Solid waste rules and statutes

Wisconsin's Legislature creates and revises the Wisconsin Statutes (Wis. Stats.), while state agencies such as the Department of Natural Resources create and revise the rules required and authorized by those statutes. These agency rules constitute the Wisconsin Administrative Code (Wis. Adm. Code).

The majority of the hazardous waste requirements in state statutes and rules reflect mandates contained in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and federal regulations that Wisconsin hazardous waste rules must reflect.

Proposed rules

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• Learn about the DNR's rulemaking process and public input opportunities.
• View the current rulemaking status of proposed permanent rules.
• View the current rulemaking status of proposed emergency rules.

Current solid waste rules and statutes

The tabs below list all current Wisconsin solid and hazardous waste rules and statutes.

Solid waste administrative codes

• Chapter NR 103 [exit DNR] - Water quality standards for wetlands
• Chapter NR 140 [exit DNR] - Groundwater quality
• Chapter NR 141 [exit DNR] - Groundwater monitoring well requirements
• Chapter NR 149 [exit DNR] - Laboratory certification and registration
• Chapter NR 157 [exit DNR] - Management of PCBs and products containing PCBs
• Chapter NR 500 [exit DNR] - General solid waste management requirements
• Chapter NR 502 [exit DNR] - Solid waste storage, transportation, transfer, incineration, air curtain destructors, processing, wood burning, composting and municipal solid waste combustors
• Chapter NR 503 [exit DNR] - One time disposal landfills, small size construction and demolition waste landfills, and intermediate size construction and demolition waste landfills
• Chapter NR 504 [exit DNR] - Landfill location, performance, design and construction criteria
• Chapter NR 506 [exit DNR] - Landfill operational criteria
• Chapter NR 507 [exit DNR] - Environmental monitoring for landfills
  • Chapter NR 507 Appendix I [exit DNR] - Baseline and detection monitoring requirements
  • Chapter NR 507 Appendix II [exit DNR] - Substances for assessment monitoring at municipal solid waste landfills
  • Chapter NR 507 Appendix III [exit DNR] - Volatile organic compounds for detection monitoring at municipal solid waste landfills
  • Chapter NR 507 Appendix IV [exit DNR] - Semivolatile organic compound (SVOC) analyte1 list
  • Chapter NR 507 Appendix V [exit DNR]
• Chapter NR 508 [exit DNR] - Responses when a groundwater standard is attained or exceeded
• Chapter NR 509 [exit DNR] - Initial site reports for landfills
• Chapter NR 510 [exit DNR] - Pre-feasibility reports for landfills
• Chapter NR 512 [exit DNR] - Feasibility reports for landfills
• Chapter NR 514 [exit DNR] - Plan of operation and closure plans for landfills
• Chapter NR 516 [exit DNR] - Landfill construction documentation
• Chapter NR 518 [exit DNR] - Land spreading of solid waste
• Chapter NR 520 [exit DNR] - Solid waste management fees and financial responsibility requirements
• Chapter NR 524 [exit DNR] - Training and certification requirements for solid waste disposal facility operators
• Chapter NR 526 [exit DNR] - Medical waste management
• Chapter NR 528 [exit DNR] - Management of accumulated sediments from storm water management structures
• Chapter NR 538 [exit DNR] - Beneficial use of industrial byproducts

Solid waste state statutes

• Chapter 287, Wis. Stats. [exit DNR] - Solid waste reduction, recovery and recycling
• Chapter 289, Wis. Stats. [PDF exit DNR] - Solid waste facilities