Chapter ATCP 33

Register May 2022 No. 797

Chapter ATCP 33

FERTILIZER AND PESTICIDE BULK STORAGE

Subchapter I — Definitions and General Provisions

ATCP 33.01   Definitions.

ATCP 33.02   Variances.

Subchapter II — Construction Plans and Siting

ATCP 33.10   Construction plans.

ATCP 33.12   Storage facility siting.

ATCP 33.14   Water supply protection.

Subchapter III — Storage Containers and Related Structures

ATCP 33.20   Liquid fertilizer and pesticide storage containers.

ATCP 33.22   Dry fertilizer or pesticide storage structures.

Subchapter IV — Mixing and Loading Pads

ATCP 33.30   Mixing and loading pads required.

ATCP 33.32   Mixing and loading pad for liquid products.

ATCP 33.34   Mixing and loading pad for dry products.

Subchapter V — Sumps

ATCP 33.36   Sumps; general.

ATCP 33.38   Sump construction.

Subchapter VI — Secondary Containment Structures

ATCP 33.40   Secondary containment required.

ATCP 33.42   Secondary containment structures; standards.

ATCP 33.44   Secondary containment structures; forms of construction.

Subchapter VII — Discharges and Precipitation

ATCP 33.50   Available pump and storage container.

ATCP 33.52   Discharges and precipitation.

ATCP 33.54   Managing recovered discharges, rinsate and collected precipitation.

ATCP 33.56   Use and disposal of recovered material.

ATCP 33.58   Discharge response preparedness.

Subchapter VIII — Transportation and Handling Practices

ATCP 33.60   Transporting bulk fertilizer and bulk pesticide.

ATCP 33.62   Dust control in dry product loading.

Subchapter IX — Environmental Assessments

ATCP 33.70   Environmental assessments.

Subchapter X — Records and Reports

ATCP 33.80   Records.

ATCP 33.82   Real estate sale or lease; disclosure.

Ch. ATCP 33 Note Note: Chapter 33 as it existed on October 31, 2006, was repealed and a new chapter 33 was created effective November 1, 2006.

Ch. ATCP 33 Note Note: Chapter ATCP 29 contains general rules related to the manufacture, storage, labeling, distribution and use of pesticides. Persons who manufacture, label, distribute or commercially apply pesticides must be licensed by the department.

Ch. ATCP 33 Note Chapter ATCP 40 contains general rules related to the manufacture, labeling and distribution of fertilizer. Persons who manufacture, label or distribute fertilizer must be licensed by the department.

Ch. ATCP 33 Note The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection may investigate violations of this chapter, and may take enforcement action as necessary. See, for example, ss. 93.06 (7) to (10), 93.08, 93.14 to 93.16, 94.645 (4) and (5), and 94.77, Stats. See also s. 94.64, Stats. (fertilizer) and ss. 94.67 to 94.71, Stats. (pesticides).

Ch. ATCP 33 Note Under ch. ATCP 35, the department may reimburse certain agricultural chemical contamination cleanup costs. Failure to comply with this chapter may affect an operator's eligibility for reimbursement under ch. ATCP 35.

Ch. ATCP 33 Note Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 USC 136 et. seq.), pesticide sellers who repackage pesticides by delivering them from bulk storage to customers must do the following things, among others:

Ch. ATCP 33 Note • Register the seller's facility as a pesticide producing establishment.

Ch. ATCP 33 Note • File annual pesticide production reports.

Ch. ATCP 33 Note • Maintain books and records.

Ch. ATCP 33 Note • Provide labeling to purchasers of bulk pesticides.

Ch. ATCP 33 Note • Deliver pesticides from bulk storage only to customers.

Ch. ATCP 33 Note • Maintain a formal repackaging agreement with the pesticide product registrant.

subch. I of ch. ATCP 33 Subchapter I — Definitions and General Provisions

ATCP 33.01 ATCP 33.01  Definitions. In this chapter:

ATCP 33.01(1) (1) “API 650" means the American Petroleum Institute standard 650, Welded Steel Tanks for Oil Storage, 10 th edition.

ATCP 33.01 Note Note: Copies of API 650 are on file with the department and the legislative reference bureau. Copies may be purchased from the American Petroleum Institute at 1220 L Street NW, Washington DC 20005-4070, telephone [phone].

ATCP 33.01(2) (2) “API 653" means the American Petroleum Institute standard 653, Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and Reconstruction, 3rd edition.

ATCP 33.01 Note Note: Copies of API 653 are on file with the department and the legislative reference bureau. Copies may be purchased from the American Petroleum Institute at 1220 L Street NW, Washington DC 20005-4070, telephone [phone].

ATCP 33.01(3) (3) “API 653-certified inspector" means an inspector certified by the American Petroleum Institute, according to API 653, to inspect facilities for compliance with API 653.

ATCP 33.01(4) (4) “Appurtenances" means all valves, pumps, fittings, pipes, hoses, gauges, metering devices, mixing containers, and dispensing devices that are connected to a storage container, or through which liquid bulk fertilizer or liquid bulk pesticide is transferred into or out of a storage container.

ATCP 33.01(5) (5) “Bedrock" means the solid rock underlying any loose surficial material such as soil, alluvium or glacial drift. Bedrock includes but is not limited to limestone, dolomite, sandstone, shale and igneous and metamorphic rock.