NR 169.13 Note
10. Restoration of environmental quality.
NR 169.13 Note
11. Contractor costs for remedial action activities.
NR 169.13 Note
12. Inspection and supervision.
NR 169.13 Note
14. Other costs identified by the department as reasonable and necessary for proper investigation, remedial action planning and remedial action activities to meet the requirements of s.
292.11, Stats.
NR 169.13 Note
Note: Costs incurred after October 14, 1997 and before February 1, 2000 will not be denied for failure to conform with the bidding provisions in this chapter, but will be reviewed and evaluated for reasonableness under this section.
NR 169.13 Note
Note: Equipment purchased to remediate environmental contamination belongs to applicant when the remediation is complete and is not property of the department.
NR 169.13(2)(b)
(b)
Site investigation scoping. Costs for site investigation scoping are eligible costs if they are limited to the scoping of discharges of dry cleaning products from former or current dry cleaning facilities, they result in the documentation of a discharge and subsequent notification of that discharge, per s.
292.11, Stats., and the department deems them reasonable. The results, including data, from that scoping shall be made available to all consultants from whom workplans are requested as part of the bidding process.
NR 169.13(2)(c)
(c)
Site investigation workplan. Costs for preparation of a site investigation workplan by the consultant who is awarded the contract are eligible costs, if the department determines that they are reasonable.
NR 169.13(2)(d)
(d)
Bid proposal costs. Costs paid to the consultant who is awarded the contract for preparation of a remedial action bid proposal, including costs to analyze the economic and technical feasibility of a selected remedy are eligible costs if the department determines that they are reasonable.
NR 169.13(2)(e)
(e)
Costs limitation. Reimbursement of eligible costs for remedial actions will be limited to the costs identified for the lowest cost alternative approved by the department.
NR 169.13 Note
Note: Eligible applicants may conduct a more costly remedy, but reimbursement will be limited to the maximum identified for the lowest cost acceptable alternative approved for the site. Criteria and requirements in ch.
NR 726 determine whether a site may be closed.
NR 169.13(2)(f)1.
1. Actual costs for equipment, supplies or services that are used exclusively for the response action. The department may reimburse an owner or operator who buys equipment used exclusively for the response action the net cost (purchase cost less salvage value) of the equipment as determined by the department, but not to exceed the reasonable cost of renting the equipment.
NR 169.13(2)(f)2.
2. Normal employee wages, salaries, expenses or fringe benefits allocated to hours that the employees of the owner or operator worked on a response action.
NR 169.13(2)(f)3.
3. Costs that do not exceed $15,000 that the department determines are integral to the response action for dry cleaning solvent discharged from a dry cleaning facility and are incurred for any of the following purposes:
NR 169.13(2)(f)3.a.
a. To remove existing structures, fixtures, and building components in order to access and investigate, treat, or remove contaminated soil or water.
NR 169.13(2)(f)3.c.
c. To replace existing building components destroyed or damaged beyond reuse by removal. Existing building components shall be salvaged and reused to the extent practicable, but existing building components destroyed or damaged beyond reuse by removal may be replaced by building components of comparable or lesser value than the value of the destroyed or damaged components before removal.
NR 169.13 Note
Note: Building components include windows, siding, and interior and exterior concrete, asphalt, walls, and doorways.
NR 169.13 Note
Note: All other costs to construct, repair, replace, improve, relocate, or demolish a structure, fixture, or building component are ineligible costs under sub. (3).
NR 169.13(3)(a)(a)
General costs. Notwithstanding
sub. (1), costs which the department has determined ineligible for reimbursement under s.
292.65 (7) (c), Stats., include, but are not limited to, the following:
NR 169.13(3)(a)3.
3. Indirect costs charged by a contractor, unless those costs are allocated to the contract according to a reasonable cost allocation formula that the contractor uses for similar contracts.
NR 169.13(3)(a)4.
4. An owner or operator's indirect costs, including indirect costs for equipment, supplies or services.
NR 169.13 Note
Note: This paragraph prohibits allocating indirect costs to the investigation and cleanup of a dry cleaning site. But direct costs for equipment, supplies, services, or employee services may be eligible for reimbursement pursuant to s.
NR 169.13 (2) (f).
NR 169.13(3)(a)5.
5. Costs for the time that the owner or operator, or any officer of the owner or operator, spends planning or implementing a response action.
NR 169.13 Note
Note: This does not prohibit the department from reimbursing normal employee wages, salaries, expenses or other fringe benefits allocated to hours that employees who are not owners, operators or officers spend implementing a response action.
NR 169.13(3)(a)6.
6. Costs to construct, repair, replace, improve, relocate, or demolish any building or fixture except as allowed by
sub. (2) (f) 3.
NR 169.13(3)(a)11.
11. Costs of aesthetic or other improvements that are not essential to a response action, except for restorative grading and filling costs authorized under
sub. (2) (a), and under s.
292.65 (7) (a) 14., Stats.
NR 169.13(3)(a)12.
12. Costs reimbursed from another source. If, after being reimbursed by the department for any cost, a owner or operator is reimbursed for the same cost from another source, the owner or operator shall promptly notify the department and repay any duplicate reimbursement, unless otherwise directed in s.
292.65, Stats.
NR 169.13 Note
Note: Section
292.65 (4) (m), Stats., requires that an owner or operator shall notify the department of any application, including any insurance claim, made to obtain funds to cover eligible costs or to obtain a tax credit based on eligible costs, the status of the application, and, if the owner or operator has received any funds or any tax credit arising from the application, the amount of the funds or tax credit received. Section. 292.65 (7) (c) 4., Stats., authorizes the department to exclude costs that the department determines are unreasonable or unnecessary.
NR 169.13(3)(a)13.
13. Other costs that the department determined to be associated with, but not integral to, the investigation and remediation of a dry cleaning solvent discharge from a dry cleaning facility.
NR 169.13(3)(a)14.
14. Costs that the department determines to be unreasonable or unnecessary to carry out the response activities specified in the bid proposal.
NR 169.13(3)(a)15.
15. Costs for investigation or remedial action conducted at sites located outside this state.
NR 169.13(3)(a)18.
18. Costs incurred by any federal, state or local government entity for services they routinely provide.
NR 169.13(3)(a)19.
19. Investigation or remedial action costs incurred by any federal, state or local government entity unless that entity is an eligible applicant or agent.
NR 169.13(3)(a)20.
20. Costs incurred by a federal, state or local government entity for overseeing investigation or remedial action costs.
NR 169.13(3)(a)21.
21. Costs for a contractor's services that exceed the contractor's bid price for those services, except as provided under
s. NR 169.23.
NR 169.13(3)(a)22.
22. Costs that the owner or operator has not yet paid, or for which the owner or operator may later receive a discount or rebate.
NR 169.13(3)(a)23.
23. Costs not documented by an invoice and a canceled check, or other conclusive proof of payment by the eligible applicant applying for reimbursement.
NR 169.13(3)(a)24.
24. Costs to investigate or repair environmental contamination involving substances that are not dry cleaning products. If a response action under this chapter is combined with the investigation or repair of environmental contamination involving substances that are not dry cleaning products, the department may reimburse a portion of the combined project costs based on a reasonable cost allocation formula approved by the department. If an owner or operator also submits a reimbursement claim to another governmental agency for any combination project, the cost allocation formula shall be approved by the department and that other agency.
NR 169.13(3)(a)25.
25. Costs to analyze environmental samples for substances that are not dry cleaning products, except that the department may reimburse costs for the analysis of environmental parameters if that analysis is needed to design or implement a response action.
NR 169.13(3)(a)26.
26. Costs to analyze environmental samples for dry cleaning products that could not reasonably have been discharged at the facility.
NR 169.13(3)(a)27.
27. Costs for environmental audits, evaluation or appraisals, other than those needed for the effective planning and implementation of a response action.
NR 169.13 Note
Note: Costs for site investigation scoping or equivalent assessments are only eligible for reimbursements if a release of dry cleaning product is found during those assessments. Costs for site investigation scoping may be reimbursed if they meet the eligible cost criteria for response actions in s.
292.65, Stats., and this chapter and are incorporated into reports submitted as requirements for this program.
NR 169.13(3)(a)28.
28. Costs incurred by an owner or operator because of a contractor's breach of contract.
NR 169.13(3)(a)29.
29. Costs to prepare an application under
s. NR 169.19, to contest an application decision under
s. NR 169.27 or to consult with the department on the application.
NR 169.13(3)(a)31.
31. Expense charges for meals, lodging, travel or other personal expenses.
NR 169.13 Note
Note: No travel costs of any kind will be reimbursed except for approved mobilization costs.
NR 169.13(3)(a)32.
32. Supplemental charges for expedited services, including expedited laboratory analysis, mail or parcel delivery service, unless the department approves those charges in advance.
NR 169.13(3)(a)35.
35. Costs that are incurred prior to August 1, 2005, that the department determines are unreasonable.
NR 169.13(3)(a)37.
37. Fees required by third parties to obtain samples, including municipal permits or access fees.
NR 169.13(3)(a)38.
38. Capitol equipment purchases that are not unique to the facility, such as general tools.
NR 169.13 Note
Note: Costs incurred after October 14, 1997 and before February 1, 2000 will not be denied for failure to conform with the bidding provisions in this chapter, but will be reviewed and evaluated for reasonableness.
NR 169.13 History
History: CR 04-128: cr.
Register July 2005 No. 595, eff. 8-1-05;
CR 12-023: cr. (2) (f) 3., am. (3) (a) 6.
Register October 2013 No. 694, eff. 11-1-13.
NR 169.15
NR 169.15 Site hazard categorization system. NR 169.15(1)(1) The department project manager shall assign a preliminary high, medium, or low priority to the site.
NR 169.15(2)
(2) To determine reimbursement priorities pursuant to
s. NR 169.17, the department project manager shall assign a final high, medium, or low priority to the site after approving a complete site investigation report submitted to the department.
NR 169.15 History
History: CR 04-128: cr.
Register July 2005 No. 595, eff. 8-1-05;
CR 12-023: renum. 169.15 to (1) and am., cr. (2)
Register October 2013 No. 694, eff. 11-1-13.
NR 169.17
NR 169.17 Allocation of reimbursement assistance. NR 169.17(1)(1)
Fund allocation. The department shall allocate funding based on statutory spending authority and as provided under this section. The department shall also determine the amount of any unused funds at the end of each fiscal year which were previously allocated to immediate actions and may reallocate those funds as provided in
sub. (2).
NR 169.17(2)
(2) Classes of actions. Funding available for eligible costs shall be allocated among the following classes of actions. Costs submitted for reimbursement shall be classified as one of the following:
NR 169.17(2)(a)
(a)
Immediate actions. 9.7% of the funds collected each fiscal year shall be reserved to reimburse costs associated with immediate actions. In the fourth quarter of each fiscal year, the department may transfer all or part of the unused funds which were set aside to reimburse costs of immediate actions to the fund which reimburses site investigations or remedial actions under this subsection.
NR 169.17(2)(b)1.1. Any funds not allocated under
par. (a) shall be reserved to reimburse costs associated with site investigation and remedial actions. Funds available in this class shall be allocated as follows:
NR 169.17(2)(b)2.
2. The department may transfer unused funds between high, medium and low priority sites as identified in this subsection to meet application needs.
NR 169.17(3)(a)(a)
Immediate actions. Immediate actions shall be reimbursed based on the date on which the department receives the completed application.
NR 169.17(3)(b)
(b)
Site investigations and remedial actions. Site investigations and remedial actions shall be placed within one of 3 site hazard categories determined by the department in
s. NR 169.15 and reimbursed within each site hazard category based on the date on which the department receives the completed application.
NR 169.17 History
History: CR 04-128: cr.
Register July 2005 No. 595, eff. 8-1-05.
NR 169.19
NR 169.19 Reimbursement applications. NR 169.19(1)(1)
Timing of applications. An eligible applicant shall submit an application within the dates required by s.
292.65 (8) (a), Stats.
NR 169.19 Note
Note: Section
292.65 (8) (a), Stats., provides that an owner or operator may not submit an application if the owner or operator submits the notification of potential claim under sub. (4) (c) after August 30, 2008.
NR 169.19(2)
(2) Contents of applications. An owner or operator who seeks reimbursement of response action costs shall complete and submit to the department all the following:
