Wisconsin Administrative Code

NR 220.01 Purpose. The purpose of this subchapter is to establish pursuant to s. 283.13 (1), Stats., a list of categories and classes of point sources other than publicly owned treatment works for which effluent limitations, standards of performance, pretreatment standards, stand…

NR 220.02 Categories and classes of sources. (1) Adhesives and sealants industry (2) Asbestos manufacturing (3) Builders paper and board mills (4) Canned and preserved fruits and vegetables (5) Canned and preserved seafood processing (6) Carbon black industry (7) Cement manufactu…

NR 220.10 Purpose. The purpose of this subchapter is to provide for the incorporation of effluent limitations into discharge permits required under s. 283.31, Stats., as soon as possi- the chapter was last published. NR 220.10 WISCONSIN ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 2 ble after the promulg…

NR 220.11 Applicability. This subchapter is applicable to discharge permits issued for all categories and classes of point sources listed in s. NR 220.02.

NR 220.12 Definitions. Terms used in this subchapter are defined in s. NR 205.03. Abbreviations used in this chapter are defined in s. NR 205.04. Other terms for this chapter are defined as follows: (1) XEffluent Limitation GuidelinesY or XELGsY are federal or state technology ba…

NR 220.13 Establishment of limitations based upon federal regulations. (1) LISTED INDUSTRIAL CATEGORIES. In the event that the EPA promulgates an effluent limitation guideline for a category or class of point sources listed in s. NR 220.02 that is more stringent than the promulga…

NR 220.14 Establishment of effluent guideline limitations in the Wisconsin administrative code. The department shall, as soon as possible after the promulgation of any federal regulations establishing effluent guidelines for certain categories and classes of point sources, adopt …

NR 220.15 Disposal of pollutants into publicly owned treatment works, land treatment systems, or land application of wastewater. (1) In this section, Xsurface watersY means waters of the state, excluding groundwater. (2) When part of a discharger[s process wastewater is not being…

NR 220.20 Purpose. The purpose of this subchapter is to provide for the application of effluent limitations in permits for discharges from point sources which are not subject to the effluent limitations in chs. NR 221 to 299 inclusive. History: Cr. Register, June, 1976, No. 246, …

NR 220.21 Application of effluent limitations. (1) The department may specify effluent limitations applicable in permits for the discharge from point sources: (a) Which do not include the classes or categories of point sources identified in ch. NR 220, subch. I, (b) Which belong …

NR 220.30 Purpose. The purpose of this subchapter is to establish the criteria and standards to be used in determining whether effluent limitations alternative to those required by chs. NR 221 to 297 or by federal effluent limitation guidelines should be included in a WPDES permi…

NR 220.31 Fundamentally different factors variances. (1) GENERAL. The department may adjust an effluent limitation that is based on a requirement in chs. NR 221 to 297 or based on a federal effluent limitation guideline established under 33 USC 1311 and 1314 on a case-by-case bas…

NR 220.32 Criteria for fundamentally different factors variances. (1) APPROVABLE FDFV REQUESTS. A request for the establishment of effluent limitations under this subchapter may be approved only if all of the following apply: (a) There is an applicable effluent limitation guideli…

NR 221.01 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish effluent limitations, standards of performance, and pretreatment standards for discharges of process wastes from the asbestos manufacturing category of point sources and subcategories thereof. Note: The authority for …

NR 221.02 Applicability. The effluent limitations, standards of performance, pretreatment standards, and other provisions in this chapter are applicable to pollutants or pollutant properties in discharges of process waste resulting from manufacture or activities in any of the fol…

NR 221.03 Definitions. The following definitions are applicable to terms used in this chapter. Definitions of other terms and meanings of abbreviations are set forth in ch. NR 205. (1) XCODY means COD added to the process wastewater. (2) XMpcY means 1,000 pieces of floor tile. (3…

NR 221.04 Compliance with effluent limitations and standards. Discharge of pollutants from facilities subject to the provisions of this chapter may not exceed, as appropriate: (1) By July 1, 1977 effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the…

NR 221.06 Application of effluent limitations and standards. (1) The effluent limitations and standards set forth in this chapter shall be used in accordance with this section to establish the quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant properties which may be discharged by a …

NR 221.10 Effluent limitations, best practicable treatment. The following effluent limitations for all or specific subcategories establish, except as provided in subch. IV of ch. NR 220, the quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant proper- the chapter was last published. NR…

NR 221.11 Effluent limitations, best available treatment. The following effluent limitations for all or specific sub- 2 categories establish the quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant properties which may be discharged by a facility subject to the provisions of this chapt…

NR 221.12 Standards of performance. The following effluent limitations for all or specific subcategories establish the quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant properties which may be discharged by a facility which is a new source subject to the provisions of this chapter. …

NR 221.13 Pretreatment standards. The pretreatment standards for discharges to publicly owned treatment works from sources subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be as set forth in ch. NR 211. History: Cr. Register, June, 1976, No. 246, eff. 7-1-76; r. and recr. Register…

NR 225.01 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish effluent limitations, standards of performance, and pretreatment standards for discharges of process wastes from the canned and preserved fruits and vegetables category of point sources and subcategories thereof. Note…

NR 225.02 Applicability. The effluent limitations, standards of performance, pretreatment standards, and other provisions of this chapter are applicable to pollutants or pollutant properties in discharges of process waste resulting from the production of canned fruits and vegetab…

NR 225.03 Definitions. The following definitions are applicable to terms used in this chapter. Definitions of other terms and meanings of abbreviations are set forth in ch. NR 205. (1) XLargeY means a point source that processes a total annual raw material production of fruits, v…

NR 225.04 Compliance with effluent limitations and standards. Discharge of pollutants from facilities subject to the provisions of this chapter may not exceed, as appropriate: (1) By July 1, 1977 effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the…

NR 225.06 Application of effluent limitations and standards. (1) The effluent limitations and standards set forth in this chapter shall be used in accordance with this section to establish the quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant properties which may be discharged by a …

NR 225.10 Effluent limitations, best practicable treatment. The following effluent limitations for all or specific subcategories when applied in accordance with s. NR 225.06 establish, except as provided in subch. IV of ch. NR 220, the quantity or quality of pollutants or polluta…

NR 225.11 Effluent limitations, best available treatment. The following effluent limitations for all specific subcategories when applied in accordance with s. NR 225.06 establish the quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant properties which may be discharged by a facility s…

NR 225.12 Standards of performance. The effluent limitations set forth in s. NR 225.11 establish the quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant properties which may be discharged by a facility which is a source subject to the provisions of this chapter. History: Cr. Register,…

NR 225.13 Pretreatment standards. The pretreatment standards for discharges to publicly owned treatment works from sources subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be as set forth in ch. NR 211. History: Cr. Register, January, 1977, No. 253, eff. 2-1-77; r. and recr. Regis…

NR 228.01 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish effluent limitations, standards of performance, and pretreatment standards for discharges of process wastes from the cement manufacturing category of point sources and subcategories thereof. Note: The authority for pr…

NR 228.02 Applicability. The effluent limitations, standards of performance, pretreatment standards, and other provisions in this chapter are applicable to pollutants or pollutant properties in discharges of process waste resulting from: (1) NONLEACHING. This subcategory includes…

NR 228.03 Definitions. The following definition is applicable to this chapter. Definitions of other terms and meanings of abbreviations are set forth in ch. NR 205. (1) XManufacture of cementY means use of the process in which several mineral ingredients, including limestone or o…

NR 228.04 Compliance with effluent limitations and standards. Discharge of pollutants from facilities subject to the provisions of this chapter may not exceed, as appropriate: (1) By July 1, 1977 effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the…

NR 228.06 Application of effluent limitations and standards. (1) The effluent limitations and standards set forth in this chapter shall be used in accordance with this section to establish the quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant properties which may be discharged by a …

NR 228.10 Effluent limitations, best practicable treatment. The following effluent limitations for all or specific subcategories when applied in accordance with s. NR 228.06 establish, except as provided in subch. IV of ch. NR 220, the quantity or quality of pollutants or polluta…

NR 228.11 Effluent limitations, best available treatment. The following effluent limitations for all or specific subcategories when applied in accordance with s. NR 228.06 establish the quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant properties which may be discharged by a facilit…

NR 228.12 Standards of performance. The following effluent limitations for all or specific subcategories when applied in accordance with s. NR 228.06 establish the quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant properties which may be discharged by a facility which is a new sourc…

NR 228.13 Pretreatment standards. The pretreatment standards for discharges to publicly owned treatment works from sources subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be as set forth in ch. NR 211. History: Cr. Register, June, 1976, No. 246, eff. 7-1-76; r. and recr. Register…

NR 229.01 Applicability. (1) Except as provided under subs. (3), (4), and (5), this chapter applies to dental dischargers. (2) Unless otherwise designated by the control authority, a dental discharger subject to this chapter is not a significant industrial user as defined under c…

NR 229.02 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XAmalgamY or Xdental amalgamY means an alloy of elemental mercury and other metal that is used in the practice of dentistry. (2) XAmalgam process wastewaterY means any wastewater generated and discharged by a dental discharger through t…

NR 229.03 Pretreatment standards for existing sources. No later than July 14, 2020, any existing source subject to this chapter shall achieve all of the following: (1) Removal of dental amalgam solids from all amalgam process wastewater by one of the following methods: (a) Instal…

NR 229.04 Pretreatment standards for new sources. As of July 14, 2017, a new source subject to this chapter shall comply with the requirements under s. NR 229.03 and the reporting and recordkeeping requirements under s. NR 229.05.

NR 229.05 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements. (1) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. A dental discharger subject to this chapter shall comply with all of the following reporting requirements in lieu of the otherwise applicable requirements under s. NR 211.15 (1), (3), (4), and (7): (a…

NR 23.01 Purpose. The provisions of this chapter, along with other applicable rules and statutes, regulate fishing in Wisconsin-Michigan boundary waters.

NR 23.015 License waiver. On the first Saturday and consecutive Sunday in June and the third Saturday and consecutive Sunday of January each year, no fishing license is required to fish the Wisconsin-Michigan boundary waters. History: Cr. Register, April, 1987, No. 376, eff. 5-1-…

NR 23.02 Definitions. The following definitions apply to terms used in this chapter: (1m) XBag limitY or Xdaily bag limitY has the meaning given in s. NR 20.03 (8). (2) XDip netY means a piece of netting suspended from a frame designed to be raised and lowered vertically when fis…

NR 23.03 General restriction. Except as specifically allowed by this chapter, fishing in and possession of fishing equipment on the Wisconsin-Michigan boundary waters is prohibited. History: Cr. Register, March, 1986, No. 363, eff. 4-1-86.

NR 23.04 Reciprocity. Residents of Wisconsin and Michigan holding a resident fishing license from their respective states, or residents of other states holding a non-resident fishing license issued by Wisconsin or Michigan, may, in conformity with this chapter, fish by hook and l…