NR 660.10(133)
(133) "Universal waste" means any of the following hazardous wastes that are managed under the universal waste requirements of
ch. NR 673:
NR 660.10(134)(a)2.
2. The owner or operator of a facility, including all contiguous property, that receives universal waste from other universal waste handlers, accumulates universal waste and sends universal waste to another universal waste handler, to a destination facility or to a foreign destination.
NR 660.10(134)(b)2.
2. A person engaged in the off-site transportation of universal waste by air, rail, highway or water, including a universal waste transfer facility.
NR 660.10(135)
(135) "Universal waste transporter" means a person engaged in the off-site transportation of universal waste by air, rail, highway or water.
NR 660.10(136)
(136) "Unsaturated zone" or "zone of aeration" means the zone between the land surface and the water table.
NR 660.10(137)
(137) "Uppermost aquifer" means the geologic formation nearest the natural ground surface that is an aquifer, as well as lower aquifers that are hydraulically interconnected with this aquifer within the facility's property boundary.
NR 660.10(138)
(138) "Used oil" means any oil that has been refined from crude oil, or any synthetic oil, that has been used and as a result of the use is contaminated by physical or chemical impurities.
NR 660.10(139)
(139) "Very small quantity generator" means a generator who generates no more than 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of non-acute hazardous waste or 1 kilogram of acute hazardous waste listed in
ss. NR 661.31 to
661.33 in a calendar month.
NR 660.10(140)
(140) "Vessel" includes every description of watercraft, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on the water.
NR 660.10(141)
(141) "Wastewater treatment unit" means a device which is all of the following:
NR 660.10(141)(b)
(b) Receives and treats or stores an influent wastewater that is a hazardous waste as defined in
s. NR 661.03, or that generates and accumulates a wastewater treatment sludge that is a hazardous waste as defined in
s. NR 661.03, or treats or stores a wastewater treatment sludge which is a hazardous waste as defined in
s. NR 661.03.
NR 660.10(142)
(142) "Water (bulk shipment)" means the bulk transportation of hazardous waste which is loaded or carried on board a vessel without containers or labels.
NR 660.10(143)
(143) "Well" means any of the following: a bored, drilled or driven shaft, a dug hole whose depth is greater than its largest surface dimension, an improved sinkhole or a subsurface fluid distribution system.
NR 660.10(146)
(146) "Zone of engineering control" means an area under the control of the owner or operator that, upon detection of a hazardous waste release, can be readily cleaned up prior to the release of hazardous waste or hazardous constituents to ground water or surface water.
NR 660.10 Note
Note: See chs.
289 and
291, Stats., for additional definitions.
NR 660.10 History
History: CR 05-032: cr.
Register July 2006 No. 607, eff. 8-1-06;
CR 06-102: am. (21), (76) and (77)
Register March 2007 No. 615, eff. 4-1-07;
EmR1007: emerg. cr. (70m), am. (107), eff. 3-17-10;
CR 10-036: cr. (70m), am. (107)
Register October 2010 No. 658, eff. 11-1-10; corrections in (15), (141) made under s.
13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register March 2013 No. 687.
NR 660.11
NR 660.11
Incorporation by reference. This section is adopted under ss.
227.21 (2) and
285.11, Stats., to incorporate by reference testing, monitoring and other technical standards, established by the federal government and technical societies and organizations, to which reference is made in
chs. NR 660 to
670. Some materials that are incorporated by reference in other references are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this subsection.
NR 660.11 Note
Note: Copies of these materials are available for inspection in the offices of the department of natural resources, secretary of state and legislative reference bureau, Madison, Wisconsin, the web address listed after the name of the publication or may be obtained for personal use at the corresponding address noted.
NR 660.11 Note
Note: Copies of these materials may be purchased from:
NR 660.11 Note
Note: Copies of this document can be purchased from:
NR 660.11 Note
American Petroleum Institute
1220 L Street, Northwest
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 682-8000
http://api.org/
Table 2
NR 660.11(3)
(3) American society for testing and materials (ASTM).
NR 660.11 Note
Note: Copies of these documents are available for inspection in the offices of the department of natural resources, secretary of state and legislative reference bureau, Madison, Wisconsin.
Table 3
1 Copies of this document can be purchased from: American Society for Testing and Materials, 100 Barr Harbor Drive,
West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, (610) 832-9585,
www.astm.org NR 660.11(4)
(4) Department of defense explosives safety board.
Table 4
Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board Document References
-
See PDF for table 
Table 5
NR 660.11 Note
Note: Copies of these materials may be purchased from:
NR 660.11 Note
1National Technical Information Service
U.S. Department of Commerce
5285 Port Royal Road
Springfield, VA 22161
(800) 553-NTIS (6847)
www.ntis.gov NR 660.11 Note
2Environmental Protection Agency
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
NR 660.11 Note
4U.S. EPA Office of Solid Waste (5307W)
OSW Methods Team
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20460
NR 660.11 Note
5EPA Methods Information Communication Exchange (MICE) Service
(703) 821-4690
NR 660.11 Note
6ORD Publications Office
Cincinnati, OH
(513) 569-7562
NR 660.11(6)
(6) National fire protection association (NFPA).
NR 660.11 Note
Note: Copies of this document can be purchased from:
NR 660.11 Note
National Fire Protection Association
11 Tracy Drive
Avon, MA 02322
(800) 344-3555
www.nfpa.org
Table 6
NR 660.11(7)
(7) Organization for economic co-operation and development.
NR 660.11 Note
Note: Copies of this document can be purchased and downloaded from:
Table 7
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development Document References
-
See PDF for table NR 660.11 History
History: CR 05-032: cr.
Register July 2006 No. 607, eff. 8-1-06; correction in (5) (o) made under s.
13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register March 2013 No. 687.
NR 660.20(1)(1) As provided under s.
227.12, Stats., and
ch. NR 2, a person may petition the department to modify or revoke any provision in
chs. NR 660 to
673.
Section NR 660.21 sets forth additional requirements for petitions to add a testing or analytical method to
ch. NR 661,
664 or
665.
Section NR 660.22 references petitions to EPA to exclude a waste or waste-derived material at a particular facility from
s. NR 661.03 or the lists of hazardous wastes in subch.
D of ch. NR 661.
Section NR 660.23 sets forth additional requirements for petitions to amend
ch. NR 673 to include additional hazardous wastes or categories of hazardous waste as universal waste.
NR 660.20 History
History: CR 05-032: cr.
Register July 2006 No. 607, eff. 8-1-06.
NR 660.21
NR 660.21
Petitions for equivalent testing or analytical methods. NR 660.21(1)(1) Any person seeking to add a testing or analytical method to
ch. NR 661,
664 or
665 may petition for a rule amendment under this section and
s. NR 660.20. To be successful, the person shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that the proposed method is equal to or superior to the corresponding method prescribed in
ch. NR 661,
664 or
665, in terms of its sensitivity, accuracy and precision (i.e., reproducibility).
NR 660.21(2)
(2) Each petition shall include all of the following, in addition to the information required by
s. NR 660.20:
NR 660.21(2)(a)
(a) A full description of the proposed method, including all procedural steps and equipment used in the method.
NR 660.21(2)(b)
(b) A description of the types of wastes or waste matrices for which the proposed method may be used.
NR 660.21(2)(c)
(c) Comparative results obtained from using the proposed method with those obtained from using the relevant or corresponding methods prescribed in
ch. NR 661,
664 or
665.
NR 660.21(2)(d)
(d) An assessment of any factors which may interfere with, or limit the use of, the proposed method.
NR 660.21(2)(e)
(e) A description of the quality control procedures necessary to ensure the sensitivity, accuracy and precision of the proposed method.
NR 660.21(3)
(3) After receiving a petition for an equivalent method, the department may request any additional information on the proposed method which the department may reasonably require to evaluate the method.
NR 660.21(4)
(4) If the department amends the rules to permit use of a new testing method, the method will be incorporated in "Test Methods for the Evaluation of Solid Waste: Physical/Chemical Methods," SW-846, incorporated by reference in
s. NR 660.11.
NR 660.21 History
History: CR 05-032: cr.
Register July 2006 No. 607, eff. 8-1-06.
NR 660.22
NR 660.22
Petitions to amend ch. NR 661 to exclude a waste produced at a particular facility. Any person seeking to exclude a waste at a particular generating facility from the lists in subch.
D of ch. NR 661 may petition the EPA region 5 administrator for a regulatory amendment under
40 CFR 260.20 and
260.22. The department shall recognize an EPA granted delisting unless the department clearly establishes that a delisting would threaten human health or the environment.
NR 660.22 History
History: CR 05-032: cr.
Register July 2006 No. 607, eff. 8-1-06.
NR 660.23
NR 660.23 Petitions to amend ch. NR 673 to include additional hazardous wastes. NR 660.23(1)
(1) Any person seeking to add a hazardous waste or a category of hazardous waste to the universal waste rules in
ch. NR 673 may petition for a rule amendment under this section,
s. NR 660.20, and subch.
G of ch. NR 673.
NR 660.23(2)
(2) To be successful, the petitioner shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that regulation under the universal waste rules in
ch. NR 673 is appropriate for the waste or category of waste, will improve management practices for the waste or category of waste and will improve implementation of the hazardous waste program. The petition shall include the information required by this section. The petition should also address as many of the factors listed in
s. NR 673.81 as are appropriate for the waste or category of waste addressed in the petition.
