NR 111.41(10)(d) (d) A discussion of mitigation efforts completed prior to October 14, 2014, including how long they have been in effect and how effective they have been.

NR 111.41(10)(e) (e) A discussion, with quantification and monetization, where possible, of any other benefits expected to accrue to the environment and local communities, including improvements for mammals, birds, and other organisms and aquatic habitats.

NR 111.41(10)(f) (f) A discussion, with quantification and monetization, where possible, of any benefits expected to result from any reductions in thermal discharges from entrainment technologies.

NR 111.41(11) (11) Non-water quality environmental and other impacts study. The owner or operator of an existing facility that withdraws greater than 125 MGD AIF shall develop for submission to the department a detailed facility-specific discussion of the changes in non-water quality environmental and other impacts attributed to each technology and operational measure considered under sub. (9), including both impacts increased and impacts decreased. The study shall include all of the following:

NR 111.41(11)(a) (a) Estimates of changes to energy consumption, including auxiliary power consumption and turbine backpressure energy penalty.

NR 111.41(11)(b) (b) Estimates of air pollutant emissions and of the human health and environmental impacts associated with the emissions.

NR 111.41(11)(c) (c) Estimates of changes in noise.

NR 111.41(11)(d) (d) A discussion of impacts to safety, including documentation of the potential for plumes, icing, and availability of emergency cooling water.

NR 111.41(11)(e) (e) A discussion of facility reliability, including facility availability, production of steam, impacts to production based on process unit heating or cooling, and reliability due to cooling water availability.

NR 111.41(11)(f) (f) Estimates of expected significant changes in consumption of water, including a facility-specific comparison of the evaporative losses of both once-through cooling and closed-cycle recirculating systems, and documentation of impacts attributable to changes in water consumption.

NR 111.41(11)(g) (g) A discussion of all reasonable attempts to mitigate each of the factors specified in pars. (a) to (f).

NR 111.41(12) (12) Peer review. If the applicant is required to submit studies under subs. (9) to (11), the applicant shall conduct an external peer review of each report to be submitted with the permit application. The applicant shall select peer reviewers and notify the department in advance of the peer review. The department may disapprove of a peer reviewer or require additional peer reviewers. The department may confer with the U.S. environmental protection agency; federal, state, and tribal fish and wildlife management agencies with responsibility for fish and wildlife potentially affected by the cooling water intake structure; independent system operators; and state public utility regulatory agencies to determine which peer review comments shall be addressed. The applicant shall provide an explanation for any significant reviewer comments not accepted. Peer reviewers shall have appropriate qualifications and their names and credentials shall be included in the peer review report.

NR 111.41(13) (13) Alternatives analysis for candidate entrainment BTA. An owner or operator operating a facility that withdraws greater than 2 MGD DIF and less than or equal to 125 MGD AIF shall submit information on analysis of available entrainment reduction technologies and strategies if the applicant has such information at the time of permit application. Information on analysis of available entrainment reduction technologies and strategies includes an evaluation of closed-cycle recirculating systems, fine mesh screens with a mesh size of 2 millimeters or smaller, variable speed pumps, water reuse or alternate sources of cooling water, and any additional technologies identified by the applicant. The submittal shall include the following, as appropriate and available:

NR 111.41(13)(a) (a) All of the following if the applicant has the information at the time of permit application:

NR 111.41(13)(a)1. 1. Numbers and types of organisms entrained, including the numbers and species, or lowest taxonomic classification possible, of threatened and endangered species and federally designated critical habitat, such as prey base.

NR 111.41(13)(a)2. 2. Impact of changes in particulate emissions or other pollutants associated with entrainment technologies.

NR 111.41(13)(a)3. 3. Land availability as it relates to the feasibility of entrainment technology.

NR 111.41(13)(a)4. 4. Remaining useful plant life.

NR 111.41(13)(a)5. 5. Quantified and qualitative social benefits and costs of available entrainment technologies, when such information on both benefits and costs is of sufficient rigor to make a decision.

NR 111.41(13)(b) (b) Any of the following information that the applicant has at the time of the permit application:

NR 111.41(13)(b)1. 1. Entrainment impacts on the waterbody.

NR 111.41(13)(b)2. 2. Thermal discharge impacts.

NR 111.41(13)(b)3. 3. Credit for reductions in flow associated with the retirement of units occurring within 10 years preceding October 14, 2014.

NR 111.41(13)(b)4. 4. Impacts on the reliability of energy delivery within the immediate area.

NR 111.41(13)(b)5. 5. Impacts on water consumption.

NR 111.41(13)(b)6. 6. Availability of process water, gray water, wastewater, reclaimed water, or other waters of appropriate quantity and quality for reuse as cooling water.

NR 111.41 Note Note: An owner or operator of a facility is not required to collect any new information or create any new documents as a part of this subsection. Any collection of data or creation of documents is optional.

NR 111.41(14) (14) New units at existing facilities. The applicant shall identify the chosen compliance method for the new unit. In addition, the owner or operator that selects the BTA standards for new units under s. NR 111.31 (2) (b) as its route to compliance shall submit information to demonstrate entrainment reductions equivalent to 90 percent or greater of the reduction that could be achieved through compliance with s. NR 111.31 (2) (a). The demonstration shall include the entrainment characterization study specified in sub. (8). In addition, if data specific to the facility indicates that compliance with the BTA requirements for each new unit would result in compliance costs wholly out of proportion to the costs the U.S. environmental protection agency considered in establishing the requirements at issue or would result in significant adverse impacts on local air quality, significant adverse impacts on local water resources other than impingement and entrainment, or significant adverse impacts on local energy markets, the applicant shall submit all supporting data as part of this subsection. The department may require that additional data and information, including monitoring, be included as part of this subsection.

NR 111.41(15) (15) Flow reduction information. If the owner or operator is required to comply with the flow reduction requirements specified in s. NR 111.21 (2) (a) 1., the owner or operator of the facility shall submit all of the following information to the department to demonstrate that flow has been reduced to a level commensurate with that which can be attained by a closed-cycle recirculating cooling water system: