Chapter 160 — GROUNDWATER PROTECTION STANDARDS

160.001 Legislative intent. The legislature recognizes that prior to May 11, 1984, most groundwater regulatory programs were not based on numerical standards. The legislature intends, by the creation of this chapter, to minimize the concentration of polluting substances in ground…

160.01 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Department,” when used without qualification, means the department of natural resources. (2) “Enforcement standard” means a numerical value expressing the concentration of a substance in grou…

160.03 Duties of department. The department shall exercise both the responsibilities assigned specifically to it under this chapter as well as those assigned generally to the department as a regulatory agency. History: 1983 a. 410. Cross-reference: See also ch. NR 140, Wis. adm. …

160.05 Identification of groundwater contamination; categories. (1) IDENTIFICATION. Each regulatory agency shall submit to the department a list of those substances which are related to facilities, activities and practices within its authority to regulate and which are detected i…

160.07 Establishment of enforcement standards; substances of public health concern. (1) The department of health services and the department shall enter into a memorandum of understanding setting forth the procedures and responsibilities of each agency in establishing enforcement…

160.09 Establishment of enforcement standards; substances of public welfare concern. (1) Notwithstanding the authority of the department under ss. 280.11, 281.15 and 281.17 (8) to establish standards for pure drinking water, the department shall establish enforcement standards fo…

160.11 Public information. In promulgating any enforcement standards as rules under ss. 160.07 and 160.09, the department, with the assistance of the department of health services, shall prepare a document describing the information and methodology used and the conclusions reache…

160.13 Methodology to establish enforcement standard. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (a) “Acceptable daily intake” means the dose of a substance which, if ingested daily over an entire human lifetime, appears to be without appreciable risk on the basis of all known facts at th…

160.15 Establishment of preventive action limits. (1) The department shall establish by rule a preventive action limit for each substance for which an enforcement standard is established, as follows: (a) For any substance of public welfare concern, the preventive action limit sha…

160.17 Collection of information. Concurrently with the identification of substances under s. 160.05 (1), the regulatory agency shall conduct a literature search and shall request, where appropriate, the manufacturer of each substance and other knowledgeable sources to provide re…

160.19 Regulatory agency; review of existing regulations; design and management criteria. (1) When an enforcement standard or a preventive action limit is established by rule for a substance, each regulatory agency shall review its rules and commence promulgation of any rules or …

160.21 Adoption of rules for regulatory responses for groundwater contamination. (1) For each substance for which an enforcement standard or a preventive action limit is adopted by the department, each regulatory agency shall promulgate rules which set forth the range of response…

160.23 Implementation of responses for specific sites; preventive action limits.

160.25 Implementation of responses for specific sites; enforcement standards.

160.255 Exceptions for private on-site wastewater treatment systems.

160.257 Exceptions for aquifer storage and recovery systems.

160.26 Enforcement.

160.27 Substances in groundwater; monitoring.

160.29 Petitioning for rule making.

160.31 Legislative review.

160.32 Common law and liability.

160.33 Public participation.

160.34 No mandatory well repair as a condition for testing.

160.36 Cooperation with American Indian tribes and bands.

160.50 Groundwater coordinating council. adopted under this chapter provide adequate safeguards for public health and welfare. However, this chapter does not prevent regulatory agencies from adopting regulations under regulatory authority elsewhere in the statutes based on the be…