NR 153.12(16)(16) “Local assistance grant agreement” means an agreement between the department and a state agency or governmental unit providing funds for staffing activities to carry out the tasks identified in a project selected for funding under this chapter. NR 153.12(17)(17) “Local share” means that portion of the best management practice installation cost that is not authorized for funding under s. 92.14, 281.65, 281.66 or 281.665, Stats. NR 153.12(18)(18) “Nonpoint source” means a land management activity which contributes to runoff, seepage or percolation which adversely affects or threatens the quality of waters of this state and which is not a point source under s. 283.01 (12), Stats. NR 153.12(18g)(18g) “Notice of discharge” means a notice issued from the department to a landowner or operator under s. NR 243.24. NR 153.12(19)(19) “Operation and maintenance period” means the length of time a best management practice included on a cost-share agreement or a runoff management grant agreement shall be operated and maintained to fulfill conditions of the agreement. NR 153.12(20)(20) “Priority lake area” means a hydrologic unit which drains to a lake or group of lakes and serves as the project boundary for watershed projects identified through the process in s. 281.65 (3m) (b), Stats., and implemented through the process in ch. NR 120. NR 153.12(23)(23) “Project” means any targeted runoff management project or a notice of discharge project. NR 153.12(24)(24) “Project area” means the geographic extent of a project. NR 153.12(25)(25) “Project completion” means the expiration date of a runoff management grant agreement or the date all practice installations were certified as complete. NR 153.12(26)(26) “Project sponsor” means the governmental unit or state agency applying for and receiving grant assistance under s. 281.65 (4c) or (4e), Stats., and this chapter. NR 153.12(27)(27) “Provider” means a governmental unit that administers cost-share funds through a cost-share agreement with a landowner, operator, or state agency. NR 153.12(29)(29) “Runoff management grant agreement” means an agreement entered into between the department of natural resources and a state agency or governmental unit or federally recognized tribal governing body which establishes the terms under which funds are provided by the department for the installation of best management practices or the purchase of property or easements in a project funded under s. 281.65 (4c) or (4e), Stats. NR 153.12(30)(30) “Structural urban best management practices” means detention basins, wet basins, infiltration basins and trenches and wetland basins. NR 153.12(31)(31) “Targeted runoff management project” means either a TMDL or a non-TMDL control project selected by the department for funding under s. 281.65 (4c), Stats. NR 153.12(31m)(31m) “TMDL” means the amount of pollutants specified as a function of one or more water quality parameters that can be discharged into a water quality limited surface water segment and still ensure attainment of the applicable water quality standard. NR 153.12(32)(32) “Urban best management practices” means structural urban best management practices and other source area measures, transport system and end-of-pipe measures designed to control storm water runoff rates, volumes and discharge quality. In this definition, “source area” means a component of urban land use including rooftops, sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, storage areas, streets and lawns from which storm water pollutants are generated during periods of snowmelt and rainfall runoff. NR 153.12(32g)(32g) “US EPA” means the United States environmental protection agency. NR 153.12(32r)(32r) “Watershed” means the geographic area draining to a specified portion of the surface or groundwater resource. NR 153.12(34)(34) “WPDES” means Wisconsin pollutant discharge elimination system. NR 153.12 HistoryHistory: CR 00-025: cr. Register September 2002 No. 561, eff. 10-1-02; CR 09-112: r. and recr. (1), cr. (5m), (12m), (18g), (18r), (19m), (31m), (32g), (32r), am. (8), (19), (23) to (27), (29), (31), r. (22), (28) Register December 2010 No. 660, eff. 1-1-11. NR 153.13(1)(1) Governmental units and federally recognized tribal governing bodies are eligible to apply for and receive funding for projects administered under this chapter. NR 153.13 NoteNote: A landowner or land operator that is not a governmental unit may not apply directly to the department for a targeted runoff management grant or a notice of discharge grant. However, a landowner or land operator may enter into a cost-share agreement with a governmental unit to receive grant funds awarded by the department under s. NR 153.20 or 153.205. NR 153.13(2)(2) A state agency, including the department, may apply for a targeted runoff management project grant administered under this chapter for a project on land under state ownership or control if the project area is within the boundaries of a priority watershed or priority lake project. The department may apply for a grant to purchase an easement for a targeted runoff management project or a notice of discharge project located in a priority watershed or priority lake project. For purposes of this subsection, a priority watershed or priority lake project is considered to retain its project status through the end of the tenth year beyond the expiration date of the nonpoint source grant agreement entered into under s. NR 120.12. NR 153.13 NoteNote: A state agency, including the department, may not apply directly to the department for a targeted runoff management project grant if the project area is located outside the boundaries of a priority watershed or priority lake project. For work in these areas a state agency, including the department, may only receive funds for a targeted runoff management project if a governmental unit submits an application on its behalf.