NR 297.09 Applicability; description of the wet storage subcategory.
NR 297.091 Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available.
NR 297.092 Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology economically achievable.
NR 297.093 New source performance standards.
NR 297.094 Pretreatment standards for existing sources.
NR 297.095 Pretreatment standards for new sources.
Subchapter X - Log Washing Subcategory
NR 297.10 Applicability; description of the log washing subcategory.
NR 297.101 Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available.
NR 297.102 Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology economically achievable.
NR 297.103 New source performance standards.
NR 297.104 Pretreatment standards for existing sources.
NR 297.105 Pretreatment standards for new sources.
Subchapter XI - Sawmills and Planing Mills Subcategory
NR 297.11 Applicability; description of the sawmills and planing mills subcategory.
NR 297.111 Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available.
NR 297.112 Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology economically achievable.
NR 297.113 New source performance standards.
NR 297.114 Pretreatment standards for existing sources.
NR 297.115 Pretreatment standards for new sources.
Subchapter XII - Finishing Subcategory
NR 297.12 Applicability; description of the finishing subcategory.
NR 297.121 Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available.
NR 297.122 Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology economically achievable.
NR 297.123 New source performance standards.
NR 297.124 Pretreatment standards for existing sources.
NR 297.125 Pretreatment standards for new sources.
Subchapter XIII - Particleboard Manufacturing Subcategory
NR 297.13 Applicability; description of the particleboard manufacturing subcategory.
NR 297.131 Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available.
NR 297.132 Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology economically achievable.
NR 297.133 New source performance standards.
NR 297.134 Pretreatment standards for existing sources.
NR 297.135 Pretreatment standards for new sources.
Subchapter XIV - Insulation Board Subcategory
NR 297.14 Applicability; description of the insulation board subcategory.
NR 297.141 Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available.
NR 297.143 New source performance standards.
NR 297.144 Pretreatment standards for existing sources.
NR 297.145 Pretreatment standards for new sources.
Subchapter XV - Wood Furniture and Fixture Production Without Water Wash Spray Booths or Without Laundry Facilities Subcategory
NR 297.15 Applicability; description of the wood furniture and fixture production without water wash spray booths or without laundry facilities subcategory.
NR 297.151 Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available.
NR 297.152 Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology economically achievable.
NR 297.153 New source performance standards.
NR 297.154 Pretreatment standards for new sources.
NR 297.155 Pretreatment standards for existing sources.
Subchapter XVI - Wood Furniture and Fixture Production With Water Wash Spray Booths or With Laundry Facilities Subcategory
NR 297.16 Applicability; description of the wood furniture and fixture production with water wash spray booths or with laundry facilities subcategory.
NR 297.161 Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available.
NR 297.162 Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology economically achievable.
NR 297.163 New source performance standards.
NR 297.164 Pretreatment standards for new sources.
NR 297.165 Pretreatment standards for existing sources.
Ch. NR 297 Note
Note: Chapter NR 297 as it existed on April 30, 1989, was repealed and a new Chapter NR 297 was created effective May 1, 1989.
NR 297.001
NR 297.001 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish effluent limitations, performance standards, and pretreatment standards for discharge of process wastes from the timber products processing category of point sources and its subcategories.
NR 297.001 History
History: Cr.
Register, April, 1989, No. 400, eff. 5-1-89.
NR 297.002
NR 297.002 Applicability. This chapter applies to any timber products processing operation and any plant producing insulation board with wood as a major raw material which discharges or may discharge process wastewater pollutants to the waters of the state or which introduces or may introduce process wastewater pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works.
NR 297.002 History
History: Cr.
Register, April, 1989, No. 400, eff. 5-1-89.
NR 297.003
NR 297.003 General definitions. 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.
NR 297.003(1)
(1) “Boulton process” means a process in which unseasoned wood is heated in an oily preservative under a partial vacuum to reduce the wood's moisture content prior to injection of the preservative.
NR 297.003(2)
(2) “Byproduct utilization” means the manufacture of products from bark and wood waste materials exclusive of the manufacture of insulation board, particleboard, hardboard, or products in other categories or subcategories covered by specific limitations.
NR 297.003(3)
(3) “Debris” means woody material such as bark, twigs, branches, heartwood, or sapwood which will not pass through a 2.54 cm (1.0 in) diameter round opening and which is present in the discharge from a wet storage facility.
NR 297.003(4)
(4) “Existing source” means any point source, except a new source as defined in
sub. (9), from which pollutants may be discharged either into waters of the state or into a publicly owned treatment works.
NR 297.003(5)
(5) “Gross production of fiberboard products” means the air dry weight of hardboard or insulation board following formation of the mat and prior to trimming and finishing operations.
NR 297.003(6)
(6) “Hardboard” means a panel manufactured from interfelted lignocellulosic fibers consolidated under heat and pressure to a density of 0.5 g/cu cm (31 lb/cu ft) or greater.
NR 297.003(7)
(7) “Hydraulic barking” means a wood processing operation that removes bark from wood by the use of water under a pressure of 6.8 atm (100 psia) or greater.
NR 297.003(8)
(8) “Insulation board” means a panel manufactured from interfelted lignocellulosic fibers consolidated to a density of less than 0.5 g/cu cm (31 lb/cu ft).
NR 297.003(9)
(9) “New source,” as defined for purposes of new source performance standards and treatment standards for new sources, means any point source for which construction commenced after October 31, 1979, and from which pollutants are or may be discharged directly to waters of the state or to a publicly owned treatment works.
NR 297.003(10)
(10) “Particleboard” means board products composed of underfiberized particles of wood and other lignocellulosic materials bonded together with organic or inorganic binder materials.
NR 297.003(11)
(11) “Process wastewater” means wastewater other than noncontact cooling water, material storage yard runoff, and boiler blowdown. For the dry process hardboard, veneer, finishing, particleboard, and sawmills and planing mills subcategories, fire control water is not process wastewater.
NR 297.003(12)
(12) “Self contained body of water” means a body of water which does not have a continuous natural influent of either surface or groundwater and which is used to store raw materials for the manufacture of lumber and wood products except for timber.
NR 297.003(13)
(13) “Smooth-one-side hardboard” means hardboard which is produced by the wet matting wet pressing process.
NR 297.003(14)
(14) “Smooth-two-side hardboard” means hardboard which is produced by the wet matting dry pressing process.
NR 297.003 History
History: Cr.
Register, April, 1989, No. 400, eff. 5-1-89.
NR 297.004
NR 297.004 Numerical limitations. For the subcategories with numerical limitations, the daily maximum limitation is a value which may not be exceeded by any one effluent measurement. The 30-day limitation is a value that may not be exceeded by the average of daily measurements taken during any 30-day period.
NR 297.004 History
History: Cr.
Register, April, 1989, No. 400, eff. 5-1-89.
NR 297.005(1)
(1) Any existing source subject to this chapter which discharges to waters of the state shall achieve:
NR 297.005(1)(a)
(a) The effluent limitations representing BPT by July 1, 1977; and
NR 297.005(2)
(2) Any new source subject to this chapter which discharges to waters of the state shall achieve NSPS at the commencement of discharge.
NR 297.005(3)
(3) Any existing source subject to this chapter which introduces process wastewater pollutants into a POTW shall achieve PSES by January 26, 1984.
NR 297.005(4)
(4) Any new source subject to this chapter which introduces process wastewater pollutants into a POTW shall achieve PSNS at the commencement of discharge.
NR 297.005 History
History: Cr.
Register, April, 1989, No. 400, eff. 5-1-89.
NR 297.01
NR 297.01 Applicability; description of the barking subcategory. This subchapter applies to the discharge of pollutants to waters of the state and the introduction of pollutants into POTWs from the barking of logs by plants in the lumber and wood products industry, except for furniture making, and plants producing insulation board.
NR 297.01 History
History: Cr.
Register, April, 1989, No. 400, eff. 5-1-89.
