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NR 284.02(1)(h) (h) Papergrade sulfite (drum wash) subcategory;
NR 284.02(1)(i) (i) Semi-chemical subcategory;
NR 284.02(1)(j) (j) Soda subcategory;
NR 284.02(1)(k) (k) Unbleached kraft subcategory;
NR 284.02(1)(L) (L) Unbleached kraft and semi-chemical subcategory; and
NR 284.02(1)(m) (m) Unbleached kraft-neutral sulfite semi-chemical (cross-recovery) subcategory.
NR 284.02(2) (2) Nonintegrated production of paper or paperboard by:
NR 284.02(2)(a) (a) Nonintegrated-filter and nonwoven papers subcategory;
NR 284.02(2)(b) (b) Nonintegrated-fine papers subcategory;
NR 284.02(2)(c) (c) Nonintegrated-light weight papers subcategory;
NR 284.02(2)(d) (d) Nonintegrated-paperboard subcategory; and
NR 284.02(2)(e) (e) Nonintegrated-tissue papers subcategory.
NR 284.02(3) (3) Production of paper or paperboard from wastepaper by:
NR 284.02(3)(a) (a) Builders' paper and roofing felt subcategory;
NR 284.02(3)(b) (b) Deink subcategory;
NR 284.02(3)(c) (c) Paperboard from wastepaper subcategory;
NR 284.02(3)(d) (d) Tissue from wastepaper subcategory; and
NR 284.02(3)(e) (e) Wastepaper-molded products subcategory.
NR 284.02(4) (4) Production of pulp by:
NR 284.02(4)(a) (a) Dissolving kraft subcategory;
NR 284.02(4)(b) (b) Dissolving sulfite pulp subcategory; and
NR 284.02(4)(c) (c) Market bleached kraft subcategory.
NR 284.02 History History: Cr. Register, October, 1986, No. 370, eff. 11-1-86.
NR 284.03 NR 284.03 Definitions. The following definitions are applicable to terms used in this chapter. Definitions of other terms and meanings of abbreviations are set forth in chs. NR 205 and 211, and the Development Document for Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Pulp, Paper and Paperboard and the Builders' Paper and Board Mills Point Source Categories, EPA 440/1-82/025, October, 1982.
NR 284.03 Note Note: Copies of this document are available for inspection at the office of the department of natural resources, the secretary of state's office, and the office of the legislative reference bureau, and may be obtained for personal use from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20460.
NR 284.03(1) (1) “Acid sulfite cooking liquor” means sulfite cooking liquor having a pH less than 3.0.
NR 284.03(2) (2) “BCT bleached kraft subcategory” includes those mills at which bleached kraft pulp is produced in a full cook process employing a highly alkaline sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide cooking liquor.
NR 284.03 Note Note: Principal products include paperboard (B), coarse papers (C), tissue papers (T) and market pulp.
NR 284.03(3) (3) “Bisulfite cooking liquor” means sulfite cooking liquor having a pH between 3.0 and 6.0.
NR 284.03(4) (4) “Builders' paper and roofing felt subcategory” includes those mills at which heavy papers used in the construction industry are produced from wastepaper, wood flour and sawdust, wood chips, and rags. Neither bleaching nor chemical pulping processes are employed on-site.
NR 284.03 Note Note: Principal products include saturating, deadening, and flooring papers, and roofing felt.
NR 284.03(5) (5) “Corrugating medium furnish subdivision” includes those mills in the paperboard from wastepaper subcategory where only recycled corrugating medium is used in the production of paperboard.
NR 284.03(6) (6) “Cotton fiber furnish subdivision” includes those mills in the nonintegrated-fine papers subcategory which produce a paper product containing equal to or greater than 4% cotton fibers.
NR 284.03(7) (7) “Deink subcategory” includes those mills at which brightened or bleached deinked pulp is produced from wastepapers using an alkaline process to remove contaminants such as ink and coating pigments.
NR 284.03 Note Note: Principal products include fine papers such as printing, writing and business papers, tissue papers, newsprint and market pulp.
NR 284.03(8) (8) “Dissolving kraft subcategory” includes those mills at which a highly bleached pulp is produced by a full cook process employing a highly alkaline sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide cooking liquor. Included in the manufacturing process is a precook operation termed prehydrolysis.
NR 284.03 Note Note: The principal product at these mills is a highly bleached and purified dissolving pulp used principally for manufacture of rayon and other products requiring the virtual absence of lignin and a very high alpha cellulose content.
NR 284.03(9) (9) “Dissolving sulfite pulp subcategory” includes those mills at which a highly bleached pulp is produced in a full cook process employing strong solutions of sulfites of calcium, magnesium, ammonia or sodium.
NR 284.03 Note Note: Principal products include viscose, nitration, cellophane or acetate grade pulps which are used principally for the manufacture of rayon and other products that require the virtual absence of lignin.
NR 284.03(10) (10) “Fine bleached kraft subcategory” includes those mills at which bleached kraft pulp is produced in a full cook process employing a highly alkaline sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide cooking liquor.
NR 284.03 Note Note: Principal products are fine papers, which includes business, writing and printing papers, and market pulp.
NR 284.03(11) (11) “Full cook” means chemical pulping methods which employ the heating under pressure of wood, water and chemicals in a closed vessel to a temperature sufficient to separate the fibrous portion of the wood by dissolving lignin and other nonfibrous constituents.
NR 284.03(12) (12) “FWP” means “from wastepaper.”
NR 284.03(13) (13) “Groundwood-chemi-mechanical subcategory” includes those mills at which pulp is produced, with or without brightening, utilizing a chemical cooking liquor to partially cook the wood followed by mechanical defribration by refining, resulting in yields of 90% or greater.
NR 284.03 Note Note: Principal products include fine papers, newsprint, molded fiber products and market pulp.
NR 284.03(14) (14) “Groundwood-CMN papers subcategory” includes those mills at which groundwood pulp is produced, with or without brightening, utilizing only mechanical defribration by either stone grinders or refiners.
NR 284.03 Note Note: Principal products include coarse papers (C), molded fiber products (M), newsprint (N) and market pulp.
NR 284.03(15) (15) “Groundwood-fine papers subcategory” includes those mills at which groundwood pulp is produced, with or without brightening, utilizing only mechanical defribration by either stone grinders or refiners.
NR 284.03 Note Note: Principal products are fine papers, which includes business, writing and printing papers, and market pulp.
NR 284.03(16) (16) “Groundwood-thermo-mechanical subcategory” includes those mills at which pulp is produced in a brief cook process employing steam, with or without the addition of cooking chemicals, such as sodium sulfite, followed by mechanical defribration by refiners, which are frequently under pressure, resulting in yields of approximately 95% or greater. The pulp may be brightened using hydrosulfite or peroxide bleaching chemicals. Principal products include market pulp, fine papers, newsprint and tissue papers.
NR 284.03(17) (17) “Integrated” means a term used to describe a pulp and paper mill operation in which all or some of the pulp is processed into paper at the mill.
NR 284.03(18) (18) “Market bleached kraft subcategory” includes those mills at which bleached pulp is produced in a full cook process employing a highly alkaline sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide cooking liquor.
NR 284.03 Note Note: The principal product is papergrade market pulp.
NR 284.03(19) (19) “New source” for direct dischargers means any point source the construction of which commenced after January 3, 1983; and for indirect dischargers means any building, structure, facility, or installation from which there is or may be a discharge of pollutants, the construction of which commenced after January 6, 1981.
NR 284.03(20) (20) “Noncontinuous discharger” means a point source which discharges wastewaters pursuant to a WPDES permit which:
NR 284.03(20)(a) (a) Prohibits the discharge of pollutants during specified periods of time in excess of 24 hours in duration for purposes other than control of treatment plant upsets, and
NR 284.03(20)(b) (b) Specifies that annual average limitations are applicable to such a discharge.
NR 284.03(21) (21) “Noncorrugating medium furnish subdivision” includes those mills in the paperboard from wastepaper subcategory where recycled corrugating medium is not used in the production of paperboard.
NR 284.03(22) (22) “Nonintegrated-filter and nonwoven papers subcategory” includes those mills at which filter papers and nonwoven items are produced from wood pulp, secondary fibers and nonwood fibers which are prepared at other sites.
NR 284.03 Note Note: Principal products include filter and blotting papers, nonwoven packaging and specialty papers, insulation, technical papers and gaskets.
NR 284.03(23) (23) “Nonintegrated-fine papers subcategory” includes those mills at which fine papers are produced from wood pulp or deinked pulp prepared at other sites.
NR 284.03 Note Note: Principal products include printing, business, writing and technical papers.
NR 284.03(24) (24) “Nonintegrated-lightweight papers subcategory” includes those mills at which lightweight or thin papers are produced from wood pulp or secondary fibers prepared at other sites and from nonwood fibers and additives.
NR 284.03 Note Note: Principal products include uncoated thin papers, such as carbonizing papers and cigarette papers, and some special grades of tissue such as capacitor, pattern, and interleaf.
NR 284.03(25) (25) “Nonintegrated-paperboard subcategory” includes those mills at which paperboard is produced from wood pulp or secondary fibers prepared at other sites. Mills at which electrical grades of board or matrix board are produced are not included in this subcategory.
NR 284.03 Note Note: Principal products include linerboard, folding boxboard, milk cartons, food board, chip board, pressboard, and other specialty boards.
NR 284.03(26) (26) “Nonintegrated-tissue papers subcategory” includes those mills at which tissue papers are produced from wood pulp or deinked pulp prepared at other sites.
NR 284.03 Note Note: Principal products include facial and toilet papers, glassine, paper diapers and paper towels.
NR 284.03(27) (27) “Paperboard from wastepaper subcategory” includes those mills at which paperboard products are manufactured, without bleaching, from wastepapers including corrugated boxes, box board and newspapers. Those mills at which wastepaper comprises less than 80% of the raw material fibers are not included in this subcategory.
NR 284.03 Note Note: Principal products include a wide variety of items used in commercial packaging, such as bottle cartons.
NR 284.03(28) (28) “Papergrade sulfite (blow pit wash) subcategory” includes those mills at which sulfite pulp is produced in full cook process employing an acidic cooking liquor of sulfites of calcium, magnesium, ammonia or sodium. Following cooking operations, spent cooking liquor is washed from the pulp in blow pits.
NR 284.03 Note Note: Principal products include tissue papers, newspapers, fine papers and market pulp.
NR 284.03(29) (29) “Papergrade sulfite (drum wash) subcategory” includes those mills at which sulfite pulp is produced in a full cook process using an acidic cooking liquor of sulfites of calcium, magnesium, ammonia or sodium. Following cooking operations, spent cooking liquor is washed from the pulp on vacuum or pressure drums. Also included are mills using belt extraction systems for pulp washing.
NR 284.03 Note Note: Principal products include tissue papers, fine papers, newsprint and market pulp.
NR 284.03(30) (30) “PCP” means pentachlorophenol.
NR 284.03(31) (31) “Production” means the annual off-the-machine production, including off-the-machine coating where applicable, divided by the number of operating days during that year.
NR 284.03(32) (32) “Semi-chemical subcategory” includes those mills at which pulp is produced using a process that involves the cooking of wood chips under pressure with a variety of cooking liquors including neutral sulfite and combinations of soda ash and caustic soda. The cooked chips are usually refined before being converted into board or similar products. Sodium base neutral sulfite semi-chemical and ammonia base neutral sulfite semi-chemical mills are included in this subcategory for BPT and NSPS.
NR 284.03 Note Note: Principal products include corrugating medium, insulating board, partition board, chip board, tube stock, and speciality boards.
NR 284.03(33) (33) “Settleable solids” means the amount of settleable matter present in an effluent sample as determined by the test described in “Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater,” 15th edition (1980).
NR 284.03 Note Note: Copies are available for inspection at the office of the department of natural resources, the secretary of state's office, and the office of the legislative reference bureau, and may be obtained for personal use from the American Public Health Association, Inc., 1015 Fifteenth St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20005.
NR 284.03(34) (34) “Soda subcategory” includes those mills at which bleached soda pulp is produced in full cook process employing a highly alkaline sodium hydroxide cooking liquor.
NR 284.03 Note Note: Principal products are fine papers, which include printing, writing and business papers and market pulp.
NR 284.03(35) (35) “TCP” means trichlorophenol.
NR 284.03(36) (36) “Tissue from wastepaper subcategory” includes those mills at which tissue papers are produced from wastepapers without deinking.
NR 284.03 Note Note: Principal products include facial and toilet paper, glassine, paper diapers and paper towels.
NR 284.03(37) (37) “TSS” means total suspended nonfilterable solids as measured by the technique using glass fiber disks specified in “Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater,” 15th edition (1980).
NR 284.03 Note Note: Copies are available as set forth in sub. (33) (Note).
NR 284.03(38) (38) “Unbleached kraft subcategory” includes those mills at which unbleached pulp is produced in a full cook process employing a highly alkaline sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide cooking liquor.
NR 284.03 Note Note: Principal products include linerboard, the smooth facing of corrugated boxes; and bag papers.
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