NR 667.0112 HistoryHistory: CR 16-007: cr. Register July 2017 No. 739, eff. 8-1-17. NR 667.0113NR 667.0113 Will the public have the opportunity to comment on the plan? The department shall provide the owner or operator and the public, when the draft standardized license is public noticed, the opportunity to submit written comments on the plan and to the draft license as allowed by s. NR 670.508. The department shall also, in response to a request or at the owner or operator’s own discretion, hold a public hearing whenever such a hearing might clarify one or more issues concerning the closure plan and the license. NR 667.0113(2)(2) The department shall give public notice of the hearing 30 days before it occurs. Public notice of the hearing may be given at the same time as notice of the opportunity for the public to submit written comments and the two notices may be combined. NR 667.0113 HistoryHistory: CR 16-007: cr. Register July 2017 No. 739, eff. 8-1-17. NR 667.0115NR 667.0115 After I stop operating, how long until I shall close? NR 667.0115(1)(1) Within 90 days after the final volume of hazardous waste is sent to a unit, treat or remove from the unit all hazardous wastes following the approved closure plan. NR 667.0115(2)(2) You shall complete final closure activities according to the approved closure plan within 180 days after the final volume of hazardous wastes is sent to the unit. The department may approve an extension of 180 days to the closure period if you comply with all applicable requirements for requesting a modification to the license and demonstrate that: NR 667.0115(2)(a)(a) The final closure activities will take longer than 180 days to complete due to circumstances beyond your control, excluding ground water contamination. NR 667.0115(2)(b)(b) You have taken and will continue to take all steps to prevent threats to human health and the environment from the unclosed, but not operating hazardous waste management unit or facility, including compliance with all applicable license requirements. NR 667.0115(2)(c)(c) The demonstration shall be made at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the initial 180-day period. NR 667.0115(3)(3) Nothing in this subsection precludes you from removing hazardous wastes and decontaminating or dismantling equipment according to the approved final closure plan at any time before or after notification of final closure. NR 667.0115 HistoryHistory: CR 16-007: cr. Register July 2017 No. 739, eff. 8-1-17. NR 667.0116NR 667.0116 What shall I do with contaminated equipment, structure and soils? You shall properly dispose of or decontaminate all contaminated equipment, structures, and soils during the partial and final closure periods. By removing any hazardous wastes or hazardous constituents during partial and final closure, you may become a generator of hazardous waste and shall handle that waste following all applicable requirements of ch. NR 662. NR 667.0116 HistoryHistory: CR 16-007: cr. Register July 2017 No. 739, eff. 8-1-17. NR 667.0117NR 667.0117 How do I certify closure? Within 60 days of the completion of final closure of each unit under a subch. J of ch. NR 670 standardized license, you shall submit to the department, by registered mail, a certification that each hazardous waste management unit or facility, as applicable, has been closed following the specifications in the closure plan. Both you and a qualified professional engineer shall sign the certification. You shall furnish documentation supporting the independent registered professional engineer’s certification to the department upon request until the department releases you from the financial assurance requirements for closure under s. NR 667.0143 (9). NR 667.0117 HistoryHistory: CR 16-007: cr. Register July 2017 No. 739, eff. 8-1-17; correction made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register July 2017 No. 739. NR 667.0140NR 667.0140 Who must comply with this subchapter, and briefly, what do they have to do? NR 667.0140(3)(3) The owner or operator shall notify the department if the owner or operator is named as a debtor in a bankruptcy proceeding under Title 11 of the United States Code (See also s. NR 667.0148). NR 667.0140(4)(4) States and the federal government are exempt from the requirements of this subchapter. NR 667.0140 HistoryHistory: CR 16-007: cr. Register July 2017 No. 739, eff. 8-1-17; correction in (1) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register July 2017 No. 739. NR 667.0141NR 667.0141 Definitions of terms used in this subchapter. When used in this subchapter, the following terms have the following meanings: