Section 182.06. General submittal requirements.

  Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, all submittals for review and approval of any feasibility report, plan of operation, construction observation report or closure plan shall include the following:

(1)  The review fee specified in s. NR 182.05 in check or money order payable to the department.

(1i)  A letter detailing the desired department action or response.

(1p)  Five copies of the plan or report prepared pursuant to the appropriate section of this chapter. Two copies shall be submitted to the department field office responsible for the area in which the site is located and 3 copies shall be submitted to the bureau of solid waste management in Madison. Review time starts when copies are received by the bureau. The plans and reports and all methods and procedures used to prepare them shall conform to the following:

(a) Preparation. The submittal shall be under the seal of a registered professional engineer.

(b) Investigation. All technical procedures used to investigate a solid waste disposal site or facility shall be in accordance with standard engineering procedures as approved by the department. Test procedures used shall be specified. Any deviation from a standard method shall be explained in detail with reasons provided.

(c) Format. All submittals shall include:

1. The required technical information as specified in this chapter.

2. Maps, figures, photographs and tables where applicable to clarify information or conclusions. The visuals shall be legible. All maps, plan sheets, drawings, isometrics, cross-sections and aerial photographs shall meet the following requirements:

a. Generally be no larger than 24 inches x 36 inches and no smaller than 8 1/2 inches x 11 inches.

b. Be of appropriate scale to show all required details in sufficient clarity.

c. Be numbered, referenced in the narrative, titled, have a legend of all symbols used, contain horizontal and vertical scales, where applicable, and specify drafting or origination dates.

d. Use uniform scales as much as practical.

e. Contain a north arrow.

f. Use USGS datum as basis for all elevations.

g. Plan sheets showing site construction, operation or closure topography, shall also show original topography.

h. Plan sheets for land disposal sites and facilities shall indicate a survey grid based on monuments established in the field.

i. All cross-sections shall show survey grid location and be referenced to major plan sheets.

3. An appendix listing names of references, all necessary data, procedures and calculations.

(2)  Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, no person shall operate or maintain a solid waste disposal site or facility without a license from the department.

(a) A submittal for licensing of any solid waste disposal site or facility shall include:

1. The license fee specified in s. NR 182.05 in check or money order payable to the department.

2. A completed copy of the appropriate application form.

3. For all land disposal sites and facilities with plans of operation approved under this chapter, proof of financial responsibility as specified in ss. NR 182.16 and 182.17 .

(b) The department shall notify the owner or operator of its intent to review the license and plan of operation, including monitoring data, to determine compliance at a frequency as determined necessary by the department, but no more frequently than annually. Upon such notification, the owner shall within 30 days remit the periodic review fee as specified in s. NR 182.05 in check or money order payable to the department.

(3)  In the event overlap exists between information required in reports or applications under this chapter, such as the feasibility report and plant of operation, and reports or applications required under other chapters, such as the mining permit application under ch. NR 132 , and an environmental impact report under ch. NR 150 , such different reports and applications, or portions thereof, may, at the applicant's discretion, be cross-referenced without the necessity of repetition, or may, to the extent practicable, be combined.

History: Cr. Register, August, 1982, No. 320 , eff. 9-1-82; correction made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., Stats., Register, September, 1995, No. 477 .