NR 182.103(51)(51) “Pollution” means the contaminating or rendering unclean or impure the air, land, or waters of the state, or making the same injurious to public health, harmful for commercial or recreational use, or deleterious to fish, bird, animal, or plant life. NR 182.103(53)(53) “Proof of financial responsibility” means a deposit or other financial instrument in compliance with ss. 289.41 and 293.51 (1g), Stats., ensuring that sufficient funds will be available to comply with the closure and long-term care requirements of this chapter and the approved plan of operation. NR 182.103(55)(55) “Reclamation plan” means the proposal for the reclamation of the nonferrous prospecting or mining site, including the closure of a mining waste disposal site or facility, that is approved by the department under s. 293.45 or 293.49, Stats., and ch. NR 131 or 132 as part of the prospecting or mining permit. NR 182.103(57)(57) “Soil” means material that has been physically and chemically derived from the bedrock by nature. NR 182.103(59)(59) “Statistically significant change” means an amount of change determined by the use of valid statistical procedures for measuring significance at a level of 0.05. NR 182.103(60)(60) “Storage” means the temporary placement of nonferrous mining waste in such a manner as to not constitute ultimate disposal, in compliance with a mining permit or prospecting permit and plans approved under this chapter. NR 182.103(61)(61) “Tailings” means waste material resulting from the washing, concentration, chemical extraction or treatment of crushed ore. NR 182.103(62)(62) “Termination” means the final actions taken by an owner or operator of a nonferrous mining waste facility when formal responsibilities for long-term care cease. NR 182.103(63)(63) “Topsoil” means natural loam, sandy loam, silt loam, silt clay loam, or clay loam humus-bearing soils or other material that will easily produce and sustain dense growths of vegetation capable of preventing wind and water erosion of the material itself and other materials beneath. NR 182.103(65)(65) “Waste rock” means consolidated rock that has been removed during mining or prospecting but is not of sufficient value at the time of removal to constitute an ore. NR 182.103(66)(66) “Waste site” or “waste sites and facilities” means any land or appurtenances used for the storage or disposal of nonferrous mining waste, but does not include land or appurtenances used in the production or transportation of nonferrous mining waste, such as the concentrator, haul roads, or tailings pipelines, which are permitted under ch. NR 131 or 132. NR 182.103(67)(67) “Well” means any drillhole or other excavation or opening constructed for the purpose of obtaining or monitoring groundwater. NR 182.103(68)(68) “Well nest” means 2 or more wells installed within 10 feet of each other at the ground surface and constructed to varying depths. NR 182.103(69)(69) “Wetland” means an area where water is at, near, or above the land surface long enough to be capable of supporting aquatic or hydrophytic vegetation and that has soils indicative of wet conditions. NR 182.103 HistoryHistory: CR 20-043: cr. Register December 2021 No. 792, eff. 1-1-22; correction in (15), (51) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register December 2021 No. 792. NR 182.104NR 182.104 General submittal requirements. Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, all submittals for review and approval of any feasibility report, plan of operation, construction documentation report, or closure plan shall include the following: NR 182.104(1)(1) Paper and electronic copies. Unless otherwise specified, an applicant shall submit 5 paper copies and one electronic copy of the plan or report prepared pursuant to the appropriate section of this chapter, and an additional reproducible digital or electronic copy of any plan sheets or drawings submitted as a part of the plan or report. The paper copies and electronic copies shall be submitted to the department’s waste and materials management program in Madison unless otherwise specified by the department. The complete electronic copy of the report and the separate digital or electronic copy of any plan sheets or drawings shall be provided in formats and on media acceptable to the department. NR 182.104(2)(2) Cover letter. An applicant shall prepare a letter detailing the desired department action or response in reference to the submittal. NR 182.104(3)(a)(a) An applicant shall prepare and submit the reports and plan sheets under the seal of a licensed professional engineer. In addition, the applicant shall include the following certification: “I, __________________________, hereby certify that I am a licensed professional engineer in the State of Wisconsin in accordance with the requirements of ch. A-E 4, Wis. Adm. Code; that this document has been prepared in accordance with the Rules of Professional Conduct in ch. A-E 8, Wis. Adm. Code; and that, to the best of my knowledge, all information contained in this document is correct and the document was prepared in compliance with all applicable requirements ch. NR 182, Wis. Adm. Code.” NR 182.104(3)(b)(b) An applicant shall prepare feasibility reports, plans of operation, site investigation, and any other reports that require interpretation of geology or hydrogeology under the seal of a licensed professional geologist. In addition, an applicant shall include the following certification: “I, __________________, hereby certify that I am a licensed professional geologist in the State of Wisconsin in accordance with the requirements of ch. GHSS 2, Wis. Adm. Code; that the preparation of this document has not involved any unprofessional conduct as detailed in ch. GHSS 5, Wis. Adm. Code; and that, to the best of my knowledge, all information contained in this document is correct and the document was prepared in compliance with all applicable requirements in ch. NR 182, Wis. Adm. Code.” NR 182.104(4)(4) Technical procedures. An applicant shall use the current standard procedures as specified by ASTM International, USGS, U.S. environmental protection agency’s standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater, or other equivalent or appropriate methods approved by the department to complete all technical procedures used to investigate a mining waste facility. An applicant shall specify the test procedures used in the report. An applicant shall explain in detail, with reasons provided, any deviation from a standard method used in the report.