NR 667.0112(3)(3)You may submit a written notification to the department for a license modification to amend the closure plan at any time prior to the notification of partial or final closure of the facility, following the applicable procedures in s. NR 670.320.
NR 667.0112(3)(a)(a) Events leading to a change in the closure plan, and therefore requiring a modification, may include:
NR 667.0112(3)(a)1.1. A change in the operating plan or facility design.
NR 667.0112(3)(a)2.2. A change in the expected year of closure, if applicable.
NR 667.0112(3)(a)3.3. In conducting partial or final closure activities, an unexpected event requiring a modification of the approved closure plan.
NR 667.0112(3)(b)(b) The written notification or request shall include a copy of the amended closure plan for review or approval by the department. The department shall approve, disapprove, or modify the amended plan according to the procedures in s. NR 670.320.
NR 667.0112(4)(4)Notification before final closure.
NR 667.0112(4)(a)(a) Notify the department in writing at least 45 days before the date that you expect to begin final closure of a treatment or storage tank, container storage area, or containment building.
NR 667.0112(4)(b)(b) The date when you expect to begin closure shall be no later than 30 days after the date that any hazardous waste management unit receives the known final volume of hazardous wastes.
NR 667.0112(4)(c)(c) If your facility’s license is terminated, or if you are otherwise ordered, by the department, or required by judicial decree or final order under 42 USC 6928 to cease receiving hazardous wastes or to close then the requirements of this subsection do not apply. However, you shall close the facility following the deadlines established in s. NR 667.0115 unless earlier deadlines are set in a department order, judicial decree, or final order under 42 USC 6928.
NR 667.0112 HistoryHistory: CR 16-007: cr. Register July 2017 No. 739, eff. 8-1-17.
NR 667.0113NR 667.0113Will the public have the opportunity to comment on the plan? The department shall provide the owner or operator and the public, when the draft standardized license is public noticed, the opportunity to submit written comments on the plan and to the draft license as allowed by s. NR 670.508. The department shall also, in response to a request or at the owner or operator’s own discretion, hold a public hearing whenever such a hearing might clarify one or more issues concerning the closure plan and the license.
NR 667.0113(2)(2)The department shall give public notice of the hearing 30 days before it occurs. Public notice of the hearing may be given at the same time as notice of the opportunity for the public to submit written comments and the two notices may be combined.
NR 667.0113 HistoryHistory: CR 16-007: cr. Register July 2017 No. 739, eff. 8-1-17.
NR 667.0115NR 667.0115After I stop operating, how long until I shall close?
NR 667.0115(1)(1)Within 90 days after the final volume of hazardous waste is sent to a unit, treat or remove from the unit all hazardous wastes following the approved closure plan.
NR 667.0115(2)(2)You shall complete final closure activities according to the approved closure plan within 180 days after the final volume of hazardous wastes is sent to the unit. The department may approve an extension of 180 days to the closure period if you comply with all applicable requirements for requesting a modification to the license and demonstrate that:
NR 667.0115(2)(a)(a) The final closure activities will take longer than 180 days to complete due to circumstances beyond your control, excluding ground water contamination.
NR 667.0115(2)(b)(b) You have taken and will continue to take all steps to prevent threats to human health and the environment from the unclosed, but not operating hazardous waste management unit or facility, including compliance with all applicable license requirements.
NR 667.0115(2)(c)(c) The demonstration shall be made at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the initial 180-day period.
NR 667.0115(3)(3)Nothing in this subsection precludes you from removing hazardous wastes and decontaminating or dismantling equipment according to the approved final closure plan at any time before or after notification of final closure.
NR 667.0115 HistoryHistory: CR 16-007: cr. Register July 2017 No. 739, eff. 8-1-17.
NR 667.0116NR 667.0116What shall I do with contaminated equipment, structure and soils? You shall properly dispose of or decontaminate all contaminated equipment, structures, and soils during the partial and final closure periods. By removing any hazardous wastes or hazardous constituents during partial and final closure, you may become a generator of hazardous waste and shall handle that waste following all applicable requirements of ch. NR 662.
NR 667.0116 HistoryHistory: CR 16-007: cr. Register July 2017 No. 739, eff. 8-1-17.
NR 667.0117NR 667.0117How do I certify closure? Within 60 days of the completion of final closure of each unit under a subch. J of ch. NR 670 standardized license, you shall submit to the department, by registered mail, a certification that each hazardous waste management unit or facility, as applicable, has been closed following the specifications in the closure plan. Both you and a qualified professional engineer shall sign the certification. You shall furnish documentation supporting the independent registered professional engineer’s certification to the department upon request until the department releases you from the financial assurance requirements for closure under s. NR 667.0143 (9).
NR 667.0117 HistoryHistory: CR 16-007: cr. Register July 2017 No. 739, eff. 8-1-17; correction made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register July 2017 No. 739.
subch. H of ch. NR 667Subchapter H — Financial Requirements
NR 667.0140NR 667.0140Who must comply with this subchapter, and briefly, what do they have to do?
NR 667.0140(1)(1)The requirements in this subchapter apply to owners and operators who treat or store hazardous waste under a subch. J of ch. NR 670 standardized license, except as provided in s. NR 667.0001 (2) or sub. (4).