Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 47 - Forestry Grant And State Aid Administration › Subchapter IX - Rules for Federal Cost Sharing Program to Suppress Gypsy Moth › Section NR 47.914 - Application procedures

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) An eligible applicant, described in s.
				  NR
				  47.913(1), may apply for
				  participation in the statewide treatment program and cost sharing for aerial
				  insecticide treatment and associated administrative costs for eligible blocks
				  as described in s.
				  NR
				  47.913(2).
(2) Applicants shall submit applications for
				  cost sharing to department staff, identified on the application for the area of
				  the state involved, no later than the first Friday in December, along with a
				  digitized map of each proposed treatment block in the format specified on the
				  application form to be eligible for participation in the treatment program for
				  that year. Application forms can be obtained by writing to the program manager
				  for the gypsy moth grant program.
Note:
The address for the program manager for
					 the Gypsy Moth Grant Program is Division of Forestry, Forest Health Program,
					 P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707.
(3) Applicants shall submit with the
				  application an electronic list of telephone, facsimile, mailing address and
				  email contacts associated with each treatment block to the designated
				  department staff specified in the application and in the format provided by the
				  department. Required contacts for each block include all schools and licensed
				  daycare providers within a treatment block, local government officials, health,
				  police, sheriff and fire departments within whose jurisdiction a treatment
				  block exists, hospital emergency rooms in the area of treatment blocks, and
				  other concerned parties as necessary. These lists shall be used by department
				  staff to provide prior notification of aerial treatments.
(4) The department shall review applications
				  and recommend treatment for blocks determined to be eligible to the department
				  of agriculture, trade and consumer protection for inclusion in the state
				  treatment plan. If the department finds that a block is ineligible, the basis
				  for the decision of ineligibility shall be identified and the department staff
				  and applicant shall work together to produce an acceptable revision no later
				  than January 15th. If an acceptable revision cannot be agreed upon, the block
				  shall be dropped from the program.
(5) The department shall notify applicants of
				  eligibility of proposed blocks.
(6)
				  The applicant shall enter into an agreement with the department regarding cost
				  sharing and continued eligibility under this subchapter to continue its
				  eligibility. The grant agreement shall be signed no later than April
				  1.
(7) The applicant shall
				  designate a county-wide deadline for residents of proposed spray blocks to
				  register their objection to treatment and also the method for registering an
				  objection.
(8) The applicant shall
				  notify landowners and tenants within the eligible proposed treatment blocks and
				  an area surrounding those blocks to be determined by the applicant. All notices
				  shall provide information on location of proposed treatment blocks, insecticide
				  to be used, approximate timing of treatment, how to register an objection to
				  treatment of property and the name, address and phone number of the county
				  coordinator. Notification requirements of applicants to landowners and tenants
				  shall include:
(a) Publication of a class 1
				  legal notice as defined in s.
				  985.07,
				  Stats., in a local newspaper at least 10 days prior to a deadline designated in
				  the notice for registering an objection by a landowner or tenant to treatment
				  on the land under the landowner's or tenant's control.
(b) A press release at least 10 days prior to
				  the deadline for objection to treatment of property and which announces the
				  public meeting.
(c) A public
				  meeting conducted by the applicant and held at least 7 days prior to the
				  deadline for objection to treatment of property.