Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 200-299 - Environmental Protection Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Chapter NR 268 - Coal Mining
Section NR 268.06 - Application of effluent limitations and standards

Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง NR 268.06

Current through August 26, 2024

(1) The effluent limitations and standards set forth in this chapter shall be used in accordance with this section to establish the quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant properties which may be discharged by a point source subject to the provisions of this chapter, except as provided in subs. (2) and (3) and as;

(a) They may be modified in accordance with subch. IV of ch. NR 220,

(b) They may be superseded by more stringent limitations and standards necessary to achieve water quality standards or meet other legal requirements, or

(c) They may be supplemented or superseded by standards or prohibitions for toxic pollutants or by additional limitations for other pollutants required to achieve water quality.

(2) The effluent limitations and standards of performance of this chapter shall not apply to any overflow discharged from a facility designed, constructed, and operated to:

(a) Contain process waste generated by a coal preparation plant and the runoff to the containment facility resulting from a 10-year 24-hour precipitation event,

(b) Treat process waste from coal preparation plant ancillary areas and the runoff to the treatment facility resulting from a 10-year 24-hour precipitation event, or

(c) Treat mine drainage and the runoff to the treatment facility resulting from a 10-year 24-hour precipitation event.

(3) In the event that coal preparation plant process waste is combined for treatment or discharge with waste from other subcategories subject to the provisions of this chapter, the quantity of pollutants in the combined discharge shall not exceed the quantity specified for such other subcategories.

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