Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 500-599 - Environmental Protection - Solid Waste Management
Chapter NR 500 - General Solid Waste Management Requirements
Section NR 500.06 - License applications

Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง NR 500.06

Current through August 26, 2024

Unless otherwise specified, no person may operate or maintain a solid waste facility without a license from the department. A submittal for initial licensing or relicensing of any solid waste facility shall include:

(1) LICENSE FEE. The appropriate fee as specified in s. NR 520.04 in check or money order payable to the department. Except as provided in s. NR 500.065, license fees are not transferable, proratable or refundable.

(2) APPLICATION FORM. A completed copy of the appropriate application form.

(3) FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. For all land disposal facilities with plans of operation approved under s. 289.30, Stats., proof of financial responsibility as specified in s. NR 520.05.

(4) AFFIDAVIT OF FACILITY REGISTRY. Submittal on form 4400-067 that proof that a notation of the existence of the facility has been recorded in the office of the register of deeds in each county in which a portion of the facility is located. Owners of landfills applying for relicensure need only submit this form if the legal description of the landfill has changed from that identified on a previously submitted form 4400-067.

Note: This form may be obtained from the Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Waste Management, 101 S. Webster Street, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707-7921, (608) 266-2111, waste.management@dnr.state.wi.us.

(5) NONCOMPLIANCE WITH PLANS OR ORDERS. A submittal for initial licensing of a new or expanded solid waste disposal facility shall contain the following information:

(a) Identification of all persons owning a 10% or greater legal or equitable interest in the applicant or in the assets of the applicant, including shareholders of a corporation which is an applicant and partners of a partnership which is an applicant.

(b) Identification of all other Wisconsin solid or hazardous waste facilities for which the applicant or any person identified in par. (a), is named in, or subject to an order or plan approval issued by the department.

(c) Identification of all other Wisconsin solid or hazardous waste facilities which are owned by persons, including corporations and partnerships, in which the applicant or person identified in par. (a) owns or previously owned a 10% or greater legal or equitable interest or a 10% or greater interest in the assets.

(d) A statement indicating whether or not all plan approvals and orders relating to all facilities identified in pars. (b) and (c) are being complied with.

If noncompliance with an order or plan approval occurs while the applicant has or had a 10% or greater legal or equitable interest in the facility and is continuing, the department is prohibited from licensing the new or expanded solid waste disposal facility, unless the applicant provides proof of financial responsibility under s. 289.34(3), Stats., to assure that compliance is achieved.

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