Wis. Admin. Code NR § 211.17

Current through May 28, 2024
Section 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 of any substance that would be hazardous waste according to ch. NR 661 if otherwise disposed; or
(b) Any amount of a substance that would be an acute hazardous waste according to s. NR 660.10(3m) if otherwise disposed.
(2) The notification required by sub. (1) shall include:
(a) The name of the hazardous waste;
(b) The hazardous waste number;
(c) Whether the discharge is continuous, batch or other; and
(d) A certification that the industrial user has a program in place to reduce to the extent economically practicable the volume and toxicity of the generated hazardous wastes.
(3) If an industrial user discharges to a POTW more than 100 kilograms of hazardous wastes per month, the report required by sub. (1) shall include the following additional information to the extent it is known and available:
(a) The identity of the hazardous constituents in the listed wastes;
(b) The mass and concentration of the hazardous constituents in the wastestream; and
(c) The mass of the hazardous constituents expected to be discharged during the next 12 months.
(4) The notification required by sub. (1) shall be made by the date required by the control authority.
(5) Industrial users who commence discharging a hazardous waste after the date established under sub. (4) shall provide the notification required by sub. (1) within 180 days of commencement of discharge.
(6) Any notification under this section need be submitted only once for each hazardous waste discharged except for notifications of changed discharges under s. NR 211.15(6).
(7) This section does not apply to wastestreams already reported under the self-monitoring requirements of s. NR 211.15.
(8) If ch. NR 661 is amended to identify additional characteristics of hazardous wastes or list any additional substance as a hazardous waste, any industrial user discharging the newly designated hazardous waste 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 of the substance within 90 days of the effective date of the new regulations.

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources § NR 211.17

Cr. Register, March, 1992, No. 435, eff. 4-1-92; corrections in (1) (a), (b) and (8) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 7, Stats., Register May 2011 No. 665.
Amended by, correction in (1) (b) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 7., Stats., Register August 2020 No. 776, eff. 9/1/2020