Wisconsin Administrative Code

NR 21.11 Commercial fishing restrictions. (1) GENERAL RESTRICTIONS. No person may conduct commercial fishing operations unless he or she has first obtained the appropriate license or licenses required under ss. 29.523 and 29.533, Stats. A commercial fisher shall carry each licens…

NR 21.13 Turtles. (1) APPLICABILITY. This section applies to the taking and possession of turtles in the WisconsinMinnesota boundary waters. (2) SEASONS; POSSESSION AND DAILY BAG LIMITS. No person may take turtles on the Wisconsin-Minnesota boundary waters except during the open …

NR 21.14 Transportation of fish and turtles. (1) Any properly licensed resident or nonresident holder of an angling or commercial fishing license from the state of Minnesota having lawfully taken fish or turtles in the boundary waters described in this chapter during the open sea…

NR 21.15 Fish refuges. (1) No person may take, catch, disturb, kill or fish for fish of any variety in any manner from March 15 through April 25 both dates inclusive, in, on or along the following described water areas: (23.09) (a) La Crosse county. (No. 32) That part of the Miss…

NR 21.16 Taking of fish by and for the department. Nothing in this chapter prohibits the department by contract or otherwise from carrying out its management of these boundary waters as required by the law or department policy. (23.09, 29.401, 29.421, 29.424, 29.417) History: Cr.…

NR 21.17 Conflicting rules. Where there are differences in elements of the boundary waters regulations of Minnesota and Wisconsin, anglers, commercial fishers and persons taking turtles shall comply with the regulations of the state in whose territorial waters they are fishing in…

NR 210.01 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish effluent limitations, performance requirements and monitoring provisions to be used in permits for discharges from publicly owned treatment works and privately owned domestic sewage treatment works. History: Cr. Regis…

NR 210.02 Applicability. This chapter applies to all publicly owned treatment works and privately owned domestic sewage treatment works. History: Cr. Register, October, 1986, No. 370, eff. 11-1-86; CR 12-027: r. and

NR 210.03 Definitions. The definitions of terms and meanings of abbreviations used in this chapter are set forth in s. 283.01, Stats., chs. NR 205 and 218, and as follows: (1) X7-day averageY means the arithmetic mean of pollutant parameter values for samples collected in a perio…

NR 210.035 Applicability. NR 210.04 Monitoring requirements. NR 210.05 Effluent limitations. NR 210.06 Disinfection requirements. NR 210.07 Effluent limitation variance categories. Subchapter IV — Overflows and Sewage Collection Systems NR 210.19 Applicability. NR 210.20 Permits …

NR 210.04 Monitoring requirements. (1) Discharges subject to the provisions of this chapter shall at a minimum monitor the effluent for BOD5, SS, and pH. (2) Influent wastewater strengths and volumes shall be characterized at treatment facilities subject to the monitoring provisi…

NR 210.05 Effluent limitations. Publicly owned treatment works and privately owned domestic sewage treatment works shall meet as a minimum the effluent limits specified in this section. (1) Where the receiving water is classified as fish and aquatic life in s. NR 102.04 (3): (a) …

NR 210.06 Disinfection requirements. (1) DISINFECTION REQUIREMENTS. Disinfection shall be required of dischargers subject to the provisions of this chapter when the department determines, based on the information identified in sub. (3), the discharge of wastewater poses a risk to…

NR 210.07 Effluent limitation variance categories. Modifications to limitations specified in s. NR 210.05 (1) to (3) may be approved as follows: (1) INDUSTRIAL WASTES. For publicly owned treatment facilities receiving effluent from certain categories of industries, the applicable…

NR 210.08 Emergency operation. All sewage treatment facilities that are subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be equipped for emergency operation. Emergency power shall be provided in accordance with s. NR 110.15 (5) (d). Sufficient emergency power shall be provided suc…

NR 210.09 Analytical methods and laboratory requirements. Methods used for analysis of influent and effluent samples shall be as set forth in ch. NR 219 unless alternative methods are specified in the WPDES discharge permit. History: Cr. Register, October, 1986, No. 370, eff. 11-…

NR 210.10 Requirements for certified or registered laboratory. Bacteriological analyses of groundwater samples, and all radiological analyses, shall be performed by the state laboratory of hygiene or at a laboratory certified or approved by the department of agriculture, trade an…

NR 210.11 Compliance maintenance annual report (CMAR). The CMAR shall be submitted to the department on or before June 30 of each year and shall meet all applicable requirements.

NR 210.12 Blending. (1) FINDINGS. When issuing a permit, the department may, following review of the permit application and other information provided by the permittee, find that all the following conditions are met: (a) Excessive flow received at a sewage treatment facility will…

NR 210.19 Applicability. This subchapter applies to all publicly owned treatment works and privately owned domestic treatment works that own and operate a sewage collection system, including satellite sewage collection systems. Note: Chapter NR 114 may require the certification o…

NR 210.20 Permits for satellite sewage collection systems. All municipally owned satellite sewage collection systems shall be operated under the authorization of a general permit or an individual permit issued by the department. The department may require privately owned satellit…

NR 210.205 Combined sewer systems and overflows. NR 210.21 Sanitary sewer overflows and sewage treatment facility overflows. NR 210.22 Building Backups. NR 210.23 Capacity, Management, Operation, and Maintenance Programs. NR 210.24 System Evaluation and Capacity Assurance Plan. N…

NR 210.21 Sanitary sewer overflows and sewage treatment facility overflows. (1) PROHIBITED OVERFLOWS. Sanitary sewer overflows and sewage treatment facility overflows are prohibited and may not be approved by the department nor authorized in a permit issued by the department. If …

NR 210.22 Building Backups. (1) Except for the reporting requirement established in s. NR 210.21 (4) (b) 10., building backups shall be subject only to requirements of this section. (2) A building backup caused by the blockage or failure of the building sewer or any other compone…

NR 210.23 Capacity, Management, Operation, and Maintenance Programs. (1) CMOM PROGRAM REQUIRED. All permittees subject to this chapter, including the owners of satellite sewage collection systems and combined sewer systems, shall implement a capacity, management, operation, and m…

NR 210.24 System Evaluation and Capacity Assurance Plan. (1) The department may require permittees that own and operate a sewerage system to prepare and implement a system evaluation and capacity assurance plan that meets the requirements in s. NR 110.10 (4) whenever the departme…

NR 210.25 Emergency Operation — Lift Stations. All lift stations that are a component of a sewage collection system shall be equipped for emergency operation in accordance with s. NR 110.14 (12). the chapter was last published.

NR 211.01 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish under s. 283.21 (2), Stats., the responsibilities of industrial users and of publicly owned treatment works in preventing the discharge into publicly owned treatment works of pollutants which will interfere with the o…

NR 211.02 Applicability. The provisions of this chapter apply to industrial users and to publicly owned treatment works which receive or may receive wastewater from such industrial users. History: Cr. Register, July, 1983, No. 331, eff. 8-1-83.

NR 211.03 Definitions. The following special definitions are applicable to terms used in this chapter. Definitions of other terms are set forth in ch. NR 205 and ch. 283, Stats. (1) XAverage daily flowY means a reasonable measure of the average daily flow for a 30-day period. For…

NR 211.10 Prohibited discharge standards. (1) Industrial users may not discharge pollutants into a POTW which pass through or interfere with the operation or performance of the POTW, and thereby cause or significantly contribute to a violation of the POTW[s WPDES permit. (2) The …

NR 211.11 Categorical pretreatment standards. (1) Categorical pretreatment standards for specific point source categories are set forth in chs. NR 221 to 297. Limits in categorical pretreatment standards shall apply to the effluent from the process regulated by the standard, unle…

NR 211.12 Combined wastestreams. (1) Where effluent from a process regulated by a categorical pretreatment standard is mixed prior to treatment with wastewaters other than those generated by the regulated process, fixed alternative discharge limits may be established by the contr…

NR 211.13 Removal credits. (1) (a) Any POTW receiving wastes from an industrial user to which a categorical pretreatment standard applies may, subject to the conditions of this section, grant removal credits for removal by the POTW of pollutants specified in the categorical pretr…

NR 211.14 Fundamentally different factors variances. (1) Any interested person believing that factors relating to an industrial user are fundamentally different from the factors considered during development of a categorical pretreatment standard applicable to that industrial use…

NR 211.15 Monitoring and reporting requirements. (1) Within 180 days after the effective date of a categorical pretreatment standard as published in the federal register, or 180 days after the final decision in a request for category determination under s. NR 211.33, whichever is…

NR 211.16 Additional monitoring and reporting requirements for centralized waste treaters. (1) INITIAL REPORT. At least 180 days before the commencement of discharge, a new centralized waste treater shall provide the control authority with the following information: (a) Name, loc…

NR 211.17 Hazardous waste discharge report. (1) An industrial user shall notify, in writing, the POTW, the EPA Region V waste management division director and the department[s bureau of waste management of the discharge to a POTW of: (a) More than 15 kilograms per calendar month …

NR 211.18 Defenses. (1) In any action brought for violation of s. NR 211.10 (1) or (2) (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g), an industrial user shall have an affirmative defense if the industrial user demonstrates that: (a) The industrial user did not know or have reason to know that its di…

NR 211.19 Loss of treatment capacity and bypass. (1) Industrial users shall control production or contain discharges to the extent necessary to maintain compliance with pretreatment standards and requirements upon the reduction, loss or failure of a treatment facility until the f…

NR 211.20 Establishment of pretreatment programs. The department may require any POTW with a design flow greater than 5 MGD which receives indirect discharges which pass through or interfere with the POTW[s operations or are subject to pretreatment standards to establish a POTW p…

NR 211.21 Compliance dates. POTWs shall establish pretreatment programs which meet the requirements of ss. NR 211.22 to 211.26 no later than 3 years after the reissuance or modification of an existing WPDES permit to require the development of a pretreatment program, but in no ca…

NR 211.22 Legal authority requirements. Where the department requires a POTW to develop a pretreatment program under this subchapter, the POTW shall operate under legal authority and include procedures, fully enforceable in federal or state courts, which at a minimum enables the …

NR 211.23 Procedural requirements. (1) Where the department requires a POTW to develop a pretreatment program under this subchapter, the POTW shall develop and fully implement procedures to ensure compliance with the requirements of a pretreatment program. At a minimum, these pro…

NR 211.235 Regulation of significant industrial users. A POTW with an approved pretreatment program shall: (1) (am) Control the discharge from each significant industrial user through individual control mechanisms or, as provided in par. (b), through general control mechanisms. T…

NR 211.24 Requests for pretreatment program approval. (1) A POTW requesting approval of its pretreatment program shall submit to the department in triplicate a description of the pretreatment program containing the following: (a) A statement from the POTW[s attorney that the POTW…

NR 211.25 Reporting requirements. (1) The POTW shall submit interim program development documents to the department as required by the compliance schedule in its WPDES permit. If a required interim document has not been submitted on time, the POTW shall indicate the date by which…