NR 120.09(5)(5) Completion of notification schedule. Notification to landowners shall be completed within 5 years and 60 days of the issuance of the first nonpoint source grant for the project after department plan approval.

NR 120.09(6)(6) Change in critical site status. A site is no longer considered a critical site if one of the following conditions applies:

NR 120.09(6)(b)(b) The site has had best management practices implemented in accordance with the cost-share agreement.

NR 120.09(6)(c)(c) The department determines that the water quality objectives for the watershed have been achieved.

NR 120.09(7)(7) Prioritizing use of cost-share funds. By the end of the project implementation period, a project sponsor shall have offered cost-share funding to landowners, in accordance with this chapter, for the control of all critical sites. During the implementation period, this requirement applies if the total amount of cost-share funds made available to the project sponsor equals or exceeds the amount necessary to control all critical sites.

NR 120.12(1)(1) Grant agreement. The nonpoint source grant agreement is an agreement entered into between the department and a grantee, consisting either of a governmental unit or a state agency, to provide cost-share funding for a priority watershed or priority lake project. The nonpoint source grant agreement may be used in lieu of a cost-share agreement with a grantee for the installation of a structural practice on land owned or operated by the grantee. More than one nonpoint source grant agreement may be awarded for a project.

NR 120.12(2)(2) Conditions.

NR 120.12(2)(a)(a) Consistent with the priority watershed plan, a grantee located within the priority watershed project or priority lake area project shall:

NR 120.12(2)(a)1.1. Execute a nonpoint source grant agreement with the department for nonpoint source pollution abatement funds necessary to administer cost-share agreements with eligible recipients. This requirement may be waived if the department and the grantee agree to delegate these responsibilities to another grantee.

NR 120.12(2)(a)2.2. Enter into cost-share agreements with eligible recipients located within its jurisdiction. This requirement may be waived if the department and the grantee agree to delegate this responsibility to another grantee.

NR 120.12(2)(a)3.3. Be fiscally responsible for the use of cost-share funds provided to cost-share recipients under the nonpoint source grant. Specifically, this includes preparing and maintaining adequate fiscal management and technical assistance files as described in ss. NR 120.25 and 120.26. This requirement may be waived if the department and the grantee agree to delegate these responsibilities to another grantee.

NR 120.12(2)(a)4.4. Provide the department with verification of proper installation, operation and maintenance of best management practices for agreements in which it is the cost-share grantor.

NR 120.12(2)(a)5.5. Provide best management practice technical design and installation assistance for all best management practices in cost-share agreements within its jurisdiction. The grantee may assign this requirement to another grantee if approved by the department.

NR 120.12(2)(a)6.6. Contact all owners or operators of lands identified as significant nonpoint sources in the watershed plan.

NR 120.12(2)(a)8.8. Enforce the terms and conditions of the cost-share agreement as described in s. NR 120.13.

NR 120.12(2)(b)(b) A grantee located within the priority watershed project or priority lake area project may identify a lead grantee responsible during the grant period for the following:

NR 120.12(2)(c)(c) A grantee located within the priority watershed project or priority lake area project shall provide financial support towards the implementation of a project, including, but not limited to, the following:

NR 120.12(2)(c)1.1. Funding staff support costs necessary for the project that are not provided for in the local assistance grant from DATCP.

NR 120.12(2)(c)2.2. Funding the local share of any best management practice the grantee installs on property it owns or controls.

NR 120.12(2)(d)(d) Grantees located within the priority watershed project or priority lake area project shall perform inspections beyond the nonpoint source grant period and shall include this activity in the work plan portion of the county land and water resource management plan to ensure that cost-share recipients are complying with the maintenance requirements described in s. NR 120.13.