned vertebrates of the class Amphibia and includes all life stages. (2m) “Color variant” means any of the following atypical na…

NR 16.11 Harmful wild animals. The following wild animals are designated as harmful wild animals: (1) URSIDAE. Members of the family ursidae commonly known as bears. (2) FELIDAE. The species felis concolor commonly known as cougars. Note: As of December 20, 2022, the possession o…

NR 16.12 Possession of reptiles and amphibians. (1) APPLICABILITY. This section applies to the collection, possession and exhibition of live native wild reptiles and live native wild amphibians in Wisconsin except those listed as endangered or threatened in s. NR 27.04. Note: Sec…

NR 16.13 Sale and purchase of reptiles and am- in-state. the chapter was last published. NR 16.13 WISCONSIN ADMINISTRATIVE CODE (c) Turtles. Dead turtles and their parts harvested, killed and possessed in accordance with ss. NR 19.275, 21.13 and 22.13 may be purchased during the …

NR 16.15 Captive wild animal farm. (1) APPLICAThis section is developed pursuant to s. 169.15, Stats., to establish qualifications and conditions for a captive wild animal farm and applies to all captive wild animal farms including commercial operations and hobbyists. (2) PEN REQ…

NR 16.18 Fur farms, purpose. (1) APPLICATION. This section is developed pursuant to s. 169.18, Stats., to establish qualifications and conditions for wild fur farm licenses. (2) SINGLE PARCEL. (a) Land owned. In order to qualify as a single parcel for an application by an owner o…