NR 664.0115NR 664.0115 Certification of closure. Within 60 days of completion of closure of each hazardous waste surface impoundment, waste pile and landfill unit, and within 60 days of the completion of final closure, the owner or operator shall submit to the department, by registered mail, a certification that the hazardous waste management unit or facility, as applicable, has been closed in accordance with the specifications in the approved closure plan. The certification shall be signed by the owner or operator and by a qualified professional engineer. Documentation supporting the professional engineer’s certification shall be furnished to the department upon request until the department releases the owner or operator from the financial assurance requirements for closure under s. NR 664.0143 (11). NR 664.0116NR 664.0116 Survey plat. No later than the submission of the certification of closure of each hazardous waste disposal unit, the owner or operator shall submit to the local zoning authority, or the authority with jurisdiction over local land use, and to the department, a survey plat indicating the location and dimensions of landfill cells or other hazardous waste disposal units with respect to permanently surveyed benchmarks. This plat shall be prepared and certified by a professional land surveyor. The plat filed with the local zoning authority, or the authority with jurisdiction over local land use, shall contain a note, prominently displayed, which states the owner’s or operator’s obligation to restrict disturbance of the hazardous waste disposal unit according to the applicable rules of this subchapter. NR 664.0116 HistoryHistory: CR 05-032: cr. Register July 2006 No. 607, eff. 8-1-06. NR 664.0117NR 664.0117 Long-term care and use of property. NR 664.0117(1)(a)(a) Long-term care for each hazardous waste management unit subject to the requirements of this section and ss. NR 664.0118 to 664.0120 shall begin after completion of closure of the unit and continue for a minimum of 40 years after that date and shall consist of at least both of the following: NR 664.0117(1)(a)2.2. Maintenance and monitoring of waste containment systems in accordance with the requirements of subchs. F, K, L, N and X. NR 664.0117(1)(b)(b) Any time preceding partial closure of a hazardous waste management unit subject to long-term care requirements or final closure, or any time during the long-term care period for a particular unit, the department may, in accordance with the operating license modification procedures in ch. NR 670 extend the long-term care period applicable to the hazardous waste management unit or facility if the department finds that the extended period is necessary to protect human health and the environment (e.g., leachate or groundwater monitoring results indicate a potential for migration of hazardous wastes at levels which may be harmful to human health and the environment). NR 664.0117(2)(2) The department may require, at partial and final closure, continuation of any of the security requirements of s. NR 664.0014 during part or all of the long-term care period under either of the following circumstances: NR 664.0117(2)(a)(a) Hazardous wastes may remain exposed after completion of partial or final closure. NR 664.0117(2)(b)(b) Access by the public or domestic livestock may pose a hazard to human health. NR 664.0117(3)(3) Post-closure use of property on or in which hazardous wastes remain after partial or final closure may never be allowed to disturb the integrity of the final cover, liners or any other components of the containment system, or the function of the facility’s monitoring systems, unless the department finds that either of the following applies: NR 664.0117(3)(a)(a) The disturbance is necessary to the proposed use of the property, and will not increase the potential hazard to human health or the environment. NR 664.0117(3)(b)(b) The disturbance is necessary to reduce a threat to human health or the environment. NR 664.0117(4)(4) All long-term care activities shall be in accordance with the provisions of the approved long-term care plan as specified in s. NR 664.0118. NR 664.0117 HistoryHistory: CR 05-032: cr. Register July 2006 No. 607, eff. 8-1-06. NR 664.0118NR 664.0118 Long-term care plan; amendment of plan. NR 664.0118(1)(1) Written plan. The owner or operator of a hazardous waste disposal unit shall have a written long-term care plan. In addition, certain surface impoundments and waste piles from which the owner or operator intends to remove or decontaminate the hazardous wastes at partial or final closure are required by ss. NR 664.0228 (3) (a) 2. and 664.0258 (3) (a) 2. to have contingent long-term care plans. Owners or operators of surface impoundments and waste piles not otherwise required to prepare contingent long-term care plans under ss. NR 664.0228 (3) (a) 2. and 664.0258 (3) (a) 2. shall submit a long-term care plan to the department within 90 days from the date that the owner or operator or department determines that the hazardous waste management unit must be closed as a landfill, subject to the requirements of s. NR 664.0117, this section, ss. NR 664.0119 and 664.0120. The plan shall be submitted with the feasibility and plan of operation report, in accordance with s. NR 670.014 (2) (m), and approved by the department as part of the operating license issuance procedures under subchs. L and M of ch. NR 670. In accordance with s. NR 670.032, the approved long-term care plan will become a condition of any hazardous waste operating license issued. NR 664.0118(2)(2) Content of plan. For each hazardous waste management unit subject to the requirements of this section, the long-term care plan shall identify the activities that will be carried on after closure of each disposal unit and the frequency of these activities, and include at least all of the following: NR 664.0118(2)(a)(a) A description of the planned monitoring activities and frequencies at which they will be performed to comply with subchs. F, K, L, N and X during the long-term care period. NR 664.0118(2)(b)(b) A description of the planned maintenance activities, and frequencies at which they will be performed, to ensure both of the following: NR 664.0118(2)(b)1.1. The integrity of the cap and final cover or other containment systems in accordance with the requirements of subchs. F, K, L, N and X. NR 664.0118(2)(b)2.2. The function of the monitoring equipment in accordance with the requirements of subchs. F, K, L, N and X. NR 664.0118(2)(c)(c) The name, address and phone number of the person or office to contact about the hazardous waste disposal unit or facility during the long-term care period. NR 664.0118(2)(d)(d) For facilities where the department has applied alternative requirements at a regulated unit under s. NR 664.0090 (6), 664.0110 (3) or 664.0140 (4), either the alternative requirements that apply to the regulated unit, or a reference to the enforceable document containing those requirements. NR 664.0118(3)(3) Availability of plan. Until final closure of the facility, a copy of the approved long-term care plan shall be furnished to the department upon request, including request by mail. After final closure has been certified, the person or office specified in sub. (2) (c) shall keep the approved long-term care plan during the remainder of the long-term care period. NR 664.0118(4)(4) Amendment of plan. The owner or operator shall submit a written notification of or request for an operating license modification to authorize a change in the approved long-term care plan in accordance with the applicable requirements in ch. NR 670. The written notification or request shall include a copy of the amended long-term care plan for review or approval by the department. NR 664.0118(4)(a)(a) The owner or operator may submit a written notification or request to the department for an operating license modification to amend the long-term care plan at any time during the active life of the facility or during the long-term care period. NR 664.0118(4)(b)(b) The owner or operator shall submit a written notification of or request for an operating license modification to authorize a change in the approved long-term care plan whenever any of the following occurs: NR 664.0118(4)(b)1.1. Changes in operating plans or facility design affect the approved long-term care plan. NR 664.0118(4)(b)3.3. Events which occur during the active life of the facility, including partial and final closures, affect the approved long-term care plan. NR 664.0118(4)(c)(c) The owner or operator shall submit a written request for an operating license modification at least 60 days prior to the proposed change in facility design or operation, or no later than 60 days after an unexpected event has occurred which has affected the long-term care plan. An owner or operator of a surface impoundment or waste pile that intends to remove all hazardous waste at closure and is not otherwise required to submit a contingent long-term care plan under ss. NR 664.0228 (3) (a) 2. and 664.0258 (3) (a) 2. shall submit a long-term care plan to the department no later than 90 days after the date that the owner or operator or department determines that the hazardous waste management unit must be closed as a landfill, subject to the requirements of s. NR 664.0310. The department will approve, disapprove or modify this plan in accordance with the procedures in ch. NR 670. In accordance with s. NR 670.032, the approved long-term care plan will become an operating license condition. NR 664.0118(4)(d)(d) The department may request modifications to the plan under the conditions described in par. (b). The owner or operator shall submit the modified plan no later than 60 days after the department’s request, or no later than 90 days if the unit is a surface impoundment or waste pile not previously required to prepare a contingent long-term care plan. Any modifications requested by the department will be approved, disapproved or modified in accordance with the procedures in ch. NR 670. NR 664.0118 HistoryHistory: CR 05-032: cr. Register July 2006 No. 607, eff. 8-1-06. NR 664.0119(1)(1) No later than 60 days after certification of closure of each hazardous waste disposal unit, the owner or operator shall submit to the local zoning authority, or the authority with jurisdiction over local land use, and to the department a record of the type, location and quantity of hazardous wastes disposed of within each cell or other disposal unit of the facility. For hazardous wastes disposed of before July 1, 1985, the owner or operator shall identify the type, location and quantity of the hazardous wastes to the best of the owner’s or operator’s knowledge and in accordance with any records the owner or operator has kept. NR 664.0119(2)(2) Within 60 days of certification of closure of the first hazardous waste disposal unit and within 60 days of certification of closure of the last hazardous waste disposal unit, the owner or operator shall do both of the following: NR 664.0119(2)(a)(a) Record, in accordance with ch. 706, Stats., a notation on the deed to the facility property, or on some other instrument which is normally examined during title search, that will in perpetuity notify any potential purchaser of the property of all of the following: NR 664.0119(2)(a)3.3. The survey plat and record of the type, location and quantity of hazardous wastes disposed of within each cell or other hazardous waste disposal unit of the facility required by s. NR 664.0116 and sub. (1) have been filed with the local zoning authority or the authority with jurisdiction over local land use and with the department. NR 664.0119(2)(b)(b) Submit a certification, signed by the owner or operator, that the owner or operator has recorded the notation specified in par. (a), including a copy of the document in which the notation has been placed, to the department. NR 664.0119(3)(3) If the owner or operator or any subsequent owner or operator of the land upon which a hazardous waste disposal unit is located wishes to remove hazardous wastes and hazardous waste residues, the liner, if any, or contaminated soils, the owner or operator shall request a modification to the long-term care license in accordance with the applicable requirements in ch. NR 670. The owner or operator shall demonstrate that the removal of hazardous wastes will satisfy the criteria of s. NR 664.0117 (3). By removing hazardous waste, the owner or operator may become a generator of hazardous waste and shall manage it in accordance with all applicable requirements of chs. NR 660 to 673. If the owner or operator is granted a license modification or otherwise granted approval to conduct the removal activities, the owner or operator may request that the department approve either of the following: NR 664.0119(3)(a)(a) The removal of the notation on the deed to the facility property or other instrument normally examined during title search. NR 664.0119(3)(b)(b) The addition of a notation to the deed or instrument indicating the removal of the hazardous waste. NR 664.0119 HistoryHistory: CR 05-032: cr. Register July 2006 No. 607, eff. 8-1-06. NR 664.0120NR 664.0120 Certification of completion of long-term care. No later than 60 days after completion of the established long-term care period for each hazardous waste disposal unit, the owner or operator shall submit to the department, by registered mail, a certification that the long-term care period for the hazardous waste disposal unit was performed in accordance with the specifications in the approved long-term care plan. The owner or operator and a qualified professional engineer shall sign the certification. Documentation supporting the professional engineer’s certification shall be furnished to the department upon request until the department releases the owner or operator from the financial assurance requirements for long-term care under s. NR 664.0145 (11). NR 664.0140(2)(b)(b) Piles and surface impoundments from which the owner or operator intends to remove the wastes at closure, to the extent that these sections are made applicable to the facilities in ss. NR 664.0228 and 664.0258. NR 664.0140(4)(4) The department may replace all or part of the requirements of this subchapter applying to a regulated unit with alternative requirements for financial assurance set out in the license or in an enforceable document (as defined in s. NR 670.001 (3) (g)), where the department does all of the following: NR 664.0140(4)(b)(b) Determines that it is not necessary to apply the requirements of this subchapter because the alternative financial assurance requirements will protect human health and the environment. NR 664.0140 HistoryHistory: CR 05-032: cr. Register July 2006 No. 607, eff. 8-1-06. NR 664.0141NR 664.0141 Definitions. When used in this subchapter, the following terms have the meanings given below. NR 664.0141(1)(1) “Captive insurance company” means a closely-held company owned by one or more organizations, parents, whose original purpose was and may continue to be, to insure some or all of the risks of shareholders or affiliated organizations. NR 664.0141(5)(5) “Parent corporation” means a corporation which directly owns at least 50% of the voting stock of the corporation which is the facility owner or operator; the latter corporation is deemed a “subsidiary” of the parent corporation. NR 664.0141(7)(7) The following terms are used in the specifications for the financial tests for liability coverage. The definitions are intended to assist in the understanding of this chapter and are not intended to limit the meanings of terms in a way that conflicts with generally accepted accounting practices. NR 664.0141(7)(a)(a) “Assets” means all existing and all probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by a particular entity. NR 664.0141(7)(b)(b) “Current assets” means cash or other assets or resources commonly identified as those which are reasonably expected to be realized in cash or sold or consumed during the normal operating cycle of the business. NR 664.0141(7)(c)(c) “Current liabilities” means obligations whose liquidation is reasonably expected to require the use of existing resources properly classifiable as current assets or the creation of other current liabilities. NR 664.0141(7)(d)(d) “Current plugging and abandonment cost estimate” means the most recent of the estimates prepared in accordance with ch. NR 815. NR 664.0141(7)(e)(e) “Independently audited” refers to an audit performed by an independent certified public accountant in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. NR 664.0141(7)(f)(f) “Liabilities” means probable future sacrifices of economic benefits arising from present obligations to transfer assets or provide services to other entities in the future as a result of past transactions or events. NR 664.0141(7)(g)(g) “Net working capital” means current assets minus current liabilities. NR 664.0141(7)(i)(i) “Tangible net worth” means the tangible assets that remain after deducting liabilities. The assets would not include intangibles such as goodwill and rights to patents or royalties. NR 664.0141(8)(8) In the liability insurance requirements the terms “bodily injury” and “property damage” shall have the meanings given these terms by applicable state law. However, these terms do not include those liabilities which, consistent with standard industry practices, are excluded from coverage in liability policies for bodily injury and property damage. The department intends the meanings of other terms used in the liability insurance requirements to be consistent with their common meanings within the insurance industry. The definitions given below of several of the terms are intended to assist in the understanding of this chapter and are not intended to limit their meanings in a way that conflicts with general insurance industry usage. NR 664.0141(8)(a)(a) “Accidental occurrence” means an accident, including continuous or repeated exposure to conditions, which results in bodily injury or property damage neither expected nor intended from the standpoint of the insured. NR 664.0141(8)(b)(b) “Legal defense costs” means any expenses that an insurer incurs in defending against claims of third parties brought under the terms and conditions of an insurance policy. NR 664.0141(8)(c)(c) “Nonsudden accidental occurrence” means an occurrence which takes place over time and involves continuous or repeated exposure. NR 664.0141(8)(d)(d) “Sudden accidental occurrence” means an occurrence which is not continuous or repeated in nature. NR 664.0141(9)(9) “Substantial business relationship” means the extent of a business relationship necessary under applicable state law to make a guarantee contract issued incident to that relationship valid and enforceable. A substantial business relationship shall arise from a pattern of recent or ongoing business transactions, in addition to the guarantee itself, such that a currently existing business relationship between the guarantor and the owner or operator is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the department. NR 664.0141 HistoryHistory: CR 05-032: cr. Register July 2006 No. 607, eff. 8-1-06.
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