NR 500.03(44m)(44m) “Compostable” means susceptible to complete decomposition by aerobic biological processes to yield carbon dioxide, water, inorganic compounds, and organic matter, leaving no distinguishable or toxic residue. NR 500.03(45)(45) “Composting” means the biological degradation and transformation of organic solid waste under controlled conditions designed to promote aerobic decomposition. “Composting” includes vermicomposting. NR 500.03(46)(46) “Condensate” means the liquid which is generated due to a change in the temperature or pressure of landfill gas. NR 500.03(47)(47) “Conductivity” means the measurement of a water’s ability to transmit an electrical current in micromhos/cm before correcting to 25°C. NR 500.03(48)(48) “Confining unit” means a geologic formation, group of formations or part of a formation which restricts the movement of groundwater to or from a geologic formation, group of formations or part of a formation with a higher hydraulic conductivity than the confining unit. NR 500.03(49)(49) “Construct” means to engage in facility construction for a new or expanded solid waste facility including but not limited to the erection or building of new structures, replacement, expansion, remodeling, alteration or extension of existing structures, the acquisition and installation of equipment associated with the new, expanded or remodeled structures, and clearing, grading or liner construction. NR 500.03(50)(50) “Construction and demolition waste” means solid waste resulting from the construction, demolition or razing of buildings, roads and other structures. NR 500.03 NoteNote: Construction and demolition waste typically consists of concrete, bricks, bituminous concrete, wood, glass, masonry, roofing, siding and plaster, alone or in combinations. It does not include waste paints, solvents, sealers, adhesives or similar materials.
NR 500.03(51)(51) “Construction documentation report” means a written report submitted under the seal of a registered professional engineer in the state of Wisconsin documenting that a solid waste facility has been constructed in substantial compliance with a department approved plan of operation or chs. NR 500 to 538. NR 500.03(52)(52) “Container” means a manufactured receptacle or man-made receptacle used to confine or hold solid waste. NR 500.03(53)(53) “Containerized storage facility” means a storage facility designed and operated to use containers for the storage and containment of solid waste. A building which is enclosed on 4 sides and has a floor and roof is considered a container for the purposes of this definition. NR 500.03(54)(54) “Cultural features” means any structure or landscape alteration intended for use by humans. NR 500.03(56)(56) “Decontamination” means a process of removing disease-producing microorganisms and rendering an object safe for handling. NR 500.03(57)(57) “Department” means the department of natural resources. NR 500.03(58)(58) “Design capacity” means the total volume in-place in cubic yards of solid waste disposed of in a land disposal facility together with daily and intermediate cover utilized in the facility, but not including liner material, drainage blanket, final cover or topsoil. NR 500.03(59)(59) “Design capacity for a facility which burns municipal solid waste” means the facility’s rated capacity or any permit limitation, whichever is less, for burning municipal solid waste. The design capacity for facilities that burn multiple fuel types such as refuse derived fuel, wood and coal will be determined based on the municipal solid waste portion of the fuel. NR 500.03(60m)(60m) “Destruction or adverse modification” means a direct or indirect alteration of critical habitat that appreciably diminishes the likelihood of the survival and recovery of threatened or endangered species using that habitat. NR 500.03(61)(61) “Detection monitoring” means routine groundwater monitoring conducted in accordance with s. NR 507.19. NR 500.03(62)(62) “Detrimental effect on ground or surface water” means having a significant damaging impact on ground or surface water quality for any present or future consumptive or nonconsumptive uses. NR 500.03(63)(63) “Director” means the person in the highest ranking position in a medical facility, including but not limited to the administrator, chief executive officer or chair of the board of directors. NR 500.03(64)(64) “Discarded material” means material that is no longer of use to the generator of the material in the process from which it is generated. NR 500.03(65)(65) “Discharge area” means an area in which there are upward components of hydraulic head in the aquifer. NR 500.03(66)(66) “Disinfection” means a process that kills or destroys most disease-producing microorganisms, except spores. NR 500.03(67)(67) “Displacement” means the relative movement of any 2 sides of a fault measured in any direction. NR 500.03(71)(71) “Dredge material” means any solid waste removed from the bed of any surface water. NR 500.03(71g)(71g) “Electronic device” has the meaning specified under s. 287.17 (1) (gm), Stats., but does not include a major appliance, as defined under sub. (136), or a motor vehicle. NR 500.03(71m)(a)(a) “Electronics processing” means processing electronic devices for use in manufacturing processes or for recovery of usable materials and includes processing electronic devices or components derived from electronic devices by disassembling, baling, crushing, grinding, and shredding. NR 500.03(71m)(b)3.3. Reuse, repair, or any other process through which an electronic device is returned for use in its original form. NR 500.03(71m)(b)4.4. Removal of an electronic device from another device, such as from a major appliance or motor vehicle. NR 500.03(71m)(b)5.5. Hand disassembly of an electronic device in an educational setting for educational purposes. NR 500.03(71m)(b)6.6. Hand disassembly of a waste electronic device generated by a household on the property where it is generated. NR 500.03(71r)(71r) “Electronics processing facility” means a solid waste processing facility that accepts electronic devices or components derived from electronic devices for the purpose of electronics prcoessing. NR 500.03(74)(74) “EPA” or “USEPA” means the United States environmental protection agency. NR 500.03(76)(76) “Establish” means to bring a new or expanded solid waste facility into existence. NR 500.03(76m)(a)(a) “Existing CCR landfill” means a CCR landfill that receives CCR both before and after October 19, 2015. NR 500.03(76m)(b)(b) “Existing CCR landfill” includes a CCR landfill for which construction commenced prior to October 19, 2015, and which receives CCR on or after October 19, 2015, where all of the following occurred: NR 500.03(76m)(b)1.1. The landfill owner or operator obtained all federal, state, and local approvals or permits to begin physical construction. NR 500.03(76m)(b)2.2. The landfill had a continuous on-site, physical construction program that began prior to October 19, 2015. NR 500.03(77)(77) “Expand an existing land disposal facility” means to construct a solid waste disposal facility or dispose of solid waste on land not previously licensed or to dispose of an additional volume of waste beyond the volume previously approved by the department. The term also includes the disposal of approved volumes of solid waste on existing licensed land if done in a manner not in accordance with a department plan approval or in a manner significantly different from past operations unless the department approves the proposed changes in writing. NR 500.03(79)(79) “False groundwater standard exceedance” means a sample result that exceeds a groundwater standard due to a source other than a solid waste disposal facility or due to laboratory or sampling error. NR 500.03(80)(80) “Fault” means a fracture or a zone of fractures in any material along which strata on one side have been displaced with respect to that on the other side. NR 500.03 NoteNote: A feasibility report for a specific solid waste facility must describe the facility, surrounding area, and proposed operation in terms of land use, topography, soils, geology, groundwater, surface water, proposed waste quantities and characteristics, preliminary facility design concepts, environmental impacts, the need for the facility and waste reduction and recovery alternatives.
NR 500.03(82)(82) “Field blank” means a sample of reagent grade water which is processed in the field in the same manner as the groundwater samples. NR 500.03(83)(83) “Fill area” means the area proposed to receive or which is receiving direct application of solid waste. NR 500.03(84)(84) “Filter pack” means the sand, gravel or both in direct contact with or directly above the well screen. NR 500.03(85)(85) “Final cover” means cover material that is applied upon closure of a landfill. NR 500.03(86)(86) “Fine-grained soil environment” means a soil environment in which a majority of the material within 25 feet of the proposed sub-base of the facility has at least 50% by weight passing the #200 sieve and which contains no extensive and continuous deposits of coarse-grained or non-plastic soils. NR 500.03 NoteNote: The determination as to whether a soil environment meets the definition of a fine-grained soil environment shall be based on an interpretation of soil stratigraphy after consideration is given to the deposition and origin of the deposits and their engineering classification under the unified soil classification system specified in ASTM standard D2487-00 (2000). Copies of the standard may be obtained from ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, (610) 832-9585, www.astm.org. Copies of the standard are available for inspection at the offices of the department of natural resources, the secretary of state and the legislative reference bureau. NR 500.03(86m)(86m) “Finished compost” means compost that has been processed sufficiently to meet the maturity and stability criteria in Table 2 of s. NR 502.12, and that is ready and suitable for sale, distribution or use. NR 500.03(87)(87) “Floodplain” means the land which has been or may be hereafter covered by flood water during the regional flood as defined in ch. NR 116, and includes the floodway and the flood fringe as defined in ch. NR 116. NR 500.03(88)(88) “Food chain crops” means tobacco and crops grown for human consumption, and pasture, forage and feed grain for animals whose products are consumed by humans. NR 500.03(88m)(88m) “Food residuals” means unconsumed raw or cooked compostable material that results from handling, preparation, cooking, sale or consumption of food, and includes whole, ground and pulped food scraps, as well as compostable food packaging, utensils, tableware, kitchenware, and food containers that meet either the ASTM – D-6400 or the D-6868 standard. “Food residuals” includes vegetable and non-vegetable food residuals, but does not include rendering or slaughterhouse wastes or animal carcasses. NR 500.03 NoteNote: Copies of ASTM standards D-6400 and D-6868 may be obtained from ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, (610) 832-9585, www.astm.org. Copies of the standard are available for inspection at the offices of the department of natural resources and legislative reference bureau. NR 500.03(89)(89) “Fracture frequency” means the average number of natural fractures or bedding planes calculated from a rock core collected from a boring. NR 500.03 NoteNote: Fracture frequency is calculated by dividing the number of natural fractures or bedding planes in a rock core by the total length of the core in feet.
NR 500.03(90)(90) “Free liquids” means liquids which readily separate from the solid portion of a waste under ambient temperature and pressure. NR 500.03 NoteNote: Free liquids shall be determined using the paint filter liquids test, Method 9095, in “Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods,” EPA Publication SW-846, third edition, November 1986, as amended by Updates I in July 1992, II in September 1994, IIA in August 1993, IIB in January 1995, III in December 1996 and IIIA in April 1998. The test methods are available at no cost at https://www.epa.gov/hw-sw846/basic-information-about-how-use-sw-846#UseWhich. Copies of the test methods are available for inspection at the offices of the department of natural resources, the secretary of state and the legislative reference bureau. Copies may be obtained from the superintendent of documents, U.S. government printing office, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954, (866) 512-1800, www.gpo.gov. Copies may also be obtained from the National Technical Information Service, U.S. department of commerce, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161, (800) 553-6847, www.ntis.gov. NR 500.03 NoteNote: Section NR 447.02 (16) defines friable asbestos material to mean “any material containing more than 1% asbestos as determined using the method specified in Appendix E to Subpart E, 40 CFR part 763, section 1, Polarized Light Microscopy, incorporated by reference in s. NR 484.04, that, when dry, can be crumbled, pulverized or reduced to powder by hand pressure. If the asbestos content of the friable ACM is less than 10%, as determined by a method other than point counting by polarized light microscopy (PLM), the asbestos content shall be verified by point counting using PLM.” NR 500.03(93)(93) “Gas condensate” means the liquid generated as a result of gas recovery process at the landfill. NR 500.03(93m)(93m) “GCL” or “geosynthetic clay liner” means factory manufactured geosynthetic product consisting of a layer of bentonite contained between geotextiles that are attached by adhesion, stitch bonding or needlepunching or a layer of bentonite attached to a geomembrane by adhesion. NR 500.03(94)(94) “Geomembrane” means a highly impermeable membrane made from plastic or rubber-based material by polymerization. NR 500.03(95)(95) “Geotextile” means a porous fabric manufactured from synthetic materials. NR 500.03(96)(96) “Groundwater” means any waters of the state, as defined in s. 281.01 (18), Stats., occurring in a saturated subsurface geological formation of rock or soil. NR 500.03(97)(97) “Groundwater standard” means a preventive action limit, alternative concentration limit or enforcement standard established in accordance with ch. NR 140 and s. NR 507.27. NR 500.03(102)(102) “Home generator of infectious waste” means a person who generates infectious waste through self-administration of medication or who receives injected medication at home from other members of the household or from employees of a home care or hospice program. NR 500.03(103)(103) “Holocene” means the most recent epoch of the Quaternary period, extending from the end of the Pleistocene Epoch to the present. NR 500.03(105)(105) “Household waste” means any solid waste including garbage, trash, and sanitary waste in septic tanks which is derived from households, including single and multiple residences, hotels and motels, bunkhouses, ranger stations, crew quarters, campgrounds, picnic grounds, and day-use recreation areas.
