Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 200-299 - Environmental Protection - Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Chapter NR 286 - Rubber Processing
Section NR 286.03 - Definitions
Current through August 26, 2024
The following definitions are applicable to terms used in this chapter. Definitions of other terms and meanings of abbreviations are set forth in ch. NR 205.
(1) "Chromium" or "Cr" means total chromium
(2) "Large-sized" means manufacturing plants which process more than 23,000 lbs or 10,430 kg per day of raw materials.
(3) "Medium-sized" means manufacturing plants which process between 8,200 and 23,000 lbs or 3,720 and 10,430 kg per day of raw materials.
(4) "Process waste" means for facilities in the pneumatic tire and inner tube subcategory which were constructed before 1959 discharges of water from soapstone solution application, steam cleaning operations, air pollution control equipment, unroofed process oil unloading areas, mold cleaning operations, latex applications, and air compressor receivers, excluding tread cooling and discharges from other areas of such facilities. Otherwise in this chapter "process waste" means process wastewater as defined in s. NR 205.03(21).
(5) "Pan, dry digestion, and mechanically reclaimed rubber" means rubber reclaimed by other than the wet digestion process.
(6) "Raw material" means, as appropriate,
(7) "Raw material equivalent" means the amount of raw material equal to the daily raw material usage multiplied by the daily volume of wet scrubbed air and divided by the daily volume of all scrubbed air.
(8) "Rubber products manufacturing" means the production of molded, extruded, and fabricated rubber products, foam rubber backing, rubber cement-dipped goods, and retreaded tires.
(9) "Small-sized" means manufacturing plants which process less than 8,200 lbs or 3,720 kg per day of raw materials.
