NR 182.04(42)
(42) "Registered professional engineer" means a professional engineer registered as such with the Wisconsin examining board of architects, professional engineers, designers and land surveyors.
NR 182.04(43)
(43) "Sanitary landfill" means a waste site conforming to the applicable requirements of this chapter.
NR 182.04(44)
(44) "Soil" means material that has been physically and chemically derived from the bedrock by nature.
NR 182.04(45)
(45) "Solid waste" means mining waste as defined in this chapter.
NR 182.04(46)
(46) "Statistically significant change" means an amount of change determined by the use of statistical tests for measuring significance at the 95% confidence level.
NR 182.04(47)
(47) "Storage" means the temporary placement of waste in such a manner as to not constitute ultimate disposal, for a period not to exceed 18 months.
NR 182.04(48)
(48) "Tailings" means waste material resulting from the washing, concentration or treatment of crushed ore.
NR 182.04(49)
(49) "Termination" means the final actions taken by an owner or operator of a solid waste land disposal site or facility when formal responsibilities for long-term care cease.
NR 182.04(50)
(50) "Topsoil" means natural loam, sandy loam, silt loam, silt clay loam or clay loam humus-bearing soils or other material that will easily produce and sustain dense growths of vegetation capable of preventing wind and water erosion of the material itself and other materials beneath.
NR 182.04(52)
(52) "Waste rock" means consolidated rock which has been removed during mining or prospecting, but is not of sufficient value at the time of removal to constitute an ore.
NR 182.04(53)
(53) "Waste" means mining waste as defined in this chapter.
NR 182.04(54)
(54) "Waste site" or "waste sites and facilities" means any land or appurtenances thereto used for the storage or disposal of mining waste, but does not include land or appurtenances used in the production or transportation of mining waste, such as the concentrator, haul roads, or tailings pipelines, which are permitted under
ch. NR 131 or
132. An underground mine or a prospecting excavation which is backfilled with mining waste in accordance with a prospecting permit or a mining permit issued under
ch. NR 131 or
132 is not a waste site. A surface mine which is backfilled with mining waste is subject to this chapter as set forth in
s. NR 182.02, and for surface mines the mine pit and any land or appurtenances thereto used for the storage of mining waste may be considered a single waste site.
NR 182.04(55)
(55) "Well nest" means 2 or more wells installed within 10 feet of each other at the ground surface and constructed to varying depths.
NR 182.04(56)
(56) "Wetland" means an area where water is at, near, or above the land surface long enough to be capable of supporting aquatic or hydrophytic vegetation and which has soils indicative of wet conditions.
NR 182.04 History
History: Cr.
Register, August, 1982, No. 320, eff. 9-1-82; am. (54),
Register, October, 1988, No. 394, eff. 11-1-88.
NR 182.05
NR 182.05
License periods and fees. NR 182.05(1)
(1) No person shall maintain or operate a waste site unless the person has obtained an operating license from the department, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. Applications shall be submitted on forms supplied by the department and shall be accompanied by the appropriate fees as shown in Table 1. License fees are not refundable. The license shall be issued for the design capacity specified in the determination of site feasibility unless the department establishes by a clear preponderance of the credible evidence that:
NR 182.05(1)(a)
(a) The site is not constructed in accordance with the approved plan;
NR 182.05(1)(b)
(b) The site poses a substantial hazard to public health or welfare, or
NR 182.05(1)(c)
(c) In-field conditions, not disclosed in the feasibility report or plan of operation, necessitate modifications of the plan to comply with standards in effect at the time of plan approval under s.
289.30 (6), Stats., or, if applicable, s.
291.25, Stats.
NR 182.05(2)
(2) Any such license may be suspended or revoked for failure to pay the fees required hereunder, or for grievous and continuous failure to comply with the approved plan of operation, or if no plan of operation exists, for grievous and continuous failure to comply with the standards of this chapter applicable to such site under
s. NR 182.02 (3). The department shall review the license and plan of operation to determine compliance annually or at such other intervals as it determines necessary, but no more frequently than annually. At the time of such review, the operator shall pay review fees as shown in Table 1. Review fees are not refundable.
NR 182.05(3)
(3) No person shall establish or construct a waste site or facility prior to obtaining written approval from the department of plans describing site or facility feasibility and operation, or both except as otherwise provided in this chapter. The plan review fee specified in Table 1 shall accompany all plans submitted to the department for approval. Plan review fees are not transferable, proratable or refundable.
NR 182.05(4)
(4) Following closure of a site or facility, the owner or any successor in interest shall be required to have a license during the period of owner responsibility indicated in s.
289.41 (1m) (g), Stats. The license shall be issued for terms of 5 years with a fee of $250 per license period.
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*The plan review fees specified in Table 1 cover the department's review from initial submittal through approval or denial of the report or plan. An applicant may revise or supplement a report or plan deemed incomplete and resubmit it without paying an additional review fee. The applicant shall pay a plan review fee as specified in Table 1 for resubmittal of a plan which has been previously denied or withdrawn after having been determined to be complete.
NR 182.05 History
History: Cr.
Register, August, 1982, No. 320, eff. 9-1-82; r. and recr. table 1,
Register, March, 1984, No. 339, eff. 4-1-84.
NR 182.06
NR 182.06
General submittal requirements. Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, all submittals for review and approval of any feasibility report, plan of operation, construction observation report or closure plan shall include the following:
NR 182.06(1)
(1) The review fee specified in
s. NR 182.05 in check or money order payable to the department.
NR 182.06(1i)
(1i) A letter detailing the desired department action or response.
NR 182.06(1p)
(1p) Five copies of the plan or report prepared pursuant to the appropriate section of this chapter. Two copies shall be submitted to the department field office responsible for the area in which the site is located and 3 copies shall be submitted to the bureau of solid waste management in Madison. Review time starts when copies are received by the bureau. The plans and reports and all methods and procedures used to prepare them shall conform to the following:
NR 182.06(1p)(a)
(a) Preparation. The submittal shall be under the seal of a registered professional engineer.
NR 182.06(1p)(b)
(b) Investigation. All technical procedures used to investigate a solid waste disposal site or facility shall be in accordance with standard engineering procedures as approved by the department. Test procedures used shall be specified. Any deviation from a standard method shall be explained in detail with reasons provided.
NR 182.06(1p)(c)2.
2. Maps, figures, photographs and tables where applicable to clarify information or conclusions. The visuals shall be legible. All maps, plan sheets, drawings, isometrics, cross-sections and aerial photographs shall meet the following requirements:
NR 182.06(1p)(c)2.a.
a. Generally be no larger than 24 inches x 36 inches and no smaller than 8 1/2 inches x 11 inches.
NR 182.06(1p)(c)2.c.
c. Be numbered, referenced in the narrative, titled, have a legend of all symbols used, contain horizontal and vertical scales, where applicable, and specify drafting or origination dates.
NR 182.06(1p)(c)2.g.
g. Plan sheets showing site construction, operation or closure topography, shall also show original topography.
NR 182.06(1p)(c)2.h.
h. Plan sheets for land disposal sites and facilities shall indicate a survey grid based on monuments established in the field.
NR 182.06(1p)(c)2.i.
i. All cross-sections shall show survey grid location and be referenced to major plan sheets.
NR 182.06(1p)(c)3.
3. An appendix listing names of references, all necessary data, procedures and calculations.
NR 182.06(2)
(2) Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, no person shall operate or maintain a solid waste disposal site or facility without a license from the department.
NR 182.06(2)(a)
(a) A submittal for licensing of any solid waste disposal site or facility shall include:
NR 182.06(2)(a)3.
3. For all land disposal sites and facilities with plans of operation approved under this chapter, proof of financial responsibility as specified in
ss. NR 182.16 and
182.17.
NR 182.06(2)(b)
(b) The department shall notify the owner or operator of its intent to review the license and plan of operation, including monitoring data, to determine compliance at a frequency as determined necessary by the department, but no more frequently than annually. Upon such notification, the owner shall within 30 days remit the periodic review fee as specified in
s. NR 182.05 in check or money order payable to the department.
NR 182.06(3)
(3) In the event overlap exists between information required in reports or applications under this chapter, such as the feasibility report and plant of operation, and reports or applications required under other chapters, such as the mining permit application under
ch. NR 132, and an environmental impact report under
ch. NR 150, such different reports and applications, or portions thereof, may, at the applicant's discretion, be cross-referenced without the necessity of repetition, or may, to the extent practicable, be combined.
NR 182.06 History
History: Cr.
Register, August, 1982, No. 320, eff. 9-1-82; correction made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., Stats.,
Register, September, 1995, No. 477.
NR 182.07(1)(1) No person shall establish, construct, operate, maintain, or permit the use of property for a waste site within the following areas, except pursuant to an exemption granted under
s. NR 182.19:
NR 182.07(1)(b)
(b) Within 1,000 feet of any navigable lake, pond or flowage.
NR 182.07(1)(e)
(e) Within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any of the following: any state trunk highway, interstate or federal primary highway; the boundary of any state or federal park; the boundary of a scenic easement purchased by the department or the department of transportation; the boundary of a designated scenic or wild river; a scenic overlook designated by the department by rule; or a bike or hiking trail designated by the United States congress or the state legislature; unless, regardless of season, the site is visually inconspicuous due to screening or being visually absorbed due to natural objects, compatible natural plantings, earth berm or other appropriate means, or unless, regardless of season, the site is screened so as to be as aesthetically pleasing and inconspicuous as is feasible.
NR 182.07(1)(f)
(f) Within 1,200 feet of any public or private water supply well.
NR 182.07(1)(g)
(g) Within an area which contains known mineral resources at the time of initial application which are likely to be mined in the future and lie within 1,000 feet of the surface.
NR 182.07(1)(i)
(i) Within an area where the department after investigation finds that there is a reasonable probability that disposal of solid waste within such an area will result in a violation of surface water quality criteria and standards as specified in
chs. NR 102 to
104.
NR 182.07(1)(j)
(j) Within an area where the department finds there is a reasonable probability that disposal of mining waste within such an area will cause groundwater quality enforcement standards to be attained or exceeded beyond the design management zone specified in
s. NR 182.075.
NR 182.07(2)
(2) Any proposal to establish a site or facility shall comply with the standards and procedures in
s. NR 132.06 (4), relating to the minimization of disturbance to wetlands.
NR 182.07 History
History: Cr.
Register, August, 1982, No. 320, eff. 9-1-82; am. (1) (j),
Register, May, 1998, No. 509, eff. 6-1-98; correction in (1) (a) made under s.
13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register March 2011 No. 663.
NR 182.075(1)(a)(a) Applicability. Notwithstanding the applicability provisions of
s. NR 140.03, under the authority of s.
293.15 (11), Stats., mining waste facilities regulated under this chapter and other facilities situated on a prospecting site regulated under
ch. NR 131 or a mining site regulated under
ch. NR 132, approved after June 1, 1998, shall comply with
ch. NR 140.
NR 182.075(1)(b)1.1. The horizontal distance to the boundary of the design management zone for mining waste facilities regulated under this chapter shall be 1,200 feet from the outer waste boundary, unless reduced pursuant to
s. NR 140.22 (3), or at the boundary of property owned or leased by the applicant, whichever distance is less. The outer waste boundary shall be the outermost limit at which waste from a facility has been stored or disposed of, or permitted or approved for storage or disposal.
NR 182.075(1)(b)2.
2. The horizontal distance to the boundary of the design management zone for a metallic mineral surface mine or surface prospecting excavation shall be 1,200 feet from the edge of the mine or prospecting excavation, unless reduced pursuant to
s. NR 140.22 (3), or at the boundary of property owned or leased by the applicant, whichever distance is less.
NR 182.075(1)(b)3.
3. The horizontal distance to the boundary of the design management zone for an underground metallic mineral mine or prospecting excavation shall be 1,200 feet from the maximum outer edge of the underground prospecting or mine workings adjacent to the ore body as projected to the land surface, unless reduced pursuant to
s. NR 140.22 (3), or at the boundary of property owned or leased by the applicant, whichever distance is less.
NR 182.075(1)(b)4.
4. The horizontal distance to the boundary of the design management zone for facilities, other than the prospecting excavation, mine and mining waste facility, situated on a prospecting site regulated under
ch. NR 131 or a mining site regulated under
ch. NR 132 shall be as specified in Table 4 of
ch. NR 140, if listed, or 150 feet from the edge of the facility, unless expanded or reduced pursuant to
s. NR 140.22 (3), or at the boundary of property owned or leased by the applicant, whichever distance is less.
NR 182.075(1)(c)
(c) Mandatory intervention boundary. The horizontal distance to the mandatory intervention boundary for a metallic mining waste facility or a surface or underground metallic mineral mine or prospecting excavation shall be 150 feet from the outer waste boundary, the outer edge of the mine or prospecting excavation, or the outer edge of the underground workings as projected to the land surface, unless the boundary of the design management zone is within 300 feet of the outer waste boundary, mine, prospecting excavation, or underground prospecting or mine workings. In no case may the mandatory intervention boundary extend more than one half the distance from the outer waste boundary, mine, prospecting excavation or underground prospecting or mine workings to the boundary of the design management zone. The mandatory intervention boundary shall apply as specified in
s. NR 182.075 (1s) and
(1u).
NR 182.075(1p)
(1p) For any substance for which there is not an enforcement standard and preventive action limit in
ch. NR 140, the waste site, mine and other facilities on a mining site may not cause concentrations which have a substantial deleterious impact on a current beneficial use or a significant future beneficial use, of groundwater, such as drinking, irrigation, aquaculture, maintenance of livestock, or maintenance of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, as designated at a hearing held pursuant to s.
293.43, Stats.
NR 182.075(1s)(a)(a) At the hearing conducted under s.
293.43, Stats. the department shall determine the adequacy of the contingency plan submitted by the applicant which specifies the action which will be taken if an analysis of groundwater samples requires a response under
ss. NR 140.24 to
140.27 and
182.13 (2) (g). The contingency plan shall provide that the response protocol include a comparison of the observed sampling results to the results of the original predictive modeling, completed as part of the mine permitting process, and updated predictive modeling performed subsequent to the start of operation. If the comparison indicates that the observed sampling results are consistent with the design and expected performance of the facility, and the sampling results indicate that an enforcement standard or a preventive action limit has not been exceeded beyond the mandatory intervention boundary, the operator may recommend a no response action in accordance with
s. NR 140.24.
NR 182.075(1s)(b)1.1. If a preventive action limit or an enforcement standard has been exceeded beyond the mandatory intervention boundary, the department shall require a response in accordance with
s. NR 140.24, but may not approve a no action response under
s. NR 140.24 (5).
NR 182.075(1s)(b)2.
2. If a response under
s. NR 140.24 (5) has previously been taken, and if subsequent monitoring results are consistent with updated predictive modeling projections and indicate that the groundwater standards will not be attained or exceeded at the design management zone, the department may determine that no additional response is necessary.
NR 182.075(1u)
(1u) The following requirements are to be applied in conjunction with those of
ss. NR 132.11 and
182.13. The department shall specify the parameters for groundwater analysis and may include those considered indicator parameters, those important parameters identified from the waste characterization studies, and others which might be appropriate under the specific conditions.
NR 182.075(1u)(a)
(a) The operator of a prospecting or mining site shall monitor groundwater quality at locations approved by the department along the mandatory intervention boundary and the boundary of the design management zone.
NR 182.075(1u)(b)
(b) The operator of a prospecting or mining site shall monitor groundwater quality at locations approved by the department within the mandatory intervention boundary and the design management zone.
NR 182.075(1u)(c)
(c) Intervention by the operator in accordance with the provisions of the contingency plan, developed in accordance with
s. NR 182.09 (2) (d) and approved in accordance with
ss. NR 182.08 (2) and
182.09 (1), shall be required, regardless of the holding of any hearing pursuant to
sub. (1x), when analyses of samples from monitoring points within the design management zone or within the mandatory intervention boundary show a reasonable probability that, without intervention, there may be a violation of the established groundwater quality standards at the boundary of the design management zone. Criteria against which "reasonable probability" shall be measured are the results of the predictive modeling submitted by the applicant as part of the feasibility report and other information available to the department.
NR 182.075(1u)(d)
(d) Additional monitoring locations and tests may be specified by the department so that the actual effects of the mining site on groundwater quality may be compared with the effects projected in the feasibility report, mining permit application and waste water engineering report.
NR 182.075(1u)(e)
(e) Groundwater shall be monitored at locations approved by the department in the vicinity of the prospecting or mining site on a monthly basis for at least 12 consecutive months during the initial site preparation and construction phase at the prospecting or mining site to determine baseline water quality. Parameters analyzed shall include those substances identified in
ch. NR 140 and specified by the department for monitoring, indicator parameters as specified by the department, parameters identified as important in the waste material, and any other parameters deemed appropriate by the department for the specific conditions of the site.
