ATCP 50.40(3)(b)4.4. Drain wetlands, as defined in s. 23.32, Stats.
ATCP 50.40(3)(b)5.5. Increase drainage of land.
ATCP 50.40(3)(b)6.6. Dredge a harbor, lake, river, or drainage ditch.
ATCP 50.40(3)(b)7.7. Prevent or clean up spills of pesticides, fertilizers, or other agricultural chemicals from commercial bulk storage facilities.
ATCP 50.40(3)(b)8.8. Grow or harvest trees.
ATCP 50.40(3)(b)9.9. Install, operate, or repair a septic system.
ATCP 50.40(3)(b)10.10. Install or modify a flood control structure.
ATCP 50.40(3)(b)11.11. Destroy significant wildlife habitat, unless the landowner agrees to restore the habitat at the landowner’s expense.
ATCP 50.40(3)(b)12.12. Pay for the installation of a practice on land owned by the state of Wisconsin.
ATCP 50.40(3)(b)13.13. Bring a permittee into compliance with standards required under a WPDES permit under chs. 281 and 283, Stats.
ATCP 50.40(3)(b)14.14. Pay for any state or local administrative permit fees.
ATCP 50.40(4)(4)Eligible costs. A cost-share grant may pay for relevant costs identified in s. ATCP 50.08 (3) and (4), regardless of whether cost-sharing is required under sub. (2) or s. ATCP 50.08. A cost-share grant may pay for the costs incurred by a county or landowner in recording, with the county register of deeds, any cost-share contract, whether or not recording is required under s. ATCP 50.40 (14). A cost-share grant may not pay for ineligible costs identified under sub. (3) (b) or subch. VIII.
ATCP 50.40(5)(5)Cost-effective practices. A county land conservation committee shall consider whether a cost-shared practice will be cost-effective. The committee shall consider all of the following:
ATCP 50.40(5)(a)(a) The predicted conservation benefits of the practice.
ATCP 50.40(5)(b)(b) The minimum practice needed to achieve the conservation objective.
ATCP 50.40(5)(c)(c) The cost of the practice compared to feasible and effective alternatives.
ATCP 50.40(5)(d)(d) The practical effects of the practice on the agricultural operation.
ATCP 50.40(6)(6)Maximum cost-share rates and amounts. Cost-share rates and amounts may not exceed the maximum rates and amounts specified in s. ATCP 50.42.
ATCP 50.40(7)(7)Engineering services.
ATCP 50.40(7)(a)(a) A cost-share grant may include funding for engineering services needed to do any of the following:
ATCP 50.40(7)(a)1.1. Design a cost-shared practice.
ATCP 50.40(7)(a)2.2. Supervise the installation of a cost-shared practice.
ATCP 50.40(7)(a)3.3. Certify that a cost-shared practice has been properly installed.
ATCP 50.40(7)(b)(b) A cost-share grant may reimburse the cost of engineering services under par. (a) provided by a professional engineer registered under ch. 443, Stats., or a conservation engineering practitioner certified at the applicable rating under s. ATCP 50.46. A cost-share grant may not reimburse the cost of engineering services provided by the county land conservation committee or its agent.
ATCP 50.40(7)(c)(c) Funding for engineering services under par. (a) may not exceed the lesser of the following:
ATCP 50.40(7)(c)1.1. 70% of the actual cost of the engineering services.
ATCP 50.40(7)(c)2.2. 15% of the total eligible cost of the cost-shared practice, exclusive of engineering costs.
ATCP 50.40(8)(8)Cost-share contract. A county land conservation committee shall enter into a written contract with every landowner to whom the committee awards a cost-share grant. The department shall approve, in writing, any cost-share contract that provides for more than $50,000 in cost-share payments.
ATCP 50.40(9)(9)Contract terms. A cost-share contract under sub. (8) shall include all of the following: