Wisconsin Administrative Code

NR 203.09 Changes in time or place of hearing; adjournments. (1) CHANGES. Requests for changes in the time and place of a scheduled hearing will be granted only for good cause shown prior to any required newspaper publication of legal notice for said hearing. (2) ADJOURNMENT. The…

NR 203.10 Conduct of public informational hearings. (1) NONCONTESTED CASE. Public informational hearings held pursuant to this chapter are not contested cases as defined in s. 227.01 (3), Stats. (2) HEARING EXAMINER. Public informational hearings held pursuant to this chapter sha…

NR 203.11 Transcripts. (1) METHOD AND COPIES. Public informational hearings will be transcribed either stenographically or electronically. A typed copy of the transcript will be furnished to all persons, upon request, at a reasonable cost to be determined by the department. (2) C…

NR 203.12 Final determination to issue or deny a discharge permit. The department shall issue or deny any permit for a discharge under ch. 283, Stats., and may modify any terms and conditions of a draft permit based on consideration of required standards, the permit application, …

NR 203.13 Notice of final determination to issue or deny a permit to discharge. (1) FORM. The notice of final determination under s. NR 203.12 shall be in writing, with a title identifying the subject of the notice and the number of the permit. (2) CONTENT. The notice of final de…

NR 203.135 Modification, revocation and reissuance, or termination of permits.

NR 203.136 Causes for a modification, revocation and reissuance, or termination. Subchapter IV — Public Adjudicatory Hearings NR 203.14 Intent. NR 203.15 Applicability of subchapter. NR 203.16 Who may petition; when. NR 203.17 Form of petition. NR 203.18 Form of hearing notice; c…

NR 203.14 Intent. The purpose of this subchapter is to provide adequate procedures to insure as broad a degree of public participation in administrative adjudication of WPDES permits and their conditions as is consistent with procedural due process to the parties involved in the …

NR 203.15 Applicability of subchapter. (1) This subchapter is applicable only to the review of the following: (a) The denial, modification, suspension or revocation of a WPDES permit pursuant to s. 283.31, 283.33, 283.35 or 283.53, Stats. (b) The reasonableness of or necessity fo…

NR 203.16 Who may petition; when. (1) A review hearing pursuant to this subchapter may be petitioned by any permit applicant, a permittee, a state affected or to be affected by a discharge or 5 or more persons. (2) The petition shall be filed within 60 days after notice of any ac…

NR 203.17 Form of petition. TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES: The undersigned hereby petition(s) for a review of the department[s (proposed rule) (decision) entitled ____________ and dated ___________, 2___. The specific issue(s) requested to be reviewed (is) (are): The spe…

NR 203.18 Form of hearing notice; content. (1) FORM OF HEARING NOTICE. Notice of a scheduled public hearing shall be in writing, with a title identifying the subject of the notice and the number of the proposed rule, and the number of the subject permit or permit application. (2)…

NR 203.19 Location of hearing. The location of the hearing shall be in conformance with s. NR 203.07. History: Cr. Register, January, 1974, No. 217, eff. 2-1-74; correction made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, September, 1984, No. 345.

NR 203.20 Final decision. The final decision on the issues raised by the petitioners shall be made within 90 days of the close of the hearing. History: Cr. Register, January, 1974, No. 217, eff. 2-1-74. the chapter was last published.

NR 204.01 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish discharge standards, monitoring, record keeping and reporting requirements for the use and disposal of sewage sludge and grit and screenings. Section 283.31, Stats., requires a permit for the lawful discharge of any p…

NR 204.02 General. (1) APPLICABILITY. Any person who treats or generates sludge, applies sludge to land or places sludge in a landfill shall comply with the requirements in this chapter. (a) In general, this chapter applies to the following: 1. The use and disposal of sludge and …

NR 204.03 Definitions. The following definitions are applicable to terms used in this chapter. Definitions of other terms and the meaning of abbreviations are in ch. NR 205. (1) XAerobic digestionY means the biochemical decomposition of organic matter in sewage sludge into carbon…

NR 204.04 Exceptional quality sludge. (1) GENExceptional quality sludge may be applied to lawns and home gardens as well as other sites allowed under this chapter. Exceptional quality sludge is considered not to pose any reasonably anticipated threat to public health or the envir…

NR 204.05 Permit issuance. (1) GENERAL. A person that owns or operates a treatment works that generates sludge shall apply for a WPDES permit. The treatment works may not land apply or dispose of sludge unless the person who owns or operates the treatment works obtains a WPDES pe…

NR 204.06 Reporting and monitoring requirements. The following reports shall be submitted to the department, by the permittee, annually by January 31, unless otherwise stated in this section or as specified in the permit. All records of required analyses and management practices …

NR 204.07 Land application of sludge. (1) GENERAL. No person may land apply sludge in a manner which does not comply with the requirements of a WPDES permit and this chapter. (2) APPROVED SITES. The permittee shall obtain written or computer generated approval from the department…

NR 204.08 Landfill disposal. (1) GENERAL. Sewage sludge may not be disposed of in a municipal solid waste landfill unless the landfill meets the requirements of chs. NR 500 to 538 and is an approved facility as defined in s. 289.01 (3), Stats. Any facility accepting sewage sludge…

NR 204.09 Alternative uses of sludge. Alternative uses of sludge such as land application on sod farms, nurseries, Christmas tree plantations, mined land reclamation sites, restoration of construction sites or other drastically disturbed sites, research plots, highway right-of-wa…

NR 204.10 Storage facilities. (1) GENERAL. (a) No person may construct or use any sludge storage facility without obtaining department approval. All facilities shall be designed the chapter was last published. 13 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES and operated in accordance with the…

NR 204.11 Sludge management plan. (1) GENERAL. The department may require the permittee to develop a sludge management plan, submit the plan to the department for approval and operate in compliance with the approved plan. The plan shall include a description of the facility[s slu…

NR 204.12 Grit and screenings disposal. All grit and screenings generated from a facility shall be disposed of at a solid waste disposal facility licensed under chs. NR 500 to 538. History: Cr. Register, December, 1995, No. 480, eff. 1-1-96; correction made under s. 13.92 (4) (b)…

NR 204.13 Sludge management program standards and requirements based upon federal regulations. (1) NEW FEDERAL REGULATIONS. In the event that new federal sludge standards or regulations are promulgated under section 405 of the clean water act, the permittee shall comply with the …

NR 204.14 Fact sheets. (1) GENERAL. The department shall prepare a fact sheet or briefing memo for any generator applying for a permit under s. NR 204.05. Information specified in this section shall be included in the fact sheet or briefing memo sent to the applicant. (2) INFORMA…

NR 204.15 Variances. (1) GENERAL. A permittee may request a variance from any non-statutory requirement of this chapter, providing that minimum federal regulations are adhered to. The department may approve a variance from requirements of this chapter when special circumstances s…

NR 205.01 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to set forth the definitions applicable to and abbreviations used in chs. NR 200 to 299 to avoid repetition in those chapters. This chapter also sets forth permit general conditions for all WPDES permits, procedures for establishi…

NR 205.02 Applicability. The provisions of this chapter are applicable to all point source discharges of pollutants, including the land application of sludge. History: Cr. Register, September, 1984, No. 345, eff. 10-1-84; am. Register, December, 1995, No. 480, eff. 1-1-96.

NR 205.03 Definitions. The following definitions are applicable to terms used in chs. NR 200 to 299 except as they may be superseded by a more specific definition in a particular chapter or section or in any particular issued permit. (1) XBioaccumulationY means the uptake and ret…

NR 205.04 Abbreviations. The abbreviations listed below have the meanings shown unless otherwise specifically defined wherever they occur in chs. NR 200 to 299 and in public notices, fact sheets, and permits issued under the Wisconsin pollutant discharge elimination system. (1) X…

NR 205.05 Rainfall events. The design rainfall amount and probable intensity of 10-year and 25-year, 24-hour rainfall events for locations in Wisconsin shall be determined from the data in table 1, or for a particular location such determination may be made on the basis of more r…

NR 205.06 Effluent limitations applicable where pH is monitored continuously. When an industrial point source discharger continuously monitors the pH of wastewater in accordance with the requirements of a WPDES permit and the pH limits in the permit are established as part of the…

NR 205.065 Effluent Limitations. (1) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS IN PERMITS. The department shall impose permit effluent limitations or effluent standards for discharges of pollutants on the discharge point of the permitted facility except as provided in sub. (2). (2) INTERNAL WASTE STR…

NR 205.066 Permit Conditions. (1) MONITORING. The department shall determine on a case-by-case basis the monitoring frequency to be required for each effluent limitation in a permit. Monitoring shall occur at the point of discharge or at the internal waste stream if the permit li…

NR 205.067 Reasonable potential for water quality based effluent limitations. (1) GENERAL. (a) The department shall include an effluent limitation for a pollutant in a WPDES permit when the department determines that the discharge of the pollutant causes, has the reasonable poten…

NR 205.07 General conditions. (1) The following conditions shall be included in all WPDES permits issued by the department. Other conditions that may be included in POTW and non-POTW permits are contained in subs. (2) and (3), respectively. (a) Duty to comply. The permittee shall…

NR 205.08 General permits. (1) The department may issue general WPDES permits applicable to designated areas of the state authorizing discharges from specified categories or classes of point sources located within those areas. (a) Designated areas of the state may include any of …

NR 205.10 Best management practices. Best management practices to control or abate the discharge of pollutants 12 shall be included in a WPDES permit issued by the department in all of the following cases: (1) When the permit is authorized under section 33 USC 1314(e) for the con…

NR 205.14 Schedules of compliance. A WPDES permit may, when appropriate, include a schedule of compliance leading to compliance with permit limitations. Any schedule of compliance for water quality based effluent limitations for phosphorus shall be consistent with all of the requ…

NR 206.01 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish effluent limitations and monitoring requirements to be used in permits for discharges of wastewaters from publicly owned treatment works and privately owned domestic wastewater treatment works to land disposal systems…

NR 206.02 Applicability. (1) The provisions of this chapter are applicable to discharges to land disposal systems of liquid wastewaters from publicly owned wastewater treatment works and from privately owned domestic wastewater treatment works; (2) The provisions of this chapter …

NR 206.03 Definitions. The following definitions are applicable to terms used in this chapter. Definitions of other terms and the meanings of abbreviations are set forth in ch. NR 205. (1) XAverage daily flowY means the average daily wastewater volume discharging to the wastewate…

NR 206.05 Compliance with effluent limitations and monitoring requirements. (1) All new or modified land disposal systems approved on or after December 1, 1990 shall comply with the applicable effluent limits and monitoring requirements of this chapter and groundwater quality sta…

NR 206.06 Alternative requirements. (1) If the owner of a proposed land disposal system feels that compliance with the monitoring requirements, discharge prohibitions and effluent limits of this chapter are impracticable, the reasons therefore shall be fully communicated in writi…

NR 206.07 General conditions required for all land disposal systems. (1) DESIGN LIMITATIONS. (a) A land disposal system shall be constructed in accordance with the design criteria in ch. NR 110, or the appropriate rules promulgated by the chapter was last published. 3 DEPARTMENT …

NR 206.08 Effluent limitations for specific types of land disposal systems. (1) ABSORPTION POND SYSTEMS. (a) Design limitations. Absorption pond systems shall conform to the design requirements in s. NR 110.255 (1). (b) Effluent limitations. 1. The discharge to an absorption pond…

NR 206.09 Wastewater monitoring requirements. (1) Discharges to land disposal systems, except for large scale soil absorption systems, shall be monitored for total daily flow and at least monthly for total dissolved solids, chlorides, BOD5, organic nitrogen, ammonia-nitrogen and …