NR 162.04(1)(a)(a)
Eligible at a subsidized rate. Allocable project-specific costs that are necessary and reasonable are eligible for financial assistance. Eligible costs include expenses incurred by the municipality for any of the following items and activities when specific to the scope of a scored project, or when approved by the department as necessary and reasonable for the efficient operation or integrity of the overall treatment works:
NR 162.04(1)(a)1.
1. `Abandonment.' Abandonment of treatment works if approved in the plans and specifications of a scored project or by department staff, including activities such as demolition, re-landscaping, and removal and disposal of municipal waste or other debris.
NR 162.04(1)(a)2.
2. `Access roads.' Construction of roadways necessary to provide appropriate access to facilities such as lift stations and treatment plants.
NR 162.04(1)(a)3.
3. `Acquisition of facilities.' Costs associated with acquiring facilities of an existing treatment works if the municipality will own, operate, and maintain the facilities throughout the term of the financial assistance agreement.
NR 162.04(1)(a)4.
4. `Administrative buildings and equipment.' Buildings, offices, and office equipment and furnishings used for purposes of operating a treatment works, such as administration and storage buildings, if included in the approved plans and specifications or otherwise approved by department staff. The department may prorate costs for buildings, offices, and office equipment and furnishings that are partially used for purposes not related to the treatment works.
NR 162.04(1)(a)5.
5. `Administrative costs of a commission.' Administrative, legal, and other costs incurred by a commission solely for the scored project if identifiable in a contract or agreement between the member municipalities.
NR 162.04(1)(a)6.
6. `Compliance with state and federal requirements.' Costs incurred for activities associated with complying with state and federal requirements related to the scored project.
NR 162.04 Note
Note: Federal and state requirements may include any of the following: Americans with Disabilities Act design and construction; green project reserve documentation; Davis-Bacon and Related Acts administration as required under Section 513 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
33 USC 1372 or other activities associated with wage rate requirements; DBE solicitation and documentation; activities associated with the use of products made in the United States; environmental review of project sites and other activities related to ch.
NR 150 compliance, including costs of public notices and hearings; historical, architectural, archaeological, and cultural resources work identified during planning, design, or construction of the project and incurred prior to project closeout; signage requirements, including on a website or at a wastewater treatment facility or project site; audit activities related to the federal single audit act portion of the municipality's annual audit report until the project is complete.
NR 162.04(1)(a)7.
7. `Construction activities.' Activities defined in s.
NR 162.003 (16) and included in construction contracts or performed as force account work, including any of the following:
NR 162.04(1)(a)7.a.
a. Replacing, repairing, or rehabilitating a treatment works if identified in the plans and specifications as cost-effective and necessary.
NR 162.04(1)(a)7.b.
b. Restoring streets and rights-of-way and repairing damage to items such as pavement, sidewalks, watermains, and storm sewers necessary as a direct result of construction of the scored project.
NR 162.04(1)(a)7.e.
e. Obtaining products that comply with federal requirements to use products made in the United States in CWFP projects.
NR 162.04(1)(a)8.
8. `Demolition.' Demolishing existing structures if the demolition is part of a scored project and any of the following applies:
NR 162.04(1)(a)8.c.
c. The demolition is included in abandonment procedures as approved in the plans and specifications of the scored project or when otherwise approved by department staff.
NR 162.04(1)(a)8.d.
d. The demolition entails removal of equipment or materials, or both, from inside an existing building or other structure that is part of the treatment works being modified or repurposed as part of the scored project.
NR 162.04(1)(a)9.
9. `Discharge monitoring.' The cost of equipment owned or to be owned by the municipality for monitoring, sampling, and analyzing industrial discharges to a municipal wastewater treatment works.
NR 162.04(1)(a)10.
10. `Easements and rights-of-way.' Acquisition of easements and rights–of–way, including purchase cost and administrative and legal expenses.
NR 162.04(1)(a)11.
11. `Equipment.' Equipment related to the scored project, the costs of which the department may prorate if the municipality intends to use the equipment for multiple purposes rather than solely for the treatment works. Eligible equipment includes any of the following:
NR 162.04(1)(a)11.a.
a. Mobile equipment, such as portable stand-by generators, portable emergency pumps, and grounds and maintenance equipment for mowing and snow removal, for the treatment works.
NR 162.04(1)(a)11.b.
b. Spare parts if included in the plans and specifications or otherwise approved by the department.
NR 162.04(1)(a)11.c.
c. Machinery for manufacturing or repairing necessary tools or equipment for the treatment works.
NR 162.04(1)(a)11.d.
d. Computers, tablets, and related equipment, including purchasing, installing, programming, or upgrading computers, printers, control systems, and other computer-related equipment necessary for operating and maintaining the treatment works. Equipment and systems for accounting, billing, public notification, testing, monitoring, reporting, emergency alerts, communications, geographic information, and supervisory control and data acquisition are included under this subd.
11. d. NR 162.04(1)(a)12.a.
a. Permits obtained for construction, including building, electrical, and plumbing permits, pit or trench dewatering permits, construction site storm water permits, and railroad crossing permits.
NR 162.04 Note
Note: Permit fees are not required by the department for waterway projects authorized under ch.
30, Stats., that are funded in whole or in part
by any federal or state agency. Therefore, if a municipality at the time of purchase of a permit under ch.
30, Stats., pays a fee for the permit due to not identifying the project as being funded with state or federal funds, the fee is not eligible for reimbursement by the CWFP.
NR 162.04(1)(a)12.b.
b. Legal fees of an attorney that is not an on-staff municipal attorney, including costs of legal reviews of architectural, engineering, or construction contracts, user charge systems and sewer use ordinances, management plans, intermunicipal agreements, and legal work necessary for securing eligible permits.
NR 162.04(1)(a)12.c.
c. Service fees paid to a state or federal agency, except administrative fees paid annually along with principal and interest payments on a CWFP loan.
NR 162.04(1)(a)13.
13. `Groundwater monitoring.' Installing groundwater monitoring equipment or facilities.
NR 162.04(1)(a)14.
14. `Insurance.' Purchasing insurance necessary during construction of the scored project, including property, liability, builder's risk, and construction insurance.
NR 162.04(1)(a)15.
15. `Interim debt.' Costs associated with interim debt for the scored project as delineated in sub.
(3).
NR 162.04(1)(a)16.
16. `Laboratories.' Laboratory equipment related to initial setup or a significant upgrade or expansion of an on-site laboratory if requested in the financial assistance application.
NR 162.04(1)(a)17.
17. `Land acquisition.' Acquiring land, including purchase cost and administrative and legal expenses if any of the following applies:
NR 162.04(1)(a)17.a.
a. The land will be used for storage of treated wastewater in land treatment systems before land application.
NR 162.04(1)(a)17.b.
b. The land will be used for composting or temporary storage of compost residues that result from wastewater treatment if the department has approved a program for use of the compost.
NR 162.04(1)(a)17.c.
c. The land is property on which the wastewater treatment works, biosolids facility, or lift stations will be located.
NR 162.04(1)(a)17.f.
f. The land is the property on which individual systems are or will be located if the systems are publicly owned and maintained.
NR 162.04(1)(a)18.
18. `Lines to public sewer mains.' Pumping units and pressurized lines from the pumping units to the public sanitary sewer main, or holding and septic tanks and their sewer lines to the public sanitary sewer main, that are included in a sewage collection system, are cost–effective, and are owned and maintained by the applicant municipality.
NR 162.04(1)(a)19.
19. `Management plans.' Developing a detailed management plan related to a scored project.
NR 162.04(1)(a)20.
20. `Municipal staff, equipment, and materials.' Municipal expenses incurred solely for the scored project and documented by the municipality as force account work, including any of the following:
NR 162.04(1)(a)20.a.
a. Salary and benefits of municipal employees, except elected officials or on-staff attorneys, for time spent working directly on the scored project.
NR 162.04(1)(a)21.
21. `Municipally owned facilities on private property.' Grinder pumps, sewer laterals, service connections, service branches, risers, and riser pipes if located on private property and municipally owned and municipally maintained or if located on municipally owned land.
NR 162.04(1)(a)22.
22. `Pretreatment or toxicity reduction.' Developing a municipal pretreatment or toxicity reduction program and constructing facilities to be used by the municipal treatment works in the program, including monitoring equipment.
NR 162.04(1)(a)23.
23. `Professional services.' Engineering, architectural, legal, and other professional services and fees, including any of the following:
NR 162.04(1)(a)23.f.
f. Gathering documents and information for, completing, and submitting CWFP financial assistance applications or interest rate subsidy applications and other forms required for financial assistance.
NR 162.04(1)(a)23.L.
L. Preparing for and facilitating public education and participation opportunities.
NR 162.04(1)(a)23.m.
m. Travel, indirect costs, and labor for services provided for the scored project.
NR 162.04(1)(a)23.n.
n. Developing or updating a user charge system or a sewer use ordinance for wastewater treatment and the sewerage system in the municipality.
NR 162.04(1)(a)23.p.
p. Conducting archaeological surveys and gathering historical site information.
NR 162.04(1)(a)23.q.
q. Providing municipal advisor or bond counsel services related to loan closing or the issuance of bonds.
NR 162.04(1)(a)23.t.
t. Updating or upgrading treatment works maps of the areas impacted by the scored project.
NR 162.04(1)(a)23.v.
v. Providing administration of activities related to the federal Davis-Bacon and Related Acts or other wage requirements.
NR 162.04(1)(a)23.w.
w. Conducting research or energy audits for incorporation of energy and water efficiency and conservation into the planning and design of a project.
NR 162.04 Note
Note: When 10 percent or more of the project's construction and equipment costs are deemed ineligible for CWFP financial assistance, the costs associated with engineering for those ineligible construction and equipment costs are also ineligible under sub. (2) (h).
NR 162.04(1)(a)24.
24. `Project site.' Construction-related work activities at the project site of a scored project, including any of the following:
NR 162.04(1)(a)24.b.
b. Reconnecting laterals due to the rehabilitation of a publicly-owned treatment works.
NR 162.04(1)(a)24.c.
c. Relocating watermains or storm sewers if necessary for construction, and replacing pipes with the same size or required minimum size pipe if breakage from construction occurs.
NR 162.04(1)(a)24.e.
e. Preparing a site for construction, including surveying, staking, and grading.
NR 162.04(1)(a)24.f.
f. Restoring the construction site to original condition or, when necessary, upgrading the site to meet state and local requirements.
NR 162.04(1)(a)24.g.
g. Removing, relocating, or replacing utilities, providing temporary utilities, installing new utility equipment, or upgrading utilities if necessary for construction of the scored project and the recipient is legally obligated to pay these costs. This subd.
24. g. does not apply to storm water pipes.
NR 162.04(1)(a)25.
25. `Safety.' Purchasing and installing safety equipment related to the scored project.
NR 162.04(1)(a)26.
26. `Sanitary sewers.' Evaluation, new installation, replacement, and lining and other rehabilitation of sanitary sewer pipes.
