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Resources for Environmental Professionals

The purpose of this page is to provide resources for environmental professionals. For a lay person's description of the cleanup process please see our Cleanup Overview page.

Environmental professionals should refer to the RR Program’s Cleanup Rules and Laws page amd to the technical guidance found on our Publications and Forms page. RR Program newsletter articles have additional technical resources and environmental professionals are encouraged to subscribe.

Please contact RR Staff for situations not addressed by guidance and for site-specific technical questions. Consultants seeking information about contaminated sites in Wisconsin that have been reported to DNR may use our CLEAN database system.

Consultant Selection and Qualifications

Consultants not only work with RR Program staff on remediation and redevelopment projects, they also work with a number of Program customers, helping them explore investigative, cleanup and redevelopment options, including financial assistance. For more information, visit our Consultant Selection and Qualifications page.

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Case Closure Information

  • DNR Information on Contaminated Properties [PDF 388KB] - This powerpoint presentation was given by Jane Lemcke at the March, 2007 Wisconsin Land Information Association Conference. It explains the differences between our on-line databases, and also explains how to use them.

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Other DNR Forms

  • Well and Boring Forms
    Well log, boring log and well and boring abandonment forms, from the Drinking Water and Groundwater Program.
  • Chain of Custody Form (Form 4100-145) [PDF] - from DNR's Laboratory Services, Integrated Science Services Program.
    This form is used to document how samples are handled between the time they are collected and analyzed.
  • Notification to Treat or Dispose of Petroleum Contaminated Soil & Water (Form 4500-168) [PDF]
    This form is required by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to ensure that the remediation of petroleum contaminated soil and water is in compliance with NR 158, NR 500-540, NR 419, and NR 445, Wis. Adm. Code. Note: This form replaces obsolete form 4400-120. We plan to discontinue this form when the RR Program proposes revision to the NR 700 series of administrative rules. As part of those revisions, we plan to revise the section of the Air Management rules that requires this form 10 days prior to the start of remedial action.

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Proper Submittal of Documents and Requests for Assistance

To ensure a timely response, all technical reports and written requests for assistance to the RR Program should follow established guidelines. Areas of special concern include: attaching necessary forms, properly titling all reports and submitting all applicable fees. See the newsletter article below for further details.

Here are the forms most commonly submitted when requesting technical assistance from the RR Program:

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Technical Newsletter Articles

The following technical articles are excerpts from issues of Re News and RR Report , the RR Program's electronic newsletters.

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Use of Remediation Technologies and the RR Program

There is no need or requirement for remediation technology vendors or others to obtain a statewide approval from the RR Program for the use of their technologies. Responsible persons (RPs) should use whatever appropriate technology to achieve cleanup standards in accordance with Chapter NR 700 requirements. Cleanup activities and technologies may not cause additional discharges or cause the contamination to spread further or contaminate uncontaminated media.

If the application of the technology results in a discharge or activity that requires another DNR Program approval, then the RP will have to get that approval.

This includes:

Technology vendors are encouraged to contact consultants who do cleanup work in Wisconsin to familiarize them with their technologies if they want them tried here. They may want to fund demonstrations of their technologies at a site or sites in Wisconsin if they want additional exposure and acceptance.

Vendors may provide technical information to the RR Program at any time. If they would like a written review or reaction, then they should pay a $500 fee for other technical assistance in accordance with Chapter NR 749. However, such a letter is not a formal statewide approval for statewide use of the technology from the RR Program.

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Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs)

MOU Between DATCP and DNR Concerning the Discharge of Hazardous Substances

This MOU between DATCP and DNR [PDF 5.7MB] concerns the discharge of hazardous substances. Section.94.73, Stats., established the Agricultural Chemical Clean up Program (ACCP) managed by the DATCP. The purpose of ACCP is to identify and assist in remediation of releases of pesticides and fertilizers. ACCP provides reimbursement for eligible cost incurred by parties conducting clean ups. A portion of the law, s. 94.73(12), Stats., required DATCP and DNR enter into an MOU describing each agencies' functions in the administration of s. 94.73 Stats, to ensure corrective actions taken by DATCP are consistent with actions taken under s. 292.11(7) Stats. The focus of this MOU is on the remediation and waste management activities related to agricultural chemical releases and consequently other DNR regulations are not fully addressed in the MOU.

MOU Between We Energies and DNR

DNR negotiated a Memorandum of Agreement with We Energies. The agreement documents the process We Energies will use when addressing releases of mineral insulating oil containing PCB's less than 50ppm and also how to manage soil and debris generated in conjunction with routine construction activities at their electrical distribution and industrial support facilities.

MOU Between ATC and DNR

DNR negotiated an agreement with the American Transmission Company (ATC) on how they would deal with lead contamination in soil at their transmission towers.

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Contaminated Sediment Information

Contaminated Sediment External Links

All of the following links exit the DNR web site:

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Methamphetamine Labs

Cleaning Up Hazardous Chemicals at Former Meth Labs [exit DNR]
Information from the Department of Health Services about illegal methamphetamine lab residues.

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For more information on this specific page, contact:

Gary Edelstein

Last Revised: Tuesday January 31 2012