Wisconsin Administrative Code

NR 216.29 Compliance and reporting requirements. (1) REQUIREMENTS. Facilities covered by permits issued under s. NR 216.23 (1) or (2) are subject to the following requirements: (a) Owners or operators of proposed facilities that will have one acre or more of land disturbing const…

NR 216.30 Permit fees. (1) A storm water discharge permit fee shall be paid annually by each industrial facility covered by or holding a permit under this subchapter or a wastewater discharge permit that incorporates storm water management requirements under this chapter. Permit …

NR 216.31 Permit coverage transfers. A permittee who will no longer control the permitted industrial facility may request that permit coverage be transferred to the person who will control the industrial facility. The transfer request shall be completed on forms provided by the d…

NR 216.32 Permit termination. (1) If the owner or operator of a facility no longer claims coverage under any general or individual permit for the discharge of storm water from industrial activity under this subchapter, the permittee shall submit a signed notice of termination to …

NR 216.41 Purpose. The purpose of this subchapter is to establish criteria defining those construction site activities that constitute discharges needing a WPDES storm water permit for landowners of construction sites that require coverage under a WPDES permit for storm water dis…

NR 216.42 Applicability. (1) CONSTRUCTION SITES OF ONE ACRE OR MORE OF LAND DISTURBANCE. Except as provided in subs. (2) to (11), a notice of intent shall be filed with the department under s. NR 216.43 or to the department via an authorized local program under s. NR 216.10 by an…

NR 216.43 Notice of intent requirements. (1) FORMS. The landowner shall submit a notice of intent to the department on forms available from the department as specified under s. NR 216.006. Data submitted in the notice of intent forms shall be used as a basis for conferring covera…

NR 216.44 Notice of intent deadline. (1) Except as provided under sub. (3), a landowner required to obtain WPDES permit coverage for storm water discharges from a construction site shall submit a completed notice of intent, in accordance with the requirements of this subchapter a…

NR 216.45 Incomplete notice of intent and time limit for department decision. (1) Within 14 working days after the date the department receives the notice of intent, the department may require an applicant to submit data that the department has identified as being necessary to co…

NR 216.455 Proof of permit coverage.

NR 216.456 Responsible parties. NR 216.46 Erosion control plan requirements. NR 216.47 Storm water management plan requirements. NR 216.48 Reporting and monitoring requirements. NR 216.49 Conformance with other applicable regulations. NR 216.50 Amendments. NR 216.51 Department ac…

NR 216.46 Erosion control plan requirements. (1) SITE-SPECIFIC PLAN. The permittee or landowner required to submit a notice of intent under this subchapter shall develop a site-specific erosion control plan for each construction site regulated by this subchapter. The permittee or…

NR 216.47 Storm water management plan requirements. Pollution caused by storm water discharges from the construction site after construction is completed, including rooftops, parking lots, roadways and the maintenance of grassed areas, shall be addressed by a storm water manageme…

NR 216.48 Reporting and monitoring requirements. (1) RECORDS. The permittee or landowner required to submit a notice of intent under this subchapter shall retain records of all construction site inspections, copies of all reports and plans required by the permit, and records of a…

NR 216.49 Conformance with other applicable regulations. (1) LOCAL COMPLIANCE. The erosion control and storm water management plans shall document other applicable municipal regulatory provisions, compliance with which will also meet the requirements of the permit. If these munic…

NR 216.50 Amendments. (1) LANDOWNER INITIATED. The permittee or landowner required to submit a notice of intent under this subchapter shall amend the erosion control and storm water management plans if either of the following occurs: (a) There is a change in design, construction,…

NR 216.51 Department actions. (1) INADEQUATE The department may notify the permittee or landowner required to submit a notice of intent under this subchapter at any time that the erosion control or storm water management plans do not meet one or more of the requirements of this s…

NR 216.52 Use of information. All information contained in the notice of intent other than that specified as confidential shall be available to the public for inspection and copying. All confidential information, so identified, shall be in separate documents. Effluent data is not…

NR 216.54 Transfers. A landowner who has submitted a completed notice of intent and does not intend to control the permitted activities on the construction site may transfer authorization of construction site storm water discharge permit coverage to the person who will control th…

NR 216.55 Notice of termination. (1) WHEN TO FILE. When a construction site has undergone final stabilization, temporary erosion control best management practices have been removed and all storm water discharges associated with the construction site activities that were required …

NR 217.01 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to reduce the amount of phosphorus discharged to surface waters by establishing effluent standards and limitations, including water quality based effluent limitations, for phosphorus in effluent discharged to surface waters of the…

NR 217.02 Applicability. This subchapter is applicable to point sources which discharge phosphorus to the surface waters of the state. History: Cr. Register, November, 1992, No. 443, eff. 12-1-92; CR 10-035: am.

NR 217.03 Definitions. Definitions of terms and the meaning of abbreviations used in this subchapter are as defined in ss. NR 102.03, 106.03, 205.03, 210.03, and 243.03. In addition: Xeffluent standardY means any requirement for phosphorus established pursuant to s. 283.11 (3), S…

NR 217.04 Effluent standards and limitations for phosphorus. (1) GENERAL. Effluent limitations for total phosphorus shall be imposed in WPDES permits for wastewaters discharged to surface waters as specified in this section. (a) An effluent standard for total phosphorus shall app…

NR 217.10 Applicability. This subchapter applies to discharges of phosphorus to surface waters of the state from the following point sources: (1) Publicly and privately owned wastewater facilities or treatment works; (2) Noncontact cooling water discharges which contain phosphoru…

NR 217.11 Definitions. Definitions of terms and the meaning of abbreviations used in this subchapter are as defined in ss. NR 102.03, 106.03, 205.03, 210.03, and 243.03. In addition, for purposes of this subchapter, the following definitions apply: (1) X303 (d) listY means a list…

NR 217.12 General. (1) Water quality based effluent limitations for phosphorus shall be included in a permit whenever the department determines: (a) The discharge from a point source contains phosphorus at concentrations or loadings which will cause, has the reasonable potential …

NR 217.13 Calculation of water quality based effluent limitations for phosphorus. (1) BASIS FOR LIMITATIONS. (a) The department shall calculate potential water quality based effluent limitations for point source dischargers of phosphorus using the procedures in this section. (b) …

NR 217.14 Expression of limitations. (1) GENERAL. (a) Water quality based effluent limitations, when required pursuant to s. NR 217.15, shall be expressed in a discharge permit as a concentration. A mass limit shall also be included in a permit the chapter was last published. 5 D…

NR 217.15 Determination of necessity for water quality based effluent limitations for phosphorus. (1) (a) General. The department shall include a water quality based effluent limitation for phosphorus in a permit whenever the discharge or discharges from a point source or point s…

NR 217.16 Relationship of WQBELs and TMDL based limitations. (1) In addition to a water quality based effluent limitation calculated pursuant to s. NR 217.13, the department may derive a water quality based effluent limitation for phosphorus consistent with the wasteload allocati…

NR 217.17 Schedules of compliance. (1) GENERAL. (a) Except as provided in sub. (4), the department may provide a schedule of compliance for a water quality based phosphorus limitation in a WPDES permit, where based on available information the department finds that: 1. The schedu…

NR 217.18 Watershed adaptive management option. (1) GENERAL. The adaptive management option is a strategy to achieve the phosphorus water quality criteria in s. NR 102.06 in the most economically efficient manner, and as soon as possible, taking into consideration the contributio…

NR 217.19 Variances for stabilization ponds and lagoon systems. (1) GENERAL. (a) An owner or operator of a permitted wastewater treatment system that consists primarily of a stabilization pond system or a lagoon system may apply for a variance to the phosphorus water quality base…

NR 218.01 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to prescribe the appropriate method and manner of obtaining samples of effluents discharged from point sources in compliance with the monitoring requirements of ch. 283, Stats., and Wisconsin pollutant discharge elimination system…

NR 218.03 Applicability. This chapter is applicable to and provides more explicit specification of the sampling and monitoring provisions of permits issued pursuant to ch. 283, Stats. It is also applicable, unless otherwise specifically indicated by the department, to the monitor…

NR 218.04 Definitions. The definitions of ch. NR 205 apply to terms used in this chapter and in WPDES permits not otherwise defined in this section. (1) XProcess wasteY means any water which, during manufacturing or processing, comes into direct contact with or results from the p…

NR 218.05 Methods for measuring flow. (1) For process waste and for municipal waste at a treatment works, including any bypass, methods of flow measurement shall include continuous recording devices, preferably with integrating capabilities, and shall be one of the following: (a)…

NR 218.06 Calibration of flow measuring devices. (1) Devices used for measuring flows by the methods specified in s. NR 218.05 (1) shall be calibrated and the calibration rechecked at least annually using one of the following methods: (a) A method specified by the manufacturer of…

NR 218.07 Location of sampling points. The location of sampling points shall be as specified in an applicable permit or, in the absence of such specification, at a point that is representative of the discharge. In the case of process waste effluents samples shall be taken prior t…

NR 218.08 Size of samples. The samples shall be large enough to allow for the required analysis for pollutant or toxic parameters, other than pH and temperature, using the methods of analysis specified in ch. NR 219, or an alternate method specified in an applicable permit. Histo…

NR 218.09 Storage of samples. Methods for preserving samples in storage prior to analysis and the limits on such storage are set forth in ch. NR 219. History: Cr. Register, June, 1976, No. 246, eff. 7-1-76; r. and recr. Register, June, 1986, No. 366, eff. 7-1-86.

NR 218.10 Frequency of sampling. Samples shall be taken at the frequencies specified in the WPDES permit authorizing discharge or as specified by the department where no permit has been issued or is required. History: Cr. Register, June, 1976, No. 246, eff. 7-1-76.

NR 218.11 Method of sampling. The method of sampling shall be that specified in the WPDES permit, or by the department where no permit has been issued or is required, as defined in s. NR 218.04 (11) through (15). History: Cr. Register, June, 1976, No. 246, eff. 7-1-76. the chapte…

NR 219.01 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish analytical test methods, preservation procedures, requirements for laboratories, and procedures applicable to effluent limitations for discharges from point sources as authorized by ss. 299.11 and 283.55 (1), Stats. H…

NR 219.02 Applicability. (1) The procedures prescribed herein shall, except as provided in s. NR 219.037, be used in the determination of concentrations and quantities of pollutant parameters as required for: (a) An application submitted to the department for a permit under ch. 2…

NR 219.03 Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) XEPAY means the U.S. environmental protection agency. (2) XDepartmentY means the department of natural resources. (3) XSludgeY is defined in ss. NR 204.03 (55) and 214.03 (34). History: Cr. Register, August, 1976, No. 248, eff. …