Ch. ATCP 50 NoteNote: Chapter Ag 166 was renumbered ch. ATCP 50 under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., Stats., Register, April, 1993, No. 448. Chapter ATCP 50 was repealed and recreated, Register, November, 1996, No. 491, eff. 12-1-96; corrections in ch. ATCP 50 made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, November, 1996, No. 491. Chapter ATCP 50 as it existed on September 30, 2002 was repealed and a new chapter ATCP 50 was created effective October 1, 2002.

Ch. ATCP 50 NoteNote: This chapter implements Wisconsin’s soil and water resource management program under ch. 92, Stats. The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection administers the program in cooperation with county land conservation committees, the land and water conservation board, the department of natural resources, and other state and federal agencies. The program has the purposes specified under s. 92.14 (2), Stats.

Ch. ATCP 50 NoteNote: The rule revision that was published in the May, 2007 Wis. Adm. Register applies to small businesses as defined in s. 227.114 (1), Stats., on August 1, 2007.

ATCP 50.01(1)(1) “Agricultural practice” means beekeeping; commercial feedlots; dairying; egg production; floriculture; fish or fur farming; grazing; livestock raising; orchards; poultry raising; raising of grain, grass, mint, or seed crops; raising of fruits, nuts, or berries; sod farming; placing land in federal programs in return for payments in kind; owning land, at least 35 acres of which is enrolled in the conservation reserve program under 16 USC 3831 to 3836; or vegetable raising.

ATCP 50.01(2)(2) “Conservation practice” means a facility or practice that is designed to prevent or reduce soil erosion, prevent or reduce non- point source water pollution, or achieve or maintain compliance with soil and water conservation standards. “Conservation practice” includes a nutrient management plan and DATCP 01 Verification of Depth to Bedrock.

ATCP 50.01(2m)(2m) “Contaminated runoff” means runoff, as defined in s. NR 151.002 (40), that comes into contact with feed or manure. “Contaminated runoff” includes the liquid and any sediment, manure, feed, or other material carried in the liquid.

ATCP 50.01(3)(3) “Cost-shared practice” means a conservation practice financed by a cost-share grant.

ATCP 50.01(4)(4) “Cost-share grant” is a means to reimburse a landowner for part of the cost to install or maintain a conservation practice identified in the grant.

ATCP 50.01(4m)(4m) “Cost-sharing” means the action of financing a conservation practice by means of a cost-share grant.

ATCP 50.01(5)(5) “County drainage board” means a board created and appointed under s. 88.17, Stats.

ATCP 50.01(6)(6) “County land conservation committee” means the committee created by a county board under s. 92.06, Stats. “County land conservation committee” includes employees or agents of a county land conservation committee who, with committee authorization, act on behalf of the committee.

ATCP 50.01(7)(7) “CREP program” means the combined state-federal conservation reserve enhancement program under s. 93.70, Stats. and 16 USC 3834(f)(4).

ATCP 50.01(8)(8) “Department” means the state of Wisconsin department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.

ATCP 50.01(9)(9) “DNR” means the state of Wisconsin department of natural resources.

ATCP 50.01(10)(10) “Farm” means a parcel of land on which a landowner conducts one or more agricultural practices.

ATCP 50.01(10g)(10g) “Financial Assistance” means funding in the form of a cost-share grant, incentives, performance payments or other payments that are provided to a landowner to adopt or install conservation practices.