Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 100-199 - Environmental Protection - General › Chapter NR 120 - Priority Watershed And Priority Lake Program › Section NR 120.14 - Cost-share agreement conditions for best management practices

Current through June 24, 2024
(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) or identified by variance
				under s.
				NR
				120.29. The cost-share conditions and standards for
				all best management practices listed in this chapter shall apply to all
				cost-share agreements signed after October 1, 2002.
(b) The following conditions shall be met
				while implementing the best management practices in this chapter:
1. Wildlife habitat shall be recreated to
				replace significant wildlife habitat lost through the removal of obstructions
				or other means required to install the best management practice.
2. Wetlands may not be destroyed or degraded
				as a result of installing the best management practice.
3. Sediment generated from the construction
				of the best management practice shall be controlled consistent with performance
				standards in ch. NR 151 and with standards of the Wisconsin Construction Site
				Best Management Practice Handbook, WDNR Pub. WR-222, November 2001 Revision,
				which is incorporated by reference for this chapter and other technical
				standards disseminated by the department under subch. V of ch. NR 151.
Note: Copies of the materials described in subd. 3. may be
				  inspected at the offices of the department, 101 S. Webster Street, Madison; the
				  Secretary of State, 30 W. Mifflin, Madison; and the Legislative Reference
				  Bureau, One E. Main Street, Suite 200, Madison.
4. Permanent and temporary vegetative cover
				including any or all of the following: seed, mulch, fertilizer, trees, shrubs
				and other necessary materials, except for conventional agricultural crop cover,
				shall be established.
5.
				Preparation, grading, shaping and removal of obstructions necessary to permit
				the installation of best management practices shall be conducted on the
				site.
6. Temporary or permanent
				fencing and the repair of fencing necessary to implement or protect a best
				management practice shall be built.
7. All required permits, including those
				mandated by the department, shall be obtained prior to installing a best
				management practice listed in this chapter.
(c) A landowner, land operator or
				governmental unit shall comply with the standards in subs. (2) to (28) when
				installing best management practices.
(d) Cost-sharing is authorized when the best
				management practices are installed on sites in a manner consistent with par.
				(b) and the watershed plan approved under this chapter.
(e) Best management practices listed in this
				chapter and which are conducted below the ordinary high water mark may be
				eligible for cost-sharing only when the practice is a cost-effective means of
				preventing or reducing pollutants generated from sources of runoff or from
				sediments of inland lakes polluted by runoff.