The purpose of this chapter is as follows:
Note: Section 168.23(1), Stats., reads in part:
The department shall promulgate by rule construction, maintenance and abandonment standards applicable to tanks for the storage, handling or use of liquids that are flammable or combustible or are federally regulated hazardous substances, and to the property and facilities where the tanks are located, for the purpose of protecting the waters of the state from harm due to contamination by liquids that are flammable or combustible or are federally regulated hazardous substances.
Note: The definition of federally regulated hazardous substances in s. 168.21(3), Stats., corresponds to the CERCLA List of Hazardous Substances and Reportable Quantities contained in 40 CFR 302.4, Table 302.4.
Note: The definition of "waters of the state," as used in s. 168.21, Stats., is found in s. 281.01(18), Stats., and reads as follows:
Waters of the state" includes those portions of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior within the boundaries of this state, and all lakes, bays, rivers, streams, springs, ponds, wells, impounding reservoirs, marshes, watercourses, drainage systems and other surface water or groundwater, natural or artificial, public or private, within this state or its jurisdiction.
Wis. Admin. Code Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection ATCP 93.010