Register June 2009 No. 642
Chapter NR 190
LAKE MANAGEMENT PLANNING GRANTS
Subchapter I — General Provisions
NR 190.002 Applicability.
NR 190.004 Sponsor accountability.
NR 190.005 Eligible and ineligible costs.
Subchapter II — Small-scale Projects
NR 190.03 Eligible sponsors.
NR 190.04 Eligible planning projects.
NR 190.06 Determination of planning project eligibility.
Subchapter III — Large-scale Projects
NR 190.13 Eligible sponsors.
NR 190.14 Eligible planning projects.
NR 190.16 Determination of planning project eligibility.
NR 190.19 Eligibility for lake protection grants.
NR 190.001
NR 190.001
Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish procedures for implementing a lake management planning grant program as provided for in s.
281.68, Stats. Grants made under this program will assist lake planning projects. They will assist local organizations by helping to provide information and education on the uses of lakes, the quality of water in lakes, and the quality of fish, aquatic life and their habitat in lakes and the general quality of lake ecosystems. They will be used to improve lake management assessment and planning, by increasing local understanding of the causes of lake problems, and by aiding in the selection of activities to prevent degradation of lakes and protect or improve the quality of lakes and their ecosystems. This grant program is intended to provide support and guidance to local organizations which are interested in helping to manage and protect lakes and which will often have limited resources and organizational capabilities to do so.
NR 190.001 History
History: Cr.
Register, December, 2000, No. 540, eff. 1-1-01.
NR 190.002
NR 190.002
Applicability. This chapter applies to all counties, cities, towns, villages, tribes, qualified lake associations as defined in s.
281.68 (1) (b), Stats., that charge an annual membership fee of not less than $5 and not more than $50, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts, and town sanitary districts and other local governmental units as defined in s.
66.0131 (1) (a), Stats., qualified nonprofit conservation organizations as defined in s.
23.0955 (1), Stats., and qualified school districts as defined in s.
281.68 (3m) (c), Stats., applying for financial assistance under s.
281.68, Stats., for a planning project for a public inland lake or lakes.
NR 190.002 Note
Note: Under s.
281.68 (3m), Stats., to be a qualified lake association, an association shall do all of the following:
NR 190.002 Note1. Demonstrate that it is incorporated under ch.
181.
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2. Specify in its articles of incorporation or bylaws that a substantial purpose of its being incorporated is to support the protection or improvement of one or more inland lakes for the benefit of the general public.
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3. Demonstrate that the substantial purpose of its past actions was to support the protection or improvement of one or more inland lakes for the benefit of the general public.
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4. Allow to be a member any individual who for at least one month of the year resides on or within one mile of an inland lake for which the association was incorporated.
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5. Allow to be a member any individual who owns real estate on or within one mile of an inland lake for which the association was incorporated.
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6. Not have articles of incorporation or bylaws which limit or deny the right of any member or any class of members to vote as permitted under s.
181.072.
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7. Demonstrate that is has been in existence for at least one year.
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8. Demonstrate that is has at least 25 members.
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9. Require payment of an annual membership fee as set by the department by rule under par. (b).
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(b) For the purposes of par. (a) 9., the department shall set by rule the maximum amount and the minimum amount that may be charged as an annual membership fee.
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Note: Under s.
281.68 (3m), Stats., to be a qualified school district, the board of the school district shall adopt a resolution to conduct a lake management planning project that will do all of the following:
NR 190.002 Note
1. Provide information or education on the use of lakes or natural lake ecosystems, on the quality of water in lakes, or on the quality of natural lake ecosystems.
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2. Allow another eligible recipient of grants under this section to cooperate with the school district in the project.
NR 190.003
NR 190.003
Definitions. The following definitions are applicable to terms used in this chapter:
NR 190.003(1)
(1) "Department" means the Wisconsin department of natural resources.
NR 190.003(2)
(2) "Grant period" means the time period stated in the grant agreement during which the sponsor is eligible to expend program grant funds for a project.
NR 190.003(3)
(3) "Local share" means that portion of the cost of the project other than state funds administered by the department.
NR 190.003(4)
(4) "Management unit" means a county, town, village, city, federally recognized Indian tribe, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, nonprofit conservation organizations, qualified lake association, as defined in s.
281.68 (1) (b), Stats., or a qualified school district as defined in s.
281.68 (3m) (c), Stats.
NR 190.003(6)
(6) "Planning project" means a specific lake data acquisition, assessment, or evaluation activity to provide information on the existing or expected future quality of public inland lakes and their ecosystems or activities that may affect the quality of public inland lake ecosystems. It may also include activities related to the collection and dissemination of educational information for the purpose of promoting an understanding of lakes, lake ecosystems and their uses.
NR 190.003(7)
(7) "Planning project priority list" means a ranking by the department of lake planning projects in the order of their scheduled receipt of funds.
NR 190.003(8)
(8) "Public inland lake" means part or all of a lake, reservoir or flowage, or millpond within the boundaries of the state that is presently accessible to the public by contiguous public lands or easements giving public access.
