NR 120.14(24)(b)2.
2. Cost-sharing may not be provided for removal and spreading of manure that can be removed using conventional equipment and routine agricultural practices.
NR 120.14(25)(a)(a)
Description. A milking center waste control system is a piece of equipment, practice or combination of practices installed in a milking center for purposes of reducing the quantity or pollution potential of the wastes. This practice shall be implemented using one or more of the standards in
par. (c).
NR 120.14(25)(b)1.a.
a. Design and construction of filter strip systems with appropriate pretreatment measures, storage systems and land irrigation equipment.
NR 120.14(25)(b)1.c.
c. Stationary waste transfer equipment, such as piping and pumps, needed to convey milking center wastes to storage, treatment or land application systems provided that the equipment is an integral component of the system and is designed for that exclusive use.
NR 120.14(25)(b)1.d.
d. Other milking center waste control measures when they are needed to assure that the milking center waste treatment systems will meet identified water quality objectives. These measures may include conservation sinks, pre-cooler water utilization systems, manifold cleaning systems, air injection systems, waste milk diverter valves, booster pumps for parlor floor cleaning and other measures as approved by the department.
NR 120.14(25)(b)2.a.
a. Design and construction of systems, practices or components that are installed or adopted for purposes other than for the correction of an identified water pollution hazard.
NR 120.14(25)(b)2.b.
b. Buildings or modifications to buildings, unless modifications to buildings are essential for installation of a milking center waste control system.
NR 120.14(25)(b)2.c.
c. Portable equipment for spreading milking center wastes onto land or incorporating the wastes into land.
NR 120.14(25)(c)2.
2. Milking center waste control systems shall be planned in accordance with the Pollution Control Guide for Milking Center Wastewater Management (UWEX Pub. No. A3592-July, 1994), which is incorporated by reference for this chapter and designed in accordance with standards approved by the department.
NR 120.14 Note
Note: Copies of this document may be inspected at the offices of the Department's Bureau of Watershed Management, NRCS, the Secretary of State and the Legislative Reference Bureau, all in Madison, WI.
NR 120.14(26)
(26) Roofs for barnyard runoff management and manure storage facilities. NR 120.14(26)(a)(a)
Description. Roofs for barnyard runoff management and manure storage facilities are a roof and supporting structure constructed specifically to prevent precipitation from contacting manure. This practice shall be implemented using the standards in
par. (c).
NR 120.14(26)(b)1.1. Cost-sharing may not be provided for materials and labor for other structures or buildings.
NR 120.14(26)(b)2.
2. The roofed structure may not be permanently enclosed unless the landowner receives written approval from the department.
NR 120.14(26)(b)2.a.
a. For purposes of this subsection, a permanently enclosed structure is defined as a structure where the sum of the length of the walls exceeds 50% of the total length of the perimeter of the structure. When the structure has a shape other than a rectangle or square, each rectangular or square portion of the total structure, excluding the common sides, shall be calculated separately to determine whether it exceeds 50%. A segment of the perimeter shall be considered a wall if greater than 50% of the opening from eave to floor is of solid building material.
NR 120.14(26)(b)2.b.
b. An application requesting cost-sharing for the enclosure of a roofed barnyard runoff management system shall be submitted in writing to the department for its approval. The written application and the applicable cost-share agreement shall include a recognition by the landowner or land operator that the barnyard may not be used for purposes other than an animal lot for the duration of the cost-share agreement.
NR 120.14(26)(b)3.
3. The livestock facility may not establish additional outdoor animal lots on the site unless the department certifies that adequate runoff control practices are established for the duration of the cost-share agreement.
NR 120.14(26)(c)1.1. The roof shall be designed to support wind, snow and other live and dead loads consistent with the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE) Engineering Practice (EP) 288.5, 1992, which is incorporated by reference for this chapter.
NR 120.14 Note
Note: Copies of this publication are available for inspection at the central office of the department of Natural Resources, and the offices of the Legislative Reference Bureau and Secretary of State.
NR 120.14(26)(c)2.
2. The roof and supporting structure shall be constructed of materials with a life expectancy of a minimum of 10 years.
NR 120.14(27)(a)(a)
Description. Livestock fencing is the enclosure, separation or division of one area of land from another in a manner that provides a permanent barrier to livestock. The purpose of the practice is to exclude livestock from land areas that should be protected from grazing or gleaning where degradation of the natural resource will likely result if livestock access is permitted. This practice shall be implemented using one or more of the standards in
par. (c).
NR 120.14(27)(b)1.1. Cost-sharing may be provided for permanent fencing when fencing is needed to:
NR 120.14(27)(b)1.b.
b. Reduce the impact to a resource from sedimentation that is being caused by livestock.
NR 120.14(27)(b)1.d.
d. Eliminate the degradation of other natural resources as defined within the approved priority watershed plan, priority lake plan, notice of discharge or project grant application.
NR 120.14(27)(b)2.a.
a. Fencing of cropland fields for the primary purpose of providing areas for gleaning by livestock or for handling or segregating of livestock.
NR 120.14(27)(b)2.c.
c. Situations where benefits to water quality improvement cannot be readily defined.
NR 120.14(27)(c)
(c)
Standards and specifications. NRCS field office technical guide standards and specifications are as follows:
NR 120.14(28)(a)(a)
Description. Urban best management practices include structural urban best management practices and other source area measures, transport system and end-of-pipe measures designed to control storm water runoff rates, volumes and discharge quality. In this definition, “source area" means a component of urban land use including rooftops, sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, storage areas, streets and lawns from which storm water pollutants are generated during periods of snowmelt and rainfall runoff.
NR 120.14(28)(b)1.a.
a. Excavation, grading, mulching, seeding, necessary landscaping, piping, drop spillways and other measures required to implement the practice.
NR 120.14(28)(b)1.b.
b. Land acquisition, including storm sewer rerouting and the removal of structures necessary to install structural urban best management practices.
NR 120.14(28)(b)1.c.
c. Materials and labor for the initial installation of groundwater monitoring wells required by the department.
NR 120.14(28)(b)1.d.
d. On a prorated basis, for multi-purpose practices which manage both water quality and unrelated water quantity problems.
NR 120.14(28)(b)2.a.
a. Urban best management practices, land acquisition, storm sewer rerouting or removal of structures where the practices serve solely to solve drainage and flooding problems unrelated to the primary water quality improvement strategy in a priority watershed or lake plan or application selected for funding under this chapter.
NR 120.14(28)(b)2.b.
b. Removal or disposal of accumulated sediments or other materials needed to properly maintain the practice.
NR 120.14(28)(c)1.1. The department shall identify acceptable standards for each best management practice in an approved priority watershed plan, approved priority lake plan or project grant.
NR 120.14(28)(c)2.
2. The department shall consider documents containing non-agricultural technical standards developed under the process in subch.
V of ch. NR 151 and other documents when identifying acceptable technical standards.
NR 120.14(28)(c)3.
3. The governmental unit, landowner or land operator shall submit preliminary designs for each identified alternative to the department for review and comment.
NR 120.14(28)(c)4.
4. Based on the review of the preliminary designs for each alternative, the governmental unit, landowner or land operator shall submit a detailed design including pertinent information addressing each criterion listed in
subd. 5., for the selected alternative prepared by a registered professional engineer or other individual trained in the design of the practice and approved by the department, to the department for review and approval.
NR 120.14(28)(c)5.
5. The department shall approve or disapprove within 90 days the detailed design based on the following criteria:
NR 120.14(28)(c)5.a.
a. Adequacy of pollutant control to protect surface water, groundwater and wetland resources in accordance with the objectives of a watershed plan. Applicable performance standards identified in
ch. NR 151 may be considered and addressed in the detailed design.
NR 120.14(28)(c)5.b.
b. Consistency with water quality provisions of department approved plans, such as priority watershed or lake plans, integrated resource management plans, remedial action plans or wellhead protection plans, or with existing local storm water management ordinances or plans that meet minimum department requirements.
NR 120.14(28)(c)5.e.
e. The degree to which other environmental considerations are integrated in the proposal.
NR 120.14(28)(c)5.f.
f. The adequacy of the provisions for long-term maintenance of the structural practice.
NR 120.14(28)(c)6.
6. The department may waive or modify the review or approval procedures under
subds. 3. to
5. Any waiver shall be specifically described in the grant agreement or the cost-share agreement.
NR 120.14 History
History: CR 00-028: cr.
Register September 2002 No. 561, eff. 10-1-02.
NR 120.15
NR 120.15
Interim best management practices. NR 120.15(1)(1)
Interim best management practices. The department may approve best management practices not listed in
s. NR 120.14 where necessary to meet the water resources objectives identified in the watershed plan. The department shall consult with DATCP regarding agricultural best management practices approved under this subsection. The department may identify in the nonpoint source grant agreement design criteria and standards and specifications; cost-share conditions; and cost-share rates for each best management practice approved under this section.
NR 120.15(2)
(2) Alternative design criteria. For best management practices described in
s. NR 120.14, the department may approve alternative design criteria or standards and specifications where an alternative will achieve the same or a greater level of pollutant control. The department shall consult with DATCP regarding alternative design criteria for agricultural best management practices.
