Wisconsin Administrative Code

NR 12.55 Personal property. Subchapter IV — Wolf Damage

NR 12.60 Purpose.

NR 12.61 Applicability.

NR 12.62 Definitions.

NR 12.63 Depredation verification procedures.

NR 12.64 Depredation reimbursement procedures.

NR 12.65 Personal property. (4) “Lessee” means any person possessing a written lease or similar agreement for one of the following: (a) Use of land owned by another for the production of commercial seedlings, crops, orchard trees, Christmas trees, nursery stock, honey, or livesto…

NR 120.01 Applicability; purpose. (1) APPLICABILITY. For designated priority watershed and priority lake projects, this chapter applies to governmental units and state agencies when acting as nonpoint source grantees; to governmental units when acting as cost-share agreement gran…

NR 120.02 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XAnticipated cost-share reimbursement amountY or XACRAY means the annual amount of cost-sharing funds that a project sponsor may receive from the department for a specific priority watershed or priority lake project under s. NR 120.12. …

NR 120.03 Role of governmental units in watershed plan development. A governmental unit may prepare any portion of the watershed plan provided the department and the governmental unit agree that the governmental unit has the appropriate technical, financial and staffing capabilit…

NR 120.04 Role of citizen advisory committee. The department, in cooperation with governmental units, shall appoint a citizen advisory committee for each priority watershed and priority lake project in accordance with s. 281.65 (4) (dr), Stats. The citizen advisory committee shal…

NR 120.05 Responsibilities of state agencies, governmental units and agents as cost-share recipients. Each state agency, unit of government or agent receiving costsharing funds in a nonpoint source grant shall do all of the following: (1) Provide the department with verification …

NR 120.06 Incorporation of the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection[s planning elements. (1) The department shall assist DATCP in developing the following elements of priority watershed plans as described in s. 281.65 (5), Stats.: (a) Proposed farm-specific im…

NR 120.08 Watershed plans. (1) WATERSHED PLAN CONTENT. (a) Watershed plan. In cooperation with DATCP and the appropriate governmental unit, the department shall prepare watershed plans for all priority watersheds. A participating governmental unit located within the priority wate…

NR 120.09 Notification and status of critical sites. (1) START OF NOTIFICATION PROCESS. Within 6 months following issuance by the department of the first nonpoint source grant after department watershed plan approval to a project sponsor for a priority watershed or priority lake …

NR 120.12 Nonpoint source grant agreement. (1) GRANT AGREEMENT. The nonpoint source grant agreement is an agreement entered into between the department and a grantee, consisting either of a governmental unit or a state agency, to provide cost-share funding for a priority watershe…

NR 120.13 Cost-share agreement. (1) PURPOSE OF The cost-share agreement is an agreement listing the best management practices and establishing the conditions and considerations under which a cost-share recipient agrees to install the practices listed consistent with the watershed…

NR 120.14 Cost-share agreement conditions for best management practices. (1) GENERAL APPLICABILITY. (a) The cost-share agreement conditions described in this section apply to best management practices included in cost-share agreements or otherwise provided for in s. NR 120.12 (5)…

NR 120.15 Interim best management practices. (1) INTERIM BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. The department may approve best management practices not listed in s. NR 120.14 where necessary to meet the water resources objectives identified in the watershed plan. The department shall consul…

NR 120.16 Ordinances. (1) APPLICABILITY. Counties, cities, villages and towns located within the priority watershed project or priority lake area project shall adopt the following ordinances if required within the watershed plan: (a) Manure storage ordinance under s. 92.16, Stats…

NR 120.18 Cost-share rates. (1) STATE COST-SHARE RATES. (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. Costshare funds from the appropriations under…

NR 120.185 Easements. (1) The department may enter into easements with landowners or land operators for lands identified in watershed plans. Easements shall be acquired for perpetuity. Easements may be used in conjunction with the following best management practices: (a) Critical…

NR 120.186 Property acquisition. (1) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. The department may distribute grants to a governmental unit that is eligible for a nonpoint source grant under s. NR 120.12 to perform any of the following activities: (a) Acquire land or an interest in land for the constr…

NR 120.19 Cost containment procedures. (1) Governmental units as providers of cost-share agreements shall identify and agree to use one or more of the following cost containment procedures for each best management practice identified in the runoff management grant agreement: (a) …

NR 120.22 Interest earned on grant advances. (1) Interest shall be earned and accrued on nonpoint source grant advances. To determine the amount of interest to be credited to the project, the governmental unit shall calculate the interest earned using an average account balance a…

NR 120.24 Procurement. (1) PROFITS. Only fair and reasonable profits may be earned by contractors for contracts under grant agreements described in this chapter. Profits included in a formally advertised, competitively bid, fixed price construction contract are presumed to be rea…

NR 120.25 Record keeping and reporting requirements. (1) Each governmental unit as a grant agreement grantee or cost-share agreement grantor shall maintain a financial management system which adequately provides for all of the following: (a) Accurate, current and complete disclos…

NR 120.26 Record retention and auditing. (1) RECORD RETENTION REQUIREMENTS. (a) The governmental unit or its agent[s records and the records of contractors, including professional services contracts, shall be subject at all reasonable times to inspection, copying and audit by the…

NR 120.27 Suspension or termination of grant. (1) SUSPENSION OF GRANTS. (a) Liability. The department may suspend state liability for work done under a grant after notification is given to the grantee in accordance with the provisions of this subsection. Suspension of state liabi…

NR 120.28 Enforcement. (1) On an annual basis, the department shall evaluate watershed projects in implementation. During the evaluation, the department shall examine the progress of the watershed project toward project goals and water quality objectives specified in the watershe…

NR 120.29 Variances. The department may approve in writing a variance from a requirement of this chapter upon written request when the department determines that a variance is essential to effect necessary grant actions or water quality objectives and where special circumstances …

NR 120.30 Annual report. The department, jointly with DATCP shall annually prepare the report on the progress of the program required in ss. 281.65 (4) (o) and 92.14 (12), Stats. Specific requirements concerning the content of this report shall be in a joint program evaluation pl…

NR 121.01 Purpose. Under the authority of ss. 281.11, 281.12, 281.13, 281.15, 281.17 to 281.20, and 283.83, Stats., this chapter establishes regulations specifying policies, procedures, and requirements for Wisconsin[s areawide water quality planning process. This process will re…

NR 121.02 Applicability. This chapter is applicable to areawide water quality management plans as prepared by both the state and designated areawide water quality planning agencies. History: Cr. Register, January, 1979, No. 277, eff. 2-1-79.

NR 121.03 Definitions. (1) XAreawide water quality management planY or areawide waste treatment management plan means a plan for managing, protecting and enhancing groundwater and surface water quality which considers the interrelationship of water quality and land and water reso…

NR 121.04 Structure of the state water quality management plan. (1) The state continuing process required under s. 283.83, Stats., consists of the development of, and regular review and revision of the state water quality management plan. (2) The state water quality management pl…

NR 121.05 Content of areawide water quality management plans. (1) Subject to sub. (2), the following elements shall be included in each areawide water quality management plan prepared or approved by the department. (a) Planning area boundaries. The delineation in map form of the …

NR 121.06 Designation of areawide water quality planning areas and agencies. (1) As the need arises, the department shall recommend that the governor designate areawide planning areas which as a result of urban and industrial concentrations or other factors have substantial and c…

NR 121.07 Procedures for approval of areawide water quality management plans and plan revisions for designated areas of the state. (1) Review and approval of areawide water quality management plans for designated areas: (a) The department shall review and approve or disapprove ea…

NR 121.08 Procedures for adoption and revision of areawide water quality management plans for nondesignated areas of the state. (1) Adoption of areawide water quality management plans for nondesignated areas: (a) During development and prior to formal adoption, areawide water qua…

NR 121.09 Statewide water quality advisory committee. (1) The department shall form a statewide water quality advisory committee composed of representatives of federal, state and regional organizations, agencies and units of government, public interest groups, groups with a speci…

NR 122.01 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish rules under section 3040 (3p) of 1989 Wis. Act 31 for the administration of a financial assistance program for pilot testing of methods to remove nitrate from municipal water systems. Financial assistance under this c…

NR 122.02 Applicability. This chapter applies to all applicants for, and recipients of, grant funding made pursuant to section 3040 (3p) of 1989 Wis. Act 31. Compliance with the applicable requirements of this chapter is a prerequisite to receiving financial assistance under sect…

NR 122.03 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter: (1) XBench scale testY means a method of evaluating nitrate removal by using small capacity treatment units of 1 to 10 gpm. (2) XDepartmentY means the department of natural resources. (3) XFull scale on-line testY means a metho…

NR 122.04 Eligibility for grant assistance. (1) ELIGIBLE APPLICANT. Any municipality which owns and operates a public water system that utilizes wells as the primary water source is eligible to apply for financial assistance under this chapter. (2) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS. A project su…

NR 122.05 Distribution of grant assistance. (1) GENERAL. Grant funds shall be allocated to eligible projects in the ranking order sequence established as a result of the department[s evaluation of project applications. If grant funding available for a particular project is less t…

NR 122.06 Grant award. (1) GRANT CONDITIONS. Each grant awarded under this chapter shall be subject to the following conditions: (a) The municipality agrees to pay all of the non-state grant costs associated with the project and commits to completion of all project work. (b) The …

NR 122.07 Grant payments. (1) The municipality shall be paid the state grant share of eligible project costs incurred within the scope of an approved project, up to the total grant amount in the grant agreement. (2) In order to receive grant payment, the municipality shall submit…

NR 122.08 Records retention and auditing. The municipality shall retain all records pertaining to the project and make them available to the department on request for 3 years after the date of the final grant payment. History: Cr. Register, October, 1990, No. 418, eff. 11-1-90. t…

NR 123.01 Purpose and duties of the department. (1) PURPOSE. The purpose of this chapter is to establish rules, under s. 281.75, Stats., for the implementation and administration of a financial assistance program for the replacement of contaminated private water supplies. (2) DUT…