Chapter NR 660

NR 660.41(1) (1) If a generator is accumulating the waste, the department shall issue a special order setting forth the factual basis for the decision and stating that the person shall comply with subch. A of ch. NR 662, subch. C of ch. NR 662, subch. D of ch. NR 662 and subch. H of ch. NR 662.  The special order shall become final within 30 days, unless the person served requests a public hearing to challenge the decision. Upon receiving such a request, the department shall hold a public hearing. The department shall provide notice of the hearing to the public and allow public participation at the hearing. The department shall issue a final order after the hearing stating whether or not compliance with ch. NR 662 is required. The order becomes effective 30 days after service of the decision unless the department specifies a later date.

NR 660.41(2) (2) If the person is accumulating the recyclable material as a storage facility, the special order will state that the person shall obtain a license according to all applicable provisions of ch. NR 670. The owner or operator of the facility shall apply for a license within no less than 60 days and no more than 6 months of the effective date of the order, as specified in the order. If the owner or operator of the facility wishes to object to the department’s decision, the owner or operator may do so in the owner or operator’s license application, in a public hearing held on the draft license or in comments filed on the draft license or on the notice of intent to deny the license. The fact sheet accompanying the license will specify the reasons for the department’s determination. The question of whether the department’s decision was proper will remain open for consideration during the public comment period discussed under ch. NR 670 and in any subsequent hearing.

NR 660.41 History History: CR 05-032: cr. Register July 2006 No. 607, eff. 8-1-06; correction in (1) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register March 2013 No. 687; CR 19-082: am. (1) Register August 2020 No. 776, eff. 9-1-20; correction in (intro.) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register April 2021 No. 784.

NR 660.42 NR 660.42 Notification requirement for hazardous secondary material.

NR 660.42(1) (1) A facility managing hazardous secondary material under s. NR 660.30, 661.0004 (1) (w), (x), (y), or (za) shall send a notification to the department prior to operating under the regulatory provision and by March 1 of each even-numbered year thereafter using EPA Form 8700–12. The notification shall include all of the following information:

NR 660.42(1)(a) (a) The name, address, and EPA ID number, if applicable, of the facility.

NR 660.42(1)(b) (b) The name and telephone number of a contact person.

NR 660.42(1)(c) (c) The NAICS code of the facility.

NR 660.42(1)(d) (d) The regulation under which the hazardous secondary material will be managed.

NR 660.42(1)(e) (e) For reclaimers and intermediate facilities managing hazardous secondary material in accordance with s. NR 661.0004 (1) (x) or (y), whether the reclaimer or intermediate facility has financial assurance.  Financial assurance is not applicable for persons managing hazardous secondary material generated and reclaimed under the control of the generator.

NR 660.42(1)(f) (f) The date the facility began or expects to begin managing the hazardous secondary material in accordance with the regulation.

NR 660.42(1)(g) (g) A list of hazardous secondary material that will be managed according to the regulation, reported as the EPA hazardous waste numbers that would apply if the hazardous secondary materials were managed as hazardous wastes.

NR 660.42(1)(h) (h) For each hazardous secondary material, whether the hazardous secondary material, or any portion thereof, will be managed in a land-based unit.

NR 660.42(1)(i) (i) The quantity of each hazardous secondary material to be managed annually.

NR 660.42(1)(j) (j) The certification, included in EPA Form 8700-12, signed and dated by an authorized representative of the facility.

NR 660.42(2) (2) If a facility managing hazardous secondary material has submitted a notification, but then subsequently stops managing hazardous secondary material in accordance with the regulations in sub. (1), the facility shall notify the department within 30 days using EPA Form 8700-12. For the purposes of this section, a facility has stopped managing hazardous secondary material if the facility no longer generates, manages or reclaims hazardous secondary material under the regulations in sub. (1) and does not expect to manage any amount of hazardous secondary material for at least one year.

NR 660.42 History History: CR 19-082: cr. Register August 2020 No. 776, eff. 9-1-20; correction in (1) (g), (2) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register August 2020 No. 776.

NR 660.43 NR 660.43 Legitimate recycling of hazardous secondary material.

NR 660.43(1) (1) Factors that are required. Recycling of hazardous secondary material for the purpose of the exclusions or exemptions from the hazardous waste rules shall be legitimate. Hazardous secondary material that is not legitimately recycled is discarded material and is a solid waste. In determining if recycling is legitimate, a person shall address all of the requirements under this subsection and consider the requirements in sub. (2).  Legitimate recycling under this subsection includes all of the following:

NR 660.43(1)(a) (a) Factor 1. Legitimate recycling shall involve a hazardous secondary material that provides a useful contribution to the recycling process or to a product or intermediate of the recycling process.  The hazardous secondary material provides a useful contribution if it meets any of the following conditions:

NR 660.43(1)(a)1. 1. It contributes valuable ingredients to a product or intermediate.

NR 660.43(1)(a)2. 2. It replaces a catalyst or carrier in the recycling process.

NR 660.43(1)(a)3. 3. It is the source of a valuable constituent recovered in the recycling process.

NR 660.43(1)(a)4. 4. It is recovered or regenerated by the recycling process.

NR 660.43(1)(a)5. 5. It is used as an effective substitute for a commercial product.

NR 660.43(1)(b) (b) Factor 2. The recycling process shall produce a valuable product or intermediate. The product or intermediate is valuable if it is one of the following:

NR 660.43(1)(b)1. 1. Sold to a third party.

NR 660.43(1)(b)2. 2. Used by the recycler or the generator as an effective substitute for a commercial product or as an ingredient or intermediate in an industrial process.

NR 660.43(1)(c) (c) Factor 3. The generator and the recycler shall manage the hazardous secondary material as a valuable commodity when it is under their control. Where there is an analogous raw material, the hazardous secondary material shall be managed, at a minimum, in a manner consistent with the management of the raw material or in an equally protective manner. Where there is no analogous raw material, the hazardous secondary materials shall be contained. Hazardous secondary material that are released into the environment and are not recovered immediately are discarded.

NR 660.43(2) (2) Factor that shall be considered. In making a determination that a hazardous secondary material is legitimately recycled, a person shall evaluate all factors in par. (a) and consider legitimacy as a whole. If, after careful evaluation of these considerations, the factor in this subsection is not met, then this fact may be an indication that the material is not legitimately recycled. However, the factor in this subsection does not have to be met for the recycling to be considered legitimate.  In evaluating the extent to which this factor is met and in determining whether a process that does not meet this factor is still legitimate, a person can consider exposure from toxics in the product, the bioavailability of the toxics in the product and other relevant considerations. In making a determination as to the overall legitimacy of a specific recycling activity, all of the following factors shall be considered:

NR 660.43(2)(a) (a) Factor 4. Whether any of the following applies to the product of the recycling process does not:

NR 660.43(2)(a)1. 1. Contains significant concentrations of any hazardous constituents found in ch. NR 661 Appendix VIII that are not found in analogous products.

NR 660.43(2)(a)2. 2. Contains concentrations of hazardous constituents found in ch. NR 661 Appendix VIII at levels that are significantly elevated from those found in analogous products.

NR 660.43(2)(a)3. 3. Exhibits a hazardous characteristic, as defined in subch. C of ch. NR 661, that analogous products do not exhibit.

NR 660.43 History History: CR 19-082: cr. Register August 2020 No. 776, eff. 9-1-20; correction in (1) (c), (2) (intro.), (a) 1., 2. made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register August 2020 No. 776.