NR 120.14 NoteNote: Copies of this publication may be inspected at the offices of the department, 101 S. Webster Street, Madison; the Secretary of State, 30 W. Mifflin, Madison; and the Legislative Reference Bureau, One E. Main Street, Suite 200, Madison. Copies of the NRCS technical standards may also be inspected at each county land conservation department office and at the state NRCS office, 6515 Watts Road, Madison.
NR 120.14(15)(a)(a) Description. Shoreline or streambank stabilization is the stabilization and protection of the banks of streams and lakes against erosion and the protection of fish habitat and water quality from livestock access. This practice shall be implemented using one or more of the standards in par. (c). NR 120.14(15)(b)1.1. The cost-share recipient is responsible for obtaining all permits for the installation of the practice. NR 120.14(15)(b)2.a.a. For planting trees if approved by a county’s land conservation department in consultation with the department fish manager. NR 120.14(15)(b)2.b.b. For water pumps and other measures required to eliminate livestock access to water. NR 120.14(15)(b)2.c.c. To install livestock and machinery crossings that will minimize disturbance of the stream channel and banks. NR 120.14(15)(b)2.d.d. For the design and placement of practices such as shaping and placement of vegetation, riprap or structures which improve fishery habitat, or other materials on banks and shores identified in an approved priority watershed plan, priority lake plan or the project grant application, or in areas where streambank repair is the least costly alternative. Written departmental approval is required for the stabilization of banks with structural heights higher than 15 feet. NR 120.14 NoteNote: A permit may be required under ch. 30, Stats., when installing this best management practice. For more information, please contact the Bureau of Fisheries Management and Habitat Protection, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, Wisconsin 53707. NR 120.14(15)(b)3.3. Cost-sharing is not authorized for wood chunks, unsorted demolition material, brick, plaster, blacktop and any other material that could produce leachates or would violate provisions of statutes or administrative codes for use as riprap. NR 120.14(15)(c)2.a.a. U.S. department of transportation hydraulic engineering Circulars numbers 11, Design of Riprap Revetment, Pub. No. FH WA-IP-89-016, March, 1989 and 15, Design of Roadside Channels with Flexible Linings, Pub. No. FH WA-IP-87-7, April, 1998, which are incorporated by reference for this chapter. NR 120.14(15)(c)2.b.b. American fisheries society’s stream obstruction removal guidelines, which are incorporated by reference for this chapter. NR 120.14(15)(c)2.c.c. U.S. department of agriculture’s Stream Habitat Improvement Handbook, publication R8-TP-16, June 1992, which is incorporated by reference for this chapter. NR 120.14(15)(c)2.d.d. Natural Resources Conservation Service Engineering Field Handbook, Soil Bioengineering for Upland Slope Protection and Erosion Reduction, Pub. 210-EFH, October, 1992, which is incorporated by reference for this chapter. NR 120.14 NoteNote: Copies of the materials described in subd. 2. a. to d. may be inspected at the offices of the department, 101 S. Webster Street, Madison; the Secretary of State, 30 W. Mifflin, Madison; and the Legislative Reference Bureau, One E. Main Street, Suite 200, Madison.
NR 120.14(16)(a)(a) Description. Riparian buffers are areas in which vegetation is enhanced or established to reduce or eliminate the movement of sediment, nutrients and other nonpoint source pollutants to adjacent surface water resources or groundwater recharge areas and to protect the banks of streams and lakes from erosion and to protect fish habitat. This practice shall be implemented using one or more of the standards in par. (c). NR 120.14(16)(b)1.1. Cost-sharing may be provided only when the riparian buffers are used consistent with the approved priority watershed plan, priority lake plan or project grant application or approved priority watershed or lake plan. NR 120.14(16)(b)2.b.b. Establishment or enhancement of permanent vegetative cover in a riparian buffer. NR 120.14(16)(c)(c) Standards. NRCS field office technical guide technical standards are as follows: NR 120.14(17)(a)(a) Description. Lake sediment treatment is a chemical, physical or biological treatment of polluted lake sediments. NR 120.14(17)(b)1.a.a. Design and treatment of lake sediments with chemical compounds, including, but not limited to, aluminum sulfate, sodium aluminate, ferric chloride, calcium hydroxide and calcium carbonate. NR 120.14(17)(b)1.b.b. Treatment of lake sediments with physical or biological methods including, but not limited to, the aeration of water overlaying lake sediments and the biological manipulation of organisms which exacerbate sediment contamination of overlaying lake water. NR 120.14(17)(b)3.3. Water quality objectives shall be achieved through the control of polluted lake sediments. NR 120.14(17)(b)4.4. Significant nonpoint sources of the pollution to the lake shall be controlled prior to treatment of lake sediments. NR 120.14(17)(b)5.5. The department prior to implementation shall approve the engineering design and, if required will issue an appropriate permit. NR 120.14(17)(c)(c) Standards. The design and proposed implementation of lake sediment treatments shall be approved by the department prior to implementation. NR 120.14(18)(a)(a) Description. Wetland restoration is the construction of berms or destruction of the function of tile lines and drainage ditches to create conditions suitable for wetland vegetation. This practice shall be implemented using the standard in par. (c). NR 120.14(18)(b)4.4. Vegetative cover needed to develop or restore wetlands consistent with the approved priority watershed plan, priority lake plan or project grant application. NR 120.14(18)(c)(c) Standards. NRCS field office technical guide technical standards 657 — wetland restoration; September, 2000. NR 120.14(19)(19) Shoreline habitat restoration for developed areas. NR 120.14(19)(a)(a) Description. Shoreline habitat restoration is the establishment in developed areas of a shoreline buffer zone of diverse native vegetation that extends inland and waterward from the ordinary high water mark. The shoreline habitat restoration design seeks to restore the functions provided by the original, natural vegetation, and includes a mixture of native trees, shrubs, ground cover or wetland species. This practice includes the following: NR 120.14(19)(a)1.1. Natural recovery. Used where native vegetation will recover naturally when a site is protected from disturbance, due to the presence of existing native plants, and adequate seed sources and site conditions. This method may be applied to wet margins of lakes or rivers where turf grasses are not well established and in shallow water areas adjacent to shoreland restoration areas. NR 120.14(19)(a)2.2. Accelerated recovery. Used in areas not suited for natural recovery. Native vegetation is established by seeding and planting. This method shall be used in areas where dense turf grasses have been maintained for several years. This may also be used in limited situations where one or more layers of natural vegetative cover have been removed if approved by the department. This practice shall be implemented using one or more of the standards in par. (c). NR 120.14(19)(b)1.1. Cost-sharing for shoreline habitat restoration may be approved when existing shoreline vegetation lacks the structure or complexity to support habitat functions for littoral and riparian areas. NR 120.14(19)(b)2.2. Cost-sharing may be provided for plants, seed, mulch and erosion control materials. NR 120.14(19)(b)3.3. Cost-sharing may be provided for labor and services necessary for installation, not to exceed 70% of total practice costs, or not to exceed a cost containment policy developed by the governmental unit for this practice. NR 120.14(19)(b)4.c.c. Shoreline erosion control materials such as riprap or biologs unless approved by the department. NR 120.14(19)(b)5.5. The following conditions shall be met in order for cost-sharing to be available: NR 120.14(19)(b)5.a.a. No violations of county and local shoreland zoning requirements are present on the entire property. NR 120.14(19)(b)5.b.b. Runoff from roofs, driveways or other hard surfaces on the property shall be maintained in sheet flow with no channels or gullies to the greatest extent possible. This can be accomplished with downspout runoff spreaders, directing runoff to flat or gently sloping grassy areas and minor landscaping to temporarily pond or spread out runoff. There may be no channelized flow through the restoration area. Where fertilizers are desired outside the buffer area, zero-phosphorus types shall be used unless soil tests specifically indicate a need for phosphorus and the project sponsor approves its use.
