NR 106.145(7)(c)2.2. Activities to help educate the general public, health professionals, school teachers, laboratory personnel or other professionals about ways to reduce use of mercury-containing products, recycle mercury-containing products and prevent spills. NR 106.145(7)(c)3.3. A program for collecting mercury from the permittee’s sewer system users. This program may be independently operated by the permittee, jointly by the permittee and others or by another governmental unit. NR 106.145(7)(c)4.4. Other activities that the department, in consultation with the permittee, deems appropriate for the individual permittee’s circumstances. NR 106.145(7)(d)(d) For industrial permittees, a pollutant minimization program may consist of any of the following elements: NR 106.145(7)(d)3.3. Substitution of raw materials or chemical additives with low-mercury alternatives. NR 106.145(7)(e)(e) In assessing the appropriate elements for a pollutant minimization program, the department may consider any of the following: NR 106.145(7)(e)3.3. The level of mercury in the effluent, influent and biosolids or sludge. NR 106.145(7)(e)5.5. The environmental costs and benefits of the pollutant minimization program elements. NR 106.145(7)(e)6.6. The characteristics of the community in which the discharger is located. NR 106.145(7)(e)8.8. The opportunities available for support from or cooperation with other organizations. NR 106.145(7)(e)9.9. The actions the discharger has taken in the past to reduce mercury use or discharges. NR 106.145(7)(f)(f) The pollutant minimization program plan shall include all of the following: NR 106.145(7)(f)1.1. Identify specific activities to be undertaken and a relative timeline to implement those activities. NR 106.145(7)(f)2.2. State which, if any, activities have already been implemented and how effective they were in reducing potential and actual mercury discharges. NR 106.145(7)(f)3.3. Commit the permittee to document how the pollutant minimization program plan was implemented including measures such as the number of contacts of various types made, programs implemented and other activities. NR 106.145(7)(f)4.4. Provide for steps to measure the effectiveness of the pollution minimization program elements in reducing potential and actual mercury discharges. Where the permittee regularly monitors influent, effluent, sludge or biosolids for mercury, measures shall include any changes in mercury concentrations over comparable historic data. Where practicable, other measures or estimates of mercury reductions from programs such as mercury recycling, collection or disposal may also be included. NR 106.145(7)(g)(g) Within 12 months of the beginning of implementation of the pollutant minimization program and annually thereafter, the permittee shall report to the department on the progress of the pollutant minimization program as required in s. NR 106.04 (5). This annual report shall include all of the following: NR 106.145(7)(g)1.1. An evaluation of the effectiveness of the program in accordance with the plan. NR 106.145(7)(g)2.2. Identification of barriers that have limited program effectiveness and adjustments to the program that will be implemented during the next year to help address these barriers. NR 106.145(7)(h)(h) Permittees may collaborate with one another or other parties to plan and implement a pollutant minimization program.