NR 153.22(3)(j)(j) The location of the land on which the cost-shared practice is to be installed, and a specific legal description of the land if recording of the cost-share agreement is required under sub. (10). NR 153.22(3)(L)(L) A requirement to amend the cost-share agreement if practices are added or deleted and to add or delete practices only if they are consistent with the project grant application. NR 153.22(3)(m)(m) A statement that any loss of cost sharing that results from a cost-share recipient’s failure to abide by the conditions of the cost-share agreement does not void the notice issued under s. NR 151.09, 151.095, or 243.24. NR 153.22(3)(n)(n) A statement that partial or full release from the cost-share agreement in accordance with this section does not void the notice issued under s. NR 151.09, 151.095, or 243.24. NR 153.22 NoteNote: Compliance with conditions in a cost-share agreement does not assure compliance with performance standards under ch. NR 151. For example, the operation and maintenance period for purposes of cost sharing is 10 years for most practices. However, best management practices must be maintained in perpetuity to comply with performance standards under ch. NR 151. Under ch. NR 151, cost sharing must only be made available once to bring a specific nonpoint source into compliance with the performance standard. Continued cost sharing is not required to be made available and long-term compliance with performance standards is the responsibility of the landowner or operator, heirs or subsequent owners or operators. Chapters NR 151 and ATCP 50 identify when cost sharing is considered to be available for purposes of required compliance with performance standards. NR 153.22(3)(o)(o) A statement that the cost-share recipient agrees to provide information related to cost sharing and work performed under other federal, state, and local grant programs, if required by the cost share provider to meet the reporting requirements of this chapter. NR 153.22(3)(p)(p) The cost-share recipient shall allow the governmental unit to conduct an inventory of the entire farm for compliance with state performance standards and prohibitions as a condition of cost-share eligibility. NR 153.22(4)(4) Department approval. The governmental unit shall obtain prior department approval when the total cost-share agreement amount, including amendments, exceeds $50,000 in state share. The department shall consider the cost-effectiveness of the best management practices and eligibility for cost sharing under this chapter in making its decision whether to grant approval. NR 153.22(5)(5) Submittal to department. Unless required otherwise under sub. (4), the cost-share agreement provider shall submit a copy of the cost-share agreement and amendments to the department within 30 days of execution. The department may deny reimbursement to the governmental unit for costs associated with the installation of a best management practice not in conformance with the cost-share agreement, the runoff management grant agreement or the project grant application. NR 153.22(6)(6) Agreement period. The cost-share agreement period shall be the period from the cost-share agreement signing to the end of the operation and maintenance period. NR 153.22(6)(a)(a) The period during which practices in a signed cost-share agreement may be installed may not extend beyond the period of the runoff management grant agreement for the project. NR 153.22(6)(b)(b) For purposes of complying with the cost-share agreement, the operation and maintenance period for a best management practice begins when the best management practice installation is complete and ends after the required operation and maintenance period has expired. The operation and maintenance period for each cost-shared and not cost-shared best management practice shall last for a minimum of 10 years except that the operation and maintenance period shall last for a minimum of 15 years if a payment is made under s. NR 154.03 (1) (i) 3. NR 153.22(6)(b)1.1. Except if required as a component of another practice, the following practices are required under the cost-share agreement to meet the maintenance requirement only during the years for which cost sharing is received: NR 153.22(6)(b)2.2. If a practice in subd. 1. is required as a component of another practice in ch. NR 154, the operation and maintenance period for the component practice shall be the same as the operation and maintenance period for the practice for which it is required. NR 153.22 NoteNote: Cost-share agreement operation and maintenance periods are conditions of cost-sharing. Violation of operation and maintenance requirements of cost-share agreements may result in recovery of cost-share payments received by the cost-share recipient. There is a separate requirement under ch. NR 151 that once a cropland practice or livestock facility is brought into compliance with performance standards and prohibitions, compliance must be maintained in perpetuity. NR 153.22(7)(7) Failure to fulfill agreement. If the cost-share recipient fails to fulfill any terms of the cost-share agreement, including failing to install, operate, and properly maintain the practices of the agreement, cost-shared funds received by the cost-share recipient shall be repaid to the governmental unit which is the provider of the agreement. The provider shall forward the repayment to the department. NR 153.22(8)(a)(a) If the practice becomes ineffective either during the grant period of the runoff management grant agreement or during the operation and maintenance period for the project, and the reason for the practice becoming ineffective is beyond the control of the cost-share recipient, the department may award a new grant agreement or amend and extend the existing runoff management grant agreement to cost share the replacement of the practice. NR 153.22(8)(b)(b) An appropriate operation and maintenance period for the replacement practice shall be identified in the cost-share agreement. NR 153.22(9)(9) Change in ownership. If a change in ownership occurs during the cost-share agreement period or during the operation and maintenance period of a practice, the new landowner shall be responsible for fulfilling all conditions of the cost-share agreement. Upon receiving written approval from the respective local governmental unit, the new landowner may implement alternative approved best management practices provided that an equal or greater level of pollution control is achieved. NR 153.22(10)(10) Recording of cost-share agreements with register of deeds. NR 153.22(10)(a)(a) The governmental unit shall record the cost-share agreement and its amendments in the office of the register of deeds for each county in which the property is located if the cost-share agreement includes a riparian buffer, or payments under s. NR 154.03 (1) (i) 3., or if the total cost-share agreement amount exceeds the following: