Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 100-199 - Environmental Protection - General › Chapter NR 120 - Priority Watershed And Priority Lake Program › Section NR 120.18 - Cost-share rates

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) STATE COST-SHARE RATES.
(a) The maximum state cost share rate for
				individual best management practices cost-shared under this chapter may not
				exceed 70%, except as otherwise provided in this subsection. Cost-share funds
				from the appropriations under s.
				20.115(7)
				(c) and (qd),
				20.370(6)
				(aq), or
				20.866(2) (te) and
				(we), Stats., shall be considered part of the
				state rate.
(b) Cost-share rates in
				this section shall be increased in cases of economic hardship in accordance
				with sub. (4).
(c) The department
				may provide cost-share up to 100% to replace best management practices eligible
				in accordance with s.
				NR
				120.186(4).
(d) The cost-share rates for best management
				practices under existing cost-share agreements may be amended to use the rates
				identified in this section.
(e) The
				maximum state cost-share rates shall be reduced by 50% for landowners of
				critical sites when a cost-share agreement is signed after the period of
				cost-sharing availability for critical sites has ended.
(f) The following conditions further specify
				eligibility criteria for cost-share reimbursements under this section:
1. Wildlife habitat re-creation associated
				with implementation of contour farming, contour strip-cropping and field
				strip-cropping has a maximum state cost-share rate of 70%.
2. For the best management practices under s.
				NR
				120.14(16), riparian buffers, and s.
				NR
				120.14(6), grassed waterways, a
				single payment in addition to installation costs may be made in accordance with
				the following:
a. For riparian buffers under
				s.
				NR
				120.14(16), $500 per acre used for
				the buffer.
b. For waterway systems
				under s.
				NR
				120.14(6), $300 per acre used for the
				waterway system.
c. Payments under
				this subdivision are eligible only for acreage upon which a commodity crop was
				harvested in at least 2 of the 5 years prior to the signing of the cost-share
				agreement. The 2 years need not be consecutive if separated by non-grain
				portions of a normal crop rotation.
3. Cost-share payments for high residue
				management systems may not be made for more than a total of 6 years.
4. Cost-share payments for cropland
				protection cover (green manure) may not be made for more than a total of 3
				years.
5. Flat rates identified
				under par. (g) may be used in lieu of calculating cost-share amounts.
6. Cost-share payments for nutrient
				management may not be made for more than a total of 3 years.
7. Cost-share payments for pesticide
				management may not be made for more than a total of 3 years.
8. The maximum amount cost-shared for leases
				of manure storage tanks shall be 70% of the down payment and lease cost of the
				tank during the grant period of the watershed project.
9. A governmental unit may establish a flat
				rate for cost-sharing critical area stabilization in order to simplify the
				administration of cost-share funding for this best management practice. The
				flat rate shall be calculated based on the cost-share rate, up to 70%, and the
				average cost of the practice.
(g) Counties may use the following state
				cost-share rates per acre in lieu of the state cost-share percentage listed in
				this section.
1. $9.00 per acre for contour
				cropping.
2. $13.50 per acre for
				strip-cropping.
3. $7.50 per acre
				for field strip-cropping.
4. $18.50
				per acre per year for high residue management systems.
5. $25 per acre per year for cropland
				protection cover (green manure).
6.
				Flat rates for fencing as follows:
a. Three
				strand barbed wire, steel or wooden post at a flat rate of $5.00 per linear
				rod.
b. Woven wire, steel or wooden
				post at a flat rate of $8.00 per linear rod.
c. Two strand electric, fiberglass, steel or
				wooden post and insulators at a flat rate of $3.00 per linear rod.
d. Fiberglass posts, high tensile wire at a
				flat rate of $7.50 per linear rod.