ATCP 35.01(17m)(g)
(g) Facilities for the transmission of telecommunications or television services, including wires, optics, cables, poles and towers.
ATCP 35.01(18)
(18) “General contractor" means a consultant or other contractor who, on behalf of a responsible person, secures or directs the services of other contractors related to a corrective action. “General contractor" includes a person who solicits or receives contract bids, prepares contracts, directs corrective measures performed by others, or enters into contracts with subcontractors to perform corrective measures.
ATCP 35.01(19)
(19) “Household pesticide" means a pesticide that is any of the following:
ATCP 35.01(19)(d)
(d) An insect repellant that is applied to the human body or to clothing.
ATCP 35.01(19)(e)
(e) A pesticide that is used exclusively for the treatment of household pets.
ATCP 35.01(19)(f)
(f) A pesticide product that is labeled exclusively for household, lawn or garden use if the product either is sold in ready-to-use form or is sold exclusively in container sizes of less than one gallon.
ATCP 35.01(19)(g)
(g) A solid or liquid pesticide product that is used exclusively for the treatment of swimming pools, spas or hot tubs.
ATCP 35.01(20)
(20) “Indirect cost" means any general cost of doing business that cannot be directly and exclusively attributed to a corrective action. “Indirect cost" includes costs for equipment, supplies, services, real estate, structures and improvements, overhead, managerial and staff support, staff training, taxes, insurance, financing and other items which are not directly and exclusively attributable to a corrective action or whose use is not limited to the corrective action.
ATCP 35.01(20m)
(20m) “Industrial pesticide" means any of the following pesticides that is not a household pesticide:
ATCP 35.01(20m)(a)
(a) A pesticide that is solely labeled for use on wood and contains pentachlorophenol, coal tar creosote or inorganic arsenical wood preservatives.
ATCP 35.01(20m)(b)
(b) A pesticide that is labeled for use in controlling algae, fungi, bacteria, other microscopic organisms or mollusks in or on one or more of the following, and is labeled for no other use except a use described in sub.
(19) (f) or
(g):
ATCP 35.01(20m)(b)1.
1. Textiles, paper, leather, plastic, vinyl or other synthetic materials, metal or rubber.
ATCP 35.01(20m)(b)3.
3. Commercial, construction, manufacturing or industrial fluids, including adhesives, additives and pigments.
ATCP 35.01(20m)(b)4.
4. Commercial, construction, manufacturing or industrial processes, equipment, devices or containers, other than those used in the production or storage of human food or animal feed.
ATCP 35.01(22)
(22) “Laboratory services" means laboratory analysis and activities that are incidental to laboratory analysis.
ATCP 35.01(22m)
(22m) “Landspread" means to spread or deposit on land, other than in a landfill approved by the department of natural resources under s.
289.31, Stats., soil or water removed from a discharge site.
ATCP 35.01(22r)
(22r) “Nonhousehold pesticide" means a pesticide that is not a household pesticide or industrial pesticide.
ATCP 35.01(23)
(23) “Responsible person" means any of the following persons, or that person's successor in interest:
ATCP 35.01(23)(a)
(a) A person who owns or controls an agricultural chemical that is discharged.
ATCP 35.01(23)(c)
(c) A person on whose property an agricultural chemical is discharged.
ATCP 35.01 History
History: Cr.
Register, August, 1994, No. 464, eff. 9-1-94; am. (1), (3), (6), (10), (14), (15) and (20), cr. (7m), (20m), (22m) and (22r), r. and recr. (9) and (19),
Register, September, 1998, No. 513, eff. 10-1-98; am. (4), cr. (17m),
Register, October, 2000, No. 538, eff. 11-1-00;
CR 14-047: am. (3)
Register May 2015 No. 713, eff. 6-1-15.
ATCP 35.02(1)(1)
General. The department may issue an order requiring a responsible person to take a corrective action. An order under this subsection shall include all of the following:
ATCP 35.02(1)(b)
(b) A description of the property on which the responsible person is required to take corrective action.
ATCP 35.02(1)(c)
(c) A description of the corrective action which the responsible person is required to take.
ATCP 35.02(1)(d)
(d) A date by which the responsible person is required to complete the corrective action.
ATCP 35.02(1)(e)
(e) Notice that the corrective action is required to comply with the following:
ATCP 35.02 Note
Note: For corrective actions under this chapter, the department is authorized to review compliance with chs.
NR 700,
706,
708, and
712 to
727, and to grant required approvals and variances under those chapters on behalf of the department of natural resources.
ATCP 35.02(2)(a)(a) The department may issue an order under sub.
(1) on a summary basis, without prior notice or hearing, if the department determines that a summary order is necessary to prevent imminent harm to public health or safety or to the environment.
ATCP 35.02(2)(b)
(b) If the recipient of a summary order under par.
(a) requests a hearing on that order, the department shall hold an informal hearing within 10 days after the department receives the hearing request unless the recipient of the order consents to a later date for the informal hearing. If a contested matter is not resolved at the informal hearing, the recipient of the order is entitled to a class 2 contested case hearing under ch.
227, Stats., and ch.
ATCP 1.
ATCP 35.02(2)(c)
(c) The department is not required to stay a summary order issued under par.
(a) pending the outcome of a hearing under par.
(b). If, after a hearing under par.
(b), the department determines that a summary order under par.
(a) was not justified, the department shall reimburse the recipient of the order for reasonable corrective action costs necessarily incurred by the recipient to comply with the unjustified order.
ATCP 35.02 Note
Note: See ch.
ATCP 1 for procedure related to administrative orders and contested cases. Under s.
94.73 (13), Stats., a person who violates a corrective action order issued by the department under this section is subject to a civil forfeiture of not less than $10 nor more than $5,000 for each violation. Each day of continued violation is a separate offense.
ATCP 35.02 History
History: Cr.
Register, August, 1994, No. 464, eff. 9-1-94; am. (1) (e) 1., 2., (2) (b) and (c),
Register, September, 1998, No. 513, eff. 10-1-98;
CR 14-047: am. (1) (e) 2.
Register May 2015 No. 713, eff. 6-1-15.
ATCP 35.03(1)(a)(a) No person may landspread soil that is removed from a discharge site, and contains an agricultural chemical, unless the department issues to that person a permit authorizing that landspreading. Landspreading shall comply with conditions that the department specifies in the permit.
ATCP 35.03(1)(b)
(b) An individual who landspreads soil containing a pesticide is deemed, for purposes of licensing and certification under ss.
ATCP 29.25 to
29.27, to be applying that pesticide.
ATCP 35.03 Note
Note: Landspreading is a potential method for destroying or recycling agricultural chemicals removed from a discharge site as part of a corrective action. The department may approve landspreading which applies agricultural chemicals at rates that are comparable to normal agronomic practice.
ATCP 35.03(2)
(2)
Water. No person may landspread water that is removed from a discharge site, and is contaminated with an agricultural chemical, unless all of the following apply:
ATCP 35.03(2)(a)
(a) The department issues to that person a permit authorizing that landspreading.
ATCP 35.03(2)(b)
(b) The department of natural resources issues to that person a pollution discharge elimination system permit, if required under ch.
283, Stats., which authorizes that landspreading.
ATCP 35.03(2)(c)
(c) The landspreading complies with conditions specified by the department and the department of natural resources under pars.
(a) and
(b).
ATCP 35.03(3)
(3)
Permit application. A person applying for a landspreading permit under sub.
(1) or
(2) (a) shall apply on a form prescribed by the department. The person shall submit the application at least 5 department business days before any landspreading occurs. The application shall include all of the following:
ATCP 35.03(3)(a)
(a) The name of the applicant and any other persons involved in the landspreading.
ATCP 35.03(3)(b)
(b) The source and quantity of soil or water that will be spread on land.
ATCP 35.03(3)(c)
(c) The kinds and amounts of agricultural chemical contaminants present in the soil or water under par.
(b).
ATCP 35.03(3)(d)
(d) The proposed application rate for each agricultural chemical under par.
(c).
ATCP 35.03(3)(e)
(e) The locations at which the soil or water will be spread on land.
ATCP 35.03(3)(f)
(f) Any proposed tillage for which the applicant may request reimbursement.
ATCP 35.03(3)(g)
(g) A landspreading agreement form, provided by the department and completed by the applicant. The completed form shall document all the following:
ATCP 35.03(3)(g)1.
1. That the owner of the proposed landspreading site has consented to the proposed landspreading.
ATCP 35.03(3)(g)2.
2. That the applicant has disclosed in writing, to the owner of the proposed landspreading site, the kinds and anticipated amounts of agricultural chemicals that will be landspread on the site. The disclosure shall state that persons applying agricultural chemicals to the site must, by law, take account of the pesticides applied by landspreading.
ATCP 35.03(3)(g)3.
3. That the owner of the proposed landspreading site has agreed to provide a copy of the disclosure under subd. 2 to any other person who may grow crops on that site within 18 months after the landspreading is completed.
ATCP 35.03 Note
Note: To obtain a copy of the landspreading agreement form, contact the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Agricultural Resource Management Division, P.O. Box 8911, Madison, Wisconsin 53708.
ATCP 35.03(3)(h)
(h) Other relevant information which the department may require.
ATCP 35.03(4)
(4)
Action on permit application. The department may approve landspreading which applies agricultural chemicals at rates that are comparable to those used in normal agronomic practice. The department shall grant or deny a permit application under sub.
(3) within 30 days after the department receives a complete application.
ATCP 35.03(5)
(5)
Permit conditions. The department may specify conditions which apply to a permit issued under sub.
(1) or
(2) (a), including any applicable requirements under chs.
94,
281 to
285 and
289 to
299, Stats. The department shall specify the conditions in writing, as part of the permit.
ATCP 35.03(6)
(6)
Report. Within 30 days after a permit holder landspreads soil or water pursuant to a department permit under sub.
(1) or
(2) (a), the permit holder shall provide the department with documentation showing all of the following:
ATCP 35.03(6)(b)
(b) The rate at which the landspread materials were applied to each field.
ATCP 35.03(6)(c)
(c) Written confirmation that the responsible person notified the owner of the landspreading site of the actual kinds and amounts of agricultural chemicals that were applied to the site as a result of the landspreading.
ATCP 35.03(6)(d)
(d) A description of any problems incurred in connection with the landspreading.
ATCP 35.03(6)(e)
(e) A description of the tillage performed in connection with the landspreading.
ATCP 35.03 History
History: Cr.
Register, September, 1998, No. 513, eff. 10-1-98; am. (3) (intro.), renum. (3) (f) to be (3) (h), cr. (3) (f), (g) and (6) (c) to (e), r. and recr. (6) (a) and (b),
Register, October, 2000, No. 538, eff. 11-1-00;
CR 03-119: renum. (1) to be (1) (a), cr. (1) (b)
Register October 2004 No. 586, eff. 11-1-04.
ATCP 35.04
ATCP 35.04
Costs eligible for reimbursement. Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the department shall reimburse a responsible person for the following corrective action costs, and no others:
ATCP 35.04(1)
(1) The cost of qualified professional services needed for the effective planning and implementation of a corrective action, including engineering, hydrogeologic, field technician, hazardous waste disposal or general contractor services.
ATCP 35.04(2)
(2) Costs to sample and analyze soils, groundwater or other media. This may include costs for soil boring, installation of monitoring wells, sample collection, sample analysis and related activities.
ATCP 35.04(3)
(3) Costs to excavate contaminated soils and other contaminated materials, including backfilling and grading to restore the contours or drainage characteristics of land altered by the corrective action.
ATCP 35.04(4)
(4) Costs to collect, handle, transport, treat or dispose of contaminated soils, groundwater or other contaminated materials. If the responsible person disposes of contaminated soils by means of landspreading under s.
ATCP 35.03, the department may reimburse the following additional costs related to that landspreading:
ATCP 35.04(4)(a)
(a) Reasonable costs for tillage that is in excess of normal tillage and that is needed to reduce soil compaction caused by the landspreading. The department may not reimburse costs for more than 2 tillage passes.
ATCP 35.04(4)(b)
(b) Costs for pre-plant nitrogen testing of the landspreading site to determine appropriate nitrogen credits for landspread soil that includes a significant nitrogen component. The department may reimburse pre-plant nitrogen testing only if that testing uses sampling and analytical methods that are scientifically recognized and standard within the agronomic community.
ATCP 35.04(4)(c)
(c) Locally reasonable rent, not to exceed rent for one growing season, for cropland taken out of production for any of the following reasons:
