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NR 120.13(10)(c)5. 5. Nutrient management.
NR 120.13(10)(c)6. 6. Pesticide management.
NR 120.13(11) (11)Release of property from obligations of cost-share agreements.
NR 120.13(11)(a)(a) A governmental unit may fully or partially release a landowner's property from the obligations of the cost-share agreement provided that the governmental unit has determined that the best management practices installed on the property will be maintained or replaced with practices which will not increase the pollutant loading to surface water or groundwater counter to the water resource objectives of the approved watershed plan. If state dollars in excess of $10,000 have been expended for best management practices that are located on the property to be released, the governmental unit shall obtain written approval from the department before the property may be released. The release form shall be obtained from the department and filed with the cost-share agreement.
NR 120.13(11)(b) (b) With the approval of the department, a governmental unit may fully release a landowner's property from the obligations of the cost-share agreement provided that both of the following conditions are met:
NR 120.13(11)(b)1. 1. The governmental unit has determined that there are not sufficient cost-share funds remaining in its nonpoint source grant to provide reimbursement for practices for which it has committed funds.
NR 120.13(11)(b)2. 2. The cost-share recipient has failed to install all of the best management practices identified in the agreement.
NR 120.13 Note Note: Copies of the release form are available from the Bureau of Community Financial Assistance, Department of Natural Resources, Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707.
NR 120.13(12) (12)Applicability. Subsections (3) (c), (4) (j), (k), (m), (6) (a), (9) and (10) apply to all cost-share agreements signed after December 1, 1989, and amendments to those agreements.
NR 120.13 History History: CR 00-028: cr. Register September 2002 No. 561, eff. 10-1-02.
NR 120.14 NR 120.14 Cost-share agreement conditions for best management practices.
NR 120.14(1) (1) General applicability.
NR 120.14(1)(a)(a) The cost-share agreement conditions described in this section apply to best management practices included in cost-share agreements or otherwise provided for in s. NR 120.12 (5) or identified by variance under s. NR 120.29. The cost-share conditions and standards for all best management practices listed in this chapter shall apply to all cost-share agreements signed after October 1, 2002.
NR 120.14(1)(b) (b) The following conditions shall be met while implementing the best management practices in this chapter:
NR 120.14(1)(b)1. 1. Wildlife habitat shall be recreated to replace significant wildlife habitat lost through the removal of obstructions or other means required to install the best management practice.
NR 120.14(1)(b)2. 2. Wetlands may not be destroyed or degraded as a result of installing the best management practice.
NR 120.14(1)(b)3. 3. Sediment generated from the construction of the best management practice shall be controlled consistent with performance standards in ch. NR 151 and with standards of the Wisconsin Construction Site Best Management Practice Handbook, WDNR Pub. WR-222, November 2001 Revision, which is incorporated by reference for this chapter and other technical standards disseminated by the department under subch. V of ch. NR 151.
NR 120.14 Note Note: Copies of the materials described in subd. 3. 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(1)(b)4. 4. Permanent and temporary vegetative cover including any or all of the following: seed, mulch, fertilizer, trees, shrubs and other necessary materials, except for conventional agricultural crop cover, shall be established.
NR 120.14(1)(b)5. 5. Preparation, grading, shaping and removal of obstructions necessary to permit the installation of best management practices shall be conducted on the site.
NR 120.14(1)(b)6. 6. Temporary or permanent fencing and the repair of fencing necessary to implement or protect a best management practice shall be built.
NR 120.14(1)(b)7. 7. All required permits, including those mandated by the department, shall be obtained prior to installing a best management practice listed in this chapter.
NR 120.14(1)(c) (c) A landowner, land operator or governmental unit shall comply with the standards in subs. (2) to (28) when installing best management practices.
NR 120.14(1)(d) (d) Cost-sharing is authorized when the best management practices are installed on sites in a manner consistent with par. (b) and the watershed plan approved under this chapter.
NR 120.14(1)(e) (e) Best management practices listed in this chapter and which are conducted below the ordinary high water mark may be eligible for cost-sharing only when the practice is a cost-effective means of preventing or reducing pollutants generated from sources of runoff or from sediments of inland lakes polluted by runoff.
NR 120.14(2) (2)Contour farming.
NR 120.14(2)(a)(a) Description. Contour farming is farming on sloped land so all cultural operations from seedbed preparation to harvest are done on the contour. This practice shall be implemented using one or more of the standards in par. (c).
NR 120.14(2)(b) (b) Conditions. Cost-sharing may be provided for the establishment of a contour farming system and, if necessary, subsurface drains and the removal of obstructions.
NR 120.14(2)(c) (c) Standards. Standards from the NRCS field office technical guide are as follows:
NR 120.14(2)(c)1. 1. 330 — contour farming; May, 1986.
NR 120.14(2)(c)2. 2. 500 — obstruction removal; January, 1983.
NR 120.14(2)(c)3. 3. 606 — subsurface drain; September, 1989.
NR 120.14(2)(c)4. 4. 645 — wildlife upland habitat management; June, 1987.
NR 120.14(3) (3)Contour and field stripcropping.
NR 120.14(3)(a)(a) Description. Contour and field stripcropping is growing crops in a systematic arrangement of strips or bands, usually on the contour, in alternated strips of close growing crops, such as grasses or legumes, and tilled row crops. This practice shall be implemented using one or more of the standards in par. (c).
NR 120.14(3)(b) (b) Conditions. Cost-sharing may be provided for the establishment of the stripcropping system including field stripcropping.
NR 120.14(3)(c) (c) Standards. Standards from the NRCS field office technical guide are as follows:
NR 120.14(3)(c)1. 1. 585 — contour stripcropping; July, 1987.
NR 120.14(3)(c)2. 2. 586 — field stripcropping; August, 1983.
NR 120.14(3)(c)3. 3. 500 — obstruction removal; January, 1983.
NR 120.14(3)(c)4. 4. 606 — subsurface drain; September, 1989.
NR 120.14(3)(c)5. 5. 645 — wildlife upland habitat management; June, 1987.
NR 120.14(3)(c)6. 6. 330 — contour farming; May, 1986.
NR 120.14(3)(c)7. 7. 589 — wind strip-cropping; July, 1987.
NR 120.14(4) (4)Field diversions.
NR 120.14(4)(a)(a) Description. Field diversions are structures installed to divert excess water to areas where it can be used, transported or discharged without causing excessive erosion or contacting materials with water pollution potential. Usually the system is a channel with a supporting ridge on the lower side constructed across the slope at a suitable grade with a self-discharging and non-erosive gradient. This practice shall be implemented using one or more of the standards in par. (c).
NR 120.14(4)(b) (b) Conditions.
NR 120.14(4)(b)1.1. Cost-sharing may be provided for:
NR 120.14(4)(b)1.a. a. Diversions and subsurface drains necessary for proper functioning of the diversion. Cost-sharing for subsurface drains is limited to areas on sloping land where the internal water seeps to the surface and causes the land or cover to lose its stability.
NR 120.14(4)(b)1.b. b. Installations of structures such as pipe, underground outlets or other outlets, if needed, for proper functioning of the dike, for more even flow or to protect outlets from erosion.
NR 120.14(4)(b)2. 2. Diversions shall discharge to a suitable outlet.
NR 120.14(4)(b)3. 3. Cost-sharing may not be authorized for ditches or dikes designed to impound water for later use, or which will be a part of a regular irrigation system.
NR 120.14(4)(c) (c) Standards. Standards are the following from the NRCS field office technical guide:
NR 120.14(4)(c)1. 1. 362 — diversion; September, 1989.
NR 120.14(4)(c)2. 2. 342 — critical area planting; November, 1999.
NR 120.14(4)(c)3. 3. 382 — fence; November, 1999.
NR 120.14(4)(c)4. 4. 412 — grassed waterway; June, 1993.
NR 120.14(4)(c)5. 5. 468 — lined waterway or outlet; June, 1993.
NR 120.14(4)(c)6. 6. 500 — obstruction removal; January, 1983.
NR 120.14(4)(c)7. 7. 606 — subsurface drains; September, 1989.
NR 120.14(4)(c)8. 8. 620 — underground outlet; June, 1993.
NR 120.14(4)(c)9. 9. 645 — wildlife upland habitat management; June, 1987.
NR 120.14(5) (5)Terraces.
NR 120.14(5)(a)(a) Description. Terraces are a system of ridges and channels constructed on the contour with a non-erosive grade at a suitable spacing. This practice shall be implemented using one or more of the standards in par. (c).
NR 120.14(5)(b) (b) Conditions.
NR 120.14(5)(b)1.1. Cost-sharing may be provided for:
NR 120.14(5)(b)1.a. a. Terraces and the necessary grading to permit installation of an effective system consistent with the type of terrace and criteria for use specified in the approved priority watershed plan, priority lake plan or project grant application.
NR 120.14(5)(b)1.b. b. Materials and installation of underground pipe outlets and other mechanical outlets necessary for the proper functioning of the terrace.
NR 120.14(5)(b)2. 2. Terraces shall discharge to a suitable outlet.
NR 120.14(5)(c) (c) Standards. Standards from the NRCS field office technical guide are as follows:
NR 120.14(5)(c)1. 1. 600 — terrace; September, 1990.
NR 120.14(5)(c)2. 2. 342 — critical area planting; November, 1999.
NR 120.14(5)(c)3. 3. 412 — grassed waterway; June, 1993.
NR 120.14(5)(c)4. 4. 468 — lined waterway or outlet; June, 1993.
NR 120.14(5)(c)5. 5. 500 — obstruction removal; January, 1983.
NR 120.14(5)(c)6. 6. 606 — subsurface drain; September, 1989.
NR 120.14(5)(c)7. 7. 620 — underground outlet; June, 1993.
NR 120.14(5)(c)8. 8. 638 — water and sediment control basin; September, 1989.
NR 120.14(5)(c)9. 9. 645 — wildlife upland habitat management; June, 1987.
NR 120.14(6) (6)Grassed waterways.
NR 120.14(6)(a)(a) Description. A grassed waterway is a natural or constructed drainageway or channel which is shaped, graded and established in suitable cover as needed to prevent erosion by runoff waters. This practice shall be implemented using one or more of the standards in par. (c).
NR 120.14(6)(b) (b) Conditions. Cost-sharing may be provided for the following:
NR 120.14(6)(b)1. 1. Site preparation, grading, shaping, filling, establishing temporary and permanent vegetation cover and for subsurface drains necessary for proper functioning of the waterway.
NR 120.14(6)(b)2. 2. Removal of obstructions necessary to permit installation of an effective system.
NR 120.14(6)(c) (c) Standards. Standards from the NRCS field office technical guide are as follows:
NR 120.14(6)(c)1. 1. 412 — grassed waterway or outlet; June, 1993.
NR 120.14(6)(c)2. 2. 342 — critical area planting; November, 1999.
NR 120.14(6)(c)3. 3. 382 — fence; November, 1999.
NR 120.14(6)(c)4. 4. 500 — obstruction removal; January, 1983.
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