NR 120.17(2)(s)(s) Practices previously installed and necessary to support cost-shared practices. NR 120.17(2)(u)(u) Changes in location of unconfined manure stacks involving no capital cost. NR 120.17(2)(w)(w) Practices needed for land use changes during the cost-share agreement period. NR 120.17(2)(x)(x) Urban nonpoint sources that must be controlled to meet the requirements of a municipal WPDES storm water discharge permit. NR 120.17(2)(zb)(zb) Installing or modifying an agricultural facility or practice which is required pursuant to a court order or court-ordered stipulation. NR 120.17(2)(zc)(zc) Other practices which the department determines are not necessary to achieve the objectives of the watershed project. NR 120.17(3)(3) Demonstration projects. The department may establish alternative eligibility criteria for demonstration projects. With prior department approval, demonstration projects meeting these alternative criteria may be implemented during the grant period. NR 120.17 HistoryHistory: CR 00-028: cr. Register September 2002 No. 561, eff. 10-1-02; corrections in (2) (b) 3. made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register September 2002 No. 561; correction in (2) (o) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register March 2011 No. 663. NR 120.18(1)(a)(a) The maximum state cost share rate for individual best management practices cost-shared under this chapter may not exceed 70%, except as otherwise provided in this subsection. Cost-share funds from the appropriations under s. 20.115 (7) (c) and (qd), 20.370 (6) (aq), or 20.866 (2) (te) and (we), Stats., shall be considered part of the state rate. NR 120.18(1)(b)(b) Cost-share rates in this section shall be increased in cases of economic hardship in accordance with sub. (4). NR 120.18(1)(c)(c) The department may provide cost-share up to 100% to replace best management practices eligible in accordance with s. NR 120.186 (4). NR 120.18(1)(d)(d) The cost-share rates for best management practices under existing cost-share agreements may be amended to use the rates identified in this section. NR 120.18(1)(e)(e) The maximum state cost-share rates shall be reduced by 50% for landowners of critical sites when a cost-share agreement is signed after the period of cost-sharing availability for critical sites has ended. NR 120.18(1)(f)(f) The following conditions further specify eligibility criteria for cost-share reimbursements under this section: NR 120.18(1)(f)1.1. Wildlife habitat re-creation associated with implementation of contour farming, contour strip-cropping and field strip-cropping has a maximum state cost-share rate of 70%. NR 120.18(1)(f)2.2. For the best management practices under s. NR 120.14 (16), riparian buffers, and s. NR 120.14 (6), grassed waterways, a single payment in addition to installation costs may be made in accordance with the following: NR 120.18(1)(f)2.c.c. Payments under this subdivision are eligible only for acreage upon which a commodity crop was harvested in at least 2 of the 5 years prior to the signing of the cost-share agreement. The 2 years need not be consecutive if separated by non-grain portions of a normal crop rotation. NR 120.18(1)(f)3.3. Cost-share payments for high residue management systems may not be made for more than a total of 6 years. NR 120.18(1)(f)4.4. Cost-share payments for cropland protection cover (green manure) may not be made for more than a total of 3 years.