Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 200-299 - Environmental Protection - Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System › Chapter NR 214 - Land Treatment Of Industrial Liquid Wastes, By-Product Solids And Sludges › Subchapter I - General › Section NR 214.02 - Applicability

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) WASTES REGULATED. This chapter applies to
				  those discharges of industrial wastes to land treatment systems not regulated
				  under ch. NR 518. This includes but is not limited to liquid wastes, by-product
				  solids and sludges generated by: fruit and vegetable processing, dairy products
				  processing, meat, fish and poultry products processing, mink raising
				  operations, aquaculture, commercial laundromat and motor vehicle cleaning
				  operations and any other industrial, commercial or agricultural operation which
				  results in a point source discharge that has no detrimental effects on the
				  soils, vegetation or groundwater of a land treatment system. Industrial
				  by-product solids and sludges shall also have beneficial properties as a soil
				  conditioner or fertilizer. Lime sludges containing radium may be regulated
				  under this chapter.
(2)
				  RESPONSIBILITY. The generator of these wastes shall be responsible for their
				  handling and land application, except when an independent land application
				  contractor has been issued a WPDES permit for the land treatment of these
				  wastes. When the contractor is issued the WPDES permit, the independent
				  contractor shall be responsible for the handling and application of these
				  wastes to the land. A person may not land apply industrial waste or discharge
				  industrial waste to a land treatment system unless the land application or
				  discharge is authorized by a WPDES permit.
(3) WASTES EXCLUDED. The provisions of this
				  chapter are not applicable to the following wastes:
(a) Alcohol fuel production wastes from
				  systems defined as "private alcohol fuel production systems" under ss.
				  289.44(1)
				  and
				  283.62(1),
				  Stats., which are operated in accordance with ss.
				  289.44(2)
				  and
				  283.62(2),
				  Stats.
(b) Animal waste regulated
				  under ch. NR 243, and liquid manure applied in accordance with sound
				  agricultural practices.
(c)
				  Domestic waste handled and disposed of in accordance with ch. NR 113.
(d) Domestic sewage from systems defined as
				  "private sewerage systems" in s.
				  145.01(12),
				  Stats.
(e) Effluent from publicly
				  owned wastewater treatment works regulated under ch. NR 206.
(f) Mining wastes backfilled or otherwise
				  disposed of in a prospecting excavation or a mine in accordance with a permit
				  issued under ch. NR 131 or 132, or under subch. III of ch. 295, Stats., except
				  runoff, leachate, decantate, or other wastewater collected for disposal on land
				  outside of the permitted prospecting or mining site.
(g) Noncontact cooling water free of chemical
				  additives.
(h) Liquid wastes from
				  sweet corn silage stacks which are utilized for direct livestock feeding, have
				  less than 150 tons present on a site at any one time, and are located such that
				  surface water and groundwater pollution does not occur.
(i) Sludge from publicly or privately owned
				  wastewater treatment works regulated under ch. NR 204.
(j) Sludges which are disposed of in a
				  landfill, a land disposal site or an incinerator licensed and operated in
				  accordance with chs.
				  NR 500 and
				  518.
(k) Uncontaminated lime sludges which are
				  generated by pulp or paper mills or water supply treatment facilities and are
				  exempted from regulation under s.
				  NR
				  518.04(3).
(L) Wet and semi-liquid wastes disposed of in
				  a site regulated under ch. NR 500 or 518, except runoff, leachate, decantate or
				  other wastewaters collected for disposal on land outside of the regulated
				  disposal site.
(m) Wastes from
				  sites and facilities used solely for research purposes under the direction of a
				  Wisconsin registered professional engineer or a scientist employed by a
				  university located within this state provided the following requirements are
				  met:
1. The net site area, excluding site
				  borders and buffer strips, does not exceed 4 acres;
2. The available nitrogen, chloride and heavy
				  metal additions averaged over the total plot area may not exceed the rates
				  specified by the department in ch. NR 204 for municipal sewage sludges or those
				  identified in the literature as being toxic to specific plants or plant
				  groups;
3. The site is developed,
				  operated, monitored and maintained in a safe, nuisance free manner;
				  and
4. Copies of the research
				  proposal are submitted to the department in advance of initiation of the
				  research and any reports and publications on the research are provided to the
				  department.