289.53(6)
(6) Exceptions. The department may exempt a person establishing, constructing or operating certain categories of facilities which store or treat PCB waste or which store or treat certain types, amounts or concentrations of PCB waste from the provisions of this section.
289.53(7)
(7) Applicability. This section applies to any facility which is not otherwise subject to
ss. 289.21 to
289.32.
289.53 History
History: History:
1995 a. 227 s.
582.
289.55(1)(a)
(a) "Nuisance" means an unreasonable danger to public health, safety or welfare or the environment.
289.55(1)(am)
(am) "Recovery activity" means a project designed to reduce the number or volume of waste tires, to recycle waste tires or to recover waste tires.
Effective date note
NOTE: Par. (am) is created eff. 6-30-97 by
1995 Wis. Act 27.
289.55(1)(b)
(b) "Tire dump" means any location that is used for storing or disposing of waste tires.
289.55(1)(c)
(c) "Waste tire" means a tire that is no longer suitable for its original purpose because of wear, damage or defect.
289.55(2)
(2) Department authority; abatement. If the department determines that a tire dump is a nuisance, it shall notify the person responsible for the nuisance and request that the tires be processed or removed within a specified period. If the person fails to take the requested action within the specified period, the department shall order the person to abate the nuisance within a specified period. If the person responsible for the nuisance is not the owner of the property on which the tire dump is located, the department may order the property owner to permit abatement of the nuisance. If the person responsible for the nuisance fails to comply with the order, the department may take any action necessary to abate the nuisance, including entering the property where the tire dump is located and confiscating the waste tires, or arranging to have the waste tires processed or removed.
289.55(2r)
(2r) Enforcement action. To carry out a nuisance abatement under
sub. (2), the department may refer a nuisance abatement to the attorney general for enforcement action.
289.55(3)
(3) Applicability. This section does not apply to any of the following:
289.55(3)(a)
(a) A retail business premises where tires are sold if no more than 500 waste tires are kept on the premises at one time.
289.55(3)(b)
(b) The premises of a tire retreading business if no more than 3,000 waste tires are kept on the premises at one time.
289.55(3)(c)
(c) A premises where tires are removed from motor vehicles in the ordinary course of business if no more than 500 waste tires are kept on the premises at one time.
289.55(3)(d)
(d) A solid waste disposal facility where no more than 60,000 waste tires are stored above ground at one time if all tires received for storage are processed, buried or removed from the facility within one year after receipt.
289.55(3)(e)
(e) A site where no more than 250 waste tires are stored for agricultural uses.
289.55(3)(f)
(f) A site where a recovery activity, as defined in
s. 159.17 (1) (a) [281.17 (1) (a)], is carried on if no more than a 6-month inventory of tires is kept on the site.
Effective date note
NOTE: The bracketed language indicates the correct cross-reference. Section 159.17 was renumbered by
1995 Wis. Act 227. Par. (f) is amended eff. 6-30-97 by
1995 Wis. Act 27 to read:
Effective date text
(f) A site where a recovery activity is carried on if no more than a 6-month inventory of tires is kept on the site.
289.55(3)(g)
(g) A site where waste tires are stored for use in constructing artificial reefs in waters of the state.
289.55(3)(h)
(h) An artificial reef constructed of waste tires.
289.55(3)(i)
(i) A construction site where waste tires are stored for use or used in road surfacing and construction of embankments.
289.55(3)(j)
(j) A solid waste disposal facility where waste tires are buried in compliance with rules promulgated by the department.
289.55(4)
(4) Abatement priorities. The order of priority for the department's abatement activities under
sub. (2) shall be as follows:
289.55(4)(a)
(a) Tire dumps determined by the department to contain more than 1,000,000 tires.
289.55(4)(b)
(b) Tire dumps which constitute a fire hazard or threat to public health.
289.55(5)
(5) Recovery of expenses. The department may ask the attorney general to initiate a civil action to recover from the person responsible for the nuisance the reasonable and necessary costs incurred by the department for its nuisance abatement activities and its administrative and legal expenses related to the abatement. The department's certification of expenses shall be prima facie evidence that the expenses are reasonable and necessary.
289.55(6)
(6) Other abatement. This section does not change the existing authority of the department to enforce any existing laws or of any person to abate a nuisance. The department may reimburse a person for the costs of any such abatement.
289.55 History
History: 1987 a. 27,
110;
1987 a. 403 s.
256;
1989 a. 335 s.
89;
1995 a. 27;
1995 a. 227 s.
630; Stats. 1995 s. 289.55.
289.57
289.57
Disposal and treatment records. 289.57(1)
(1)
Submission of information. The owner or operator of each solid waste treatment facility at which solid waste is converted into fuel or burned and of each solid waste disposal facility shall annually submit to the department a report containing all of the following information:
289.57(1)(c)
(c) For a solid waste disposal facility, the remaining capacity available for disposal.
289.57(1)(d)
(d) A list of all licensed haulers transporting waste to the facility for disposal or treatment in the previous year.
289.57(1)(e)
(e) A list of the states of origin of solid waste disposed of or treated at the facility in the previous year and the amount, by weight, of that solid waste originating in each state.
289.57(2)
(2) Maintenance of records. Except as provided in
s. 289.09 (2) (a) 2., the department shall separately maintain as a public record, for each solid waste facility, the reports required by
sub. (1).
289.57 History
History: 1989 a. 335;
1995 a. 227 s.
633; Stats. 1995 s. 289.57.
289.59
289.59
Disposal and burning of low-level radioactive waste. 289.59(1)(1)
Definition. In this section, "low-level radioactive waste" has the meaning given in
s. 16.11 (2) (m).
289.59(2)(a)(a) No person may dispose of low-level radioactive waste that is determined by the federal nuclear regulatory commission under
42 USC 2021j to be below regulatory concern in a landfill or a hazardous waste disposal facility unless the landfill or hazardous waste disposal facility is licensed for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste by the federal nuclear regulatory commission or by this state under an agreement under
42 USC 2021 that grants this state the authority to regulate the disposal of low-level radioactive waste.
289.59(2)(b)
(b) No person may burn in an incinerator low-level radioactive waste that is determined by the federal nuclear regulatory commission under
42 USC 2021j to be below regulatory concern.
289.59 History
History: 1991 a. 50;
1995 a. 115;
1995 a. 227 s.
639; Stats. 1995 s. 289.59.
FEES; FUNDS
289.61
289.61 License and review fees. 289.61(1)
(1) The department shall adopt by rule a graduated schedule of reasonable license and review fees to be charged for solid waste license and review activities.
289.61(2)
(2) Solid waste license and review activities consist of reviewing feasibility reports, plans of operation, closure plans and license applications, issuing determinations of feasibility, plan of operation approvals and operating licenses, inspecting construction projects and taking other actions in administering
ss. 289.21 to
289.32,
289.43,
289.47,
289.53 and
289.95.
289.61(3)
(3) The department shall establish solid waste review fees at a level anticipated to recover the solid waste program staff review costs of conducting solid waste review activities.
289.61 History
History: 1995 a. 227 s.
583.
289.62(1)(1)
Imposition of tonnage fee on nonapproved facilities; exception; use. 289.62(1)(a)(a)
Imposition of tonnage fee. Except as provided under
par. (b), the owner or operator of a nonapproved facility shall pay periodically to the department a tonnage fee for each ton or equivalent volume of solid or hazardous waste received and disposed of at the facility during the preceding reporting period. The department may determine by rule the volume which is equivalent to a ton of waste.
289.62(1)(b)
(b)
Exemption from tonnage fees; certain materials used in the operation of the facility. Solid waste materials approved by the department for lining, daily cover or capping or for constructing berms, dikes or roads within a solid waste disposal facility are not subject to the tonnage fee imposed under
par. (a).
289.62(1)(f)
(f)
Reduction of or exemption from tonnage fees. The total annual tonnage fees for all solid waste received by a nonapproved facility shall be reduced by the amount of the base fee under
s. 289.67 (3) for that facility. If the base fee for a nonapproved facility under
s. 289.67 (3) is greater than the annual tonnage fee imposed under
par. (a) for that facility, the solid or hazardous waste received by the facility is exempt from the tonnage fee for that year. The department shall establish methods by rule for estimating the total annual tonnages for all solid and hazardous wastes received by a nonapproved facility. If an estimate reveals that total annual tonnage fees for a nonapproved facility for a certain year are unlikely to exceed the base fee under
s. 289.67 (3) for that year, the department shall grant an exemption under this paragraph without requiring the calculation of the actual total tonnage fees.
289.62(1)(g)
(g)
Use of tonnage fees. Tonnage fees paid by a nonapproved facility shall be paid into the environmental fund for environmental repair.
289.62(2)(a)(a)
Tonnage fee; solid waste. Except as provided under
pars. (c) and
(g), the tonnage fee imposed by
sub. (3) (a) [(1) (a)] is 1.5 cents per ton for solid waste.
289.62(2)(b)
(b)
Tonnage fee; certain hazardous waste. The tonnage fee imposed by
sub. (3) (a) [(1) (a)] is 15 cents per ton for hazardous wastes other than waste specified under
par. (c).
289.62(2)(c)
(c)
Tonnage fee; other waste. Except as provided under
par. (g), the tonnage fee imposed by
sub. (3) (a) [(1) (a)] is 1.5 cents per ton for waste consisting of ashes and sludges from electric and process steam generating facilities, sludges produced by waste treatment or manufacturing processes at pulp or paper mills, manufacturing process solid wastes from foundries and sludges produced by municipal wastewater treatment facilities.
289.62(2)(g)
(g)
Tonnage fee; mining waste. Notwithstanding
pars. (a) to
(c), with respect to prospecting or mining waste, the tonnage fee imposed under
sub. (3) (a) [(1) (a)] is:
289.62(2)(g)2.
2. For nonhazardous tailing solids or for nonacid producing taconite tailing solids, 0.2 cent per ton.
289.62(2)(g)6.
6. For nonhazardous waste rock or for nonacid producing taconite waste rock, 0.1 cent per ton.
289.62(2)(g)7.
7. For any prospecting or mining waste not specified under
subds. 1. to
6.,
0.5 cent per ton.
289.62 Note
NOTE: The bracketed language indicates the correct cross-references. Corrective legislation is pending.
289.62 History
History: 1995 a. 227 s.
589,
991.
289.63
289.63
Groundwater, solid waste capacity and well compensation fees. 289.63(1)(1)
Imposition of groundwater, solid waste capacity and well compensation fees on generators. Except as provided under
sub. (6), a generator of solid or hazardous waste shall pay separate groundwater, solid waste capacity and well compensation fees for each ton or equivalent volume of solid or hazardous waste which is disposed of at a licensed solid or hazardous waste disposal facility. If a person arranges for collection or disposal services on behalf of one or more generators, that person shall pay the groundwater, solid waste capacity and well compensation fees to the licensed solid or hazardous waste disposal facility or to any intermediate hauler used to transfer wastes from collection points to a licensed facility. An intermediate hauler who receives groundwater, solid waste capacity and well compensation fees under this subsection shall pay the fees to the licensed solid or hazardous waste disposal facility. Tonnage or equivalent volume shall be calculated in the same manner as the calculation made for tonnage fees under
s. 289.62 (1).
289.63(2)
(2) Collection. The owner or operator of a licensed solid or hazardous waste disposal facility shall collect the groundwater, solid waste capacity and well compensation fees from the generator, a person who arranges for disposal on behalf of one or more generators or an intermediate hauler and shall pay to the department the amount of the fees required to be collected according to the amount of solid or hazardous waste received and disposed of at the facility during the preceding reporting period.
289.63(3)
(3) Amount of groundwater, solid waste capacity and well compensation fees. The fees imposed under this section are as follows:
289.63(3)(a)
(a) Except as provided in
sub. (4), the groundwater fee imposed under
sub. (1) is 10 cents per ton for solid waste or hazardous waste.
289.63(3)(b)
(b) The well compensation fee imposed under
sub. (1) for solid waste or hazardous waste, excluding prospecting or mining waste, is one cent per ton.
289.63(3)(c)
(c) In this paragraph, "solid waste disposal and incineration capacity" means the sum of the total capacity remaining at the beginning of a calendar year in all existing municipal waste landfills and the total solid waste incineration capacity of all existing incinerators during the expected life of the incinerators. The solid waste capacity fee imposed under
sub. (1) for solid waste disposed of after January 1, 1995, excluding hazardous waste and excluding solid waste generated in this state, shall be determined by the department at the beginning of each calendar year based on a comparison of the solid waste disposal and incineration capacity in this state and in the state in which the solid waste is generated. Except as provided in
par. (d), the solid waste capacity fee is as follows:
289.63(3)(c)1.
1. For solid waste generated in a state which has a per capita solid waste disposal and incineration capacity greater than or equal to the per capita capacity in this state, $0.
289.63(3)(c)2.
2. For solid waste generated in a state which has a per capita solid waste disposal and incineration capacity greater than or equal to 75% but less than the per capita capacity in this state, $2 per ton.
289.63(3)(c)3.
3. For solid waste generated in a state which has a per capita solid waste disposal and incineration capacity greater than or equal to 50% but less than 75% of the per capita capacity in this state, $4 per ton.
289.63(3)(c)4.
4. For solid waste generated in a state which has a per capita solid waste disposal and incineration capacity greater than or equal to 25% but less than 50% of the per capita capacity in this state, $6 per ton.
289.63(3)(c)5.
5. For solid waste generated in a state which has a per capita solid waste disposal and incineration capacity less than 25% of the per capita capacity in this state, $8 per ton.
289.63(3)(d)
(d) If the solid waste capacity fee for solid waste generated in any state remains at the same level or increases in 2 consecutive calendar years, the fee under
par. (c) is doubled. The fee shall remain doubled until solid waste generated in that state qualifies for a lower fee under
par. (c).
289.63(4)
(4) Amount of groundwater fee; prospecting or mining waste. The groundwater fee imposed under
sub. (1) is one cent per ton for prospecting or mining waste, including tailing solids, sludge or waste rock.
