Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 600-699 - Environmental Protection - Hazardous Waste Management
Chapter NR 661 - Hazardous Waste Identification And Listing
Subchapter B - Criteria for Identifying the Characteristics of Hazardous Waste and for Listing Hazardous Waste
Section NR 661.0010 - Criteria for identifying the characteristics of hazardous waste
Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง NR 661.0010
Current through August 26, 2024
(1) The department shall identify and define a characteristic of hazardous waste under subch. C only upon determining that all of the following are met:
(a) A solid waste that exhibits the
characteristic may do any of the following:
1. Cause, or significantly contribute to, an
increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating
reversible, illness.
2. Pose a
substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when
it is improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise
managed.
(b) The
characteristic can be any of the following:
1. Measured by an available standardized test
method which is reasonably within the capability of generators of solid waste
or private sector laboratories that are available to serve generators of solid
waste.
2. Reasonably detected by
generators of solid waste through their knowledge of their waste.
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