Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 100-199 - Environmental Protection General › Chapter NR 162 - Clean Water Fund Program › Subchapter V - Priority Scoring and Ranking System › Section NR 162.51 - Procedure for determination and reevaluation of project priority score

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A municipality intending to apply for
				  clean water fund program assistance for a project shall submit to the
				  department project priority evaluation and ranking information, including
				  supporting documentation, in the department's online format and by the date
				  required by the department.
(2)
				  Upon completion of the review and determination of a priority score, the
				  department shall notify the applicant in writing that the determination is
				  available.
Note:
Email notification by the department of
					 the availability of project priority scores on the web meets this
					 requirement.
(3) The
				  department may review and, if necessary under the requirements of this chapter,
				  recalculate priority scores to ensure accuracy and timeliness of information.
				  This includes reviewing a priority score when an applicant determines it will
				  not construct the full scope of the project described in an intent to apply
				  submittal or described through the points requested with the priority
				  evaluation and ranking form information originally submitted for the project
				  for the applicable state fiscal year. If the department finds an error made by
				  the applicant or the department in a priority evaluation and ranking form, the
				  department may revise the project priority score to correct the error at any
				  time during which the priority evaluation and ranking form is valid. The
				  department shall notify an applicant in writing if the department changes the
				  priority score of any of the applicant's projects.
(4) If the applicant objects to the
				  department's determination of the priority score in sub. (2) or (3), the
				  applicant may request a reevaluation of the priority score with its application
				  submittal for the state fiscal year for which the priority evaluation and
				  ranking form is valid. The reevaluation request shall state the specifics of
				  the objection. The applicant shall submit any new information that supports the
				  objection and shall provide the priority score the applicant believes should be
				  awarded the project based on this new information. When reevaluating the
				  project priority score, the department shall consider new information only if
				  the new information did not exist at the time of the original
				  submittal.
(5) Upon receipt of a
				  reevaluation request under sub. (4), the department shall reevaluate its
				  determination of the project priority score and shall notify the applicant of
				  the results of the reevaluation. If the department denies the requested
				  priority score, it shall state the reasons in writing.
(6) If the scope of a project changes after
				  the department notifies the applicant of the reevaluation results, the
				  department may recalculate the priority score based on the revised scope of the
				  project.