Chapter ATCP 50

ATCP 50.16   Farmland preservation program; conservation standards compliance.

ATCP 50.18   Annual report.

ATCP 50.20   Annual grant application.

ATCP 50.22   Accounting and recordkeeping.

ATCP 50.24   Department review.

Subchapter IV — Grants to Counties

ATCP 50.26   Grant applications.

ATCP 50.28   Annual grant allocation plan.

ATCP 50.30   Grant priorities.

ATCP 50.32   Annual staffing grants to counties.

ATCP 50.34   Grants for conservation practices.

ATCP 50.35   Grants for other services.

ATCP 50.36   Grant contracts.

Subchapter V — Financial Assistance to Landowners

ATCP 50.38   Financial assistance to landowners.

ATCP 50.40   Cost-share grants to landowners.

ATCP 50.41   Other forms of financial assistance.

ATCP 50.42   Maximum rates.

Subchapter VI — Soil and Water Professionals

ATCP 50.46   Conservation engineering practitioners.

ATCP 50.48   Nutrient management planners.

ATCP 50.50   Soil and manure testing laboratories.

ATCP 50.52   Training for county staff.

Subchapter VII — Local Regulation

ATCP 50.54   Local regulations; general.

ATCP 50.56   Manure storage systems; ordinance.

ATCP 50.58   Shoreland management; ordinance.

ATCP 50.60   Livestock operations; local regulation.

Subchapter VIII — Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance

ATCP 50.61   General standards for practices receiving financial assistance; pre-approval of cost-shared practices.

ATCP 50.618   Technical standards development process.

ATCP 50.62   Manure storage systems.

ATCP 50.63   Manure storage system closure.

ATCP 50.64   Barnyard runoff control systems.

ATCP 50.65   Access road.

ATCP 50.66   Trails and walkways.

ATCP 50.663   Conservation cover.

ATCP 50.668   Conservation crop rotation.

ATCP 50.67   Contour farming.

ATCP 50.68   Cover crop.

ATCP 50.69   Critical area stabilization.

ATCP 50.70   Diversions.

ATCP 50.705   Feed storage runoff control systems.

ATCP 50.71   Field windbreaks.

ATCP 50.72   Filter strips.

ATCP 50.73   Grade stabilization structures.

ATCP 50.733   Habitat diversification.

ATCP 50.738   Harvestable buffers.

ATCP 50.74   Hydrologic restoration.

ATCP 50.75   Livestock fencing.

ATCP 50.76   Livestock watering facilities.

ATCP 50.77   Milking center waste control systems.

ATCP 50.78   Nutrient management.

ATCP 50.785   Nutrient treatment system.

ATCP 50.79   Pesticide management.

ATCP 50.80   Prescribed grazing.

ATCP 50.81   Relocating or abandoning animal feeding operations.

ATCP 50.82   Residue management.

ATCP 50.83   Riparian buffers.

ATCP 50.84   Roofs.

ATCP 50.85   Roof runoff systems.

ATCP 50.86   Sediment basins.

ATCP 50.87   Sinkhole treatment.

ATCP 50.88   Streambank or shoreline protection.

ATCP 50.882   Stream restoration.

ATCP 50.885   Stream Crossing.

ATCP 50.89   Stripcropping.

ATCP 50.90   Subsurface drains.

ATCP 50.91   Terrace systems.

ATCP 50.92   Underground outlets.

ATCP 50.925   Verification of depth to bedrock.

ATCP 50.93   Waste transfer systems.

ATCP 50.94   Wastewater treatment strips.

ATCP 50.95   Water and sediment control basins.

ATCP 50.96   Waterway systems.

ATCP 50.97   Well decommissioning.

ATCP 50.98   Wetland development or restoration.

Ch. ATCP 50 Note Note: Chapter Ag 166 was renumbered ch. ATCP 50 under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., Stats., Register, April, 1993, No. 448. Chapter ATCP 50 was repealed and recreated, Register, November, 1996, No. 491, eff. 12-1-96; corrections in ch. ATCP 50 made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, November, 1996, No. 491. Chapter ATCP 50 as it existed on September 30, 2002 was repealed and a new chapter ATCP 50 was created effective October 1, 2002.

Ch. ATCP 50 Note Note: This chapter implements Wisconsin’s soil and water resource management program under ch. 92, Stats. The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection administers the program in cooperation with county land conservation committees, the land and water conservation board, the department of natural resources, and other state and federal agencies. The program has the purposes specified under s. 92.14 (2), Stats.

Ch. ATCP 50 Note Note: The rule revision that was published in the May, 2007 Wis. Adm. Register applies to small businesses as defined in s. 227.114 (1), Stats., on August 1, 2007.

subch. I of ch. ATCP 50 Subchapter I — Definitions and General Provisions

ATCP 50.01 ATCP 50.01 Definitions. In this chapter:

ATCP 50.01(1) (1) “Agricultural practice” means beekeeping; commercial feedlots; dairying; egg production; floriculture; fish or fur farming; grazing; livestock raising; orchards; poultry raising; raising of grain, grass, mint, or seed crops; raising of fruits, nuts, or berries; sod farming; placing land in federal programs in return for payments in kind; owning land, at least 35 acres of which is enrolled in the conservation reserve program under 16 USC 3831 to 3836; or vegetable raising.

ATCP 50.01(2) (2) “Conservation practice” means a facility or practice that is designed to prevent or reduce soil erosion, prevent or reduce non- point source water pollution, or achieve or maintain compliance with soil and water conservation standards. “Conservation practice” includes a nutrient management plan and DATCP 01 Verification of Depth to Bedrock.

ATCP 50.01(2m) (2m) “Contaminated runoff” means runoff, as defined in s. NR 151.002 (40), that comes into contact with feed or manure. “Contaminated runoff” includes the liquid and any sediment, manure, feed, or other material carried in the liquid.

ATCP 50.01(3) (3) “Cost-shared practice” means a conservation practice financed by a cost-share grant.

ATCP 50.01(4) (4) “Cost-share grant” is a means to reimburse a landowner for part of the cost to install or maintain a conservation practice identified in the grant.

ATCP 50.01 Note Note: See s. ATCP 50.40.