NR 162.51(5) (5) Upon receipt of a reevaluation request under sub. (4), the department shall reevaluate its determination of the project priority score and shall notify the applicant of the results of the reevaluation. If the department denies the requested priority score, it shall state the reasons in writing.

NR 162.51(6) (6) If the scope of a project changes after the department notifies the applicant of the reevaluation results, the department may recalculate the priority score based on the revised scope of the project.

NR 162.51 History History: CR 22-045: cr. Register October 2023 No. 814, eff. 11-1-23.

NR 162.52 NR 162.52 Project ranking system.

NR 162.52(1) (1) The department shall maintain a project priority list that ranks the projects for which priority scores have been determined. The projects shall be ranked in the order of descending priority score, with the project with the highest priority score ranked first.

NR 162.52(2) (2) If 2 or more projects have the same whole number priority score, the project serving the smaller population, as based on the population factor score, shall be considered to have the higher priority.

NR 162.52(3) (3) The department shall prepare a project priority list and shall use it for prioritizing clean water fund program financial assistance to eligible projects.

NR 162.52 History History: CR 22-045: cr. Register October 2023 No. 814, eff. 11-1-23.