Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 200-299 - Environmental Protection - Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Chapter NR 229 - Dental Offices
Section NR 229.02 - Definitions
Current through August 26, 2024
In this chapter:
(1) "Amalgam" or "dental amalgam" means an alloy of elemental mercury and other metal that is used in the practice of dentistry.
(2) "Amalgam process wastewater" means any wastewater generated and discharged by a dental discharger through the practice of dentistry that may contain dental amalgam.
(3) "Amalgam separator" means a collection device designed to capture and remove dental amalgam from the amalgam process wastewater of a dental facility.
(4) "Authorized representative" means the person authorized to sign documents as prescribed under s. NR 211.15(10).
(5) "Control authority" has the meaning provided under s. NR 211.03(4).
(6) "Dental discharger" means a facility where the practice of dentistry is performed and that discharges wastewater to a POTW, including institutions, permanent or temporary offices, clinics, home offices, and facilities owned and operated by federal, state, or local governments, and the sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation that oversees the operation of such a facility.
(7) "Existing source" means a dental discharger that is not a new source.
(8) "Mobile unit" means a specialized mobile self-contained van, trailer, or equipment used in providing dentistry services at multiple locations.
(9) "New source" means a dental discharger whose first discharge to a POTW occurs after July 14, 2017.
(10) "POTW" has the meaning provided under s. NR 211.03(11).
POTW is the abbreviation for publicly owned treatment works.
