ATCP 50.46(8)(a)(a) An affected person may appeal a field engineer’s action under sub. (5), (6) or (7). The affected person shall file that person’s appeal in writing, with the field engineer, within 10 business days after the applicant receives notice of the field engineer’s action. The appeal shall identify the specific matters in dispute and the specific basis for the appeal. ATCP 50.46(8)(b)(b) Within 15 business days after the department’s field engineer receives an appeal under par. (a), the field engineer shall hold an informal meeting with the appellant. The meeting may include a representative of the county land conservation committee. The field engineer may hold the informal meeting in person or by telephone. ATCP 50.46(8)(c)(c) If an appeal cannot be resolved after an informal meeting under par. (b), the field engineer shall forward the appeal to a department reviewer designated by the administrator of the department’s agricultural resource management division. The reviewer shall hold an informal hearing on the appeal within 10 business days after the reviewer receives the appeal, unless the applicant agrees to a later date for the informal hearing. The reviewer shall hold the informal hearing by telephone or at a location determined by the reviewer. Within 10 business days after the conclusion of the informal hearing, the reviewer shall issue a written decision which affirms, reverses, or modifies the field engineer’s action. The reviewer shall provide a copy of the reviewer’s written decision to the applicant. The decision shall include a notice of the applicant’s right to request a contested case hearing under par. (d). ATCP 50.46(8)(d)(d) If an applicant disputes the reviewer’s decision under par. (c), the applicant may file a request with the department under s. 227.42, Stats., for a contested case hearing under ch. 227, Stats., and ch. ATCP 1. ATCP 50.46(9)(a)(a) The department may, for cause, suspend or revoke a certification under this section. The department may summarily suspend a certification, without prior notice or hearing, if the department makes a written finding that the summary suspension is necessary to prevent an imminent threat to the public health, safety, or welfare. ATCP 50.46(9)(b)(b) An order suspending or revoking a certification shall be signed by the secretary or the secretary’s designee. Proceedings to suspend or revoke a certificate shall be conducted according to ch. 227, Stats., and ch. ATCP 1. ATCP 50.46(9)(c)(c) The department shall notify all of the following persons of any suspension or revocation under this subsection: ATCP 50.46(9)(c)1.1. Any land conservation committee, state agency, or federal agency that employs the individual whose certification is suspended or revoked. ATCP 50.46(9)(c)2.2. State and federal agencies that provide cost-share funds for conservation engineering practices. ATCP 50.46(9)(d)(d) The reduction of a certification rating under sub. (7) does not constitute a suspension or revocation under this subsection. ATCP 50.46(10)(10) Certification guidelines. The department may publish guidelines for the certification of conservation engineering practitioners under this section. The guidelines may include suggested or required courses, training activities, and types of knowledge and experience that may help applicants qualify for certification at specified rating levels, or be required in order to retain certification at certain rating levels. ATCP 50.46(11)(a)(a) Whenever a person certified under this section approves or submits for approval any document related to the design or construction of a conservation engineering practice under sub. (2), that person shall sign and date that document. ATCP 50.46(11)(b)(b) Any engineered practice designed by a person certified under this section shall include project documentation establishing that the practice was designed according to applicable standards, and that the design was reviewed and approved for compliance with those standards. Any person approving a design shall have job approval authority at the level required by the engineered practice. For practices requiring a job class authority of III or higher, at least one person other than the practice designer shall review and sign the design as being checked before the design can be approved. For practices requiring job class authority of I or II, the person preparing the design may also review and approve the design. ATCP 50.46(12)(12) Scope of certification. No certified conservation engineering practitioner may, for any purpose, including funding under this chapter or s. 281.65, Stats., certify any matter under sub. (5) (a) in a job class more complex than that for which the practitioner is authorized under sub. (5) (a). In the event a practitioner exceeds the authority authorized for certifying conservation practices, the department shall review the matter and may take action under sub. (7) or (9). ATCP 50.46 HistoryHistory: CR 01-090: cr. Register September 2002 No. 561, eff. 10-1-02; CR 08-075: r. and recr. (2) Register April 2009 No. 640, eff. 5-1-09; CR 13-016: am. (title), r. and recr. (1), (2), cr. (2m), am. (3) (title), renum. (3) to (a) and am., cr. (3) (b), am. (4) (a), (5) (a) (intro.), renum. (5) (a) 1. and 2. to (5) (a) 2. to 3. and am., cr. (5) (a) 1., am. (6) (b), (7) (a), (9) (c) 2., (10), (11) (title), renum. (11) to (11) (a) and am., cr. (11) (b), am. (12) Register February 2014 No. 698, eff. 5-1-14; CR 16-083: am. (3) (title), cr. (3) (c) Register January 2018 No. 745, eff. 2-1-18; CR 23-024: am. (1) (d), (2), (5) (a) 2., r. (5) (b), cr. (5) (c), am. (7) (c), (8) (a), (c), (9) (c) 1., (11) (b) Register May 2024 No. 821, eff. 6-1-24. ATCP 50.48ATCP 50.48 Nutrient management planners. ATCP 50.48(1)(1) Qualifications. To be qualified under ss. 281.65, 281.66, Stats., and this chapter, a nutrient management planner shall be knowledgeable and competent in all of the following areas: ATCP 50.48(1)(a)(a) Compliance with the NRCS conservation practice standard 590. ATCP 50.48(1)(d)(d) Crediting manure, residual legume nitrogen, and other nutrient sources on a field-by-field basis. ATCP 50.48(2)(2) Planners presumptively qualified. An individual is considered a qualified nutrient planner under sub. (1), without any action by the department, if all of the following apply: