NR 440.76(4)(b) (b) What is a siting analysis? The siting analysis addresses how your municipal waste combustion unit affects ambient air quality, visibility, soils, vegetation and other relevant factors. The analysis can be used to determine whether the benefits of your proposed facility significantly outweigh the environmental and social costs resulting from its location and construction. The analysis shall also consider other major industrial facilities near the proposed site.

NR 440.76(4)(c) (c) What steps must I complete for my siting analysis?

NR 440.76(4)(c)1. 1. For your siting analysis, you shall complete the following 5 steps:

NR 440.76(4)(c)1.a. a. Prepare an analysis.

NR 440.76(4)(c)1.b. b. Make your analysis available to the public.

NR 440.76(4)(c)1.c. c. Hold a public meeting on your analysis.

NR 440.76(4)(c)1.d. d. Prepare responses to public comments received on your analysis.

NR 440.76(4)(c)1.e. e. Submit your analysis.

NR 440.76(4)(c)2. 2. You may use analyses conducted under the requirements of ch. NR 405 or 408 to comply with some of the siting analysis requirements of this section.

NR 440.76(4)(d) (d) What must I include in my siting analysis?

NR 440.76(4)(d)1. 1. You shall include an analysis of how your municipal waste combustion unit affects the following 4 areas:

NR 440.76(4)(d)1.a. a. Ambient air quality.

NR 440.76(4)(d)1.b. b. Visibility.

NR 440.76(4)(d)1.c. c. Soils.

NR 440.76(4)(d)1.d. d. Vegetation.

NR 440.76(4)(d)2. 2. You shall include an analysis of alternatives for controlling air pollution that minimize potential risks to the public health and the environment.

NR 440.76(4)(e) (e) How do I make my siting analysis available to the public?

NR 440.76(4)(e)1. 1. You shall distribute your siting analysis and revised materials separation plan to the main public libraries in the area where you will construct your municipal waste combustion unit.

NR 440.76(4)(e)2. 2. You shall publish a notice of a public meeting in the main newspapers that serve the following 2 areas:

NR 440.76(4)(e)2.a. a. The area where you will construct your municipal waste combustion unit.

NR 440.76(4)(e)2.b. b. The areas where the waste that your municipal waste combustion unit combusts will be collected.

NR 440.76(4)(e)3. 3. You shall include the following 6 items in your notice of the public meeting:

NR 440.76(4)(e)3.a. a. The date of the public meeting.

NR 440.76(4)(e)3.b. b. The time of the public meeting.

NR 440.76(4)(e)3.c. c. The location of the public meeting.

NR 440.76(4)(e)3.d. d. The location of the public libraries where the public can find your siting analysis and revised materials separation plan. Include the normal business hours of each library.

NR 440.76(4)(e)3.e. e. An agenda of the topics that will be discussed at the public meeting.

NR 440.76(4)(e)3.f. f. The beginning and ending dates of the public comment period on your siting analysis and revised materials separation plan.

NR 440.76(4)(f) (f) When must I accept comments on the siting analysis and revised materials separation plan?