| February 2025 | - 2025 Compliance Calendar for Gas Stations Now Available as Fillable PDF
- DNR Is Again Accepting Applications for ARPA Well Compensation and Well Abandonment Grant Programs
- Resources on Battery Disposal Available Following National Battery Day
- Construction Site Inspection Form 3400-187 Updated Feb. 21, 2025
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| January 2025 | - New Federal Requirement - Register for RCRAInfo
- The ENERGY STAR Industrial Assistance Network
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| November 2024 | - Webinar: How Sustainability is Shaping the Printing Industry
- Updated Air Reporting System Available For 2025 Reporting Season
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| September 2024 | - Webinar - Overview of Environmental Compliance for Printers
- New Remediation and Redevelopment Sites Map Released
- New DNR Grant Program to Help Small Public Water Systems Provide Safer Water
- EPA's Small Entity Compliance Guides
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| June 2024 Special | - Wisconsin Printing Industry Charter Presents: Changing Regulatory and Sustainability Landscape for the Printing Industry
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| April 2024 | - Hazardous Waste Rule Public Hearing
- Hazardous Secondary Materials – New Guidance Documents
- DNR, DHS Respond To EPA's Announcement Of Maximum Contaminant Levels For PFAS In Drinking Water
- Storm Water Permit Fee Information
- EPA Publishes Rule To Phase-Out Ongoing Use Of Asbestos
- EPA Published Rule Eliminating Title V Permitting Requirements for Certain Air Curtain Incinerators
- Training Opportunities: Wisconsin's Printing Industry Charter Members Present A Webinar On May 9
- Options For Managing Spent Solvent Waste
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| March 2024 Special | - EPA Published Draft AP-42 Organic Liquids Storage Tanks Section and TANKS 5.0 for Review
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| March 2024 | - Used Oil and Antifreeze Management
- Hazardous Secondary Materials – Guidance Documents
- Manifest Exception Reporting for LQGs And SQGs
- Input Opportunities: Economic Impact of Air Fee Rule; Proposed Rule Change to NR 439
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| February 2024 | - EPA Requires Toxics Release Inventory Reporting for Seven Additional PFAS
- Join the ENERGY STAR Industrial Assistance Network
- Input Opportunities: Post-Construction Storm Water Modeling Guidance
- Training Opportunities: Wisconsin’s Printing Industry Charter Members Present a Webinar: The Basics on Greenhouse Gas
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| January 2024 | - Applications Open For New PFAS And Manganese Grant Program For Small Public Water Systems
- Interested In Sustainability? Check Out These Resources!
- Input Opportunities: Waterways Proposed General Permits; EPA Proposed Rule on Applicable Requirements in Title V Permits
- Training Opportunities: RR Webinar - When Should A Site Investigation Enter Surface Water
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| December 2023 | - Hazardous Waste Rule Update
- Hazardous Waste Guidance Document Update
- Federal Funding Navigator Tool Now Available
- Input Opportunities: Public Hearing on Two RR Statements of Scope; Water Quality Document Available for Review
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| November 2023 | - DNR Launches New Vapor Intrusion Webpage for Local Governments
- DSPS Accepting Grant Applications for POTWS
- Input Opportunities: Managing Risks from TCE; DNR Waterway General Permit Revisions
- Training Opportunities: Air Emissions Reporting Updates for 2024; Webinar: Printer Portal Tour; Storing and Saving Energy – Using Thermal Storage in Commercial Buildings
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| October 2023 | - Find Business Resources Quickly on DNR’s Website
- Now Available: EPA FY 2024 Brownfields Grant Guidelines & Wisconsin State Acknowledgement Letters
- DNR Releases 2023 Air Quality Trends Report
- Input Opportunities: NR 140 Draft EIA; EPA Proposed Update to NSPS for VOL Storage Vessels; EPA AERR Proposal
- Training Opportunities: RR Webinar Vapor Intrusion Updates; FET Conference; Wis Asbestos Conference
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| September 2023 | - Proposed Revisions to the Federal Air Emissions Reporting Rule
- Final WPDES Mineral (Nonmetallic) Mining and/or Processing General Permit
- Construction Site Storm Water Fall Stabilization Reminder
- Pollution Prevention Week is September 18-23
- Input Opportunities: RR Guidance - Post Closure Modification (RR-982); EPA Proposing Requirements for New HAP Additions
- Training Opportunities: Using Ecolabels for Sustainable Procurement; RR Program's Issues & Trends - Vapor Intrusion Updates
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| August 2023 | - Small Businesses Receive Assistance from DNR
- EPA's SBIR Program Soliciting Bids for Circular Economy/Sustainable Materials Projects
- Now Available: Guidance On Addressing Contaminated Sediment Sites (RR-0124)
- Sunsetting "Continuing Operation" Practice for Nitrates in Public Water Systems
- Sackett Decision and DNR Nonfederal Wetland Exemption
- Training Opportunities: Salt Wise, Wiscon Webinars
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| July 2023 | - USDA Funding Available for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency – Deadline Aug. 15
- 2022 Annual Drinking Water Report Published
- EPA Announces New Framework to Prevent Unsafe New PFAS from Entering the Market
- EPA Implementing Statutory Addition of Certain PFAS to the TRI in Reporting Year 2023
- DINP Category Added to TRI Chemical List
- Input Opportunities: Public Input on Water Quality Guidance Documents
- Training Opportunities: WisCon Training Schedule
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| June 2023 | - New Web Addresses for Remediation Apps
- Prevent Recycling Fires by Safely Disposing of Used Batteries
- Minnesota Technical Assistance Program Created “Aqueous Cleaning Toolkit”
- Input Opportunity: EPA Proposes Ban on All Consumer and Many Commercial Uses of Perchloroethylene
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| May 2023 | - New Toolkit Available To Help Local Leaders Address PFAS Contamination In Drinking Water
- New EPA Resources for All Appropriate Inquiries
- Used Oil and Antifreeze Requirements
- Input Opportunities: Wetland GP1 Reissuance; Small Entity Representatives Sought for Other Solid Waste Incinerator Rule SBA Review Panel
- Training Opportunities: New Electronics Recycling Rule; ITRC Vapor Intrusion Mitigation Training
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| April 2023 | - Announcing National Small Business Week 2023
- Clean Energy Funding Available for Wisconsin Businesses
- New Source Performance Standards for Industrial Surface Coating of Plastic Parts for Business Machines
- Hazardous Waste Rule Changes Impacting Healthcare Facilities
- Annual Storm Water Permit Fees and Some FAQs
- Water Quality Trading Clearinghouse Contract Established in Wisconsin
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| March 2023 | - A New EPA Resource For Small Businesses
- Waste Determinations: The Cornerstone Of Hazardous Waste Compliance
- Training Opportunities: Wiscon Training; Plastics Recycling and Labels
- Input Opportunities: WPDES Nonmetallic Mineral Mining General Permit; Wastewater Guidance on Nitrogen Limits
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| February 2023 | - DNR’s RR Posted New Guidance: Environmental Contamination & Your Real Estate (RR-973)
- USDA Accepting Grant Applications for Wood Innovations Projects, Community Wood Energy Facilities
- EPA Improves Calculators to Measure Impact of Pollution Prevention Activities
- EPA Adds Nine Chemicals and Removes One PFAS from the Safer Chemical Ingredients List
- Input Opportunities: EPA Takes Steps to Stop Unsafe PFAS from Reentering Commerce; Proposed Energy Star Certification for Commercial Buildings
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| January 2023 | - Wisconsin Salt Awareness Week Jan. 23-27, 2023
- NR 700 Reporting Due Jan. 30
- Manganese Monitoring For Newly Activated NN Public Water Systems Effective Jan. 1, 2023
- Storm Water Construction Permit Fee Changes
- Hazardous Waste Annual Reporting
- Hazardous Waste Guidance Documents Updated
- RR Program Guidance on Voluntary Party Liability Exemption (RR-0141) Available
- EPA Adopts New ASTM Standard For Phase I Environmental Site Assessments
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| December 2022 | - Air Management Updates Database Application Web Addresses
- Hazardous Waste Annual Reporting Reminders
- New Chemicals Added To The Toxics Release Inventory
- Focus on Energy Can Help Your Business Be More Energy Efficient
- Input Opportunity: Guidance on Addressing Contaminated Sediment Sites in Wisconsin (RR-0124)
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| November 2022 | - Updated Air Reporting System Available For 2023 Reporting Season
- Clean Diesel Grants
- New Interactive PFAS Data Tool Available
- Now Available: Updated Technical Standard 1056 Perimeter Sediment Control and Slope Interruption
- Input Opportunities: Water Quality Guidance for Additives; NR 811 on Community Water Systems
- Training Opportunities: Recycling Batteries events
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| October 2022 | - EPA Publishes Final Reclassification for 2015 Ozone Standard
- Updated RR Case Closure Request Form (4400-202) Available
- Input Opportunities: NR 439 Listening Session; Post-Construction Storm Water Management for Ground-mounted Solar; EPA Proposed Designation of PFOA and PFOS as CERCLA Hazardous Substances
- Training Opportunities: WISCON Weekly Webinars; RR Webinar - Passive Air Sampling for Vapor Intrusion
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| September 2022 | - Wisconsin Businesses: Tell DNR About Your Winter Salt Usage
- New Webpage and Fact Sheets Available for Owners and Operators of NN Public Water Systems
- Final Amendments to Air Toxics Standards for Boilers & Process Heaters
- DNR To Hold Remediation and Redevelopment External Advisory Group Meeting
- Training Opportunities: Vapor Mitigation Update at Wisconsin Radon Conference September 28
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| August Special Edition | - Webinar: A Streamlined Air Permit for Facilities Committed to Green Tier
- 2021 Annual Drinking Water Report is Available
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| August 2022 | - Updates Now In Effect For Wisconsin’s Air Emissions Inventory Reporting Rule
- 2022 Recycling Excellence Awards Nominations Now Open
- E-Pay And Other Updates To RR Form 4400-025
- New Wisconsin Administrative Rules For PFAS Now In Effect
- EPA Issues Final Rule To Require Reporting On Five PFAS
- Training Opportunities
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| July 2022 | - NR 700 Reporting Due July 30
- DNR Issued Mineral (Nonmetallic) Mining and/or Processing General Permit, WPDES General Permit No. WI-0046515-07-0
- Energy Efficiency Best Practice Guides from FOCUS ON ENERGY®
- Input Opportunities: EPA Draft Revisions to Risk Determinations under TSCA – Methylene Chloride, 1-Bromopropane
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| June 2022 | - Storm Water Notice of Intent: New Project Type
- New Beyond Compliance Resources
- DHS Publishes "TCE in the Workplace" Fact Sheet
- U.S. EPA Releases New Health Advisory Level for PFAS
- Training Opportunities: FET Waste Management Seminar June 30; WisCon Weekly Webinars
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| June Special Edition | - Air Management Program Announces New Rules For Adhesive Use And Metal And Plastic Parts Coating Operations
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| May 2022 | - Facility Action Needed On 1-Bromopropane
- Chapter NR 216, Wis. Adm. Code Updates Effective
- Now Available: RR-060, Guidance For Management Of Contaminated Soil And Other Solid Wastes
- Small Business Environmental Council Meeting May 26
- Input Opportunities: DNR Water Quality Document for Review; EPA Proposes Reporting Rule for Asbestos under TSCA Section 8(a)
- Training Opportunities: ITRC Vapor Intrusion Mitigation Training
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| May Special Edition | - DNR Celebrates Air Quality Improvements, Accomplishments And Public Outreach
- New Online Resources Available For Printing Facilities
- Training Opportunities: Changing Regulatory Landscape Workshop for Printing Industry; WISCON Weekly Webinars
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| April 2022 | - SBA’s National Small Business Week Virtual Summit: Building a Better America Through Entrepreneurship - May 2 – May 5, 2022
- EPA Seeks Nominations for the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee
- Now Available: Publication RR-0128, Green Team Assistance for Contaminated Properties
- Input Opportunities: EPA Proposes Ban on Asbestos Use • Training Opportunities: WisCon Weekly Webinars
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| March 2022 | - RR Program Makes Website Changes to Enhance Customer Service
- Update to NR 350 Related to Wetland Mitigation
- EPA Announces the “Clean Air in Buildings Challenge”
- Input Opportunities: RR Publications Open for Comment until April 6
- Training Opportunities: Food Waste Reduction Strategies and Tools for Business & Institutions; WisCon Weekly Webinars
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| February 2022 | - DNR Launches Air Emission Reduction Credit Registry
- Update to Registration Permit Annual Compliance Certification Form
- Input Opportunities: Water Quality Guidance Document; EPA TSCA Rule – Reporting and Recordkeeping for PFAS
- Training Opportunities: Classes on Lead and Copper Monitoring Plans; WISCON Weekly Webinars
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| January 2022 | - 2022-2023 Dry Cleaner Compliance Calendars Now Available
- NR 700 Reporting Due Jan. 31
- Legislation Brings Changes to DNR's Enviro-Check Program
- EPA Adds 1-bromopropane to the List of Hazardous Air Pollutants under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act
- Input Opportunities: EPA and Army Take Action to Provide Certainty for the Definition of WOTUS
- Training Opportunities: ITRC Vapor Intrusion Mitigation Training
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