Section 670.010. General application requirements.

 

(1)   License application. Any person who is required to have a license (including new applicants and licensees with expiring 10 year operating licenses) shall complete, sign, and submit two copies of the license application to the department as described in this section and ss. NR 670.070 to 670.073 . A person currently authorized with an interim license shall submit the feasibility and plan of operation report when required by the department. Procedures for applications, issuance and administration of emergency licenses are found in s. NR 670.061 . Procedures for application, issuance and administration of research, development and demonstration licenses are found in s. NR 670.065 .

(2)   Who applies? When a facility or activity is owned by one person but is operated by another person, it is the operator's duty to obtain a license, except that the owner shall also sign the license application.

(3)   Completeness. The department may not issue an operating license before receiving a complete license application and for new facilities, before the owner or operator completes construction in compliance with the approved feasibility and plan of operation report except for emergency licenses. An application for an operating license is complete when the department receives a part A application form, the feasibility and plan of operation report, and any supplemental information which are completed to the department's satisfaction. An application for a license is complete notwithstanding the failure of the owner or operator to submit the exposure information described in sub. (10) . The department may deny a license for the active life of a hazardous waste management facility or unit before receiving a complete application for a license.

(4)   Information requirements. All applicants for licenses shall provide information set forth in s. NR 670.013 and applicable sections in ss. NR 670.014 to 670.029 to the department. Part A of the license application shall be submitted on the EPA application form 8700-023.

(5)   Existing HWM facilities and interim license qualifications.

(a) Owners and operators of existing hazardous waste management facilities or of hazardous waste management facilities in existence on the effective date of the statute or rule that first rendered the facility subject to the requirement to have a hazardous waste license shall submit part A of the license application no later than any of the following:

1. The date of publication of rules which first require them to comply with the standards set forth in ch. NR 665 or 666 .

2. Thirty days after the date they first become subject to the standards set forth in ch. NR 665 or 666 , whichever first occurs.

3. For generators generating greater than 100 kilograms but less than 1000 kilograms of hazardous waste in a calendar month and treats, stores or disposes of these wastes on-site, by March 24, 1987.

(d) The owner or operator of an existing hazardous waste management facility shall submit a feasibility and plan of operation report. Any owner or operator shall be allowed at least 6 months from the date of request to submit the feasibility and plan of operation report. Any owner or operator of an existing hazardous waste management facility may voluntarily submit a feasibility and plan of operation report at any time. Notwithstanding the above, any owner or operator of an existing hazardous waste management facility shall submit a feasibility and plan of operation report according to the dates specified in s. NR 670.073 . Any owner or operator of a land disposal facility in existence on the effective date of statutory or regulatory amendments under ss. NR 660 to 679 and ch. 291 , Stats. , that render the facility subject to the requirement to have a hazardous waste license shall submit a feasibility and plan of operation report according to the dates specified in s. NR 670.073 .

(e) Failure to furnish a requested feasibility and plan of operation report on time, or to furnish in full the information required by the feasibility and plan of operation report, is grounds for revocation of an interim license under this chapter.

(6)   New HWM facilities.

(a) Except as provided in par. (c) , no person may begin physical construction of a new HWM facility without having submitted the license application and having received final approval of the feasibility and plan of operation report.

(b) A license application for a new hazardous waste management facility, including both part A and a feasibility and plan of operation report may be filed any time after promulgation of those standards in subch. I of ch. NR 664 applicable to the facility. Except as provided in par. (c) , all applications shall be submitted at least 180 days before physical construction is expected to commence.

(c) Notwithstanding par. (a) , a person may construct a facility for the incineration of polychlorinated biphenyls pursuant to an approval issued by the EPA region 5 administrator under section (6) (e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act and any person owning or operating such a facility may, at any time after construction or operation of the facility has begun, file an application for a hazardous waste license to incinerate hazardous waste authorizing the facility to incinerate waste identified or listed under ch. NR 661 .

(7)   Updating license applications.

(a) If any owner or operator of a hazardous waste management facility has filed Part A of a license application and has not yet submitted a feasibility and plan of operation report, the owner or operator shall file an amended part A application if any of the following applies:

2. With the department, no later than the effective date of rules listing or designating wastes as hazardous in Wisconsin in addition to those already listed or designated, if the facility is treating, storing or disposing of any of those newly listed or designated wastes.

3. As necessary to comply with s. NR 670.072 for changes to the interim license. Revised Part A applications necessary to comply with s. NR 670.072 shall be filed with the department.

(b) The owner or operator of a facility who fails to comply with the updating requirements of par. (a) does not receive an interim license as to the wastes not covered by duly filed part A applications.

(8)   Reapplication for an operating license. Any HWM facility with an operating license shall re-submit a license application at least 180 days before the expiration date of the operating license, unless permission for a later date has been granted by the department. The department may not grant permission for applications to be submitted later than the expiration date of the license.

(9)   Recordkeeping. Applicants shall keep records of all data used to complete license applications and any supplemental information submitted under sub. (4) , ss. NR 670.013 and 670.014 to 670.021 for a period of at least 3 years from the date the application is signed.

(10)   Exposure information.

(a) After August 8, 1985, any feasibility and plan of operation report submitted by an owner or operator of a facility that stores, treats or disposes of hazardous waste in a surface impoundment or a landfill shall include a list of all persons living within 0.5 mile of the facility and be accompanied by information, reasonably ascertainable by the owner or operator, on the potential for the public to be exposed to hazardous wastes or hazardous constituents through releases related to the unit. At a minimum, the information shall address all of the following:

1. Reasonably foreseeable potential releases from both normal operations and accidents at the unit, including releases associated with transportation to or from the unit.

2. The potential pathways of human exposure to hazardous wastes or constituents resulting from the releases described under subd. 1.

3. The potential magnitude and nature of the human exposure resulting from the releases.

(11)   Additional Information. The department may require a licensee or an applicant to submit information in order to establish license conditions under ss. NR 670.032 (2) (b) and 670.050 (4) .

(12)   Fees. The plan review or license fee specified in ch. NR 670 Appendix II shall accompany all license applications, plans, reports, and other documents submitted to the department for approval.

CR 05-032 : cr. Register July 2006 No. 607 , eff. 8-1-06; correction in (12) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7. , Stats., Register March 2013 No. 687 .