ATCP 50.882 History History: CR 23-024: cr. Register May 2024 No. 821, eff. 6-1-24; correction in (2) (a) made under s. 35.17, Stats., and correction in (3) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., and correction in (4) (a) 3., 8. made under s. 35.17, Stats, Register May 2024 No. 821.

ATCP 50.885 ATCP 50.885 Stream Crossing.

ATCP 50.885(1) (1) Definition. In this section, “stream crossing” means a road or pathway which confines or directs the movement of livestock, farm equipment, or vehicular traffic over or through (ford crossing) a stream, and which is designed and installed to improve water quality, reduce erosion, protect an installed practice, or control livestock access to a stream.

ATCP 50.885(2) (2) Eligible costs. A cost-share grant under s. ATCP 50.40 may reimburse any of the following costs related to a stream crossing:

ATCP 50.885(2)(a) (a) The costs of constructing a culvert, ford, or other allowed stream crossing structure other than a bridge.

ATCP 50.885(2)(b) (b) The costs of installing conservation practices necessary to limit water quality impairment from a stream crossing.

ATCP 50.885(3) (3) Ineligible costs. A cost-share grant under s. ATCP 50.40 may not reimburse for the costs of a stream crossing if the traffic can be re-directed along another route that would not result in the same water quality impairment.

ATCP 50.885(4) (4) Design, construction, and maintenance. A cost-share grant under s. ATCP 50.40 may not reimburse the cost of establishing a stream crossing unless all of the following conditions are met:

ATCP 50.885(4)(a) (a) The stream crossing complies with all of the following that apply:

ATCP 50.885(4)(a)1. 1. NRCS conservation practice standard 560 access road (January, 2018).

ATCP 50.885(4)(a)2. 2. NRCS conservation practice standard 580 streambank and shoreline protection (September, 2021).

ATCP 50.885(4)(a)3. 3. NRCS conservation practice standard 382 fence (January, 2014).

ATCP 50.885(4)(a)4. 4. NRCS conservation practice standard 578 stream crossing (January, 2018).

ATCP 50.885(4)(b) (b) The landowner agrees to maintain the stream crossing for 10 years unless the farming operations on the affected land are discontinued or the practice is no longer required to prevent the soil and water resource problem for which the practice was installed.

ATCP 50.885 History History: CR 13-016: cr. Register February 2014 No. 698, eff. 5-1-14; CR 14-047: am. (4) (a) 1. to 3. Register May 2015 No. 713, eff. 6-1-15; CR 16-012: am. (4) (a) 1., 2., 4. Register August 2016 No. 728, eff. 9-1-16; CR 16-083: am. (4) (a) 2. Register January 2018 No. 745, eff. 2-1-18; CR 23-024: am. (1), (4) (a) 1. to 4. Register May 2024 No. 821, eff. 6-1-24.

ATCP 50.89 ATCP 50.89 Stripcropping.

ATCP 50.89(1) (1) Definition. In this section, “stripcropping” means growing crops in a systematic strip arrangement in which strips of grass, legumes, or other close growing crops are alternated with strips of clean tilled crops or fallow, and in which all of the strips are established on the contour or across a slope to reduce water or wind erosion.

ATCP 50.89(2) (2) Eligible costs. A cost-share grant under s. ATCP 50.40 may reimburse the cost of establishing a stripcropping system, including costs for the necessary removal of obstructions.

ATCP 50.89(3) (3) Design, construction, and maintenance. A cost-share grant under s. ATCP 50.40 may not reimburse the cost of establishing a stripcropping system unless all of the following conditions are met:

ATCP 50.89(3)(a) (a) The stripcropping operations are performed, to the maximum extent feasible, on the contour.

ATCP 50.89(3)(b) (b) The stripcropping system complies with all of the following that apply:

ATCP 50.89(3)(b)1. 1. NRCS conservation practice standard 500 obstruction removal (June, 2021).

ATCP 50.89(3)(b)2. 2. NRCS conservation practice standard 585 stripcropping (June, 2016).

ATCP 50.89(3)(c) (c) The landowner agrees to maintain the stripcropping in each cropping season for which cost-sharing is provided.

ATCP 50.89 History History: CR 01-090: cr. Register September 2002 No. 561, eff. 10-1-02; CR 08-075: am. (title), (1) to (3) (b) (intro.), (b) 2. and (c) Register April 2009 No. 640, eff. 5-1-09; CR 13-016: am. (3) (b) 1., 2., r. (3) (b) 3., 4. Register February 2014 No. 698, eff. 5-1-14; CR 16-083: am. (3) (b) 1., 2. Register January 2018 No. 745, eff. 2-1-18; CR 23-024: am. (3) (b) 1., 2., (c) Register May 2024 No. 821, eff. 6-1-24.

ATCP 50.90 ATCP 50.90 Subsurface drains.

ATCP 50.90(1) (1) Definition. In this section, “subsurface drain” means a conduit installed below the surface of the ground to collect drainage water and convey it to a suitable outlet.

ATCP 50.90(2) (2) Eligible costs. A cost-share grant under s. ATCP 50.40 may reimburse the cost of designing and constructing a subsurface drain as part of a manure storage system, barnyard runoff control system, feed storage runoff control system, erosion control system, or as part of a nutrient treatment system.

ATCP 50.90(3) (3) Design, construction, and maintenance. A cost-share grant may not reimburse the cost of establishing a subsurface drain unless all of the following conditions are met: