Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 600-699 - Environmental Protection - Hazardous Waste Management › Chapter NR 670 - Hazardous Waste Licensing And Decisionmaking Procedures › Subchapter M - Specific Decisionmaking Procedures › Section NR 670.431 - Pre-application public meeting and notice

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) This section
				  applies to all owners or operators submitting feasibility and plan of operation
				  reports for initial operating licenses for hazardous waste management
				  facilities. This section also applies to owners or operators submitting
				  feasibility and plan of operation reports for reissuance of licenses for those
				  facilities, where the submittal is proposing a significant change in facility
				  operations. For the purposes of this section, a "significant change" is any
				  change that would qualify as a class 3 license modification under s.
				  NR
				  670.042. This section also applies to owners or
				  operators submitting written notices of intent to be covered by a standardized
				  license (see subch. J), including reissuance of a standardized license for
				  units where the owner or operator proposes a significant change in facility
				  operations, as defined in s.
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				  670.320(1) (c). This section does not
				  apply to license applications submitted for the sole purpose of conducting
				  long-term care activities or long-term care activities and corrective action at
				  a facility.
(2) Prior to the
				  submission of a feasibility and plan of operation report for a facility, or the
				  submission of a written notice of intent to be covered by a standardized
				  license, the applicant shall hold at least one meeting with the public in order
				  to solicit questions from the community and inform the community of proposed
				  hazardous waste management activities. The applicant shall post a sign-in sheet
				  or otherwise provide a voluntary opportunity for attendees to provide their
				  names and addresses.
(3) The
				  applicant shall submit a summary of the meeting, along with the list of
				  attendees and their addresses developed under sub. (2), and copies of any
				  written comments or materials submitted at the meeting, to the department as a
				  part of the feasibility and plan of operation report, according to s.
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				  670.014(2), or with the written
				  notice of intent to be covered by a standardized license (see subch.
				  J).
(4) The applicant shall provide
				  public notice of the pre-application meeting at least 30 days prior to the
				  meeting. The applicant shall maintain, and provide to the department upon
				  request, documentation of the notice.
(a) The
				  applicant shall provide public notice in all of the following forms:
1. `A newspaper advertisement.' The applicant
				  shall publish a notice, fulfilling the requirements in par. (b), in a newspaper
				  of general circulation in the county or equivalent jurisdiction that hosts the
				  proposed location of the facility. In addition, the applicant shall publish the
				  notice in newspapers of general circulation in adjacent counties or equivalent
				  jurisdictions, where the department determines that publication is necessary to
				  inform the affected public. The notice shall be published as a display
				  advertisement.
2. `A visible and
				  accessible sign.' The applicant shall post a notice on a clearly marked sign at
				  or near the facility, fulfilling the requirements in par. (b). If the applicant
				  places the sign on the facility property, then the sign shall be large enough
				  to be readable from the nearest point where the public would pass by the
				  site.
3. `A broadcast media
				  announcement.' The applicant shall broadcast a notice, fulfilling the
				  requirements in par. (b), at least once on at least one local radio station or
				  television station. The applicant may employ another medium with prior approval
				  of the department.
4. `A notice to
				  the department.' The applicant shall send a copy of the newspaper notice to the
				  department and to the appropriate units of local government, according to s.
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				  670.410(3) (a) 10.