ATCP 50.10(1)(1) Program elements. Every county land conservation committee shall establish and maintain a county soil and water conservation program. The program shall include all of the following elements: ATCP 50.10(1)(b)(b) A program to implement soil and water conservation standards. ATCP 50.10(1)(d)(d) A program to receive, distribute, and account for soil and water resource management grants under this chapter. ATCP 50.10(1)(e)(e) A procedure to ensure that conservation practices funded under this chapter are designed and installed according to this chapter. ATCP 50.10(1)(g)(g) An information and education program to promote effective soil and water resource management. ATCP 50.10(1)(h)(h) Other program elements, if any, required under this chapter. ATCP 50.10(2)(2) Coordination. A county land conservation committee shall, to the extent practicable, coordinate the program elements under sub. (1) with each other and with the related activities of NRCS, state agencies, other county departments, and other governmental entities. ATCP 50.10 HistoryHistory: CR 01-090: cr. Register September 2002 No. 561, eff. 10-1-02; CR 13-016: am. (1) (b) Register February 2014 No. 698, eff. 5-1-14; CR 23-024: consol (2) (intro.) and (b) and renum. to (2) and am., r. (2) (a) Register May 2024 No. 821, eff. 6-1-24. ATCP 50.12ATCP 50.12 Land and water resource management plan. ATCP 50.12(1)(1) Requirement. A county land conservation committee shall prepare and submit, for department approval, a land and water resource management plan. The department shall approve the county plan before allocating any funds to the county under subch. IV. ATCP 50.12(2)(2) Plan contents. A land and water resource management plan shall describe all of the following in reasonable detail: ATCP 50.12(2)(a)(a) Water quality and soil erosion conditions throughout the county, including identification of the causes of water quality impairment and pollutant sources. The plan shall include water quality assessments for each watershed in the county if available from DNR. ATCP 50.12(2)(b)(b) State and local regulations that the county will use to implement the county plan. ATCP 50.12(2)(c)(c) Water quality objectives for each watershed, including any available pollutant load reduction targets, consistent with conditions identified in par. (a) if available from DNR. ATCP 50.12(2)(d)(d) Key water quality and soil erosion problem areas consistent with conditions identified in par. (a). ATCP 50.12(2)(e)(e) Conservation practices needed to address key water quality and soil erosion problems. ATCP 50.12(2)(f)(f) A plan to identify priority farms and priority areas of resource concern in the county. ATCP 50.12(2)(g)(g) County strategies to encourage voluntary implementation of conservation practices under s. ATCP 50.04. A county shall include information and education, cost-sharing and other financial assistance, and technical assistance needed to implement its plan. ATCP 50.12(2)(h)(h) Compliance procedures, including notice, hearing, enforcement, and appeal procedures, that will apply if the county takes action against a landowner for failure to implement conservation practices required under this chapter, ch. NR 151, or related local regulations. ATCP 50.12(2)(i)(i) The county’s multi-year workplan to achieve the objectives identified in par. (c) to implement the farm conservation practices under s. ATCP 50.04, and achieve compliance with performance standards under ch. NR 151. The plan shall identify priorities, benchmarks for performance, and expected costs. ATCP 50.12(2)(j)(j) The measurable annual and multi-year benchmarks the county will utilize to periodically monitor and measure its progress in meeting performance targets and achieving plan goals and objectives under the workplan in par. (i). ATCP 50.12(2)(jm)(jm) How a county will meet its responsibilities for monitoring conservation compliance of landowners claiming farmland preservation tax credits. ATCP 50.12(2)(k)(k) How the county will provide information and education related to land and water conservation, including information related to farm conservation practices and cost-share funding. ATCP 50.12(2)(L)(L) How the county will coordinate its land and water conservation program with federal, state, and local agencies. ATCP 50.12 NoteNote: The department and DNR will work with counties to develop more detailed guidelines and suggestions for county land and water resource management plans, but individual counties have some flexibility and discretion to propose plans that are appropriate for their local conditions.