Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 211.31

Current through November 25, 2024
Section NR 211.31 - Department activities in the absence of a pretreatment program
(1) In the absence of a pretreatment program, the department may:
(a) Identify and locate all possible industrial users which might be subject to pretreatment standards or requirements.
(b) Identify the character and volume of pollutants contributed to the POTW by the industrial users identified under par. (a).
(c) Notify industrial users identified under par. (a) of applicable pretreatment standards and of any applicable solid or hazardous waste disposal requirements under chs. 289 and 291, Stats.
(d) Receive and analyze self-monitoring reports and other notices submitted by industrial users in accordance with the self-monitoring requirements of s. NR 211.15.
(e) Randomly sample and analyze the effluent from industrial users and conduct surveillance and inspection activities in order to identify, independently of information supplied by industrial users, occasional and continuing noncompliance with pretreatment standards.
(f) Investigate instances of noncompliance with pretreatment standards and requirements indicated in the reports and notices required under s. NR 211.15.
(g) Annually publish the names of industrial users that meet any of the criteria in s. NR 211.23(1) (j) 1. to 8. The list of industrial users shall be published in the newspaper with the largest circulation in the municipality in which the industrial user is located.
(2) At the discretion of the department, portions of the pretreatment program responsibility may be delegated to the POTW, with the department implementing those portions not delegated to the POTW.

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 211.31

Cr. Register, July, 1983, No. 331, eff. 8-1-83; am. (1) (g), Register, March, 1992, No. 435, eff. 4-1-92.