Chapter Adm 94

Chapter Adm 94

DIESEL TRUCK IDLING REDUCTION GRANTS

Adm 94.10   Purpose.

Adm 94.20   Definitions.

Adm 94.30   Eligibility.

Adm 94.40   Applications for grants.

Adm 94.50   Awarding of grants.

Ch. Adm 94 Note Note: Chapter Comm 131 was created as an emergency rule effective July 1, 2006. Chapter Comm 131 was renumbered chapter SPS 431 under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672. Chapter SPS 431 was renumbered Chapter Adm 94 under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., Register September 2013 No. 693.

Adm 94.10 Adm 94.10 Purpose. Pursuant to s. 16.956 (5m), Stats., this chapter sets forth the requirements for applying for, receiving, and using grants for purchasing and field testing diesel truck idling reduction units.

Adm 94.10 History History: CR 06-034: cr. Register December 2006 No. 612, eff. 1-1-07; correction made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672; correction made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register September 2013 No. 693.

Adm 94.20 Adm 94.20 Definitions. In this chapter:

Adm 94.20(1) (1) The definitions in s. 16.956 (1), Stats., shall apply.

Adm 94.20 Note Note: See Appendix for a reprint of s. 16.956 (1), Stats., and the statute sections referenced in that section.

Adm 94.20(2) (2) “Department” means the department of administration.

Adm 94.20(3) (3) “Headquartered in this state,” as referenced under s. Adm 94.30 (1), means the applicant’s principal central administrative office is located in Wisconsin, or the applicant’s business pays at least 80 percent of its payroll to employees employed in Wisconsin.

Adm 94.20 History History: CR 06-034: cr. Register December 2006 No. 612, eff. 1-1-07; correction in (1), (2), (3) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 6., 7., Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672; corrections in (1) to (3) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 6., 7., Stats., Register September 2013 No. 693.

Adm 94.30 Adm 94.30 Eligibility.

Adm 94.30(1) (1) Eligible applicants.

Adm 94.30(1)(a) (a) Only applicants meeting all of the eligibility criteria in s. 16.956 (3), Stats., and in par. (b) may receive grants under this chapter.

Adm 94.30(1)(b) (b)

Adm 94.30(1)(b)1. 1. The applicant is not failing to comply with any conditions imposed by the department on any previous grant received under this chapter.

Adm 94.30(1)(b)2. 2. If requested by the department, the applicant agrees to pay a percentage of the eligible costs that exceeds the 50 percent specified in s. 16.956 (3) (c), Stats.

Adm 94.30(2) (2) Eligible costs. Grants awarded under this chapter shall only be used to cover costs that are established as eligible in s. 16.956 (4) (a) and (b), Stats.

Adm 94.30 Note Note: See Appendix for a reprint of s. 16.956 (3) and (4) (a) and (b), Stats.

Adm 94.30 History History: CR 06-034: cr. Register December 2006 No. 612, eff. 1-1-07; CR 08-037: am. (1) (b) 2. Register October 2008 No. 634, eff. 11-1-08; correction in (1) (a), (b) 2., (2) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672; corrections in (1) (a), (b) 2., (2) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register September 2013 No. 693.

Adm 94.40 Adm 94.40 Applications for grants. Every application for a grant under this chapter shall be submitted to the department on a fully completed, valid form provided by the department.

Adm 94.40 Note Note: The department’s application form is generally available at the department’s Web site at http://www.stateenergyoffice.wi.gov, through links there for the diesel truck idling reduction grant program.

Adm 94.40 History History: CR 06-034: cr. Register December 2006 No. 612, eff. 1-1-07.

Adm 94.50 Adm 94.50 Awarding of grants.

Adm 94.50(1) (1) Limits. Every grant awarded under this chapter shall comply with the limits established in s. 16.956 (4) (d), Stats.

Adm 94.50 Note Note: As specified in s. 16.956 (2), Stats., the department’s authority to award grants under this chapter expires on June 30, 2020.

Adm 94.50(2) (2) Truck tractors without sleeper cabs. The department may refuse to award a grant for purchasing and installing an idling reduction unit on a truck tractor that does not have a sleeper berth.

Adm 94.50(3) (3) Allocation for small fleets. The department may annually allocate up to 25 percent of the grant funding under this chapter, for awarding only to applicants who own and operate 50 or fewer truck tractors.

Adm 94.50(4) (4) Preference for fleets without previous awards. The department may preferentially direct funding to an applicant who owns a fleet for which no previous grant has been awarded under this chapter.

Adm 94.50(5) (5) Prorating awards. The department may set cutoff dates for accepting the applications specified in s. Adm 94.30, and then prorate the awards to the applicants if the total funding requested in the applications exceeds the available revenue.

Adm 94.50(6) (6) Conditions.

Adm 94.50(6)(a) (a) General. Each recipient of a grant awarded under this chapter shall comply with any corresponding conditions imposed by the department, as authorized under s. 560.125 (4) (f), Stats.

Adm 94.50 Note Note: Section s. 560.125 (4) (f) was repealed.

Adm 94.50(6)(b) (b) Reports. Each recipient of a grant awarded under this chapter shall submit six- and twelve-month post-installation reports in a format prescribed by the department. These reports shall include evidence of being derived from on-board, electronically recorded data.

Adm 94.50 Note Note: As required by s. 16.956 (5), Stats., the department will collect information from recipients of grants under this section relating to the operation and performance of idling reduction units. The department will also summarize the information collected and make it available to common motor carriers, contract motor carriers, and private motor carriers, on the department’s Web site at http://www.stateenergyoffice.wi.gov, through links there for the diesel truck idling reduction grant program.

Adm 94.50 History History: CR 06-034: cr. Register December 2006 No. 612, eff. 1-1-07; correction in (1) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register December 2009 No. 648; correction in (1), (5) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672; corrections in (1), (5) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register September 2013 No. 693.