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Wisconsin Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
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Agency NR. Department of Natural Resources |
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Chapters 100-199. Environmental Protection – General |
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Chapter 151. Runoff Management |
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SubChapter IV. Transportation Facility Performance Standards |
Section 151.243. Peak discharge performance standard.
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- (1) Requirement. By design, BMPs shall be employed to maintain or reduce the 1-year, 24-hour and the 2-year, 24-hour post-construction peak runoff discharge rates to the 1-year, 24-hour and the 2-year, 24-hour pre-development peak runoff discharge rates respectively, or to the maximum extent practicable. The runoff curve numbers in Table 2. shall be used to represent the actual pre-development condition. - See PDF for table(2) Exemptions. This section does not apply to the following:(a) A transportation facility post-construction site where the discharge is directly into a lake over 5,000 acres or a stream or river segment draining more than 500 square miles.(b) Except as provided under s. NR 151.241 (4) , a transportation facility that is part of a redevelopment project.(c) Except as provided under s. NR 151.241 (4) , a highway reconstruction site.
Note
Where the pre-development condition is a combination of woodland, grassland, or cropland, the runoff curve number should be pro-rated by area.
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The intent of s.
NR 151.243
is to minimize streambank and shoreline erosion under bank-full conditions.
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