Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 100-199 - Environmental Protection General › Chapter NR 153 - Targeted Runoff Management And Notice Of Discharge Grant Programs › Section NR 153.16 - Aids for local assistance activities

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) ELIGIBLE COSTS.
(a) The department may provide cost sharing
				under s.
				NR
				153.26 for local assistance activities conducted
				during the grant period in large-scale TMDL implementation projects and
				large-scale non-TMDL control projects.
Note: Small-scale TMDL projects, small-scale non-TMDL control
				  projects, and notice of discharge projects are not eligible for local
				  assistance grants. However, design and construction services costs in
				  small-scale and notice of discharge projects may be included in the cost of
				  construction for reimbursement purposes.
(b) The cost-share rate for local assistance
				activities may not exceed 70 percent of the eligible costs identified in this
				section.
(c) The following
				activities are eligible for local assistance funding when conducted in the
				project area:
1. Identifying high priority
				nonpoint pollution sources for control.
2. Contacting and informing landowners and
				land operators of conservation program opportunities and requirements,
				including those relating to state performance standards and
				prohibitions.
3. Determining and
				documenting compliance of cropland practices and livestock facilities with
				performance standards and prohibitions.
4. Identifying site-specific best management
				practices needed to achieve compliance with performance standards and
				prohibitions or to otherwise control nonpoint pollution sources.
5. Developing and reviewing cost-share
				agreements with the cost-share recipient.
6. Providing assistance to the department in
				developing and issuing notices under ss.
				NR
				151.09 and
				151.095 and developing and issuing
				comparable notices under local ordinances.
7. Best management practice construction
				services, including construction management and verification of best management
				practices installation.
8.
				Reviewing best management practice operation and maintenance during the grant
				period.
9. Developing and
				transmitting to the department information that identifies landowners and
				operators that do not comply with performance standards or
				prohibitions.
10. Administration of
				property acquisition in accordance with s.
				NR
				153.25.
11. Fiscal management.
12. Development of informational materials,
				including videos or brochures.
13.
				Project evaluation activities identified in the project application and
				required by the runoff management grant agreement, including
				monitoring.
14. Other activities
				approved by the department as being necessary to implement the
				project.
(d) The
				following staff support costs are eligible for cost sharing:
1. The cost of testing materials for use in
				best management practice design and installation.
2. Travel expenses, including personal
				vehicle mileage charges, meals, lodging, and other reasonable travel expenses
				necessary to the project.
3. The
				cost of recording the cost-share agreement with the county register of
				deeds.
4. Field equipment necessary
				to conduct or evaluate the project.
5. Other direct costs necessary for the
				project and approved by the department.