Chapter NR 215
LIST OF TOXIC, CONVENTIONAL, AND NONCONVENTIONAL POLLUTANTS
NR 215.01   Purpose and authority.
NR 215.02   Definitions.
NR 215.03   List of toxic pollutants.
NR 215.04   Provisions for revision of list.
NR 215.05   List of conventional pollutants.
NR 215.06   List of nonconventional pollutants.
Ch. NR 215 NoteNote: Corrections made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1. and 7., Register, August, 1997, No. 500.
NR 215.01NR 215.01Purpose and authority. Section 283.21, Stats., requires that the department promulgate a list of toxic pollutants. The discharge to surface or groundwaters of any pollutant included on this list is subject to the requirements of ss. 283.13 (2) (b) and (c) and 283.21 (1) (b) and (d), Stats. These sections require that by certain dates no discharge shall contain quantities of these pollutants greater than those which would remain after the discharge had received treatment by the best available technology economically achievable or greater than any lesser quantity necessary to provide an ample margin of safety.
NR 215.01 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, April, 1981, No. 304, eff. 5-1-81.
NR 215.02NR 215.02Definitions. Terms used in this chapter are defined in s. NR 205.03. Abbreviations used in this chapter are defined in s. NR 205.04.
NR 215.02 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, April, 1981, No. 304, eff. 5-1-81.
NR 215.03NR 215.03List of toxic pollutants. The following table contains a list of toxic pollutants categorized by chemical class, based upon analytical methodology:
NR 215.03(1)(1)Volatile compounds.
NR 215.03(1)(a)(a) Acrolein
NR 215.03(1)(b)(b) Acrylonitrile
NR 215.03(1)(c)(c) Benzene
NR 215.03(1)(d)(d) Bromoform
NR 215.03(1)(e)(e) Carbon tetrachloride (tetrachloromethane)
NR 215.03(1)(f)(f) Chlorobenzene
NR 215.03(1)(g)(g) Chlorodibromomethane
NR 215.03(1)(h)(h) Chloroethane
NR 215.03(1)(i)(i) 2-Chloroethy vinyl ether (mixed)
NR 215.03(1)(j)(j) Chloroform (trichloromethane)
NR 215.03(1)(k)(k) Dichlorobromomethane
NR 215.03(1)(L)(L) 1,1-Dichloroethane