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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VII - Local Regulation › Section ATCP 50.54 - Local regulations; general

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) REVIEW OF LOCAL
				  REGULATIONS. The department may review and comment on local regulations.
Note:
Local conservation requirements should
					 be consistent with this chapter (see ss.
					 92.05 (1), (3) (c) and
					 (L),
					 92.07 (2),
					 92.11,
					 92.15 (2) to
					 (4),
					 92.16,
					 92.17,
					 93.90, and
					 281.16 (3),
					 Stats.). A local regulation may not require a livestock operator to obtain a
					 license or permit for a new or expanding livestock operation, except as
					 specifically authorized under s.
					 93.90, Stats., and ch. ATCP 51.
					 When exercising their approval authority under the livestock facility siting
					 law, political subdivisions may be limited in their application of local manure
					 storage ordinances adopted under s.
					 92.16, Stats., and s.
					 ATCP
					 50.56. (See s.
					 ATCP
					 51.10 (1)).
(2) COST-SHARING REQUIRED.
(a) No county, local government, or tribe
				  receiving funds under this chapter may do any of the following, under this
				  chapter or a local regulation, unless that county, local government, or tribe
				  first offers cost-sharing that is at least equal to the cost-sharing required
				  under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.08:
1. Require a
				  conservation practice that discontinues or modifies cropping practices on
				  existing cropland. In this paragraph, "existing cropland" has the meaning given
				  in s.
				  NR 151.09 (4)
				  (b).
2. Require a conservation practice that
				  discontinues or modifies an existing livestock facility or operation. In this
				  paragraph, "existing livestock facility or operation" has the meaning given in
				  s.
				  NR 151.095 (5)
				  (b).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VII - Local Regulation › Section ATCP 50.56 - Manure storage systems; ordinance

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) GENERAL. A
				  county, city, village, or town may adopt an ordinance under s.
				  92.16, Stats., that establishes
				  standards for manure storage systems.
(2) CONTENTS. An ordinance adopted under s.
				  92.16, Stats., shall include all
				  of the following:
(a) The authority of the
				  county, city, village, or town to adopt the ordinance.
(b) The purpose for the ordinance, and the
				  findings that prompted the county, city, village, or town to adopt the
				  ordinance.
(c) Definitions of
				  significant terms used in the ordinance.
(d) Construction provisions under sub.
				  (3).
(e) Closure provisions under
				  sub. (4), if any.
(f) Conditions,
				  if any, under which the county, city, village, or town may require the closure
				  of a manure storage system.
(g)
				  Provisions, if any, for monitoring the adequacy of manure storage systems,
				  including the annual submission of a nutrient management plan that complies
				  with s.
				  ATCP
				  50.04 (3).
Note:
The monitoring system may be applied to
					 all manure storage systems, regardless of when those systems were
					 installed.
(h) Provisions
				  related to ordinance administration, including inspection and enforcement
				  authority, appeal procedures, and penalties for violating the
				  ordinance.
(i) Provisions, if any,
				  related to the initial applicability and severability of the
				  ordinance.
(j) The effective date
				  of the ordinance.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VII - Local Regulation › Section ATCP 50.58 - Shoreland management; ordinance

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) GENERAL. A
				  county, city, village, or town may adopt or amend a shoreland management
				  ordinance under s.
				  92.17,
				  Stats., with department approval.
Note:
This subsection does not limit the
					 authority of a county, city, village, or town to adopt a shoreland management
					 ordinance under other applicable law.
(2) CONTENTS. An ordinance adopted under s.
				  92.17,
				  Stats., shall include all of the following provisions:
(a) The authority of the county, city,
				  village, or town to adopt the ordinance.
(b) The purpose for the ordinance, and the
				  findings that prompted the county, city, village, or town to adopt the
				  ordinance.
(c) Definitions of
				  significant terms used in the ordinance.
(d) A description of the activities and
				  geographical areas regulated under the ordinance, including maps of the areas
				  at a scale of 1:24,000 (one inch per 2,000 feet) or larger.
(e) Soil and water resource management
				  practices or compliance standards required under the ordinance.
(f) Procedures for developing and approving
				  conservation plans, if required under the ordinance.
(g) Provisions related to ordinance
				  administration, including inspection and enforcement authority, appeal
				  procedures, and penalties for violating the ordinance.
(h) Provisions, if any, related to the
				  initial applicability and severability of the ordinance.
(i) The effective date of the
				  ordinance.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VII - Local Regulation › Section ATCP 50.60 - Livestock operations; local regulation

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) LOCAL
				  REGULATIONS THAT EXCEED STATE STANDARDS; APPROVAL REQUIRED.
(a) Except as provided in par. (b), no local
				  regulation may require nutrient management or other conservation practices for
				  livestock operations that exceed the practices required under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.04 unless the department or DNR approves those
				  requirements under this section or s.
				  NR
				  151.096.
Note:
See s.
					 92.15, Stats. A person adversely
					 affected by a local livestock regulation may oppose its adoption at the local
					 level. The person may also challenge a local regulation in court if the person
					 believes that the local governmental unit has violated par. (a) or s.
					 92.15, Stats. A local
					 governmental unit is responsible for analyzing the legal adequacy of its
					 regulations, and may exercise its own legal judgment in deciding whether to
					 seek state approval under this section.
(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to any of
				  the following:
1. Local regulation of cropping
				  practices that are not directly related to a livestock operation.
2. Local regulations enacted prior to October
				  1, 2002. This does not limit the application of s.
				  92.15, Stats., to those local
				  regulations.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.61 - General standards for practices receiving financial assistance; pre-approval of cost-shared practices

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PRACTICES MUST
				  COMPLY. Except as authorized under sub. (3), conservation practice standards
				  and any other standards under this chapter, including any secondary standards
				  incorporated by reference in those standards shall comply with applicable
				  standards under this subchapter.
(2) STANDARDS ADOPTED BY RULE. The department
				  may not adopt, amend, or repeal standards under this subchapter, except by
				  rule.
(3) VOLUNTARY USE OF UPDATED
				  TECHNICAL STANDARDS. The department may authorize a county to provide financial
				  assistance for a conservation practice to be implemented under the updated
				  version of a technical or conservation practice standard listed in this
				  subchapter. The county may provide financial assistance for the conservation
				  practice using the updated standard if all of the following apply:
(a) The updated standard provides
				  conservation benefits at least as beneficial as the version listed in this
				  subchapter.
(b) The updated
				  standard has been adopted by NRCS, DNR, the department, or the applicable
				  entity listed in this subchapter.
(c) The landowner voluntarily agrees, in
				  writing, to the use of the updated standard to implement the conservation
				  practice.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.618 - Technical standards development process

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The department,
				  in consultation with the department of natural resources, shall develop and
				  revise technical standards to implement the performance standards and
				  prohibitions under s.
				  281.16 (3) (a),
				  Stats., if needed.
(2) The
				  department may decide that the following is necessary to implement a
				  performance standard:
(a) Develop a new
				  technical standard for which the department will be the custodian.
(b) Revise an existing technical standard for
				  which the department is the custodian.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.62 - Manure storage systems

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITIONS. In this section:
(a) "Animal feeding operation" means a
				  feedlot or facility, other than a pasture, where animals are fed, confined,
				  maintained, or stabled for 45 days or more in any 12-month period. Two or more
				  animal feeding operations under common ownership or management constitute a
				  single animal feeding operation if any of the following apply:
1. The operations are adjacent.
2. The operations use common plans, acreage,
				  or systems to landspread manure or other wastes.
3. Manure, barnyard runoff, or other wastes
				  are commingled in a common storage facility prior to
				  landspreading.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.63 - Manure storage system closure

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITIONS. In
				  this section:
(a) "Manure storage system" has
				  the meaning given in s.
				  ATCP
				  50.62 (1) (e).
(b) "Manure storage system closure" means
				  permanently disabling and sealing a leaking or improperly sited manure storage
				  system.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.64 - Barnyard runoff control systems

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITION. In
				  this section, "barnyard runoff control system" means a system of facilities or
				  practices used to contain, divert, retard, treat, or otherwise control the
				  discharge of runoff from outdoor areas of concentrated livestock activity. A
				  "barnyard runoff control system" may include any of the following components
				  which is necessary to contain, divert, retard, treat, or control surface water
				  runoff:
(a) Access road under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.65.
(b)
				  Trails and walkways under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.66.
(c)
				  Critical area stabilization under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.69.
(d)
				  Diversions under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.70.
(e)
				  Heavy use area protection described in NRCS conservation practice standard 561
				  heavy use area protection (November, 2022).
(f) Prescribed grazing under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.80.
(g)
				  Waterway systems under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.96.
(h)
				  Livestock fencing under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.75.
(i)
				  Livestock watering facilities under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.76.
(j)
				  Manure storage systems under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.62 that are needed to collect and contain barnyard
				  runoff.
(k) Nutrient management
				  under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.78.
(L)
				  Relocating or abandoning animal feeding operations under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.81.
(m)
				  Roofs under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.84.
(n)
				  Roof runoff systems under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.85.
(o)
				  Sediment basins under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.86.
(p)
				  Streambank and shoreline protection under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.88.
(q)
				  Subsurface drains under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.90.
(r)
				  Underground outlets under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.92.
(s)
				  Waste transfer systems under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.93.
(t)
				  Vegetated treatment area under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.94.
(u)
				  Water and sediment control basins under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.95.
(v)
				  Well decommissioning under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.97.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.65 - Access road

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITION. In this section, "access
				  road" means a road or pathway that confines or directs the movement of
				  livestock, farm equipment, or vehicular traffic, and that is designed and
				  installed to control surface water runoff, to protect an installed practice, or
				  to prevent erosion.
(2) ELIGIBLE
				  COSTS. A cost-share grant under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.40 may reimburse the cost of installing
				  conservation practices necessary to prevent water quality impairment that may
				  result from the construction of an access road if the access road is needed to
				  comply with applicable state or local regulations.
Note:
An eligible practice could be a
					 culvert.
(2m) INELIGIBLE
				  COSTS. A cost-share grant under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.40 may not be used to cover the costs for road
				  surfacing and other road construction activities beyond the area necessary to
				  address the soil and water resource problem for which the practice was
				  installed.
(3) DESIGN,
				  CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE STANDARDS. A cost-share grant under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.40 may not reimburse the cost of establishing water
				  quality practices associated with an access road unless all of the following
				  conditions are met:
(a) The access road
				  complies with all of the following that apply:
1. NRCS conservation practice standard 560
				  access road (August, 2021).
2. NRCS
				  conservation practice standard 580 streambank and shoreline protection
				  (September, 2021).
3. Section
				  ATCP
				  50.885 when an access road crosses a
				  stream.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.66 - Trails and walkways

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITION. In this section, "trail or
				  walkway" means a travel lane to facilitate movement of livestock or
				  people.
(2) ELIGIBLE COSTS. A
				  cost-share grant under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.40 may reimburse the cost of establishing a trail
				  or walkway when necessary to comply with state or local regulations.
(3) DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE. A
				  cost-share grant under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.40 may not reimburse the cost of establishing a
				  trail or walkway unless all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The trail or walkway complies with all of
				  the following that apply:
1. NRCS conservation
				  practice standard 575 trails and walkways (August, 2021).
2. NRCS conservation practice standard 580
				  streambank and shoreline protection (September, 2021).
3. NRCS conservation practice standard 382
				  fence (January, 2014).
4. Section
				  ATCP
				  50.885 when a trail or walkway crosses a
				  stream.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.663 - Conservation cover

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITION. In this section,
				  "conservation cover" refers to the establishment and maintenance of permanent
				  vegetative cover in an agricultural setting to reduce erosion and
				  sedimentation, improve water quality, and improve soil health.
(2) ELIGIBLE COSTS. A cost-share grant under
				  s.
				  ATCP
				  50.40 may reimburse any of the following costs:
(a) The cost of fencing to protect the
				  planted vegetation.
(b) The cost to
				  establish and manage conservation cover, or to provide temporary cover until
				  the planting is established. This may include costs for mulch, seed, and other
				  necessary materials.
(c) The cost
				  to shape, smooth, or prepare the site before establishing vegetative
				  cover.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.668 - Conservation crop rotation

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITION. In
				  this section, "conservation crop rotation" means a planned sequence of crops
				  grown on the same ground over a period of time known as the rotation cycle to
				  support one or more of the following purposes:
(a) Reduce sheet, rill, and wind
				  erosion.
(b) Provide increases to
				  soil health indicators and soil organic matter content.
(c) Protect water quality from excess
				  nutrients.
(d) Improve efficiency
				  of irrigation water use.
(e) Reduce
				  plant pest pressures.
(f) Provide
				  or increase forage supply during periods of low forage production or to extend
				  the grazing season.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.67 - Contour farming

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITION. In this section, "contour
				  farming" means plowing, preparing, planting, and cultivating sloping land on
				  the contour and along established grades of terraces or diversions.
(2) ELIGIBLE COSTS. A cost-share grant under
				  s.
				  ATCP
				  50.40 may reimburse costs to establish a contour
				  farming system, including necessary costs to remove obstacles.
(3) DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE. A
				  cost-share grant under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.40 may not reimburse contour farming costs unless
				  the contour farming system meets the following applicable standards:
(a) NRCS conservation practice standard 330
				  contour farming (March, 2016).
(b)
				  NRCS conservation practice standard 500 obstruction removal (June,
				  2021).
(c) NRCS conservation
				  practice standard 420 wildlife habitat planting (June, 2020), if habitat
				  management is used to mitigate the loss of habitat resulting from the
				  installation of contour farming.
(d) NRCS conservation practice standard 332
				  contour buffer strips (July, 2016).
(e) The landowner agrees to maintain the
				  contour farming system for each cropping season for which cost-sharing is
				  provided.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.68 - Cover crop

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITION. In this section, "cover crop"
				  means close-growing grasses, legumes, or small grain grown for any of the
				  following purposes:
(a) To control soil
				  erosion.
(b) To improve soil
				  health.
(c) To improve water
				  quality.
(d) To manage excess
				  nutrients in the soil.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.69 - Critical area stabilization

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITION. In
				  this section, "critical area stabilization" means planting suitable vegetation
				  on erodible areas such as steep slopes and gullies, so as to reduce soil
				  erosion or pollution from agricultural nonpoint sources. "Critical area
				  stabilization" may also include treating areas that drain into bedrock
				  crevices, openings, or sinkholes.
(2) ELIGIBLE COSTS. A cost-share grant under
				  s.
				  ATCP
				  50.40 may reimburse the following critical area
				  stabilization costs:
(a) Costs to purchase
				  and install permanent fencing around the critical area.
(b) Costs to establish permanent vegetative
				  cover, or to provide temporary cover until permanent cover is established. This
				  may include costs for mulch, fertilizer, and other necessary
				  materials.
(c) Preparatory shaping
				  and smoothing operations.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.70 - Diversions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITION. In this section, "diversion"
				  means a structure installed to divert excess surface runoff water to an area
				  where it can be used, transported, or discharged without causing excessive soil
				  erosion. A "diversion" can also be used to divert surface runoff water around
				  farmsteads or agricultural waste systems to prevent water from becoming
				  contaminated runoff, or both. "Diversion" includes a channel with a supporting
				  earthen ridge on the lower side, installed across the slope with a
				  self-discharging and non-erosive gradient.
(2) ELIGIBLE COSTS. A cost-share grant under
				  s.
				  ATCP
				  50.40 may reimburse any of the following costs to
				  establish a diversion system:
(a) Costs to
				  install a diversion, outlet, dike, or subsurface drain. Costs to install a
				  subsurface drain may be reimbursed only if the drain is installed on sloping
				  land where groundwater seeps to the surface and causes the land or land cover
				  to lose its stability.
(b) Costs to
				  install pipes, underground outlets, or other structures needed to deliver water
				  to a ditch or dike, to promote a more even flow of water, or to protect outlets
				  from erosion.
(c) Costs for
				  leveling and filling needed to install an effective diversion system.
(d) Costs to remove obstructions, if
				  necessary for the installation of an effective diversion system.
(e) Costs to establish permanent vegetative
				  cover, or to provide temporary cover until permanent cover is established. This
				  may include costs for mulch, fertilizer, and other necessary
				  materials.
(f) Fencing needed to
				  protect a diversion from livestock.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.705 - Feed storage runoff control systems

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITIONS. In
				  this section:
(a) "Feed storage area" means an
				  area used to store livestock feed including corn silage, haylage, and
				  industrial by-products including distillers grain, brewers grain, candy, pizza
				  crust, bakery waste, cotton seed, soybean meal, animal fats, blood meal, fish
				  meal, cannery waste, beet pulp, citrus pulp, soy hulls, corn middlings, whey,
				  potatoes, and grocery store vegetables. The feed storage area includes the area
				  up to the outside edge of the surface on which the feed is stored and any apron
				  area.
(b) "Feed storage runoff
				  control system" means a system of facilities or practices to contain, divert,
				  retard, treat, or otherwise control the discharge of leachate and contaminated
				  runoff from livestock feed storage areas.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.71 - Field windbreaks

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITION. In this section, "field
				  windbreak" means a strip or belt of trees, shrubs, or grasses established or
				  renovated within or adjacent to a field, so as to control soil erosion by
				  reducing wind velocities at the land surface.
(2) ELIGIBLE COSTS. A cost-share grant under
				  s.
				  ATCP
				  50.40 may reimburse the cost of planting trees,
				  shrubs, or grasses to protect farm fields from wind erosion.
(3) DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE. A
				  cost-share grant under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.40 may not reimburse field windbreak costs unless
				  all of the following conditions are met:
(a)
				  The windbreak is protected from destructive grazing.
(b) The windbreak complies with all of the
				  following that apply:
1. NRCS conservation
				  practice standard 382 fence (January, 2014).
2. NRCS conservation practice standard 380
				  windbreak-shelterbelt establishment and renovation (January, 2023).
3. NRCS conservation practice standard 472
				  access control (January, 2018).
4.
				  NRCS conservation practice standard 650 windbreak/shelterbelt renovation
				  (January, 2013).
(c) The
				  landowner agrees to maintain the windbreak for 10 years unless farming
				  operations on the affected land are discontinued.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.72 - Filter strips

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITION. In this section:
(a) "Filter strip" means an area of
				  herbaceous vegetation that separates an environmentally sensitive area from
				  cropland, grazing land, or disturbed land. "Filter strip" does not include a
				  wastewater treatment strip.
(b)
				  "Wastewater treatment strip" has the meaning given in s.
				  ATCP
				  50.94 (1).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.74 - Hydrologic restoration

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITION. In this section "Hydrologic
				  restoration" means applying combinations of practices designed to the extent
				  possible to return wetland, stream, and floodplain hydrology to a natural and
				  self-regulating condition in order to achieve such agricultural goals as to
				  slow the flow of runoff, reduce flood peaks, restore surface and groundwater
				  interactions, improve water quality, or increase soil retention, groundwater
				  infiltration, base flow, upper watershed storage, and flood resilience. These
				  practices can also be used to reduce or repair erosion and maintain water
				  supply. These benefits are achieved by improving hydrologic conditions,
				  connections, and functions. Hydrologic restoration practices may improve and
				  protect fish and wildlife habitat as an incidental benefit. Hydrologic
				  restoration may include any of the following components:
(a) Diversions under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.70.
(b)
				  Grade stabilization structures under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.73.
(c)
				  Streambank or shoreline protection under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.88.
(d)
				  Stream restoration under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.882.
(e) Stream crossing under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.885.
(f) Subsurface drains under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.90.
(g)
				  Underground outlets under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.92.
(h)
				  Water and sediment control basins under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.95.
(i)
				  Waterway systems under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.96.
(j)
				  Wetland development or restoration under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.98.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.73 - Grade stabilization structures

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITION. In
				  this section, "grade stabilization structure" means a structure which
				  stabilizes the grade in a channel in order to protect the channel from erosion,
				  or to prevent gullies from forming or advancing. A "grade stabilization
				  structure" may include any of the following:
(a) Detention or retention structures such as
				  dams, desilting reservoirs, sediment basins, and debris basins.
(b) Related structures such as channel
				  linings, chutes, drop spillways, or pipe drops.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.733 - Habitat diversification

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITION. In
				  this section, "habitat diversification" refers to the establishment and
				  maintenance of native vegetative cover in an agricultural setting to provide
				  habitat for wildlife and pollinator species.
Note:
Habitat diversification practices
					 convert small areas of agricultural fields to native stands of vegetation that
					 augment normal agricultural operations; for example, establishing prairies
					 strips within an agricultural field, or converting a small unproductive portion
					 of an agricultural field to native pollinator habitat. While wildlife and
					 pollinator habitat is the primary resource concern, the intention of these
					 practices is to also provide water quality, soil health, and air quality
					 benefits.
(2) ELIGIBLE
				  COSTS. A cost-share grant under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.40 may reimburse any of the following costs:
(a) The cost of fencing to protect the
				  planted native vegetation.
(b) The
				  cost to establish and manage vegetative cover, or to provide temporary cover
				  until the planting is established. This may include costs for mulch, seed, and
				  other necessary materials.
(c) The
				  cost to shape, smooth, or prepare the site before establishing native
				  vegetative cover.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.738 - Harvestable buffers

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITION. In this section, "harvestable
				  buffers" refers to the establishment of grass strips that can be harvested for
				  livestock forage and that are intended to reduce agricultural runoff from
				  entering an adjacent waterbody.
(2)
				  ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. To qualify for financial assistance under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.41, all of the following eligibility criteria must
				  be met:
(a) The site is not eligible for the
				  Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program.
(b) The buffer must be adjacent to an
				  eligible waterbody. Eligible waterbodies include perennial and seasonal
				  streams, creeks and ditches; lakes and ponds; wetlands; and sink holes. Gullies
				  or areas where water runs only after precipitation are ineligible.
(c) Must address a water quality resource
				  concern.
(d) The site has been in
				  agricultural production for 4 out of the previous 6 years.
(e) The planned buffer is at least 30-feet
				  wide and no more than 150-feet wide.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.75 - Livestock fencing

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITION. In this section, "livestock
				  fencing" means either of the following:
(a)
				  Excluding livestock, by fencing or other means, in order to protect an erodible
				  area or a practice under this subchapter.
(b) Restricting, by fencing or other means,
				  human access to manure storage structures or other practices under this
				  subchapter which may pose a hazard to humans.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.76 - Livestock watering facilities

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITION. In
				  this section, "livestock watering facility" means a trough, tank, pipe,
				  conduit, spring development, pump, well, or other device or combination of
				  devices installed to deliver drinking water to livestock.
(2) COST-SHARE ELIGIBILITY. A cost-share
				  grant under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.40 may reimburse costs to establish a livestock
				  watering facility if the livestock watering facility is a necessary component
				  of a prescribed grazing system funded under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.80, or if all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The livestock watering facility will do
				  one of the following:
1. Prevent nonpoint
				  source water pollution by replacing livestock access to a stream or other
				  natural drinking water source.
2.
				  Water livestock that are isolated from a natural drinking water source by
				  another conservation practice under this subchapter.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.77 - Milking center waste control systems

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITIONS. In
				  this section:
(a) "Milking center waste" means
				  waste water, cleaning ingredients, waste milk, or other discharge from a
				  milking parlor or milkhouse.
(b)
				  "Milking center waste control system" means a system of facilities or equipment
				  designed to contain or control the discharge of milking center
				  waste.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.78 - Nutrient management

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITIONS. In this section, "nutrient
				  management" means controlling the amount, source, form, location, and timing of
				  plant nutrient applications, including application of organic wastes,
				  commercial fertilizers, soil reserves, and legumes, in order to provide plant
				  nutrients while minimizing the movement of nutrients to surface water and
				  groundwater.
(2) ELIGIBLE COSTS. A
				  cost-share grant under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.40 may reimburse costs for nutrient management
				  prescribed in a nutrient management plan. A cost-share grant may reimburse any
				  of the following costs related to nutrient management:
(a) Costs for soil and plant nutrient
				  testing, including residual nitrogen analysis.
(b) Costs for nutrient analysis of manure and
				  other organic waste.
(c) Costs to
				  develop or revise a nutrient management plan.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.785 - Nutrient treatment system

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITION. In
				  this section "nutrient treatment system" means a system installed to intercept
				  subsurface (tile) flow, groundwater, or surface runoff flow to reduce the
				  concentration of phosphorus or nitrate nitrogen and minimize the movement of
				  these nutrients to surface water, or groundwater, or both.
(2) ELIGIBLE COSTS. A cost-share grant under
				  s.
				  ATCP
				  50.40 may reimburse any of the following costs related
				  to a nutrient treatment system:
(a) Costs to
				  design or install the system.
(b)
				  Costs to purchase and install necessary underground pipe, subsurface drain
				  tile, outlets and other necessary structures for water control or mechanical
				  outlets.
(c) Costs to remove
				  obstructions, if necessary for the installation of an effective nutrient
				  management system.
(d) Costs to
				  establish permanent vegetative cover, or to provide temporary cover until
				  permanent cover is established. This may include costs for mulch, fertilizer,
				  and other necessary materials.
(e)
				  Cost to install permanent fencing to protect the nutrient treatment
				  system.
(f) Other nutrient
				  treatment systems, approved by the department, that are needed to meet
				  identified water quality objectives.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.79 - Pesticide management

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITION. In this section, "pesticide
				  management" means controlling the storage, handling, use, and disposal of
				  pesticides used in crop production in order to minimize contamination of water,
				  air, and nontarget organisms.
(2)
				  ELIGIBLE COSTS. A cost-share grant under s.
				  ATCP
				  50.40 may reimburse costs for pesticide management
				  described in a pesticide management plan, if required, or described in the plan
				  for the design of a pesticide structure. A cost-share grant may reimburse any
				  of the following costs related to pesticide management:
(a) Costs for integrated pest management
				  field scouting.
(b) Costs to
				  develop or revise a pesticide management plan.
(c) Costs for spill control facilities,
				  including any of the following facilities that are needed:
1. A liquid-tight, reinforced concrete pad
				  for a pesticide mixing area.
2.
				  Water-tight walls or perimeter flow diversion structures to convey spills or
				  contaminated water from a pesticide mixing area to a sump.
3. Perimeter flow diversion structures needed
				  to convey surface water away from a pesticide mixing area.
4. A shallow sump collection area capable of
				  storing spills, rinsate, washwater, and precipitation that may leak or fall on
				  a pesticide mixing pad.
5. Roof
				  structures and walls to protect a pesticide mixing area.
6. Pesticide mixing area approach
				  ramps.
7. Water supply systems
				  needed for a pesticide mixing area.
8. Sump pump alarm and recovery systems for a
				  pesticide mixing area.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.80 - Prescribed grazing

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITION. In this section, "prescribed
				  grazing" or "rotational grazing" means a grazing system which divides pastures
				  into multiple cells, each of which is grazed intensively for a short period and
				  then protected from grazing until its vegetative cover is restored.
(2) ELIGIBLE COSTS. A cost-share grant under
				  s.
				  ATCP
				  50.40 may reimburse the cost of replacing animal lots
				  or pastures, establishing a prescribed grazing system on croplands, or
				  improving an existing prescribed grazing system that contributes sediments,
				  nutrients, or pesticides to a water resource. This may include any of the
				  following costs:
(a) The cost to establish or
				  repair livestock access lanes and stream crossings to prevent instability and
				  erosion.
(b) The cost to establish
				  permanent boundary and main paddock fences. This may include perimeter fencing,
				  lane fencing, portable fencing, and gates.
(c) The cost to establish, or enhance through
				  interseeding or weed management, good seeding stands for pasture and hayland
				  planting.
(d) The cost to establish
				  a livestock watering facility. This may include pipeline and pasture watering
				  systems, wells, spring developments, winter watering facilities such as
				  geothermal or heated jug, heavy use area protection, and portable watering
				  systems such as pumps, pipes, and tanks.
(e) The costs for practices that would
				  remediate streambank erosion and streambank habitat degradation.
(f) The costs for practices that would
				  exclude livestock from woodlands, sensitive wildlife habitat, and recreational
				  lands.
(g) The costs for
				  development of a prescribed grazing plan.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.81 - Relocating or abandoning animal feeding operations

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITIONS. In
				  this section:
(a) "Abandonment" means
				  discontinuing an animal feeding operation in order to prevent surface water or
				  groundwater pollution from that animal feeding operation.
(b) "Animal feeding operation" means a
				  feedlot or facility, other than a pasture, where animals are fed, confined,
				  maintained, or stabled for 45 days or more in any 12-month period. Two or more
				  animal feeding operations under common ownership or common management
				  constitute a single animal feeding operation if any of the following apply:
1. The operations are adjacent.
2. The operations use common plans, acreage,
				  or systems to landspread manure or other wastes.
3. Manure, barnyard runoff, or other wastes
				  are commingled in a common storage facility prior to
				  landspreading.
(c)
				  "Relocation" means discontinuing an animal feeding operation at one site and
				  commencing that operation at a suitable alternate site in order to minimize the
				  amount of surface water or groundwater pollution from that animal feeding
				  operation.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.82 - Residue management

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITION. In this section, "residue
				  management" means any of the following:
(a)
				  Preparing land surfaces for the planting and growing of crop plants using
				  methods that result in a rough land surface which is covered in varying degrees
				  by vegetative residues of a previous crop, and which provides a significant
				  degree of resistance to soil erosion by raindrop impact, surface water runoff,
				  or wind.
(b) Planting crop seeds in
				  a narrow slot or a narrow strip of tilled soil, in order to maintain residue
				  cover and avoid disturbing the entire soil surface.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.83 - Riparian buffers

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITION. In this section, "riparian
				  buffer" means an area in which vegetation is enhanced or established to reduce
				  or eliminate the movement of sediment, nutrients, and other nonpoint source
				  pollutants to an adjacent surface water resource or groundwater recharge area,
				  to protect the banks of streams and lakes from erosion, and to protect fish
				  habitat.
(2) ELIGIBLE COSTS. A
				  cost-share grant may reimburse any of the following costs:
(a) Permanent fencing to protect a riparian
				  buffer.
(b) Costs to establish or
				  enhance permanent vegetative cover in a riparian buffer, or to provide
				  temporary cover until permanent cover is established. This may include costs
				  for mulch, fertilizer, seed, seedling trees, and other necessary
				  materials.
(c) Costs to shape,
				  smooth, or prepare the riparian buffer before establishing a permanent
				  vegetative cover.
(d) Costs for
				  land removed from agricultural production to install a riparian
				  buffer.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management › Chapter ATCP 50 - Soil And Water Resource Management Program › Subchapter VIII - Standards for Practices Receiving Financial Assistance › Section ATCP 50.84 - Roofs

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)
				  DEFINITIONS. In this section:
(a) "Animal
				  housing" means a building or structure used exclusively for the housing,
				  raising, or sheltering of animals.
(am) "Roof" means a weather-proof covering
				  that shields an animal lot or manure storage structure from precipitation, and
				  includes the structure supporting that weather-proof
				  covering.