Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 700-799 - Environmental Protection - Investigation and Remediation of Environmental Contamination
Chapter NR 747 - PETROLEUM ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP FUND
Subchapter VI - Competitive Public Bidding
Section NR 747.60 - Selection of an investigation consulting firm and notification to the department

(a) No later than 14 days after a PECFA-registered consulting firm executes or terminates a written contract with a responsible party for investigating a discharge from a petroleum product storage system, the consulting firm shall submit to the department a notification form prescribed by the department.

Note: See s. NR 747.71 for special requirements for existing sites.

Note: The contracts referenced in this section are required by s. NR 747.33(2) (a) 1. As established in s. NR 747.30(2) (L) and (i), the department will not reimburse costs, including interest costs, for any site investigation work performed outside of these contracts.

(b) After receipt of a termination notice under par. (a), the department shall notify the responsible party of the requirements in sub. (2) for a subsequent contract and for ineligibility of interest costs.

(a) If a contract under sub. (1) is terminated before completion of the investigation, and the responsible party does not, within 60 days after the date of the notice in sub. (1) (b), perform either of the actions specified in pars. (b) and (c), any interest costs relating to the work under the terminated contract, which accrue between the termination date and the beginning of a new contract, may not be reimbursed by the department.

(b) Execute another written contract with a PECFA-registered consulting firm for completing the investigation.

(c) Obtain written approval from the department for additional time to comply with par. (b).