Section 555.11. Application for advance certification.

 

(1)   General requirements.

(a) An applicant for a waste tire reimbursement grant shall apply annually to the department for advance certification that the proposed use of waste tires in that year is eligible for reimbursement.

(b) An application for advance certification shall be submitted to the department by March 1 of the calendar year for which advance certification is sought, or within 60 days after June 1, 1995.

(c) An advance certification issued by the department does not guarantee that the applicant shall receive any reimbursement funds for waste tires used in a calendar year. At the time the applicant requests reimbursement under s. NR 555.12 , the burden of proof shall be on the applicant to document that the use for the reimbursement requested actually took place, and corresponds to the use described in the advance certification.

(2)   Application contents. An application for advance certification shall be made on forms provided by the department and shall include the following:

(a) Documentation that the applicant is an eligible end user or processor of waste tires.

(b) A description of the proposed use of the waste tires.

(c) A description of the proposed source of the waste tires, including the procedures that the applicant will use to insure that at least 95% of the waste tires will have been generated in Wisconsin.

(d) An estimate of the total number of pounds of waste tires to be used or processed in the calendar year, including the procedures that the applicant will use to document the total number of pounds used or processed.

(e) Other information requested by the department to establish eligibility.

(3)   Approval procedures.

(a) Within 30 days of the receipt of an application for advance certification the department may request any additional information needed to complete the application. An application is not complete until the additional information requested by the department has been received.

(b) Before an advance certification is issued the applicant shall establish to the department's satisfaction that:

1. The applicant is an eligible end user or processor.

2. The use being proposed is an eligible use under s. NR 555.10 .

3. The applicant will be able to document that at least 95% of the waste tires used were generated in Wisconsin.

4. The applicant will be able to document the number of pounds of waste tires to be used or processed.

(c) If the department determines that the applicant for advance certification is eligible, it shall issue an advance certification within 60 days of receipt of a complete application.

(d) To ensure that a use continues to be eligible for reimbursement, the department may require an applicant who has received advance certification to resubmit an application for advance certification during the calendar year.

History: Cr. Register, May, 1990, No. 413 , eff. 6-1-90 ; am. (1) (b), (2) (a), (d), (3) (b) 1. and 4., Register, May, 1995, No. 473 , eff. 6-1-95.

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Application forms may be obtained, at no charge, from the Bureau of Waste Management, Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, Wisconsin 53707. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1