NR 664.0016(1)(c)3. 3. Communications or alarm systems.

NR 664.0016(1)(c)4. 4. Response to fires or explosions.

NR 664.0016(1)(c)5. 5. Response to groundwater contamination incidents.

NR 664.0016(1)(c)6. 6. Shutdown of operations.

NR 664.0016(1)(d) (d) For facility employees that receive emergency response training pursuant to occupational safety and health administration (OSHA) rules 29 CFR 1910.120 (p) (8) and (q), the facility is not required to provide separate emergency response training pursuant to this section, provided that the overall facility training meets all the requirements of this section.

NR 664.0016(2) (2) Facility personnel shall successfully complete the program required in sub. (1) within 6 months after August 1, 2006 or 6 months after the date of their employment or assignment to a facility, or to a new position at a facility, whichever is later. Employees hired after August 1, 2006 may not work in unsupervised positions until they have completed the training requirements of sub. (1).

NR 664.0016(3) (3) Facility personnel shall take part in an annual review of the initial training required in sub. (1).

NR 664.0016(4) (4) The owner or operator shall maintain all of the following documents and records at the facility:

NR 664.0016(4)(a) (a) The job title for each position at the facility related to hazardous waste management, and the name of the employee filling each job.

NR 664.0016(4)(b) (b) A written job description for each position listed under par. (a). This description may be consistent in its degree of specificity with descriptions for other similar positions in the same company location or bargaining unit, but shall include the requisite skill, education or other qualifications, and duties of employees assigned to each position.

NR 664.0016(4)(c) (c) A written description of the type and amount of both introductory and continuing training that will be given to each person filling a position listed under par. (a).

NR 664.0016(4)(d) (d) Records that document that the training or job experience required under subs. (1), (2) and (3) has been given to, and completed by, facility personnel.

NR 664.0016(5) (5) Training records on current personnel shall be kept until closure of the facility. Training records on former employees shall be kept for at least 3 years from the date the employee last worked at the facility. Personnel training records may accompany personnel transferred within the same company.

NR 664.0016 History History: CR 05-032: cr. Register July 2006 No. 607, eff. 8-1-06; CR 16-007: cr. (1) (d) Register July 2017 No. 739, eff. 8-1-17.

NR 664.0017 NR 664.0017 General requirements for ignitable, reactive or incompatible wastes.

NR 664.0017(1) (1) The owner or operator shall take precautions to prevent accidental ignition or reaction of ignitable or reactive waste. This waste shall be separated and protected from sources of ignition or reaction including, but not limited to, open flames, smoking, cutting and welding, hot surfaces, frictional heat, sparks (static, electrical or mechanical), spontaneous ignition (e.g., from heat-producing chemical reactions) and radiant heat. While ignitable or reactive waste is being handled, the owner or operator shall confine smoking and open flame to specially designated locations. “No Smoking” signs shall be conspicuously placed wherever there is a hazard from ignitable or reactive waste.

NR 664.0017(2) (2) Where specifically required by other sections of this chapter, the owner or operator of a facility that treats, stores or disposes ignitable or reactive waste, or mixes incompatible waste or incompatible wastes and other materials, shall take precautions to prevent reactions which do any of the following:

NR 664.0017(2)(a) (a) Generate extreme heat or pressure, fire or explosions or violent reactions.

NR 664.0017(2)(b) (b) Produce uncontrolled toxic mists, fumes, dusts or gases in sufficient quantities to threaten human health or the environment.

NR 664.0017(2)(c) (c) Produce uncontrolled flammable fumes or gases in sufficient quantities to pose a risk of fire or explosions.

NR 664.0017(2)(d) (d) Damage the structural integrity of the device or facility.

NR 664.0017(2)(e) (e) Through other like means threaten human health or the environment.

NR 664.0017(3) (3) When required to comply with sub. (1) or (2), the owner or operator shall document that compliance. This documentation may be based on references to published scientific or engineering literature, data from trial tests (e.g., bench scale or pilot scale tests), waste analyses (as specified in s. NR 664.0013), or the results of the treatment of similar wastes by similar treatment processes and under similar operating conditions.

NR 664.0017 History History: CR 05-032: cr. Register July 2006 No. 607, eff. 8-1-06.

NR 664.0018 NR 664.0018 Location standards.

NR 664.0018 Note Note: There is no location standard for seismic considerations in Wisconsin. See appendix VI of 40 CFR part 264 for more information.

NR 664.0018(2) (2) Floodplains.

NR 664.0018(2)(a) (a) A facility located in a 100-year floodplain shall be designed, constructed, operated and maintained to prevent washout of any hazardous waste by a 100-year flood, unless the owner or operator can demonstrate any of the following to the department’s satisfaction:

NR 664.0018(2)(a)1. 1. Procedures are in effect which will cause the waste to be removed safely, before flood waters can reach the facility, to a location where the wastes will not be vulnerable to flood waters.