Chapter NR 233

NR 233.03(3) (3) “New source” means any point source for which the commencement of construction occurred after April 10, 1992, in subchs. II and III and after April 14, 1994 for subchs. IV and VI and from which pollutants are or may be discharged either to waters of the state or into a publicly owned treatment works.

NR 233.03(3e) (3e) “Packaging of pesticide products” means enclosing or placing a formulated pesticide product into a marketable container.

NR 233.03(4) (4) “Pest” means:

NR 233.03(4)(a) (a) Any insect, rodent, nematode, fungus or weed.

NR 233.03(4)(b) (b) Any other form of terrestrial or aquatic plant or animal life.

NR 233.03(4)(c) (c) Any virus, bacteria or other micro-organism, except viruses, bacteria or other micro-organisms on or in living man or other living animals, which the administrator declares to be a pest under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, 7 USC 136 et.seq.

NR 233.03(5) (5) “Pesticide” means any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any pest.

NR 233.03(6) (6) “Pesticide chemicals” means the sum of all active ingredients manufactured at each facility covered by this chapter.

NR 233.03(6e) (6e) “PFPR/manufacturing facility” means a pesticide formulating, packaging, or repackaging facility that also performs pesticide manufacturing on-site and commingles their PFPR process wastewaters and pesticide manufacturing process wastewaters.

NR 233.03(6o) (6o) “Pool chemicals” means pesticide products that are intended to disinfect or sanitize, reduce or mitigate growth or development of microbiological organisms in the water of swimming pools, hot tubs, spas, or other such areas in the household or institutional environment as provided in the directions for use on the product label.

NR 233.03(7) (7) “Priority pollutants” means the toxic pollutants listed in s. NR 215.03.

NR 233.03(8) (8) “Refilling establishment” means an establishment where the activity of repackaging a pesticide product occurs.

NR 233.03(9) (9) “Repackaging of pesticide products” means the transfer of a pesticide formulation or pesticide active ingredients from one container to another without a change in composition of the formulation or the labeling content for sale or distribution.

NR 233.03(10) (10) “Sanitizer products” means pesticide products that are intended to disinfect or sanitize, reduce or mitigate growth or development of microbiological organisms on inanimate surfaces in the household, institutional, or commercial environments and whose labeled directions for use result in the product being discharged to a POTW. This definition also includes sanitizer solutions as defined by 21 CFR 178.1010 and pool chemicals as defined in this section. This definition does not include liquid chemical sterilants, including sporicidals, exempted by s. NR 233.30 (3) (f) or industrial preservatives and water treatment microbiocides other than pool chemicals.

NR 233.03(11) (11) “Stand-alone PFPR facility” means a PFPR facility where either no pesticide manufacturing occurs or pesticide manufacturing process wastewaters are not commingled with PFPR process wastewaters. Facilities may formulate, package, repackage, or manufacture other non-pesticide chemical products and be considered a stand-alone PFPR facility.

NR 233.03 History History: Cr. Register, March, 1997, No. 495, eff. 4-1-97; cr. (1e), (1o), (2e) to (2u), (3e), (6e), (6o), (8) to (11), am. (3), Register, May, 2001, No. 545, eff. 6-1-01.

NR 233.04 NR 233.04 Compliance dates.

NR 233.04(1) (1) Any existing source subject to this chapter which discharges to waters of the state shall achieve:

NR 233.04(1)(a) (a) The effluent limitations representing BPT by July 1, 1977; and

NR 233.04(1)(b) (b) The effluent limitations representing BAT by July 1, 1984.

NR 233.04(2) (2) Any new source subject to this chapter which discharges to waters of the state shall achieve NSPS at the commencement of discharge.

NR 233.04(3) (3) Any existing source subject to subchs. II and III which introduces process wastewater pollutants into a POTW shall achieve PSES by September 28, 1996.

NR 233.04(3e) (3e) Any existing source subject to subchs. IV and VI which introduces process wastewater pollutants into a POTW shall achieve PSES by November 6, 1999.

NR 233.04(4) (4) Any new source subject to this chapter which introduces process wastewater pollutants into a POTW shall achieve PSNS at the commencement of discharge.

NR 233.04 History History: Cr. Register, March, 1997, No. 495, eff. 4-1-97; am. (3), cr. (3e), Register, May, 2001, No. 545, eff. 6-1-01.

subch. II of ch. NR 233 Subchapter II — Organic Pesticide Chemicals Manufacturing Subcategory

NR 233.10 NR 233.10 Applicability; description of the organic pesticide chemicals manufacturing subcategory.

NR 233.10(1) (1) For the purpose of calculating and applying effluent limitations for COD, BOD5, and TSS, and applying pH limits under BPT in s. NR 233.12, BCT in s. NR 233.13, and NSPS in s. NR 233.15:

NR 233.10(1)(a) (a) This subchapter applies to discharges resulting from the manufacture of organic pesticide active ingredients and organo-tin pesticide active ingredients except those listed in par. (b).

NR 233.10(1)(b) (b) This subchapter does not apply to the following:

Allethrin   Naphthalene acetic acid

Benzyl benzoate   Propargite

Bisethlyxanthogen   1,8 Naphthalic anhydride

Chlorophacinone   Quinmethionate

Coumafuryl   Rotenone

Dimethyl phthalate   Sulfoxide

Diphacinone   Triazine compounds, both

Endothall acid     symmetrical and EXD (Herbisan) asymmetrical

Gibberellic acid   Warfarin and similar

Glyphosate     anticoagulants.

NR 233.10(1)(c) (c) The effluent limitations of this subchapter for BOD5 and TSS, but not COD, apply to the manufacturers of the following:

Ametryn   Prometryn

Atrazine   Propazine

Cyanazine   Simazine

Glyphosate   Terbuthylazine

Hexazinone   Terbutryn

Prometon

NR 233.10(2) (2) For the purpose of calculating BPT effluent limitations in s. NR 233.12 for organic pesticide chemicals, this subchapter applies to discharges resulting from the manufacture of the following organic active ingredients:

2,4-D   Fenuron

2,4,5-T   Fenuron-TCA

Aldrin   Heptachlor

Aminocarb   Lindane

Azinphos methyl   Linuron

Barban   Malathion

BHC   Methiocarb

Captan   Methoxychlor

Carbaryl   Mexacarbate

Chlordane   Mirex

Chlorpropham   Monuron

Diazinon   Monuron-TCA

DDD   Neubron

DDE   Parathion ethyl

DDT   Parathion methyl

Demeton-O   PCNB

Demeton-S   Perthane

Dicamba   Propham

Dichloran   Propoxur

Dicofol   Siduron

Dieldrin   Silvex

Disulfoton   Swep

Diuron   Toxaphene

Endosulfan   Trifluralin

Endrin

NR 233.10(3) (3) This subchapter does not apply to the intermediates used to manufacture the active ingredients, and active ingredients used solely in experimental pesticides. BPT coverage in this subchapter does not apply to insecticidal pathogenic organisms such as bacillus thuringiensis, insect growth hormones, plant extracts such as pyrethrins, sex attractants and botanicals such as Rotenone.

NR 233.10(4) (4) A plant that manufactures a pesticide active ingredient listed in Table 1 shall comply with the BAT effluent limitations, new source performance standards, and pretreatment standards both for that ingredient listed in Table 2 or Table 3, and for priority pollutants listed in Tables 4, 5 and 6. The limitations apply as follows:

NR 233.10(4)(a) (a) Table 4 - BAT and NSPS - applies to existing and new direct discharge point sources that use end-of-pipe biological treatment.

NR 233.10(4)(b) (b) Table 5 - BAT and NSPS - applies to existing and new direct discharge point sources that do not use end-of-pipe biological treatment.

NR 233.10(4)(c) (c) Table 6 - PSES and PSNS - applies to existing and new sources that discharge to POTWs.

NR 233.10(5) (5) 

NR 233.10(5)(a) (a) The discharge quantity for lead and total cyanide shall be determined by multiplying the concentrations listed in the applicable tables times the flow from the non-complexed lead-bearing waste streams for lead and times the flow from non-complexed cyanide-bearing waste streams for total cyanide.

NR 233.10(5)(b) (b) This subchapter does not apply to discharges of cyanide in cyanide-bearing waste streams if:

NR 233.10(5)(b)1. 1. The department or control authority determines that the cyanide limitations and standards are not achievable due to elevated levels of non-amenable cyanide, that is not oxidized by chlorine treatment, that result from the unavoidable complexing of cyanide at the process source of the cyanide-bearing waste stream and establishes an alternative total cyanide or amenable cyanide limitation that reflects the best available technology economically achievable.

NR 233.10(5)(b)2. 2. The determination under subd. 1. shall be based upon a review of relevant engineering, production, and sampling and analysis information, including measurements of both total and amenable cyanide in the waste stream.

NR 233.10(5)(b)3. 3. An analysis of the extent of complexing in the waste stream, based on the information in subds. 1. and 2., and its impact on cyanide treatability shall be set forth in writing and, for direct dischargers, be contained in the fact sheet required by 40 CFR 124.8.

NR 233.10 History History: Cr. Register, March, 1997, No. 495, eff. 4-1-97.

NR 233.11 NR 233.11 Specialized definitions. The following definitions apply to the terms used in this subchapter:

NR 233.11(1) (1) “Organic active ingredients” means carbon-containing active ingredients used in pesticides, excluding metallo-organic active ingredients.

NR 233.11(2) (2) “Organic pesticide chemicals” means the sum of all organic active ingredients listed in s. NR 233.10 (2) which are manufactured at a facility subject to this subchapter.

NR 233.11(3) (3) “Total organic active ingredients” means the sum of all organic active ingredients covered by s. NR 233.10 (1) which are manufactured at a facility subject to this subchapter.