NR 214.03(1)(1) “Alternate concentration limit” means the concentration of a substance in groundwater established for a site by the department to replace a preventive action limit or an enforcement standard, or both from s. NR 140.10 or 140.12, when an exemption is granted in accordance with s. NR 140.28. NR 214.03(2)(2) “ASTM” means the American Society for Testing and Materials. Copies of ASTM standards referenced in this chapter are available for inspection at the offices of the department of natural resources, the secretary of state’s office and the legislative reference bureau. ASTM standards may be obtained from the American Society for Testing and Materials, 1916 Race Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. NR 214.03(3)(3) “Bedrock” means rock that is exposed at the earth’s surface or underlies soil material and is encountered when weathered in-place consolidated material, larger than 2 mm in size, is greater than 50% by volume. NR 214.03(4)(4) “By-product solids” means waste materials from the animal product or food processing industry including, but not limited to: remains of butchered animals, paunch manure and vegetable waste materials such as leaves, cuttings, peelings and actively fermenting sweet corn silage. NR 214.03(5)(5) “Cation-exchange capacity” means the sum total of exchangeable cations that a soil can absorb, expressed in milliequivalents per 100 grams of oven dry soil. NR 214.03(6)(6) “Community public water supply system” means a water supply system having at least 15 service connections used by year-round residents or regularly serving at least 25 year-round residents. Any water supply system serving 7 or more homes, 10 or more mobile homes, 10 or more apartment units, or 10 or more condominium units shall be considered a community public water supply system unless information is available to indicate that 25 year-round residents will not be served. NR 214.03(7)(7) “Composting facility” means a facility where organic material is biologically degraded to produce a stabilized end product. NR 214.03(8)(8) “Department”, when used without qualification, means the department of natural resources. NR 214.03(9)(9) “Design management zone” means a 3 dimensional boundary surrounding each regulated facility, practice or activity established under s. NR 140.22 (3). NR 214.03(10)(10) “Detrimental effect” means contamination of the lands or waters of the state, or making the same injurious to public health, harmful for commercial or agricultural use, or deleterious to animal or plant life. NR 214.03(11)(11) “Enforcement standard” or “ES” means a numerical value expressing the concentration of a substance in groundwater which is adopted under ss. 160.07 and 160.09, Stats., and ss. NR 140.10 and 140.12. NR 214.03(13)(13) “Floodplain” means the land which has been or may be covered by flood water during the regional flood as specified under s. NR 116.03 (16). NR 214.03(14)(14) “Floodway” means the portion of a river or stream required to carry the regional flood as specified under s. NR 116.03 (22). NR 214.03(15)(15) “Food-chain crop” means a crop grown for human consumption or pasture, forage and feed grains for animals whose products are consumed by humans. Tobacco is considered a crop grown for human consumption. NR 214.03(16)(16) “Groundwater” means any of the waters of the state, as defined in s. 281.01 (18), Stats., occurring in a saturated subsurface geological formation of rock or soil. NR 214.03(17)(17) “Groundwater monitoring” means measuring the groundwater level and analyzing samples of water taken from the ground. NR 214.03(19)(19) “Hydraulic application rate” means the volume of liquid waste evenly spread over a designated acreage of the land treatment system divided by a period of time as specified in the WPDES permit. The rate is calculated by dividing the volume discharged during the waste loading period by the acreage of land loaded and then dividing by the total time in the load/rest cycle. NR 214.03(21)(21) “Infiltration rate” means the rate of liquid movement through the soil surface into the ground. NR 214.03(22)(22) “Incorporation” means the mixing of a waste with topsoil by injecting, discing, moldboard plowing, chisel plowing or rotary tilling to a minimum depth of 4 inches. NR 214.03(23)(23) “Intensity of application” means the instantaneous rate, reported as inches per hour, at which liquid waste is applied to land. NR 214.03(24)(24) “Land treatment system” means a system that utilizes the physical, chemical and biological abilities of the soil to decompose pollutants in the wastes. Land treatment systems include: