Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 500-599 - Environmental Protection - Solid Waste Management
Chapter NR 504 - Landfill Location, Performance, Design And Construction Criteria
Section NR 504.02 - Applicability

Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง NR 504.02

Current through August 26, 2024

(1)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) and except as otherwise provided, this chapter governs all landfills as defined under s. 289.01(20), Stats., including all CCR landfills and expansions.

(b) This chapter does not govern any of the following:
1. Landspreading facilities regulated under ch. NR 518, small demolition waste landfills regulated under ch. NR 503, hazardous waste facilities as defined under s. 291.01(8), Stats., and regulated under chs. NR 660 to 679.

2. Metallic mining operations for nonferrous minerals as defined under s. 293.01(9), Stats., and regulated under ch. NR 182.

3. Metallic mining operations for ferrous minerals as defined under s. 295.41(26), Stats., including mining wastes and mining waste sites as defined under s. 295.41(30) and (31), Stats., and regulated under subch. III of ch. 295, Stats.

(2) This chapter does not apply to the design, construction or operation of industrial wastewater facilities, sewerage systems and waterworks treating liquid wastes approved under s. 281.41, Stats., or permitted under ch. 283, Stats., nor to facilities used solely for the disposal of liquid municipal or industrial wastes which have been approved under s. 281.41, Stats., or permitted under ch. 283, Stats., except for facilities used for the disposal of solid waste.

Owners or operators proposing to site a new or expand an existing municipal solid waste landfill within a 5 mile radius of any airport runway end used by turbojet or piston type aircraft must notify the owner or operator of the affected airport and the federal aviation administration (FAA).

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