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:
NR 440.76(3)(e)2.b.
b. The areas where the waste that your municipal waste combustion unit combusts will be collected.
NR 440.76(3)(e)3.
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.
NR 440.76(3)(e)3.f.
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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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d. A transcript of the public meeting on your draft materials separation plan.
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e. The document that summarizes your responses to the public comments you received during the public comment period on your draft materials separation plan.
NR 440.76(3)(i)2.
2. Make your revised materials separation plan available to the public as part of the siting analysis procedures under
sub. (4) (e).
NR 440.76(3)(j)
(j)
What must I include in the public meeting on my revised materials separation plan? As part of the public meeting for review of the siting analysis, as specified under
sub. (4) (g), you shall discuss the following 2 areas:
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1. Differences between your revised materials separation plan and your draft materials separation plan discussed at the first public meeting, conducted under
par. (g).
NR 440.76(3)(k)
(k)
What must I do with any public comments I receive on my revised materials separation plan? NR 440.76(3)(k)1.1. You shall prepare written responses to any public comments and include them in the document that summarizes your responses to public comments on the siting analysis.
NR 440.76(3)(k)2.
2. You shall prepare a final materials separation plan that includes, as appropriate, changes made in response to any public comments you received on your revised materials separation plan.
NR 440.76(3)(L)
(L) How do I submit my final materials separation plan? As specified under
sub. (13) (b), you shall submit your final materials separation plan to the department as part of the notice of construction for the municipal waste combustion unit.
NR 440.76(4)
(4) Preconstruction requirements: siting analysis. NR 440.76(4)(a)1.1. You shall prepare a siting analysis if you commence construction of a small municipal waste combustion unit after December 6, 2000.
NR 440.76(4)(a)2.
2. If you commence construction on your municipal waste combustion unit after August 30, 1999, but before December 6, 2000, you are not required to prepare the siting analysis specified in this subsection.
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3. You shall prepare a siting analysis 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(4)(b)
(b)
What is a siting analysis? The siting analysis addresses how your municipal waste combustion unit affects ambient air quality, visibility, soils, vegetation and other relevant factors. The analysis can be used to determine whether the benefits of your proposed facility significantly outweigh the environmental and social costs resulting from its location and construction. The analysis shall also consider other major industrial facilities near the proposed site.
NR 440.76(4)(c)1.1. For your siting analysis, you shall complete the following 5 steps:
NR 440.76(4)(c)2.
2. You may use analyses conducted under the requirements of
ch. NR 405 or
408 to comply with some of the siting analysis requirements of this section.
NR 440.76(4)(d)1.1. You shall include an analysis of how your municipal waste combustion unit affects the following 4 areas:
NR 440.76(4)(d)2.
2. You shall include an analysis of alternatives for controlling air pollution that minimize potential risks to the public health and the environment.
NR 440.76(4)(e)
(e)
How do I make my siting analysis available to the public? NR 440.76(4)(e)1.1. You shall distribute your siting analysis and revised materials separation plan to the main public libraries in the area where you will construct your municipal waste combustion unit.
NR 440.76(4)(e)2.
2. You shall publish a notice of a public meeting in the main newspapers that serve the following 2 areas:
NR 440.76(4)(e)2.b.
b. The areas where the waste that your municipal waste combustion unit combusts will be collected.
NR 440.76(4)(e)3.
3. You shall include the following 6 items in your notice of the public meeting:
NR 440.76(4)(e)3.d.
d. The location of the public libraries where the public can find your siting analysis and revised materials separation plan. Include the normal business hours of each library.
NR 440.76(4)(e)3.f.
f. The beginning and ending dates of the public comment period on your siting analysis and revised materials separation plan.
NR 440.76(4)(f)
(f)
When must I accept comments on the siting analysis and revised materials separation plan? NR 440.76(4)(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.
