Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 664.0601

Current through October 28, 2024

Section NR 664.0601 - Environmental performance standards

A miscellaneous unit shall be located, designed, constructed, operated, maintained and closed in a manner that will ensure protection of human health and the environment. Licenses for miscellaneous units shall contain terms and provisions necessary to protect human health and the environment, including, as appropriate, design and operating requirements, detection and monitoring requirements and requirements for responses to releases of hazardous waste or hazardous constituents from the unit. License terms and provisions shall include those requirements of subchs. I to O and subchs. AA to CC, ch. NR 670, 40 CFR part 63 subpart EEE and ch. NR 815 that are appropriate for the miscellaneous unit being licensed. Protection of human health and the environment includes all of the following:

(1) Prevention of any releases that may have adverse effects on human health or the environment due to migration of waste constituents in the groundwater or subsurface environment, considering all of the following:

(a) The volume and physical and chemical characteristics of the waste in the unit, including its potential for migration through soil, liners or other containing structures.

(b) The hydrologic and geologic characteristics of the unit and the surrounding area.

(c) The existing quality of groundwater, including other sources of contamination and their cumulative impact on the groundwater.

(d) The quantity and direction of groundwater flow.

(e) The proximity to and withdrawal rates of current and potential groundwater users.

(f) The patterns of land use in the region.

(g) The potential for deposition or migration of waste constituents into subsurface physical structures, and into the root zone of food-chain crops and other vegetation.

(h) The potential for health risks caused by human exposure to waste constituents.

(i) The potential for damage to domestic animals, wildlife, crops, vegetation and physical structures caused by exposure to waste constituents.

(2) Prevention of any releases that may have adverse effects on human health or the environment due to migration of waste constituents in surface water or wetlands, or on the soil surface considering all of the following:

(a) The volume and physical and chemical characteristics of the waste in the unit.

(b) The effectiveness and reliability of containing, confining and collecting systems and structures in preventing migration.

(c) The hydrologic characteristics of the unit and the surrounding area, including the topography of the land around the unit.

(d) The patterns of precipitation in the region.

(e) The quantity, quality and direction of groundwater flow.

(f) The proximity of the unit to surface waters.

(g) The current and potential uses of nearby surface waters and any water quality standards established for those surface waters.

(h) The existing quality of surface waters and surface soils, including other sources of contamination and their cumulative impact on surface waters and surface soils.

(i) The patterns of land use in the region.

(j) The potential for health risks caused by human exposure to waste constituents.

(k) The potential for damage to domestic animals, wildlife, crops, vegetation and physical structures caused by exposure to waste constituents.

(3) Prevention of any release that may have adverse effects on human health or the environment due to migration of waste constituents in the air, considering all of the following:

(a) The volume and physical and chemical characteristics of the waste in the unit, including its potential for the emission and dispersal of gases, aerosols and particulates.

(b) The effectiveness and reliability of systems and structures to reduce or prevent emissions of hazardous constituents to the air.

(c) The operating characteristics of the unit.

(d) The atmospheric, meteorologic and topographic characteristics of the unit and the surrounding area.

(e) The existing quality of the air, including other sources of contamination and their cumulative impact on the air.

(f) The potential for health risks caused by human exposure to waste constituents.

(g) The potential for damage to domestic animals, wildlife, crops, vegetation and physical structures caused by exposure to waste constituents.

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 664.0601

CR 05-032: cr. Register July 2006 No. 607, eff. 8-1-06.