In this chapter:
(1)"Berm" means a ridge of clean, compacted
cohesive soil or impervious material constructed to withstand and control the
movement of liquids.
(2)"Bioremediation" means degradation of
contaminants by microbes.
(3)"Boundaries of a landspreading facility"
means the outer edges of the area on which contaminated soil has been spread at
a landspreading facility.
(4)"Commercial treatment unit or facility"
means a unit or facility that is operated for a profit by entities that are
paid for providing the service. The term does not apply to a unit or facility
operated by several responsible parties who pay a share of jointly incurred
expenses, including consultant fees.
Note: The use of leased vehicles or other
equipment does not make a treatment unit commercial.
(5)"Contaminated soil" means soil which
contains one or more hazardous substances or environmental pollution and which
is not a hazardous waste as defined in s.
NR
660.10(52) or to , as
amended.
(6)"Floodplain" has the
meaning specified in s.
NR
116.03(16).
Note: Section
NR
116.03(16) defines "floodplain" to
mean "that land which has been or may be covered by floodwaters during the
regional flood. The floodplain includes the floodway, floodfringe, shallow
depth flooding, flood storage and coastal floodplain areas."
(7)"Landspreading facility" has the meaning
specified in s.
NR
500.03(121).
Note: Section
NR
500.03(121) defines "landspreading
facility" to mean "a land disposal facility where solid waste is discharged,
deposited, placed or injected in thin layers onto the land surface of the
facility, or is incorporated into the top several feet of the surface soil, for
agricultural, silvicultural or waste disposal purposes".
(8)"Leachate" has the meaning specified in s.
NR
500.03(123).
Note: Section
NR
500.03(123) defines "leachate" to
mean "water or other liquid that has percolated through or contacted solid
waste or gases generated by solid waste."
(9)"Light petroleum products" means gasoline,
diesel fuel, no. 1 or no. 2 fuel oil, kerosene, aviation gasoline, jet fuel, or
a mixture of 2 or more of these materials.
(10)"Monitoring" means a systematic method of
collecting and reporting chemical and other data from contaminated
media.
(11)"Single-application
landspreading" means landspreading where contaminated soil from only one
remedial action site is all the contaminated soil that is ever applied onto an
area of a property.
(12)"Storage"
means placement of solid waste on a temporary basis in a manner that does not
constitute disposal of solid waste.
(13)"Volatilization" means removal of
contaminants from soil or other media by evaporation.
Notes
Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources § NR 718.03
Cr. Register, April,
1994, No. 460, eff. 5-1-94; renum. (3) to (9) to be (4), (5), (6), (8), (10),
(12) and (13), cr. (3), (7), (9) and (11), Register, December, 1998, No. 516,
eff. 1-1-99; correction in (5) made under s. 13.93(2m) (b) 7, Stats., Register
September 2007 No. 621; CR 12-023: am. (5), (8) Register October 2013 No. 694,
eff. 11-1-13.
