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 27-10.60 - Funding Rates

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The purpose of this division is to establish the funding
				  rates at which the state will fund or share the cost for approved soil
				  conservation practices under the various incentive programs. In all cases,
				  except for the mandatory program, the state's share will be computed using the
				  percentages specified below and the estimated cost, the amended estimated cost,
				  or the actual cost of implementing the practice, whichever is less. Payments
				  under the mandatory program will be based on actual costs. Funds distributed to
				  annual programs for permanent practices may be used in combination with other
				  public funds as long as the maximum cost-share rate realized by the district
				  cooperator does not exceed 75 percent of the total eligible costs.
(1)
Voluntary.
a. The state will cost-share 50 percent of
				the cost certified by the certifying technician as being reasonable, proper,
				and incurred by the applicant in voluntarily installing approved, permanent
				soil conservation practices, except for tree planting. Eligible costs include
				machine hire or use of the applicant's equipment, needed materials delivered to
				and used at the site, and labor required to install the practice.
b. For tree and shrub establishment, the
				following criteria shall apply:
(1) Fifty
				percent of the actual cost, not to exceed $600 per acre, including the
				following:
1. Establishing ground
				cover;
2. Trees and tree planting
				operations;
3. Weed and pest
				control; and
4. Mowing, disking,
				and spraying.
(2) Fifty
				percent of the actual cost, not to exceed $150 per acre, for woody plant
				competition control.
(3) Actual
				cost, not to exceed the lesser of $14 per rod or $45 per acre protected, for
				permanent fences that protect planted acres from grazing, excluding boundary
				and road fencing.
c. For
				currently funded fiscal years, the division will make one-time payments of up
				to $10 per acre for no-tillage, ridge-till and strip-till; $6 per acre for
				contour farming; $25 per acre for establishing a cover crop; and 50 percent of
				the cost up to $25 per acre for strip-cropping, field borders and filter
				strips. The one-time only payment may apply to management practices lasting up
				to four consecutive years. The one-time only payment for multiple years is
				calculated based on the listed annual amounts. A performance agreement is
				required for incentive payments covering a time period of one year or
				longer.
d. Funding for the
				restoration of permanent practices damaged or destroyed because of a disaster
				(see 10.41(1)) does not have to be allocated on a cost-share basis.
e. Where a livestock watering system is
				installed in a grade stabilization structure, cost share is limited to 50
				percent of the estimated or eligible cost, whichever is less, not to exceed
				$500 for the watering tank or holding facility, pipe and valves. Payment will
				be made only if the structure is fenced.