Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 200-299 - Environmental Protection - Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Chapter NR 217 - Effluent Standards And Limitations For Phosphorus
Subchapter III - Waterbody Assessments and Reporting
Section NR 217.10 - Applicability
Current through August 26, 2024
This subchapter applies to discharges of phosphorus to surface waters of the state from the following point sources:
(1) Publicly and privately owned wastewater facilities or treatment works;
(2) Noncontact cooling water discharges which contain phosphorus unless 100 percent of the phosphorus in the discharge originates from the receiving water as intake water;
(3) Concentrated animal feeding operations that discharge manure or process wastewater from the production area through alternative treatment facilities under s. NR 243.13; and
(4) A facility or site that is regulated under ch. NR 216 only where the department has determined that compliance with the standards in chs. NR 151 and 216 are not sufficient to meet phosphorus criteria in s. NR 102.06.
There may be other point sources that are not subject to the procedures in this subchapter, but which are be subject to s. 283.13(5), Stats., or procedures in other rules (e.g., ch. NR 243 requirements for concentrated animal feeding operations).
