NR 153.21(4)(e)2.2. Submit to the department a schedule of installation and maintenance for the practices. NR 153.21(4)(e)3.3. Submit to the department copies of all professional service contracts, construction contracts, bid tabulations, force account proposals, proposals, and other related information requested by the department. NR 153.21(4)(e)3.a.a. Professional service contracts and construction contracts shall be submitted to the department for approval before execution. NR 153.21(4)(e)3.b.b. Force account proposals shall be submitted to the department for approval prior to the initiation of construction. NR 153.21(4)(e)4.4. Repay the department the full amount of funds received if the governmental unit fails to fulfill any terms of the agreement, including failing to install, operate, and properly maintain the practices included in the runoff management grant agreement or failure to evaluate or monitor the project in accordance with the provisions of the runoff management grant agreement. NR 153.21(4)(e)6.6. Agree not to adopt any land use or practice that reduces the effectiveness or defeats the purposes of the best management practices. NR 153.21(4)(e)8.8. Provide financial support towards the implementation of a project including: NR 153.21(4)(e)8.b.b. Arrange funding for the local share of any best management practice the governmental unit installs on property it owns or controls. NR 153.21(5)(a)(a) The period in which cost-share agreements may be signed through the runoff management grant agreement may not extend beyond the runoff management grant period. For best management practices to be eligible for cost sharing, the runoff management grant agreement shall be signed prior to entering into a cost-share agreement. NR 153.21(5)(b)(b) The grantee may use runoff management grant funds to cover reasonable expenses necessary to secure refunds, rebates, or credits described in s. NR 153.28 (3) when approved by the department. NR 153.21(5)(c)(c) The grantee may use runoff management grant funds to acquire property as provided for in s. NR 153.25. NR 153.21(5)(e)(e) If the purpose of the project for which the runoff management grant is provided is to require a landowner to comply with performance standards or prohibitions under ch. NR 151, the governmental unit shall assure that funding under the grant is used to make a cost share offer that meets the requirements of s. 281.16 (3) (e) and (4), Stats. NR 153.21(5)(f)(f) The department may unilaterally reduce the runoff management grant award for any of the following reasons, but may not reduce the grant below the amount the grantee has committed in signed cost-share agreements and contracts. The grantee shall provide an estimate of unexpended grant funds at the request of the department. NR 153.21(5)(f)3.3. The grantee fails to meet a schedule included in the grant for interim work products. NR 153.21(5)(g)(g) For targeted runoff management projects, if a grantee successfully meets the nonpoint source pollution reduction goals in the project area without fully using the cost share award, the grantee may with prior department approval use the remaining funds to control additional nonpoint pollution sources in the project area. NR 153.21(5)(h)(h) If the department has made a partial grant award under s. NR 153.20 (3) (c), it shall consider the following in determining whether to complete the grant award: NR 153.21 NoteNote: Large-scale projects may require funds from more than one state budget. In such cases, the department must await subsequent budgets before completing the grant awards for on-going projects.
NR 153.21(5)(h)2.2. Project performance. The department may terminate the grant if sufficient progress has not been made. Factors to be included in considering project performance include commitment of cost share resources, installation of best management practices, and reduction in nonpoint source pollutant loads. NR 153.21 NoteNote: Cost-share resources are committed by signing cost share agreements, issuing offers of cost share under ss. NR 151.09 and 151.095, and making reimbursements for installed practices. Pollutant load reduction can be credited for installed best management practices regardless of whether the practice installation is cost shared using state funds as may have been originally intended.