Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 100-199 - Environmental Protection General
Chapter NR 182 - Nonferrous Metallic Mineral Mining Waste Management
Section NR 182.114 - Recordkeeping and reporting
Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง NR 182.114
Current through August 26, 2024
(1) OPERATING LOG.
(a) The owner of a mine waste disposal site
or facility shall keep an operating log. This log shall, at all reasonable
times, be open for inspection by any authorized department employee.
(b) The owner shall promptly record all of
the following information, as it becomes available, in the operating log under
par. (a) and maintain the log until closure of the facility unless, otherwise
provided by the department:
1. A record of
each waste type disposed of or stored on a weekly basis at the waste site or
facility that includes all of the following:
a. A description of the type of each mining
waste.
b. The quantity in units of
volume or weight of each waste type disposed of or stored on the site and the
method of treatment, disposal, or storage used for each.
c. Locations, with respect to permanently
surveyed benchmarks, where each waste type is disposed of or stored.
d. The waste characterization and analyses,
as specified under this chapter and the approval of the plan of
operation.
2. The
monitoring data required under this chapter.
3. The summary reports and records of all
incidents requiring initiation of a contingency plan as specified under this
chapter or resulting in human health or environmental damage.
4. The records or results of visual
inspections required under this chapter.
(c) The owner of a mine waste facility shall
retain all records of monitoring, analytical, and quality assurance activities
and data collection, including raw data, and instrumentation, calibration, and
maintenance records until termination of owner responsibility, except to the
extent that copies of such records have previously been provided to the
department.
(d) The owner of a dam
shall maintain, in a permanent file, all of the following construction records
pertaining to the dam for future reference should they be needed:
1. Aerial photos of the construction site
before construction.
2.
Construction drawings and modifications necessary during
construction.
3. Construction
specifications and modifications.
4. Results of all soil tests on foundations
and fill materials.
5. Logs of
borings and engineering geology reports.
6. Copies of construction progress
inspections pertinent to core trench, toe drain, internal drains, and other
significant phases of the structure including, at the option of the owner
photographs of various structural items.
7. Aerial stereo photos, or similar
documentation using alternative technology, of the entire dam taken within 90
days after all construction is completed.
8. A description of and justification for all
deviations or variances from the construction plans and
specifications.
(2) INCIDENTS REPORT.
(a) The owner of a mine waste disposal site
or facility shall comply with the requirements under these rules in reporting
incidents such as fires, explosions, discharges, or releases of materials into
the environment. In the event that a facility has an accidental or emergency
discharge, a fire, an explosion, or other unplanned or unpredicted event that
has the potential for damaging human health or the environment or exceeds any
limit, the operator shall follow the procedures set forth in the contingency
plan and shall report such incidents to the department, county, towns, and
tribal government officials identified in the plan immediately after the
operator has discovered the event.
(b) The operator shall report to the
department by telephone, or other communication method specified by the
department, any condition listed under s. NR 182.112(6) and par. (a) at the
earliest practicable time. A written report of the reported condition shall be
submitted within 5 days. The department shall notify the owner, in writing, of
the title, address, and telephone number of the person to whom any report under
this section shall be given, which notification shall specifically refer to
this section and shall specify to whom reports are made both inside and outside
of normal business hours.
(c) The
owner shall turn over to the department duplicate copies of all records
required under sub. (1) (b), (c), and (d) upon closure of the facility, except
to the extent that copies of such records have previously been provided to the
department.
(d) The owner of a mine
waste disposal site or facility shall forward to the department at the end of
each reporting quarter the monitoring data developed pursuant to the
requirements of this chapter during the reporting quarter. A printed copy of
the monitoring data shall be submitted in addition to an electronic version of
the data in a format specified by the department.
(e) The owner of a mine waste disposal site
or facility shall submit an annual summary report containing statistical
summaries of annual and cumulative project data including monitoring data and
volumes of waste disposed or stored at the facility. The monitoring data
summaries shall include comparisons to waste and leachate characterizations,
geochemical modeling, effluent predictions, and baseline and background water
quality data as contained in the feasibility report or plan of operation. The
report shall also include the results of quality assurance and quality control
procedures and present the error associated with each parameter presented.
Information from unimpacted control stations should include a discussion on
whether the baseline values should be modified due to natural variability and
what the new values would be. At a frequency determined by the department, the
report shall periodically include updated results of predictive groundwater
modeling by incorporating currently available data into the original predictive
model, submitted as part of the feasibility report.
(f) The owner of a mine waste disposal site
or facility shall notify the department prior to cessation of disposal
operations or prior to final facility closure as specified under this
chapter.
(3) OPERATIONS REPORT. The department may require the owner or operator of any land disposal site or facility, or any person who permits the use of property for such purpose, to submit an operations report to assess the effectiveness and environmental acceptability of site operations. The contents of the report may include any of the following:
(a) A discussion
of confinement of the active area.
(b) An analysis of leachate and pore water
chemistry and comparisons to geochemical modeling results generated during the
permitting process.
(c) An updated
geochemical analysis.
(d) An
analysis of groundwater monitoring results and comparison to results from
predictive modeling completed as part of the feasibility report.
(e) Other monitoring, surface water control
and erosion control, revegetation, settlement, volume utilized, leachate
quantity and quality, slope stability, equipment performance, volume and type
of disposed waste, and other relevant mine parameters.
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