Register April 2018 No. 748
Chapter NR 286
RUBBER PROCESSING
NR 286.04 Compliance with effluent limitations and standards.
NR 286.06 Application of effluent limitations and standards.
NR 286.09 Effluent limitations, non-process wastewater.
NR 286.10 Effluent limitations, best practicable treatment.
NR 286.11 Effluent limitations, best available treatment.
NR 286.12 Standards of performance.
NR 286.13 Pretreatment standards.
NR 286.01
NR 286.01 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish limitations, standards of performance, and pretreatment standards for discharges of process wastes from the rubber processing category of point sources and subcategories thereof.
NR 286.01 Note
Note: The authority for promulgation of this chapter is set forth in ch.
NR 205.
NR 286.01 History
History: Cr.
Register, June, 1976, No. 246, eff. 7-1-76.
NR 286.02(1)
(1) The effluent limitations, standards of performance, pretreatment standards, and other provision in this chapter are applicable to pollutants or pollutant properties in discharges of process waste resulting from manufacture in any of the following product subcategories.
NR 286.02(1)(j)
(j) Latex-dipped, latex-extruded, and latex-molded rubber products.
NR 286.02(2)
(2) Discharges resulting from the production of latex based products, tires (except retreaded tires) and inner tubes, and textiles subject to the provisions of
ch. NR 296 are specifically excluded from subcategories (e), (f), and (g) of
sub. (1).
NR 286.02(3)
(3) Discharges resulting from textile facilities subject to the provisions of
ch. NR 296 are specifically excluded from subcategories (j) and (k) of
sub. (1).
NR 286.02 History
History: Cr.
Register, June, 1976, No. 246, eff. 7-1-76.
NR 286.03
NR 286.03 Definitions. The following definitions are applicable to terms used in this chapter. Definitions of other terms and meanings of abbreviations are set forth in
ch. NR 205.
NR 286.03(2)
(2) “Large-sized” means manufacturing plants which process more than 23,000 lbs or 10,430 kg per day of raw materials.
NR 286.03(3)
(3) “Medium-sized” means manufacturing plants which process between 8,200 and 23,000 lbs or 3,720 and 10,430 kg per day of raw materials.
NR 286.03(4)
(4) “Process waste” means for facilities in the pneumatic tire and inner tube subcategory which were constructed before 1959 discharges of water from soapstone solution application, steam cleaning operations, air pollution control equipment, unroofed process oil unloading areas, mold cleaning operations, latex applications, and air compressor receivers, excluding tread cooling and discharges from other areas of such facilities. Otherwise in this chapter “process waste” means process wastewater as defined in
s. NR 205.03 (21).
NR 286.03(5)
(5) “Pan, dry digestion, and mechanically reclaimed rubber” means rubber reclaimed by other than the wet digestion process.
NR 286.03(6)(a)
(a) All natural and synthetic rubber, carbon black, oils, chemical compounds and fabric used in rubber products manufacturing.
NR 286.03(6)(b)
(b) Wire in addition to the materials listed in
par. (a) used in the manufacture of tires and inner tubes, or
NR 286.03(6)(c)
(c) All latex solids used in the manufacture of latex foam or latex-dipped, latex-extruded, or latex-molded products.
NR 286.03(7)
(7) “Raw material equivalent” means the amount of raw material equal to the daily raw material usage multiplied by the daily volume of wet scrubbed air and divided by the daily volume of all scrubbed air.
NR 286.03(8)
(8) “Rubber products manufacturing” means the production of molded, extruded, and fabricated rubber products, foam rubber backing, rubber cement-dipped goods, and retreaded tires.
NR 286.03(9)
(9) “Small-sized” means manufacturing plants which process less than 8,200 lbs or 3,720 kg per day of raw materials.
NR 286.03 History
History: Cr.
Register, June, 1976, No. 246, eff. 7-1-76.
NR 286.04
NR 286.04 Compliance with effluent limitations and standards. Discharge of pollutants from facilities subject to the provisions of this chapter may not exceed, as appropriate:
NR 286.04(1)
(1) By July 1, 1977 effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available;
NR 286.04(2)
(2) By July 1, 1983 effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology economically achievable;
NR 286.04(3)
(3) Pretreatment standards for discharges to publicly owned treatment works;
NR 286.04 History
History: Cr.
Register, June, 1976, No. 246, eff. 7-1-76; r. and recr.
Register, August, 1983, No. 332, eff. 9-1-83.
NR 286.06
NR 286.06 Application of effluent limitations and standards. NR 286.06(1)(1) The effluent limitations and standards set forth in this chapter shall be used in accordance with this section to establish the quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant properties which may be discharged by a point source subject to the provisions of this chapter, except as;
NR 286.06(1)(b)
(b) They may be superseded by more stringent limitations and standards necessary to achieve water quality standards or meet other legal requirements, or
NR 286.06(1)(c)
(c) They may be supplemented or superseded by standards or prohibitions for toxic pollutants or by additional limitations for other pollutants required to achieve water quality.
NR 286.06(2)
(2) The production basis for application of the limitations and standards set forth in this chapter shall be the daily average of a maximum month in each subcategory subject to the provisions of this chapter.
