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Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 10 - Iowa Financial Incentive Program for Soil Erosion Control › Rule 27-10.83 - Designation of Eligible Practices

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
District commissioners may designate which soil and water
				  conservation practices will be eligible for Iowa financial incentive payments
				  in their district. The selected practices must be from the state-approved
				  practices contained in rule
				  27-10.82
				  (161A).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 10 - Iowa Financial Incentive Program for Soil Erosion Control › Rule 27-10.84 - Practice Standards and Specifications

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Practices shall meet Natural Resources Conservation Service
				  conservation standards and specifications. These standards may be accessed
				  through the electronic field office technical guide at
http://efotg.nrcs.usda.gov/efotg_locator.aspx?map=IA
.
				  The tree planting standard may be accessed through the department of natural
				  resources' forestry technical guide found at
http://www.iowadnr.com/forestry/pdf/techguide.pdf
.
				  Standards and specifications are available in hard copy in the district office
				  where the practice will be implemented. These specifications and the general
				  conditions, rule
				  27-10.81
				  (161A), shall be met in all cases. To the extent of any inconsistency between
				  the general conditions and the specifications, the general conditions shall
				  control.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 10 - Iowa Financial Incentive Program for Soil Erosion Control › Rule 27-10.91 - Annual Report

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The district will submit an annual report to the division.
				  The report will reflect accomplishments for the fiscal year ending June 30. The
				  report shall be submitted to the division on or before July 7 each
				  year.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 10 - Iowa Financial Incentive Program for Soil Erosion Control › Rule 27-10.95 - Forms

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Standard forms, applications, and agreements used by the
				  applicant and recipient of financial incentives for soil erosion control as
				  outlined in these rules are provided by the division. Copies of all forms,
				  applications, and agreements are available from the soil conservation district
				  office located in each county. Copies are also available from the division at
				  the following address: Division of Soil Conservation and Water Quality, Iowa
				  Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Wallace State Office Building,
				  Des Moines, Iowa 50319.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 11 - Conservation Practices Revolving Loan Fund › Rule 27-11.10 - Authority and Scope

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
These rules provide procedures and standards to be followed
				  by the division of soil conservation and water quality, department of
				  agriculture and land stewardship, in accordance with the policies of the state
				  soil conservation and water quality committee in administering the conservation
				  practices revolving loan fund and the standards and guidelines to which the
				  soil and water conservation districts shall conform in all contracts under this
				  program.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 11 - Conservation Practices Revolving Loan Fund › Rule 27-11.11 - Rules or Subrules Are Severable

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If any provision of a rule or subrule or the application
				  thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity does not
				  affect other provisions or applications of the rule or subrule which can be
				  given effect without invalid provision or application, and to this end the
				  provisions of these rules or subrules are severable.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 11 - Conservation Practices Revolving Loan Fund › Rule 27-11.20 - Definition of Terms

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In addition to terms defined herein, rule
				  27-10.20 (161A)
				  Definitions shall apply.
"Current legal usury limit"
means the limit
				  on interest rates established by Iowa Code section
				  535.2,
				  subsection 3, paragraph
"a. "
"Financial partner"
means the division's
				  designated bank, mortgage company or governmental agency charged with servicing
				  loans described in this chapter.
"Net worth "
means total assets minus total
				  liabilities as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting
				  principles with appropriate exceptions and exemptions reasonably related to an
				  equitable determination of the landowner's net worth.
"Total assets"
means the sum of cash; crops
				  or feed on hand; livestock held for sale; breeding stock; marketable bonds and
				  securities; securities (not readily marketable); accounts receivable; notes
				  receivable; cash invested in growing crops; net cash value of life insurance;
				  machinery, equipment, cars and trucks; farm and other real estate including
				  life estates and personal residence; value of beneficial interest in a trust;
				  government payments or grants; and any other assets. Total assets shall not
				  include items used for personal, family or household purposes by the applicant;
				  but in no event shall such property be excluded to the extent a deduction for
				  depreciation is allowable for federal income tax purposes. All assets shall be
				  valued at fair market value by the participating lender. Such value shall be
				  what a willing buyer would pay a willing seller in the locality. A deduction of
				  10 percent may be made from fair market value of farm and other real
				  estate.
"Total liabilities"
means the sum of
				  accounts payable; notes or other indebtedness owed to any source; taxes; rent;
				  amount owed on real estate contract or real estate mortgages; judgments;
				  accrued interest payable; and any other liabilities. Liabilities shall be
				  determined on the basis of generally accepted accounting
				  principles.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 11 - Conservation Practices Revolving Loan Fund › Rule 27-11.21 - Financial Partner

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The division may designate or enter into an agreement with a
				  financial partner to assist with servicing loans under this program.
(1) Responsibilities. The financial partner
				may assist with the following responsibilities:
a. Making determinations regarding an
				applicant's ability to repay the loan. Making this determination may include
				evaluating the applicant's net worth or securing other information as deemed
				necessary.
b. Securing valid liens
				on real estate on which the conservation practices are applied.
c. Disbursing loan funds and processing loan
				payments.
d. Collecting application
				fees for servicing loans. Maximum application fees assessed to the borrower
				will be 2 percent of the loan plus filing costs.
e. Pursuing delinquent loan payments and
				collections.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 11 - Conservation Practices Revolving Loan Fund › Rule 27-11.22 - Allocation of Revolving Loan Funds to Soil and Water Conservation Districts

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The division shall utilize the following method to allocate
				  program funds to the districts:
(1)
District allocations.
Districts shall submit requests
				identifying valid applications and cost estimates, if any, to the division by
				March 1 of each year. If the requests submitted by districts fail to exhaust
				funds available, the division may continue to fund district requests on an
				individual basis until December 1. The allocation to any district will be the
				lesser amount of either:
a. The amount of
				available funds divided by the number of districts applying for an allocation;
				or
b. The amount
				requested.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 11 - Conservation Practices Revolving Loan Fund › Rule 27-11.23 - Eligibility for Revolving Fund Loan

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(1)
				Reserved.
(2)
Ability to
				repay the loan.
The applicant must demonstrate the ability to repay
				the loan to the satisfaction of the division and its financial
				partner.
(3)
Use of the
				loan.
Loan funds shall be used only to pay the total eligible cost of
				installing permanent soil and water conservation practices listed in 27-subrule
				10.82(2) of the Iowa financial incentive program for soil erosion control.
				District commissioners may designate which soil and water conservation
				practices will be eligible for loans in their district. The selected practices
				must be from the state-approved practices contained in rule
				27-10.82
				(161A). The general conditions contained in rule
				27-10.81
				(161A) and the specifications contained in rule
				27-10.84
				(161A) shall apply to the district-designated practices. Revolving loan funds
				and public cost-sharing funds may be used in combination for funding a
				particular soil and water conservation practice.
(4)
Other requirements.
The
				applicant must also meet the eligibility requirements contained in rule
				27-10.73
				(161A) for the Iowa financial incentive program for soil erosion
				control.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 11 - Conservation Practices Revolving Loan Fund › Rule 27-11.24 - Loan Application Processing Procedures

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(1)
Application submitted by
				landowner.
Applicants for loans for soil and water conservation
				practices shall complete and submit an application for financial incentives to
				the district office. Application forms shall be available at the district
				office.
(2)
Denial of
				application by district.
Applications for financial incentives which
				are denied by the district shall be retained in the district to the end of the
				program year. Written notification of the denial shall be provided to the
				applicant along with the reason(s) that the application was denied. Application
				denial as used here refers to those applications which cannot be approved for
				reasons other than lack of available loan funds.
(3)
Initial approval of application
				by district.
Rescinded IAB 12/7/05, effective 11/16/05.
(4)
Selection of applications for
				fiscal evaluations.
Applications received by the district shall be
				evaluated under the priority system adopted by the district for disbursement of
				allocated funds. The high-priority applications that can possibly be funded by
				the district's loan fund allocation will be identified, and successful
				applicants will be requested to provide necessary financial information as
				required by the division or the division's financial partner.
(5)
Final approval of application and
				obligation of funds.
Upon receipt of proper financial disclosures on a
				form prescribed by the division or by the division's financial partner, the
				district shall give the application final approval and obligate funds for the
				project in the amount of the project cost estimate identified on the
				application. Upon obligation of funds, the district shall notify the
				applicant.
(6)
Application
				withdrawn by applicant.
An application may be withdrawn by the
				applicant at any time prior to receipt of loan by notifying the district in
				writing that withdrawal is desired. Applications withdrawn by the applicant
				shall be retained in the records of the district until the end of the program
				year.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 11 - Conservation Practices Revolving Loan Fund › Rule 27-11.25 - Project Design and Construction

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27-subrules 10.74(2), Project design by district, and
				  10.74(3), Project construction or practice performance, of the Iowa financial
				  incentive program for soil erosion control shall apply to the revolving loan
				  fund program.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 11 - Conservation Practices Revolving Loan Fund › Rule 27-11.26 - Issuance of Loan

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(1)
Loan
				payment to applicant.
27-subrule 10.74(4), Payment of financial
				incentive, of the Iowa financial incentive program for soil erosion control
				shall apply in its entirety. In addition, upon transfer of payment to the
				recipient(s), the district shall require the recipient to sign appropriate loan
				papers.
(2)
Maintenance
				agreement.
As a condition for receipt of a loan for permanent soil and
				water conservation practices, the owner of the land on which the practices have
				been installed shall agree to maintain those practices in accordance with the
				requirements of 27-subrule 10.74(5), Maintenance and performance
				agreements.
(3)
Case
				files.
A case file shall be assembled and maintained for each approved
				loan application. The file will be assembled and maintained in accordance with
				the requirements of 27-subrule 10.74(6), Case files.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 11 - Conservation Practices Revolving Loan Fund › Rule 27-11.27 - Amount of Loan and Number

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(1)
Minimum loan.
The minimum loan that will be granted under this
				program will be $2,500.
(2)
Maximum loan.
The maximum loan that a landowner may receive in
				one year pursuant to this program shall not exceed $20,000.
(3)
Number of loans.
There
				will be no limit to the number of loans an applicant can receive, except that
				an applicant shall be eligible for no more than $20,000 in loans outstanding at
				any time under this program. Each approved application will be handled as a new
				loan.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 11 - Conservation Practices Revolving Loan Fund › Rule 27-11.28 - Repayment of Loans

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(1)
Loan period.
Each loan made under this chapter shall be for a
				period not to exceed ten years.
(2)
Repayment schedule.
Loans shall be paid back to the revolving
				loan fund in equal yearly installments due March 1 of each year the loan is in
				effect.
(3)
Repayment upon
				sale of land.
Loans made under this program shall come due for payment
				upon sale of the land on which those practices are established. If the entire
				balance of the loan is not paid within ten days of the date of sale, a
				delinquent loan charge shall be applied as provided in subrule
				11.28(5).
(4)
Interest.
The loans shall bear no interest.
(5)
Interest on delinquent
				loans.
Interest rate upon loans for which payment is delinquent shall
				accelerate immediately to the current legal usury limit. This is the maximum
				rate allowed by Iowa Code section
				535.2,
				subsection 3, paragraph
"a, "
and it shall be applied to the
				entire unpaid principal, prorated for the period for which the installment is
				delinquent.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 12 - Water Protection Practices-water Protection Fund › Rule 27-12.10 - Authority and Scope

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
This chapter establishes procedures and standards to be
				  followed by soil and water conservation districts and the division of soil
				  conservation and water quality of the department of agriculture and land
				  stewardship, in accordance with the policies of the state soil conservation and
				  water quality committee in implementing water protection practices through the
				  water protection fund created in Iowa Code section
				  161C.4.
				  This account shall be used to establish water protection practices with
				  individual landowners.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 12 - Water Protection Practices-water Protection Fund › Rule 27-12.11 - Rules Are Severable

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
If any provision of a rule or subrule or the application
				  thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not
				  affect other provisions or applications of the rule or subrule which can be
				  given effect without invalid provision or application, and to this end the
				  provisions of these rules or subrules are severable.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 12 - Water Protection Practices-water Protection Fund › Rule 27-12.20 - Definition of Terms

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In addition to the term defined herein, definitions in rule
				  27-10.20 (161A) shall
				  apply.
"Agricultural production "
means the
				  commercial production of food or fiber.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 12 - Water Protection Practices-water Protection Fund › Rule 27-12.30 - Compliance, Refund, Reviews and Appeals

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Rules
				  27-10.30
				  (161A) through
				  27-10.33
				  (161A) shall apply.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 12 - Water Protection Practices-water Protection Fund › Rule 27-12.40 - Appropriations

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Resource enhancement and protection program, soil and water
				  enhancement account funds are allocated to the water protection fund. Each
				  year's allocation of water protection funds is divided equally between the
				  water quality protection projects account and the water protection practices
				  account.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 12 - Water Protection Practices-water Protection Fund › Rule 27-12.50 - Water Protection Practices Account

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This part defines procedures for allocation, recall and
				  reallocation of water protection practices funds to soil and water conservation
				  districts and to the division's reserve fund.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 12 - Water Protection Practices-water Protection Fund › Rule 27-12.51 - Allocation to Soil and Water Conservation Districts

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(1)
Original allocation.
July 1 of each year, funds appropriated to the water protection practices
				account will be allocated to districts. Seventy-three and one-half percent of
				the funds will be divided equally among 100 soil and water conservation
				districts. Twenty-five percent of the funds plus any additional appropriations
				for reforestation will be kept in a separate account for woodland establishment
				and protection, and establishment of native grasses and forbs. One and one-half
				percent will be held in a reserve fund.
(2)
Recall of funds.
Any
				funds allocated in the current fiscal year that the districts have not spent or
				obligated by June 30 shall be recalled by the division.
(3)
Supplemental
				allocations.
The districts shall identify valid applications and cost
				estimates, if any, for supplemental allocations to the division by September 1.
				Factors to be considered in making a supplemental allocation to a district
				include:
a. The sum of cost estimates (for
				pending applications) in each district, divided by the total cost estimates
				(for pending applications) for all 100 districts, multiplied by the remaining
				available program funds; and
b.
				Whether or not the proposed supplemental allocation exceeds three times the
				original allocation to the district.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 12 - Water Protection Practices-water Protection Fund › Rule 27-12.60 - Applications and Agreements

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The purpose of this part is to identify and define procedures
				  to be followed in applying for and entering agreements for receiving water
				  protection practices funds.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 12 - Water Protection Practices-water Protection Fund › Rule 27-12.61 - Applications Submitted to Soil and Water Conservation District

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Landowners or farm operators desiring to be considered for
				  water protection practices funds shall complete necessary applications as
				  specified by the district. All application forms and agreements for water
				  protection practices funds are available from and shall be submitted to the
				  district office located in the county where such practices are proposed. If an
				  applicant's land is in more than one district, the respective district
				  commissioners will review the application and agree to obligate all funds from
				  one district or prorate the funding between districts.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 12 - Water Protection Practices-water Protection Fund › Rule 27-12.62 - Application Sign-up

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(1)
Signatures by landowner and qualified applicant.
All
				applications and agreements shall be signed by the landowner and applicant. For
				an applicant to qualify for payment, both landowner and applicant must sign the
				application.
(2)
Land being
				bought under contract.
All applications and agreements concerning land
				being purchased under contract shall be signed by both the contract seller and
				the contract buyer. If the operator is applying, the contract buyer, the
				contract seller, and the operator must sign.
(3)
Power of attorney.
Applications and agreements may be signed by any person designated to represent
				the landowner or farm operator, provided the appropriate power of attorney has
				been filed with the district office. The power of attorney requirement can be
				met by submitting a notarized full power of attorney statement to the district
				office. In the case of estates and trusts, court documents designating the
				responsible person or administrator may be submitted to the district in lieu of
				the power of attorney.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 12 - Water Protection Practices-water Protection Fund › Rule 27-12.63 - Eligibility for Financial Incentives

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(1)
District cooperator.
Rescinded IAB 7/18/07, effective 6/27/07.
(2)
Practices installed on adjoining
				public lands.
Where water protection practices which benefit adjoining
				private lands are installed on public lands and costs of the installation are
				to be shared by the parties, state water protection practices funds may be used
				to cost-share only the private landowner cost of the water protection
				practice.
(3)
Ineligible
				lands.
a. Water protection practices
				funds shall not be used to reimburse other units of government for implementing
				soil and water conservation practices.
b. Privately owned land not used for
				agricultural production shall not qualify for water protection practices funds.
				Windbreaks, streambank and shoreline protection, and stormwater quality best
				management practices established on privately owned land are eligible whether
				or not the land is in agricultural production.
c. Tracts of land enrolled in the United
				States Department of Agriculture's Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) that have
				more than 90 days left on the contract, except for woodland establishment,
				management and protection practices, and native grass and forb establishment
				practices under rule
				27-12.82
				(161C) shall not qualify.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 12 - Water Protection Practices-water Protection Fund › Rule 27-12.70 - Water Protection Practices

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The purpose of this part is to establish the general
				  conditions, eligible practices, specifications, and cost-share rates for the
				  installation of water protection practices authorized in Iowa Code chapter
				  161C.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 12 - Water Protection Practices-water Protection Fund › Rule 27-12.71 - General Conditions

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The following general conditions shall be met.
(1)
Technician
				certification.
The designated water protection practices shall not be
				funded unless the technician has inspected the site and has determined that
				such practice(s) is needed to protect water quality.
(2)
Limitation of reimbursable cost
				of practices.
Overbuilding or other practice modifications which
				exceed the minimum requirements of the specification shall be permitted, if
				approved by the technician. Any additional costs resulting from such
				overbuilding or exceeding of the minimum specifications shall not be cost
				shared by the state.
(3)
Materials.
Projects funded with water protection funds will
				utilize only new materials or used materials that meet or exceed design
				standards and have a life expectancy of 20 years.
(4)
Repair or maintenance.
Repair or maintenance of existing practices is not eligible for
				funding.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 12 - Water Protection Practices-water Protection Fund › Rule 27-12.72 - Eligible Practices

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Practices listed in this rule are eligible for water
				  protection practices fund reimbursement.
(1) Critical area planting.
(2) Contour buffer strips. The practice
				includes science-based trials of row crops integrated with prairie strips
				(STRIPS) planted on contour.
(3)
				Field border.
(4) Filter strips.
				The practice includes science-based trials of row crops integrated with prairie
				strips (STRIPS) planted at the foot slope.
(5) Pasture and hay planting. The practice
				must include the conversion of land from row crop production to a permanent
				vegetative cover to control excessive water erosion.
(6) Constructed wetlands. Land enrolled in
				the Conservation Reserve Program, or other similar programs, is eligible, if
				this practice is not an allowable practice under that program.
(7) Wetland restoration. Land enrolled in the
				Conservation Reserve Program, or other similar programs, is eligible, if this
				practice is not an allowable practice under that program.
(8) Streambank and shoreline protection. The
				practice must be bioengineered using combinations of stream-side plantings or
				trees, other vegetation, structural practices such as modification of slopes,
				and installation of reinforcing materials and in-stream structures. Land
				enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, or other similar programs, is
				eligible, if this practice is not an allowable practice under that
				program.
(9) Stormwater quality
				best management practices (BMPs). A technique, measure, or structural control
				that is used for a given set of conditions to manage the quantity and improve
				the quality of stormwater runoff in the most cost-effective manner. BMPs can be
				either:
a. Nonstructural BMPs, which include a
				range of pollution prevention, education, or institutional management and
				development practices designed to limit the conversion of rainfall to runoff
				and to prevent pollutants from entering runoff at the source of runoff
				generation; or
b. Structural BMPs,
				which are engineered and constructed systems that are used to treat the
				stormwater at either the point of generation or the point of discharge to
				either the storm sewer system or to receiving waters (e.g., detention ponds or
				constructed wetlands).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 12 - Water Protection Practices-water Protection Fund › Rule 27-12.73 - Eligible Practices for Priority Water Resource Protection

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Practices listed in this rule are eligible for water
				  protection practice fund reimbursement only in those areas or instances
				  approved in rule
				  27-12.75
				  (161C).
(1) Grassed
				waterway.
(2) Grade stabilization
				structure.
(3) Terrace.
(4) Water and sediment control
				basin.
(5) Diversion.
(6) Waste storage facility. Cost-sharing
				under this practice is not authorized for:
a.
				Portable pumps and pumping equipment.
b. Waste disposal equipment.
c. Building, modification of a building, that
				portion of the animal waste structure that serves as part of the building, or
				its foundation.
d. That portion of
				the cost of animal waste control structures attributed to expansion of an
				animal waste management system.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 12 - Water Protection Practices-water Protection Fund › Rule 27-12.74 - Agricultural Drainage Well Closure

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Practices listed in this rule are eligible for water
				  protection practice fund reimbursement where installation of the practice is
				  consistent with current drainage law of the state of Iowa. This practice is
				  intended to assist in the voluntary closure of agricultural drainage wells
				  registered with the department of natural resources prior to September 30,
				  1988. It is not intended to be a substitute for future agricultural drainage
				  well assistance programs authorized in Iowa Code section 159.29 that will be
				  developed in conjunction with the Iowa department of agriculture and land
				  stewardship's agricultural drainage well research and demonstration
				  project.
(1)
Eligible
				practices.
a. Agricultural drainage
				well plugging and cistern removal.
b. Tile outlet from plugged agricultural
				drainage well to a suitable, legal outlet.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 12 - Water Protection Practices-water Protection Fund › Rule 27-12.75 - Priority Watersheds and Water Quality Problems

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Practices listed in rule
				  27-12.73
				  (161C) will be eligible for landowner reimbursement from water protection
				  practices funds only for watersheds and water quality problems designated by
				  soil and water conservation district commissioners and approved by the state
				  soil conservation and water quality committee.
(1)
District designation.
Districts shall submit to the division the description of high priority
				watershed(s) or water quality problems within their district to be designated
				as eligible for practices listed in rule 27-12.73(161C).
(2)
State soil conservation and water
				quality committee evaluation.
The state soil conservation and water
				quality committee shall examine the district submission under 12.75(1) with
				respect to the following criteria.
a. The
				public value and current use of the water resource to be protected.
b. The nature, extent and severity of the
				water quality problem to be addressed.
c. The degree to which the district
				designation focuses practice application in a manner that will achieve a water
				quality benefit from the funds available.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 12 - Water Protection Practices-water Protection Fund › Rule 27-12.76 - Practice Standards and Specifications

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
In addition to specifications defined herein, rule
				  27-10.84
				  (161A) specifications shall apply.
(1)
Agricultural drainage well closure.
567 IAC Chapter 39,
				Requirements for Properly Plugging Abandoned Wells.
(2)
Agricultural drainage well
				plugging and cistern removal.
567 IAC Chapter 39, Requirements for
				Properly Plugging Abandoned Wells.
(3)
Stormwater quality best
				management practices.
Iowa Stormwater Management Manual, Chapter 2,
				Sections D-L.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 12 - Water Protection Practices-water Protection Fund › Rule 27-12.77 - Cost-share Rates

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The following cost-share rates shall apply for eligible
				  practices designated in rules
				  27-12.72
				  (161C) to
				  27-12.74
				  (161C). These rates represent the maximum allowable cost share provided by
				  state funds. These rates may be used in combination with other public funds to
				  provide a total cost-share rate not to exceed 75 percent of the lesser of the
				  eligible or the estimated cost of installation.
(1)
Cost-share rates.
Cost-share rates for practices designated in rule
				27-12.72
				(161C) shall be 50 percent of the eligible or estimated cost of installation,
				whichever is less, except for contour buffer strips, field borders, and access
				control. Cost-share rates for 12.72(2), contour buffer strips, and 12.72(3),
				field borders, shall be a one-time payment of 50 percent of the eligible or
				estimated cost of installation, whichever is less, up to $25 per acre.
				Cost-share rates for 12.72(10), access control, shall include a one-time
				payment of up to $200 per acre. In addition, fencing systems used to implement
				access control are eligible for 50 percent of the eligible or estimated cost,
				whichever is less, not to exceed $14 per rod for permanent fencing. Cost-share
				assistance for this practice may not be provided on the same acres that already
				received a cost-share payment through the buffer initiative program.
(2)
Cost-share rates for water
				protection practices.
Cost-share rates for practices designated in
				rule 12.73(161C) shall be 50 percent of the eligible or estimated cost,
				whichever is less.
(3)
Cost-share rates for agricultural drainage well closure.
Cost-share rates for practices designated in rule
				27-12.74
				(161C) shall be the following:
a. 50 percent
				of the eligible or estimated cost, whichever is less, of agricultural drainage
				well plugging and cistern removal, not to exceed $500.
b. 50 percent of the eligible or estimated
				cost, whichever is less, of establishing a tile outlet from the plugged
				agricultural drainage well to a suitable, legal outlet, not to exceed
				$2000.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 12 - Water Protection Practices-water Protection Fund › Rule 27-12.80 - Water Protection Practices-woodlands, Native Grasses and Forbs

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The purpose of this part is to establish the general
				  conditions, eligible practices, specifications and cost-share rates for the
				  installation of woodlands, native grasses and forbs as authorized in Iowa Code
				  chapter 161C.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 12 - Water Protection Practices-water Protection Fund › Rule 27-12.81 - General Conditions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The following general conditions shall be met.
(1)
Practice need.
The
				designated practices shall not be funded unless the certifying technician has
				inspected the site and has determined that such practice(s) is
				needed.
(2)
Forest
				management plan required. A
forest management plan approved by the
				forestry bureau of the department of natural resources is required for the
				practices of forest stand improvement, tree planting, site preparation for
				natural regeneration, and rescue treatments.
(3)
Eligibility of
				practices.
Planting or management of trees for nut orchards or
				Christmas tree production is only eligible as intermediate products in stands
				being established for other approved purposes. Planting or management of trees
				for ornamental purposes or fruit orchards is not eligible.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 12 - Water Protection Practices-water Protection Fund › Rule 27-12.82 - Eligible Practices

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program is eligible
				  for woodland establishment, management and protection practices and is also
				  eligible for native grass and forb establishment. All practices listed in this
				  part are available to all other eligible landowners within Iowa soil and water
				  conservation districts. All practices listed below are permanent.
(1) Windbreaks. A belt of trees or shrubs
				established or restored next to an occupied structure. A windbreak must meet
				either NRCS Standard 380-Windbreak/shelterbelt establishment or NRCS Standard
				650-Windbreak/shelterbelt renovation.
(2) Field windbreak. A belt of trees or
				shrubs established or restored, within or adjacent to a field. A windbreak must
				meet either NRCS Standard 380-Windbreak/shelterbelt establishment or NRCS
				Standard 650-Windbreak/shelterbelt renovation.
(3) Forest stand improvement. Minimum
				eligible area is five acres.
(4)
				Tree planting. Minimum eligible area is three acres.
(5) Site preparation for natural
				regeneration. Minimum eligible area is three acres.
(6) Riparian forest buffer.
(7) Rescue treatments. Minimum eligible area
				is three acres.
(8) Prescribed
				grazing. The practice must include a minimum of two paddocks of native species
				grasses.
(9) Conservation
				cover.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 12 - Water Protection Practices-water Protection Fund › Rule 27-12.83 - Practice Standards and Specifications

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Soil and water conservation practices shall meet Natural
				  Resources Conservation Service conservation standards and specifications where
				  applicable. These standards may be accessed through the electronic field office
				  technical guide atefotg.sc.egov.usda.gov/efotglocator.aspx.
Tree planting, forest stand improvement, site preparation for
				  natural regeneration and rescue treatment standards may be accessed through the
				  department of natural resources' forestry technical guide found at
www.iowadnr.gov/Portals/idnr/uploads/forestry/ForestryTechguide.pdf
.
Standards and specifications are also available in hard copy
				  in the district office where the practice will be implemented. These
				  specifications and the general conditions, rule
				  27-10.81
				  (161A), shall be met in all cases. To the extent of any inconsistency between
				  the general conditions and the specifications, the general conditions shall
				  control.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 12 - Water Protection Practices-water Protection Fund › Rule 27-12.84 - Cost-share Rates

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The following cost-share rates shall apply for eligible
				  practices designated in rule
				  27-12.82 (161C). The use of
				  state cost-share funds alone or in combination with other public funds shall
				  not exceed the limits established by these rules.
(1)
Windbreaks.
Seventy-five
				percent of the eligible or estimated cost, whichever is less, not to exceed
				$1,600 for the total cost of the establishment or restoration of the
				windbreak.
(2)
Field
				windbreaks.
Seventy-five percent of the eligible or estimated cost,
				whichever is less, not to exceed $600 per acre for the total cost of the
				establishment or restoration of the field windbreak.
(3)
Forest stand
				improvement.
Seventy-five percent of the eligible or estimated cost,
				whichever is less, not to exceed $120 per acre for prescribed woodland burning,
				thinning, pruning crop trees, or releasing seedlings or young trees.
(4)
Tree planting.
a. Seventy-five percent of the eligible or
				estimated cost, whichever is less, not to exceed $600 per acre, for tree
				planting including the following:
(1)
				Establishing ground cover,
(2)
				Trees and tree-planting operations,
(3) Weed and pest control,
(4) Mowing, disking, and spraying.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 12 - Water Protection Practices-water Protection Fund › Rule 27-12.85 - Special Practice and Cost-share Procedures Eligibility

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Districts may submit requests to establish eligible
				  practices, develop cost-share procedures, experiment with new conservation
				  practices and explore new technologies with approval of the state soil
				  conservation and water quality committee.
(1)
District designation.
Districts shall submit to the state soil conservation and water quality
				committee the description of their intentions, which could include:
a. Type of practice.
b. Cost-share rate.
c. Resource to be protected.
d. Estimated cost.
e. Landowner interest.
f. Technology to be
				addressed.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 12 - Water Protection Practices-water Protection Fund › Rule 27-12.90 - Reporting and Accounting

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Reports will be prepared in the same manner as provided in
				  rule
				  27-10.91
				  (161A).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 16 - Water Quality Initiative › Rule 27-16.1 - Purpose

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The purpose of these rules is to support the reduction of
				  nutrient losses and exports over time through the adoption of water quality
				  practices and through the establishment and administration of targeted
				  watershed demonstration projects and individual cost-share practices. The
				  purpose is also to assist education and outreach about the feasibility and
				  value of establishing water quality practices.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 16 - Water Quality Initiative › Rule 27-16.2 - Definitions

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"Council"
means the water resources
				  coordinating council established pursuant to Iowa Code section
				  466B.3.
"Department"
means the department of
				  agriculture and land stewardship.
"Division "
means the division of soil
				  conservation and water quality, department of agriculture and land
				  stewardship.
"Eligible targeted watershed demonstration project
				  applicants "
means individual or multiple soil and water conservation
				  districts, counties, county conservation boards, cities, not-for-profit
				  organizations authorized by the secretary of state, public water supply
				  utilities or watershed management authorities.
"Funds"
include the water quality initiative
				  fund in Iowa Code section
				  466B.45,
				  include the water quality infrastructure funds in 2018 Iowa Acts, Senate File
				  512, sections 23 and 24, and may include other moneys appropriated to the
				  department or other nongovernmental funds.
"Identified watersheds "
means the area
				  identified by the council or by the division.
"Maintenance/performance agreement"
means an
				  agreement between the division, the recipient and the landowner. The recipient
				  and landowner agree to maintain the soil conservation practices for which
				  financial incentives from the division through the district have been received.
				  The agreement states that the recipient and landowner will maintain, repair, or
				  reconstruct the practices if they are not maintained according to the terms
				  specified in the agreement. The terms of the agreement shall be specified by
				  the division.
"Nutrient"
includes total nitrogen and total
				  phosphorus.
"Nutrient reduction strategy"
means the
				  document created and updated by the department, the department of natural
				  resources, and Iowa State University of Science and Technology in order to
				  assess and reduce nutrients in watersheds.
"Recipient"
means an eligible applicant who
				  has qualified for and received cost-share payments under this chapter or a
				  project participant who has qualified for and received cost-share
				  payments.
"Secretary"
means the Iowa secretary of
				  agriculture.
"Watershedmanagement authority"
means an
				  authority as defined in Iowa Code section
				  466B.21.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 27 - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Division › Division I - Soil Conservation Division › Chapter 16 - Water Quality Initiative › Rule 27-16.3 - Cost Share

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Except for edge-of-field practices and land use changes, the
				  division's share of the practice cost shall not exceed the lesser of 50 percent
				  of the estimated cost of establishing the practice as determined by the
				  division or 50 percent of the actual cost of the practice.