Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 213.04

Current through October 28, 2024

Section NR 213.04 - Definitions

The following definitions apply to the terms used in this chapter. Definitions of other terms and meanings of abbreviations are set forth in ch. NR 205.

(1) "ASTM" means the American Society for Testing and Materials. Copies of ASTM standards referenced in this chapter are available for inspection at the offices of the department of natural resources, the secretary of state's office and the office of the revisor of statutes. ASTM standards may be obtained from the American Society for Testing and Materials, 1916 Race Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

(2) "Base course" means the layer or layers of specified or selected material of designed thickness placed on a subbase or subgrade to support a surface course.

(3) "Bedrock" means the rocks that underlie soil material or are at the earth's surface which are encountered when the weathered in-place consolidated material, larger than 2 mm in size, is greater than 50% by volume.

(4) "By-product solids" means waste solid products, including but not limited to cuttings or peelings generated at processing facilities, fresh or actively fermenting sweet corn silage, other food wastes and paunch manure.

(5) "Coefficient of permeability" means the rate of discharge of water under laminar flow conditions, through a unit cross-sectional area of porous medium, under a unit hydraulic gradient and standard temperature.

(6) "Community public water supply system" means a water supply system having at least 15 service connections used by year-round residents or regularly serving at least 25 year-round residents. Any water supply system serving 7 or more homes, 10 or more mobile homes, 10 or more apartment units, or 10 or more condominium units shall be considered a community public water supply system unless information is available to indicate that 25 year-round residents will not be served.

(7) "Detrimental effect" means contamination of the lands or waters of the state, or making the same injurious to public health, harmful for commercial or agricultural use, or deleterious to animal or plant life.

(8) "Floodway" has the meaning specified under ch. NR 116.

(9) "Groundwater" means any of the waters of the state, as defined in s. 281.01(18), Stats., occurring in a saturated subsurface geological formation of rock or soil.

(10) "Groundwater monitoring" means measuring the groundwater level and analyzing samples of water taken from the ground.

(11) "Lagoon" means a natural or human-made containment structure, constructed primarily of earthen materials and used for the treatment or storage of industrial, commercial or agricultural wastewater, biological fermentation leachates or sludge.

(12) "Pavement structure" means the combination of subbase, base and surface courses placed on a subgrade.

(13) "Potable water supply well" means a well supplying water for human consumption, sanitary use or food product preparation.

(14) "Storage structure" means either an earthen containment structure or a storage tank used for the storage of wastewater or biological fermentation leachates or a structure constructed for stacking and storage of by-product solids or other material.

(15) "Storage tank" means a containment vessel fabricated of concrete, glass-reinforced plastic or steel for the purpose of storage or treatment of wastewater or biological fermentation leachates.

(16) "Subbase" means the layer or layers of specified or selected material of designed thickness placed on a subgrade to support a base course.

(17) "Subgrade" means the ground surface upon which the pavement structure is constructed.

(18) "Surface course" means the layer or layers of specified material of designed thickness placed on a base course and forming the upper portion of a pavement structure. If more than one layer is specified, the bottom layer is referred to as the binder course.

(19) "Treatment structure" means either an earthen treatment structure or a treatment tank used for the chemical, physical or biological treatment of wastewater or biological fermentation of leachates or a structure constructed for chemical, physical or biological treatment of by-product solids or other material.

(20) "Wetlands" has the meaning specified under s. 23.32, Stats.

(21) "WDOT standards for roads and bridge construction" means the Wisconsin department of transportation standard specifications for road and bridge construction, edition of 1989.

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 213.04

Cr. Register, July, 1984, No. 343, eff. 8-1-84; r. and recr. Register, June, 1990, No. 414, eff. 7-1-90.

Copies of the WDOT standards may be inspected at the offices of the department, the secretary of state and the revisor of statutes.