Definitions

Definitions. Definitions. The following definitions apply to chs. NR 700 to 754 : (1e) “Agency with administrative authority” or “agency” has the meaning specified in s. 292.12 (1) (a) , Stats. (1m) “Approve” or “approval” means a written acceptance by the department of a plan, report or other document that has been submitted to the department for review. (1s) “Attenuation factor” means the ratio of the indoor air concentration arising from vapor intrusion to the subsurface vapor concentration at a point or depth of interest in the vapor intrusion pathway. (2) “Background soil quality” means: (a) Soil quality that is attributable to the parent material from which the soil was derived and the natural processes which produce soil, or from contamination attributable to atmospheric deposition including the following constituents; lead, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, or polychlorinated biphenyls, but not attributable to hazardous substance discharges or the discharge of pollutants, as that phrase is defined in s. 283.01 , Stats. (b) Soil quality that is found at or within reasonable proximity to the site or facility, at a depth comparable to that of the area to be remediated, in the same soil layer and in an area unaffected by hazardous substances discharges or the discharge of pollutants. (3) “Business days” means Monday through Friday excluding the holidays listed in s. 230.35 (4) (a) , Stats. (3m) “Case closure” has the meaning specified in s. 292.12 (1) (b) , Stats. (4) “CERCLA” means the federal comprehensive environmental response, compensation and liability act (CERCLA), 42 USC 9601 to 9675 . (4m) “CERCLIS” means the comprehensive environmental response, compensation and liability information system, as compiled by the U.S. EPA. (5) “CFR” means the code of federal regulations. (6) “Consultant” means a person or business under contract to perform a response action taken under, or subject to regulation under, chs. NR 702 to 754 . (6m) “Contaminated site boundary” or “contaminated site boundaries” means any area within which a hazardous substance has been discharged such that the air, land, or waters have been affected by a discharge or where environmental pollution exists. (7) “Contamination” or “contaminated” means: (a) Where the air, land or waters of the state have been affected by the discharge of a hazardous substance; or (b) Where environmental pollution exists. (8) “Contingency plan” means a document setting out an organized, planned and coordinated course of action to be followed in the event of a hazardous substance discharge or imminent threat of a hazardous substance discharge. (9) “Day” means calendar day, except where the phrase “business day” is used. (10) “Debris” means material resulting from the construction, demolition or razing of buildings, roads and other structures and materials that have been discarded at a site or facility. (11) “Department” means the department of natural resources. (11m) “Department database” means the publicly accessible database available on the internet as required by ss. 292.12 , 292.31 , and 292.57 , Stats. (12) “Department-funded response action” means a response action undertaken by the department using the authority of s. 292.11 , 292.31 or 292.41 , Stats., which is funded in whole or in part by appropriations in s. 20.370 (2) or 20.866 (2) , Stats. (13) “Discharge” has the meaning specified in s. 292.01 (3) , Stats. (14) “Dispose” or “disposal” means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of any solid or hazardous waste into or on any land or water in a manner which may permit the waste to be emitted into the air, to be discharged into any waters of the state or otherwise to enter the environment. (15) “Emergency” means a situation which requires an immediate response to address an imminent threat to public health, safety, or welfare or the environment. (16) “Enforcement standard” has the meaning specified in s. NR 140.05 (7) . (17) “Engineering control” has the meaning specified in s. 292.01 (3m) , Stats. (18) “Environment” means any plant, animal, natural resource, surface water (including underlying sediments and wetlands), groundwater, drinking water supply, land surface and subsurface strata, and ambient air within the state of Wisconsin or under the jurisdiction of the state of Wisconsin. (19) “Environmental pollution” has the meaning specified in s. 291.01 (4) , Stats. (20) “Environmental standards” mean those cleanup standards, performance standards, standards of control and other substantive and procedural requirements, criteria or limitations promulgated as a regulation or rule under or pursuant to federal environmental or state environmental or facility citing laws that specifically address a hazardous substance, pollutant, remedial action, location or other circumstances found at a site or facility. (21) “Facility” means “approved facility” as defined in s. 289.01 (3) , Stats., “approved mining facility” as defined in s. 292.01 (1m) , Stats., and “nonapproved facility” as defined in s. 289.01 (24) , Stats. (22) “Free product” means a discharged hazardous substance or environmental pollution that is present in the environment as a floating or sinking non-aqueous phase liquid. (23) “Groundwater” has the meaning specified in s. 160.01 (4) , Stats. (24) “Groundwater quality standards” mean site-specific standards developed pursuant to ch. NR 140 and groundwater quality standards adopted by the department in ch. NR 140 , including enforcement standards, preventive action limits, indicator parameters and alternative concentration levels. (25) “Hazardous substance” has the meaning specified in s. 299.01 (6) , Stats. (26) “Hazardous waste” has the meaning specified in s. 291.01 (7) , Stats. (27) “High groundwater level” means the higher of the elevation to which the soil is saturated and observed as a free water surface in an unlined hole, or the elevation to which the soil has been seasonally or periodically saturated as indicated by soil color patterns throughout the soil profile. (28) “Immediate action” means a response action that is taken within a short period of time after the discharge of a hazardous substance occurs, or after the discovery of a hazardous substance discharge or environmental pollution, to halt the discharge, contain or remove discharged hazardous substances or remove contaminated environmental media, in order to restore the environment to the extent practicable and to minimize the harmful effects of the discharge to air, lands and waters of the state and to eliminate any imminent threat to public health, safety, or welfare that may exist. This term includes both emergency and non-emergency immediate actions. (28m) “Industrial land use” means the utilization of a parcel of real estate for manufacturing operations that use machinery and mechanical power to produce products or services, including electrical power, or for a service business that provides storage facilities, product distribution or maintenance or repair services for machinery. (29) “Interim action” means a response action taken to contain or stabilize a discharge of a hazardous substance, in order to minimize any threats to public health, safety, or welfare or the environment, while other response actions are being taken or planned for the site or facility. (30) “Interim action options report” means a report which identifies and evaluates various interim action options with the goal of selecting an option which meets the environmental standards for the interim action being undertaken. (30g) “Limit of detection” has the meaning specified in s. NR 149.03 (41) .