NR 660.11(12)(12)References to citations of federal statutes and regulations shall also include any applicable Wisconsin requirements.
NR 660.11 HistoryHistory: CR 05-032: cr. Register July 2006 No. 607, eff. 8-1-06; correction in (5) (o) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register March 2013 No. 687; CR 16-007: r. and recr. Register July 2017 No. 739, eff. 8-1-17; correction in (2) (intro.), (p) to (r), (3) (intro.), (b) (intro.), (4) (intro.), (a), (5) (intro.), (6) (intro.), (7) (intro.), (8) (intro.), (a), (b), (d), (f) to (h), (j), (p) to (za) made under s. 35.17, Stats., and correction in (3) (b) 1., (4) (a) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register July 2017 No. 739; CR 19-082: am. (2) (a), (f), (3) (b) 1., 8., 11., (4) (a), cr. (5) (b), (c), am. (7) (intro.), r. and recr. (7) (a), cr. (8) (zb), (9) to (12) Register August 2020 No. 776, eff. 9-1-20; correction in (4) (a), (8) (zb) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register August 2020 No. 776; correction in (4) (a), (7) (a) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register April 2021 No. 784.
subch. C of ch. NR 660Subchapter C — Rulemaking Petitions
NR 660.20NR 660.20General. As provided under s. 227.12, Stats., and ch. NR 2, a person may petition the department to modify or revoke any provision in chs. NR 660 to 673. Section NR 660.21 sets forth additional requirements for petitions to add a testing or analytical method to ch. NR 661, 664 or 665. Section NR 660.22 references petitions to EPA to exclude a waste or waste-derived material at a particular facility from s. NR 661.0003 or the lists of hazardous wastes in subch. D of ch. NR 661. Section NR 660.23 sets forth additional requirements for petitions to amend ch. NR 673 to include additional hazardous wastes or categories of hazardous waste as universal waste.
NR 660.20 HistoryHistory: CR 05-032: cr. Register July 2006 No. 607, eff. 8-1-06; CR 19-082: am. Register August 2020 No. 776, eff. 9-1-20; renum. from (1) under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., Register August 2020 No. 776.
NR 660.21NR 660.21Petitions for equivalent testing or analytical methods.
NR 660.21(1)(1)Any person seeking to add a testing or analytical method to ch. NR 661, 664 or 665 may petition for a rule amendment under this section and s. NR 660.20. To be successful, the person shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that the proposed method is equal to or superior to the corresponding method prescribed in ch. NR 661, 664 or 665, in terms of its sensitivity, accuracy and precision (i.e., reproducibility).
NR 660.21(2)(2)Each petition shall include all of the following, in addition to the information required by s. NR 660.20:
NR 660.21(2)(a)(a) A full description of the proposed method, including all procedural steps and equipment used in the method.
NR 660.21(2)(b)(b) A description of the types of wastes or waste matrices for which the proposed method may be used.
NR 660.21(2)(c)(c) Comparative results obtained from using the proposed method with those obtained from using the relevant or corresponding methods prescribed in ch. NR 661, 664 or 665.
NR 660.21(2)(d)(d) An assessment of any factors which may interfere with, or limit the use of, the proposed method.
NR 660.21(2)(e)(e) A description of the quality control procedures necessary to ensure the sensitivity, accuracy and precision of the proposed method.
NR 660.21(3)(3)After receiving a petition for an equivalent method, the department may request any additional information on the proposed method which the department may reasonably require to evaluate the method.
NR 660.21(4)(4)If the department amends the rules to permit use of a new testing method, the method will be incorporated in “Test Methods for the Evaluation of Solid Waste: Physical/Chemical Methods,” SW-846, incorporated by reference in s. NR 660.11.
NR 660.21 HistoryHistory: CR 05-032: cr. Register July 2006 No. 607, eff. 8-1-06.
NR 660.22NR 660.22Petitions to amend ch. NR 661 to exclude a waste produced at a particular facility. Any person seeking to exclude a waste at a particular generating facility from the lists in subch. D of ch. NR 661 may petition the EPA region 5 administrator for a regulatory amendment under 40 CFR 260.20 and 260.22. The department shall recognize an EPA granted delisting unless the department clearly establishes that a delisting would threaten human health or the environment.
NR 660.22 HistoryHistory: CR 05-032: cr. Register July 2006 No. 607, eff. 8-1-06.
NR 660.23NR 660.23Petitions to amend ch. NR 673 to include additional hazardous wastes.
NR 660.23(1)(1)Any person seeking to add a hazardous waste or a category of hazardous waste to the universal waste rules in ch. NR 673 may petition for a rule amendment under this section, s. NR 660.20, and subch. G of ch. NR 673.
NR 660.23(2)(2)To be successful, the petitioner shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that regulation under the universal waste rules in ch. NR 673 is appropriate for the waste or category of waste, will improve management practices for the waste or category of waste and will improve implementation of the hazardous waste program. The petition shall include the information required by this section. The petition should also address as many of the factors listed in s. NR 673.81 as are appropriate for the waste or category of waste addressed in the petition.
NR 660.23(3)(3)The department shall grant or deny a petition using the factors listed in s. NR 673.81. The decision will be based on the weight of evidence showing that regulation under ch. NR 673 is appropriate for the waste or category of waste, will improve management practices for the waste or category of waste, and will improve implementation of the hazardous waste program.
NR 660.23(4)(4)The department may request additional information needed to evaluate the merits of the petition.
NR 660.23 HistoryHistory: CR 05-032: cr. Register July 2006 No. 607, eff. 8-1-06.
NR 660.30NR 660.30Non-waste determinations and variances from classification as a solid waste. According to the standards and criteria in ss. NR 660.31 and NR 660.34 and the procedures in s. NR 660.33, the department may determine on a case-by-case basis that all of the following recycled materials are not solid wastes:
NR 660.30(1)(1)Materials that are accumulated speculatively without sufficient amounts being recycled (as defined in s. NR 661.0001 (3) (h)).
NR 660.30(2)(2)Materials that are reclaimed and then reused within the original production process in which they were generated.
NR 660.30(3)(3)Materials that have been reclaimed but shall be reclaimed further before the materials are completely recovered.
NR 660.30(4)(4)Hazardous secondary materials that are reclaimed in a continuous industrial process.