Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 500-599 - Environmental Protection - Solid Waste Management › Chapter NR 528 - Management Of Accumulated Sediment From Storm Water Management Structures › Section NR 528.03 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
The following definitions as well as the definitions in ch.
				  289, Stats., and s.
				  NR
				  500.03 are applicable to the terms used in this
				  chapter.
(1) "Accumulated sediment"
				means settleable solid material contained in storm water runoff that is
				collected, retained and subsequently removed from storm water management
				structures.
(2) "Commercial" means
				those buildings for which the primary function involves the sale of goods or
				services.
(3) "Confined
				geotechnical fill" has the meaning specified in s.
				NR
				538.03(2).
Note: Section
				  NR
				  538.03(2) defines confined
				  geotechnical fill to mean "a fill that is covered by an impervious surface such
				  as concrete or asphalt."
(4) "Dedicated sediment management sites"
				means sites designed and operated for multiple applications of accumulated
				sediment from one or more storm water management structures where the
				accumulated sediment is landspread or treated.
(5) "Drainage area" means the land area from
				which the storm water management structure receives runoff.
(6) "End use" or "end use of accumulated
				sediment" means use in agriculture, landscaping, site stabilization,
				construction, transportation projects, fill, backfill, reclamation of disturbed
				sites including mine reclamation, the placement of accumulated sediment and
				similar uses.
(7) "Environmental
				professional" means a professional engineer registered pursuant to s.
				443.04,
				Stats., or a professional soil scientist, geologist or hydrologist licensed
				under ch. 470, Stats.
(8) "Forebay"
				means a pond-like structure that receives storm water prior to its entrance
				into the main portion of the pond with the purpose of removing coarse-grained
				sediment.
(9) "General fill" means
				a location where accumulated sediment is used as fill in a natural topographic
				depression, an excavation such as an existing borrow area or an intentional
				excavation or to build up or shape the local landscape.
(10) "Industrial" means those buildings used
				for the manufacture, storage or distribution of goods.
(11) "Institutional" means any public or
				private schools or colleges, churches, hospitals, or other government
				facilities not covered under commercial.
(12) "Landspreading of accumulated sediment"
				means the application of accumulated sediment in thin layers to the surface of
				the land or incorporation into subsurface soils.
(13) "Licensed landfill" means a solid waste
				disposal facility with a license obtained pursuant to ch. 289, Stats.
(14) "Multi-family residential" means housing
				for three or more attached dwelling units in a single building.
(15) "Sediment manager" means any person with
				responsibility for the management of the accumulated sediment and may include
				those holding fee title, an easement or other interest in a property, or their
				agent including contractors or subcontractors and others required or authorized
				to undertake removal and subsequent management of accumulated sediment,
				including data gathering, reporting and recordkeeping.
(16) "Storm water management structure" means
				a device that detains, retains and treats storm water runoff resulting in the
				accumulation of sediment, and pollutants carried in the runoff. Such structures
				are characterized by having an outlet that discharges to waters of the state
				but only in response to storm events and includes wet and dry detention ponds
				and infiltration basins but not landscape ponds on private property with no
				designed inlet or outlet.
(17)
				"Waters of the state" means those portions of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior
				within the boundaries of Wisconsin, all lakes, bays, rivers, streams, springs,
				ponds, wells, impounding reservoirs, marshes, water courses, drainage systems
				and other surface water or groundwater, natural or artificial, public or
				private within the state or under its jurisdiction, except those waters which
				are entirely confined and retained completely upon the property of a
				person.