Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 200-299 - Environmental Protection - Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System › Chapter NR 230 - Inorganic chemicals manufacturing › Section NR 230.003 - General definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
The following definitions are applicable to the terms used in
				  this chapter. Definitions of other terms and abbreviations are set forth in ss.
				  NR
				  205.03,
				  205.04, and
				  211.03.
(1) "Antimony" means the total antimony
				present in the process wastewater stream exiting the wastewater treatment
				system.
(2) "Arsenic" means the
				total arsenic present in the process wastewater stream exiting the wastewater
				treatment system.
(3) "Bitterns"
				means the saturated brine solution remaining after precipitation of sodium
				chloride in the solar evaporation process.
(4) "Cadmium" means the total cadmium present
				in the process wastewater stream exiting the wastewater treatment
				system.
(5) "Chlorine" means the
				total residual chlorine present in the process wastewater stream exiting the
				wastewater treatment system.
(6)
				"Chromium" means the total chromium present in the process wastewater stream
				exiting the wastewater treatment system.
(7) "Cobalt" means the total cobalt present
				in the process wastewater stream exiting the wastewater treatment
				system.
(8) "Copper" means the
				total copper present in the process wastewater stream exiting the treatment
				system.
(9) "Cyanide A" means
				cyanides amenable to chlorination as determined by the methods set forth in ch.
				NR 219, Table B, for parameter 24.
(10) "Existing source" means any point
				source, except a new source as defined in sub. (13), from which pollutants may
				be discharged either into waters of the state or into a publicly owned
				treatment works.
(11) "Lead" means
				the total lead present in the process wastewater stream exiting the wastewater
				treatment system.
(12) "Mercury"
				means the total mercury present in the process wastewater stream exiting the
				mercury treatment system.
(13) "New
				source" means any point source from which pollutants are or may be discharged
				directly to waters of the state or into a publicly owned treatment works and
				for which construction commenced after the date given in table B:
Table B
July 24, 1980
October 25, 1983
Aluminum fluoride
Borax
Aluminum sulfate
Bromine
Calcium carbide
Cadmium pigments and salts
Calcium chloride
Calcium hydroxide
Calcium oxide
Chromic acid
Chlor-alkali
Cobalt salts
Chrome pigments
Copper salts (other than
Copper salts (copper sulfate)
copper sulfate)
Hydrofluoric acid
Ferric chloride
Hydrogen cyanide
Fluorine
Nickel salts (nickel sulfate)
Iodine
Potassium dichromate
Lead monoxide
Potassium metal
Nickel salts (other than
Potassium sulfate
nickel sulfate)
Sodium bicarbonate
Potassium chloride
Sodium bisulfate
Sodium chlorate
Sodium chloride
Sodium fluoride
Sodium dichromate
Sodium sulfite
Sodium sulfate
Stannic oxide
Titanium dioxide
Zinc chloride
Zinc sulfate
(14)
				"Nickel" means the total nickel present in the process wastewater stream
				exiting the wastewater treatment system.
(15) "Selenium" means the total selenium
				present in the process wastewater stream exiting the wastewater treatment
				system.
(16) "Zinc" means the total
				zinc present in the process wastewater stream exiting the wastewater treatment
				system.