Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 100-199 - Environmental Protection - General › Chapter NR 125 - State grants for water pollution control facilities › Section NR 125.04 - Eligible costs

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PRELIMINARY PLANNING. Costs of studies,
				investigations, surveys, planning and other steps necessary to determine the
				economic and engineering feasibility of a proposed project are
				eligible.
(2) ENGINEERING,
				ARCHITECTURAL, INSPECTION AND OTHER FEES FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES. Costs of
				services include preparation of preliminary and final engineering reports,
				design of facilities, preparation of plans and specifications, inspection and
				supervision of construction and any other services necessary for the
				construction of the project. Where technical services are provided by regularly
				employed persons of a municipality, actual documented applicable costs are
				allowable, provided they do not exceed costs determined by the department to be
				reasonable if the work were performed by a consulting engineer on a fee basis.
				Technical service costs for study of sewer infiltration-inflow problems
				performed in accordance with requirements of the federal grant program ( P.L.
				92-500 ) are allowable.
(3) LEGAL
				AND FISCAL COSTS. Reasonable fees and expenses based on actual records for
				legal services rendered in connection with the construction of the project are
				eligible provided that they are documented. Reasonable costs incurred in the
				development of the information necessary for the bond issue, including
				preparation of the prospectus, bond advertising, printing of bonds and other
				similar costs are eligible. When bond counsel and attorney fees cover all the
				steps from the drafting of the bond resolution though the final sale of the
				bonds, no additional financing costs are eligible.
(4) CONSTRUCTION COSTS. Construction costs
				incurred under competitively bid contracts or actual cost of labor and
				competitively purchased equipment and materials incurred under force account
				procedures consistent with the provisions of chs. 59, 60, 61, 62 and 66,
				Stats., are eligible.
(5) REPAIR OF
				ROADS, STREETS, SIDEWALKS, CURBS AND GUTTERS, ETC. These costs shall be limited
				to the costs of repair or replacing in kind the areas damaged (by the
				construction of eligible facilities) to the same condition, quality, type and
				dimensions as that which existed before the construction of the eligible
				facilities. The eligible cost shall be the most cost effective repair or
				replacement in terms of the initial capital cost. Higher incremental
				replacement costs to reduce future maintenance or operation costs are not
				eligible. The width of the eligible repaired area shall not be greater than
				that of the top width of the sewer trench unless it can be demonstrated that it
				is less expensive to remove and replace the entire width of road pavement.
				Eligible costs of replacement of badly deteriorated road pavements shall be
				limited to that of the least expensive all weather road pavement regardless of
				the type of original material. Where the replaced item is better than the
				original item, the eligible cost shall be limited to a pro rata share of the
				replacement cost.