NR 162.49(1)(a)1.1. Fifty points for a project that the department determines is necessary to prevent a municipality from significantly exceeding an effluent limitation contained in a permit issued under ch. 283, Stats., including eligible projects identified under s. NR 162.03 (1) (a) 2.
NR 162.49(1)(a)2.2. Twenty-five points for a project that installs sewers in a previously unsewered area, including eligible projects identified under s. NR 162.03 (1) (d) 2.
NR 162.49(1)(a)3.3. Five points for a project to improve a sewage collection system that contributes to violations of a permit issued under ch. 283, Stats., or that has been the subject of an enforcement action pursuant to s. 281.98, Stats., related to a performance standard, including eligible projects or costs identified under s. NR 162.03 (1) (c).
NR 162.49(1)(b)(b) Human health score. A sewage collection system project may be awarded points for human health only if the project is necessary to eliminate a health hazard, subject to all of the following:
NR 162.49(1)(b)1.1. ‘Replacing failing septic systems.’ A project that reduces the percentage of failing private systems shall be awarded the following points:
NR 162.49(1)(b)1.a.a. Thirty points if 70 percent or more of the systems included in the project are failing systems.
NR 162.49(1)(b)1.b.b. Twenty-five points if 50 percent to less than 70 percent of the systems included in the project are failing systems.
NR 162.49(1)(b)1.c.c. Twenty points if 30 percent to less than 50 percent of the systems included in the project are failing systems.
NR 162.49(1)(b)1.d.d. Fifteen points if 15 percent to less than 30 percent of the systems included in the project are failing systems.
NR 162.49(1)(b)1.e.e. Ten points if 5 percent to less than 15 percent of the systems included in the project are failing systems.
NR 162.49(1)(b)1.f.f. Five points if less than 5 percent but greater than 0 percent of the systems included in the project are failing systems.
NR 162.49 NoteNote: Failing septic systems include those with surface water ponding, discharge of sewage to the ground, or high groundwater or crevassed bedrock.
NR 162.49(1)(b)2.2. ‘Elimination or prevention of bypasses and overflows.’ A project that reduces or prevents bypasses and overflows that have occurred within the 5 years prior to the most recent submittal deadline for priority evaluation and ranking form information shall be awarded 15 points. If the most recent bypass or overflow occurred more than 5 years prior to the most recent submittal deadline for priority evaluation and ranking form information, the department shall award 15 points under this subdivision only if the project is part of a larger phased collection system improvement plan required by a court-stipulated action, a consent order, a compliance schedule in a permit, or another type of legal document.
NR 162.49(1)(b)3.3. ‘Collection-system related backups.’ A project that is necessary to reduce the number of basement backups related to the sewage collection system from the number of backups that have occurred within the 5 years prior to the most recent submittal deadline for priority evaluation and ranking form information shall be awarded the following points:
NR 162.49(1)(b)3.a.a. Fifteen points if the project is necessary to eliminate documented basement backups at 50 or more different municipal addresses.
NR 162.49(1)(b)3.b.b. Ten points if the project is necessary to eliminate documented basement backups at 15 to 49 different municipal addresses.
NR 162.49(1)(b)3.c.c. Five points if the project is necessary to eliminate documented basement backups at 1 to 14 different municipal addresses.
NR 162.49(1)(b)4.4. ‘New collection system and new wastewater treatment plant.’ A project eligible under s. NR 162.03 (1) (d), in which one municipality is constructing both a new wastewater treatment plant and a new collection system to serve only one new sewer service area that includes customers within the applicant’s municipal boundaries, shall be awarded 10 points.
NR 162.49(1)(c)(c) Regionalization score. This section does not apply to sanitary sewer extensions within a municipality’s sewer service area. Sewage collection system projects that result in increased regionalization of wastewater treatment and a reduction in the number of locations at which effluent from wastewater treatment plants or individual septic systems is discharged into waters of the state shall be awarded the following points:
NR 162.49(1)(c)1.1. Fifty points if the recipient’s project results in elimination of individual septic systems and the recipient becomes a new subscribing municipality to another municipality’s wastewater treatment plant.
NR 162.49(1)(c)2.2. One hundred points for either of the following situations:
NR 162.49(1)(c)2.a.a. The recipient will abandon its existing treatment facility and construct new infrastructure to convey its wastewater to a new treatment facility being constructed to accommodate 2 or more municipalities.
NR 162.49(1)(c)2.b.b. The recipient will abandon its own existing treatment facility and construct new infrastructure to convey its wastewater to an existing treatment facility owned by another municipality.
NR 162.49(2)(2)Wastewater treatment plant projects. The following factors, when applied to wastewater treatment plant projects in accordance with s. NR 162.50, shall determine the priority scoring for CWFP financial assistance under s. 281.58, Stats.:
NR 162.49(2)(a)(a) Project type score. The following points shall be awarded to each wastewater treatment plant project:
NR 162.49(2)(a)1.1. Fifty points to a project meeting the criteria of s. NR 162.03 (1) (a) 1., necessary to prevent a municipality from significantly exceeding an effluent limitation contained in a permit issued under ch. 283, Stats.
NR 162.49(2)(a)2.2. Fifty points to a project eligible under s. NR 162.03 (1) (b), required to meet new or changed WPDES permit limits.
NR 162.49(2)(a)3.3. Five points to a project meeting the criteria under s. NR 162.03 (1) (c), necessary to correct violations of an effluent limit contained in a permit issued under ch. 283, Stats.
NR 162.49(2)(b)(b) Human health criteria. Projects that directly affect human health shall be awarded points based on the following criteria: