Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 100-199 - Environmental Protection General
Chapter NR 157 - Management of PCBs and products containing PCBs
FOREWORD
- Section NR 157.01 - Applicability
- Section NR 157.02 - Definitions
- Section NR 157.03 - Generator responsibilities
- Section NR 157.04 - Transporter responsibilities
- Section NR 157.05 - Full-service contractors
- Section NR 157.06 - Service facility responsibilities
- Section NR 157.07 - Disposal methods and facilities
- Section NR 157.20 - Testing methods for PCBs and products containing PCBs
- Section NR 157.21 - Approval of alternate test procedures
Concern for the disposition of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) is due to the chronic toxicity of these chlorinated aromatic organic compounds, the pervasiveness and persistence in the environment, and the tendency to accumulate in food chains and man. It is the intent of these rules to provide for comprehensive management (handling, storage, transportation, processing, and disposal) of PCBs and products containing PCBs taken out of service for disposal to eliminate or minimize discharge of PCBs into the environment, and further, to establish procedures for methods and manner of sampling, preparing samples and analyzing PCBs to be used in determining the applicability of this chapter to various wastes, substances or products. These rules are adopted by the department pursuant to s. 299.45, Stats.
