Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 286.03

Current through October 28, 2024

Section NR 286.03 - Definitions

The following definitions are applicable to terms used in this chapter. Definitions of other terms and meanings of abbreviations are set forth in ch. NR 205.

(1) "Chromium" or "Cr" means total chromium

(2) "Large-sized" means manufacturing plants which process more than 23,000 lbs or 10,430 kg per day of raw materials.

(3) "Medium-sized" means manufacturing plants which process between 8,200 and 23,000 lbs or 3,720 and 10,430 kg per day of raw materials.

(4) "Process waste" means for facilities in the pneumatic tire and inner tube subcategory which were constructed before 1959 discharges of water from soapstone solution application, steam cleaning operations, air pollution control equipment, unroofed process oil unloading areas, mold cleaning operations, latex applications, and air compressor receivers, excluding tread cooling and discharges from other areas of such facilities. Otherwise in this chapter "process waste" means process wastewater as defined in s. NR 205.03(21).

(5) "Pan, dry digestion, and mechanically reclaimed rubber" means rubber reclaimed by other than the wet digestion process.

(6) "Raw material" means, as appropriate,

(a) All natural and synthetic rubber, carbon black, oils, chemical compounds and fabric used in rubber products manufacturing.

(b) Wire in addition to the materials listed in par. (a) used in the manufacture of tires and inner tubes, or

(c) All latex solids used in the manufacture of latex foam or latex-dipped, latex-extruded, or latex-molded products.

(7) "Raw material equivalent" means the amount of raw material equal to the daily raw material usage multiplied by the daily volume of wet scrubbed air and divided by the daily volume of all scrubbed air.

(8) "Rubber products manufacturing" means the production of molded, extruded, and fabricated rubber products, foam rubber backing, rubber cement-dipped goods, and retreaded tires.

(9) "Small-sized" means manufacturing plants which process less than 8,200 lbs or 3,720 kg per day of raw materials.

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 286.03

Cr. Register, June, 1976, No. 246, eff. 7-1-76.