NR 440.76(2)(rm)
(rm) “Potential mercury emissions" means the level of mercury emissions from a municipal waste combustion unit that would occur from combusting municipal solid waste without controls for mercury emissions.
NR 440.76(2)(s)
(s) “Potential sulfur dioxide emissions" means the level of sulfur dioxide emissions from a municipal waste combustion unit that would occur from combusting municipal solid waste without emission controls for acid gases.
NR 440.76(2)(sm)
(sm) “Pyrolysis or combustion unit" means a unit that produces gases, liquids or solids by heating municipal solid waste. The gases, liquids or solids produced are combusted and the emissions vented to the atmosphere.
NR 440.76(2)(t)
(t) “Reconstruction" means rebuilding a municipal waste combustion unit and meeting the following 2 criteria:
NR 440.76(2)(t)2.
2. The cumulative cost of the construction over the life of the unit exceeds 50% of the original cost of building and installing the municipal waste combustion unit, not including land, updated to current costs in dollars. To determine what systems are within the boundary of the municipal waste combustion unit used to calculate those costs, see the definition in this subsection of “municipal waste combustion unit."
NR 440.76(2)(tm)
(tm) “Refractory unit" or “refractory wall furnace" means a municipal waste combustion unit that has no energy recovery, such as through a waterwall, in the furnace of the municipal waste combustion unit.
NR 440.76(2)(u)
(u) “Refuse-derived fuel" means a type of municipal solid waste produced by processing municipal solid waste through shredding and size classification. This includes all classes of refuse-derived fuel including the following 2 fuels:
NR 440.76(2)(u)1.
1. Low-density fluff refuse-derived fuel through densified refuse-derived fuel.
NR 440.76(2)(ug)
(ug) “Same location" means the same or contiguous properties under common ownership or control, including those separated only by a street, road, highway or other public right-of-way. Common ownership or control includes properties that are owned, leased or operated by the same entity, parent entity, subsidiary, subdivision or any combination thereof. Entities may include a municipality, other governmental unit or any quasi-governmental authority such as a public utility district or regional authority for waste disposal.
NR 440.76(2)(ur)
(ur) “Second calendar half" means the period that starts on July 1 and ends on December 31 in any year.
NR 440.76(2)(v)
(v) “Shift supervisor" means the person who is in direct charge and control of operating a municipal waste combustion unit and who is responsible for onsite supervision, technical direction, management and overall performance of the municipal waste combustion unit during an assigned shift.
NR 440.76(2)(vg)
(vg) “Spreader stoker, mixed fuel-fired (coal and refuse-derived fuel) combustion unit" means a municipal waste combustion unit that combusts coal and refuse-derived fuel simultaneously, in which coal is introduced to the combustion zone by a mechanism that throws the fuel onto a grate from above. Combustion takes place both in suspension and on the grate.
NR 440.76(2)(vr)
(vr) “Standard conditions" when referring to units of measure means a temperature of 20
°C and a pressure of 101.3 kilopascals.
NR 440.76(2)(w)
(w) “Startup period" means the period when a municipal waste combustion unit begins the continuous combustion of municipal solid waste. It does not include any warmup period during which the municipal waste combustion unit combusts fossil fuel or other solid waste fuel but receives no municipal solid waste.
NR 440.76(2)(wg)
(wg) “Stoker (refuse-derived fuel) combustion unit" means a steam generating unit that combusts refuse-derived fuel in a semisuspension combusting mode, using air-fed distributors.
NR 440.76(2)(wr)
(wr) “Total mass dioxins/furans" or “total mass" means the total mass of tetra- to octa- chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans as determined using Method 23 in Appendix A of
40 CFR part 60, incorporated by reference in
s. NR 440.17 (1), and the procedures specified in
sub. (10) (d).
NR 440.76(2)(x)
(x) “Twenty-four hour daily average" or “24-hour daily average" means either the arithmetic mean or geometric mean, as specified, of all hourly emission concentrations when the municipal waste combustion unit operates and combusts municipal solid waste, measured during the 24 hours between 12:00 midnight and the following midnight.
NR 440.76(2)(xm)
(xm) “Untreated lumber" means wood or wood products that have been cut or shaped and includes wet, air-dried and kiln-dried wood products. Untreated lumber does not include wood products that have been painted, pigment-stained or pressure-treated by compounds such as chromate copper arsenate, pentachlorophenol and creosote.
NR 440.76(2)(y)
(y) “Waterwall furnace" means a municipal waste combustion unit that has energy recovery in the furnace (for example, radiant heat transfer section) of the combustion unit.
NR 440.76(2)(ym)
(ym) “Yard waste" means grass, grass clippings, bushes, shrubs and clippings from bushes and shrubs that come from residential, commercial or retail, institutional or industrial sources as part of maintaining yards or other private or public lands. Yard waste does not include the following 2 items:
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1. Construction, renovation and demolition wastes that are exempt from the definition of “municipal solid waste".
NR 440.76(2)(ym)2.
2. Clean wood that is exempt from the definition of “municipal solid waste".
NR 440.76(2)(z)
(z) “You" or “I" means the owner or operator of a municipal waste combustion unit or the applicant for a permit to construct a municipal waste combustion unit, unless the context indicates otherwise.
NR 440.76(2)(zm)
(zm) “Your" or “my" means of or relating to the owner or operator of a municipal waste combustion unit or the applicant for a permit to construct a municipal waste combustion unit, unless the context indicates otherwise.
NR 440.76(3)
(3) Preconstruction requirements: materials separation plan. NR 440.76(3)(a)1.1. You shall prepare a materials separation plan for your municipal waste combustion unit if you commence construction of a new small municipal waste combustion unit after December 6, 2000.
NR 440.76(3)(a)2.
2. If you commence construction of your municipal waste combustion unit after August 30, 1999 but before December 6, 2000, you are not required to prepare the materials separation plan specified in this subsection.
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3. You shall prepare a materials separation plan if you are required to submit an initial application for a construction permit, under
ch. NR 405 or
408, as applicable, for the reconstruction or modification of your municipal waste combustion unit.
NR 440.76(3)(b)
(b)
What is a materials separation plan? The plan identifies a goal and an approach for separating certain components of municipal solid waste for a given service area prior to waste combustion and making them available for recycling.
NR 440.76(3)(c)
(c)
What steps must I complete for my materials separation plan? NR 440.76(3)(c)1.1. For your materials separation plan, you shall complete the following 9 steps:
NR 440.76(3)(c)1.d.
d. Prepare responses to public comments received during the public comment period on your draft plan.
NR 440.76(3)(c)1.f.
f. Discuss the revised plan at the public meeting for review of the siting analysis.
NR 440.76(3)(c)2.
2. You may use analyses conducted under the requirements of
s. NR 405.08 to determine BACT or 408.04 to determine LAER, to comply with some of the materials separation plan requirements of this section.
NR 440.76(3)(d)
(d)
What must I include in my draft materials separation plan? NR 440.76(3)(d)1.1. You shall prepare and submit a draft materials separation plan for your municipal waste combustion unit and its service area.
NR 440.76(3)(d)2.
2. Your draft materials separation plan shall identify a goal and an approach for separating certain components of municipal solid waste for a given service area prior to waste combustion and making them available for recycling. A materials separation plan may include such elements as drop-off facilities, buy-back or deposit-return incentives, programs for curbside pickup, and centralized systems for mechanical separation.
NR 440.76(3)(d)3.
3. Your materials separation plan may include different goals or approaches for different subareas in the service area.
NR 440.76(3)(d)4.
4. Your materials separation plan may exclude materials separation activities for certain subareas or, if warranted, the entire service area.
NR 440.76(3)(e)
(e)
How do I make my draft materials separation plan available to the public? NR 440.76(3)(e)1.1. You shall distribute your draft materials separation plan to the main public libraries in the area where you will construct the municipal waste combustion unit.
NR 440.76(3)(e)2.
2. You shall publish a notice of a public meeting in the main newspapers that serve the following 2 areas:
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b. The areas where the waste that your municipal waste combustion unit combusts will be collected.
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3. You shall include the following 6 items in your notice of the public meeting:
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d. The location of the public libraries where the public can find your materials separation plan. Include the normal business hours of each library.
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f. The beginning and ending dates of the public comment period on your draft materials separation plan.
NR 440.76(3)(f)
(f)
When must I accept comments on the materials separation plan? NR 440.76(3)(f)2.
2. You shall accept written comments anytime during the period that begins on the date the document is distributed to the main public libraries and ends 30 days after the date of the public meeting.
NR 440.76(3)(g)
(g)
Where and when must I hold a public meeting on my draft materials separation plan? NR 440.76(3)(g)1.1. You shall hold a public meeting and accept comments on your draft materials separation plan.
NR 440.76(3)(g)2.
2. You shall hold the public meeting in the county where you will construct the municipal waste combustion unit.
NR 440.76(3)(g)3.
3. You shall schedule the public meeting to occur at least 30 days after you make your draft materials separation plan available to the public.
NR 440.76(3)(g)4.
4. You may combine the public meeting with any other public meeting required as part of any other federal, state or local permit review. However, you may not combine it with the public meeting required for the siting analysis under
sub. (4) (g).
NR 440.76(3)(g)5.
5. You are encouraged to address the following 8 topics at the public meeting for your draft materials separation plan:
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a. Expected size of the service area for your municipal waste combustion unit.
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g. Where your responses to public comments on the draft materials separation plan will be available for inspection.
NR 440.76(3)(g)5.h.
h. Where your revised materials separation plan will be available for inspection.
NR 440.76(3)(g)6.
6. You shall prepare a transcript of the public meeting on your draft materials separation plan.
NR 440.76(3)(h)
(h)
What must I do with any public comments I receive during the public comment period on my draft materials separation plan? You shall do the following 3 steps:
NR 440.76(3)(h)1.
1. Prepare written responses to any public comments you received during the public comment period. Summarize the responses to public comments in a document that is separate from your revised materials separation plan.
NR 440.76(3)(h)2.
2. Make the comment response document available to the public in the service area where you will construct your municipal waste combustion unit. You shall distribute the document at least to the main public libraries used to announce the public meeting.
NR 440.76(3)(h)3.
3. Prepare a revised materials separation plan for the municipal waste combustion unit that includes, as appropriate, changes made in response to any public comments you received during the public comment period.
NR 440.76(3)(i)
(i)
What must I do with my revised materials separation plan? You shall do the following 2 tasks:
NR 440.76(3)(i)1.
1. As specified under
sub. (13) (a), submit the 5 items in subds. a. to e. to the department by the date you submit the application for a construction permit under
ch. NR 405 or
408. If you are not required to submit an application for a construction permit under
ch. NR 405 or
408, submit the 5 items to the department by the date of your notice of construction under
sub. (13) (b).
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c. Your notice of the public meeting for your draft materials separation plan.
NR 440.76(3)(i)1.d.
d. A transcript of the public meeting on your draft materials separation plan.
