NR 660.10(71)(71) “Leachate” means any liquid, including any suspended components in the liquid, that has percolated through or drained from hazardous waste. NR 660.10(72)(72) “Leak detection system” means a system capable of detecting the failure of either the primary or secondary containment structure or the presence of a release of hazardous waste or accumulated liquid in the secondary containment structure. Such a system shall employ operational controls (e.g., daily visual inspections for releases into the secondary containment system of aboveground tanks) or consist of an interstitial monitoring device designed to detect continuously and automatically the failure of the primary or secondary containment structure or the presence of a release of hazardous waste into the secondary containment structure. NR 660.10(73)(73) “Liner” means a continuous layer of natural or human-made materials, beneath or on the sides of a waste pile, surface impoundment, landfill or landfill cell, which restricts the downward or lateral escape of hazardous waste, hazardous waste constituents or leachate. NR 660.10(75)(75) “Management” or “hazardous waste management” means the systematic control of the collection, source separation, storage, transportation, processing, treatment, recovery and disposal of hazardous waste. NR 660.10(76)(76) “Manifest” has the meaning given in s. 291.01 (11), Stats. “Manifest” also means the shipping document EPA Form 8700–22 and, if necessary, EPA form 8700-22A, or the electronic manifest, originated and signed by the generator or offeror according to the instructions in the appendix to 40 CFR part 262 and the applicable requirements of chs. NR 662 to 665. NR 660.10(77)(77) “Manifest tracking number” means the alphanumeric identification number, a unique 3 letter suffix preceded by 9 numerical digits, which is pre-printed in Item 4 of the manifest by a registered source. NR 660.10(77m)(77m) “Mercury-containing equipment” means a device or part of a device (including thermostats, but excluding batteries and lamps) that contains elemental mercury integral to its function. NR 660.10(78)(78) “Military munitions” means all ammunition products and components produced or used by or for the U.S. department of defense or the U.S. armed services for national defense and security, including military munitions under the control of the department of defense, the U.S. coast guard, the U.S. department of energy (DOE) and national guard personnel. The term military munitions includes: confined gaseous, liquid and solid propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics, chemical and riot control agents, smokes and incendiaries used by DOD components, including bulk explosives and chemical warfare agents, chemical munitions, rockets, guided and ballistic missiles, bombs, warheads, mortar rounds, artillery ammunition, small arms ammunition, grenades, mines, torpedoes, depth charges, cluster munitions and dispensers, demolition charges and devices and components thereof. Military munitions do not include wholly inert items, improvised explosive devices and nuclear weapons, nuclear devices and nuclear components thereof. However, the term does include non-nuclear components of nuclear devices, managed under DOE’s nuclear weapons program after all required sanitization operations under the atomic energy act of 1954 (42 USC parts 2011 to 2114), as amended, have been completed. NR 660.10(79)(79) “Mining overburden returned to the mine site” means any material overlying an economic mineral deposit which is removed to gain access to that deposit and is then used for reclamation of a surface mine. NR 660.10(80)(80) “Miscellaneous unit” means a hazardous waste management unit where hazardous waste is treated, stored or disposed of and that is not a container, tank, surface impoundment, pile, land treatment unit, landfill, incinerator, boiler, industrial furnace, underground injection well, containment building, corrective action management unit, unit eligible for a research, development and demonstration license under s. NR 670.065, or staging pile. NR 660.10(81)(81) “Movement” means that hazardous waste transported to a facility in an individual vehicle. NR 660.10(82)(82) “New hazardous waste management facility” or “new facility” means a facility that began operation, or for which construction commenced, after November, 19, 1980. NR 660.10(83)(83) “New tank system” or “new tank component” means a tank system or component that will be used for the storage or treatment of hazardous waste and for which installation has commenced after March 1, 1991; except, however, for purposes of ss. NR 664.0193 (7) (b) and 665.0193 (7) (b), a new tank system is one for which construction commences after July 14, 1986. NR 660.10 NoteNote: See also “existing tank system.”
NR 660.10(83m)(83m) “No free liquids,” as used in s. NR 661.0004 (1) (z) and (2) (r), means that solvent-contaminated wipes may not contain free liquids as determined by Method 9095B Paint Filter Liquids Test in “Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods,” EPA SW–846, incorporated by reference in s. NR 660.11, and that there is no free liquid in the container holding the wipes. “No free liquids” may also be determined using another standard or test method as defined by the department. NR 660.10(83t)(83t) “Non-acute hazardous waste” means all hazardous wastes that are not acute hazardous waste. NR 660.10(84)(84) “On ground tank” means a device meeting the definition of “tank” in this section and that is situated in such a way that the bottom of the tank is on the same level as the adjacent surrounding surface so that the external tank bottom cannot be visually inspected. NR 660.10(85)(85) “On-site” means the same or geographically contiguous property which may be divided by public or private right-of-way, provided the entrance and exit between the properties is at a cross-roads intersection, and access is by crossing as opposed to going along, the right-of-way. Non-contiguous properties owned by the same person but connected by a right-of-way which the owner controls and to which the public does not have access, is also considered on-site property. NR 660.10(86)(86) “Open burning” means the combustion of any material without any of the following characteristics: NR 660.10(86)(a)(a) Control of combustion air to maintain adequate temperature for efficient combustion. NR 660.10(86)(b)(b) Containment of the combustion-reaction in an enclosed device to provide sufficient residence time and mixing for complete combustion. NR 660.10 NoteNote: See also “incineration” and “thermal treatment.”
NR 660.10(87)(87) “Operator” means the person responsible for the overall operation of a facility. NR 660.10(88)(88) “Owner” means the person who owns a facility or part of a facility. NR 660.10(89)(89) “Partial closure” means the closure of a hazardous waste management unit according to the applicable closure requirements of chs. NR 664 and 665 at a facility that contains other active hazardous waste management units. For example, partial closure may include the closure of a tank (including its associated piping and underlying containment systems), landfill cell, surface impoundment, waste pile or other hazardous waste management unit, while other units of the same facility continue to operate. NR 660.10(90)(90) “Person” means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, limited liability company, federal agency, corporation (including a government corporation), partnership, association, state, municipality, commission, political subdivision of a state or any interstate body. NR 660.10(91)(91) “Personnel” or “facility personnel” means all persons who work at or oversee the operations of a hazardous waste facility, and whose actions or failure to act may result in noncompliance with ch. NR 664 or 665.