281.665(5)(a)(a) The department shall promulgate rules specifying eligibility criteria for projects under this section and for determining which eligible projects will receive financial assistance under this section.
281.665(5)(b)
(b) The department may not provide a cost-sharing grant for a project under this section if any of the following applies:
281.665(5)(b)2.
2. The project provides for the channelization of a stream or for lining a natural stream bed with concrete.
281.665(5)(c)
(c) The department shall include all of the following in the criteria for determining which eligible projects will receive cost-sharing grants under this section:
281.665(5)(c)1.
1. The extent to which a project minimizes harm to existing beneficial functions of water bodies and wetlands.
281.665(5)(c)2.
2. The extent to which a project maintains aquatic and riparian environments.
281.665(5)(c)3.
3. The extent to which a project uses storm water retention and detention structures and natural storage.
281.665(5)(c)4.
4. The extent to which a project provides opportunity for public access to water bodies and to the floodway.
281.665 History
History: 1999 a. 9.
281.665 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
NR 199, Wis. adm. code.
281.67
281.67
Watershed projects. The department shall assist and advise the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection regarding watershed projects under
16 USC 1001 to
1008.
281.67 History
History: 1981 c. 346;
1995 a. 227 s.
429; Stats. 1995 s. 281.67.
281.68
281.68
Lake management planning grants. 281.68(1)(b)
(b) "Qualified lake association" means an association that meets the qualifications under
sub. (3m) (a).
281.68(1)(c)
(c) "Qualified school district" is a school district that meets the qualifications under
sub. (3m) (c).
281.68(1m)
(1m) Purposes of grants and contracts. The department shall develop and administer a financial assistance program to provide lake management planning grants and to award contracts under
sub. (1t) for projects to provide information and education on the use of lakes and natural lake ecosystems and on the quality of water in lakes and the quality of natural lake ecosystems.
281.68(1r)
(1r) Uses of grants. Lake management planning grants shall be used to improve water quality assessment and planning and to aid in the selection of activities to do any of the following:
281.68(1r)(a)
(a) Prevent pollution from entering into lakes or into natural lake ecosystems.
281.68(1r)(b)
(b) Protect or improve the quality of water in lakes or the quality of natural lake ecosystems.
281.68(1t)
(1t) Lake monitoring contracts. The department may award contracts to public groups or persons for the creation and support of a statewide lake monitoring network. The contracts may include payments for the costs of all of the following:
281.68(1t)(a)
(a) Training, equipment, and supplies necessary for water quality sample collection.
281.68(1t)(b)
(b) Handling, shipping, and laboratory analysis of water samples.
281.68(1t)(c)
(c) Developing, maintaining, and managing a statewide database system for entering, tracking, evaluating, and reporting water quality results.
281.68(1t)(d)
(d) Producing and distributing water quality results and reports.
281.68(2)
(2) Amount of grants and contracts. 281.68(2)(a)(a) The department may provide a grant of 75% of the cost of a lake management planning project up to a total of $10,000 per grant.
281.68(2)(b)
(b) The total amount of lake monitoring contracts for each fiscal year may not exceed 10 percent of the total amount appropriated under
s. 20.370 (6) (ar).
281.68(3)
(3) Rules for grants and contracts. 281.68(3)(a)(a) The department shall promulgate rules for the administration of the lake management planning grant program which shall include all of the following:
281.68(3)(a)1.
1. Eligible recipients to consist of nonprofit conservation organizations, as defined in
s. 23.0955 (1), counties, cities, towns, villages, qualified lake associations, town sanitary districts, qualified school districts, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts, and other local governmental units, as defined in
s. 66.0131 (1) (a), that are established for the purpose of lake management.
281.68(3)(a)2.
2. Eligible activities, which shall include all of the following for lakes and natural lake ecosystems:
281.68(3)(a)2.b.
b. Assessments of water quality and of fish and aquatic life and their habitat.
281.68(3)(a)2.c.
c. Assessments of the uses of a lake and the uses of the land surrounding the lake.
281.68(3)(a)2.f.
f. Providing programs and materials that promote the monitoring of private sewage systems, the reduction in the use of environmentally harmful chemicals, water safety, and the protection of natural lake ecosystems.
281.68(3)(bg)
(bg) The department shall promulgate rules for the administration of the lake monitoring contracts program, which shall specify the eligible activities and qualifications for participation in the statewide lake monitoring network.
281.68(3m)(a)(a) To be a qualified lake association, an association shall do all of the following:
281.68(3m)(a)2.
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.
281.68(3m)(a)3.
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.
281.68(3m)(a)4.
4. Allow to be a member any individual who for at least one month each year resides on or within one mile of an inland lake for which the association was incorporated.
281.68(3m)(a)5.
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.
281.68(3m)(a)6.
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. 181.0721 (1).
281.68(3m)(a)7.
7. Demonstrate that it has been in existence for at least one year.
281.68(3m)(a)9.
9. Require payment of an annual membership fee as set by the department by rule under
par. (b).
281.68(3m)(b)
(b) For 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.
281.68(3m)(c)
(c) 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:
281.68(3m)(c)1.
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.
281.68(3m)(c)2.
2. Allow another eligible recipient of grants under this section to cooperate with the school district in the project.
281.68(4)
(4) Eligibility for lake management planning grants. At the completion of a lake management planning project, upon request of the recipient of a grant under this section, the department may approve recommendations made as a result of the project as eligible activities for a lake management grant under
s. 281.69.
281.68 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
NR 190, Wis. adm. code.
281.69
281.69
Lake management and classification grants and contracts. 281.69(1m)
(1m) Types of projects. The department shall develop and administer a financial assistance program to provide grants for the following 2 types of projects:
281.69(1m)(a)
(a) Lake management projects that will improve or protect the quality of water in lakes or the quality of natural lake ecosystems.
281.69(1m)(b)
(b) Lake classification projects that will classify lakes by use and implement protection activities for the lakes based on their classification.
281.69(1r)
(1r) Contracts. The department may award contracts for lake classification technical assistance projects to be conducted by nonprofit corporations that will provide educational and technical assistance.
281.69(2)
(2) Amounts of grants and contracts. 281.69(2)(a)(a) A grant for a lake management project may be made for up to 75% of the cost of the project but may not provide more than $200,000 per grant.
281.69(2)(b)
(b) A grant for a lake classification project may be made for up to 75% of the cost of the project but may not exceed $50,000 per grant.
281.69(2)(c)
(c) A contract for a lake classification technical assistance project may not exceed $200,000.
281.69(3)
(3) Rules for lake management project grants. The department shall promulgate rules to administer and to determine eligibility for grants for lake management projects. The rules shall include all of the following:
281.69(3)(a)
(a) A designation of eligible recipients, which shall include nonprofit conservation organizations, counties, cities, towns, villages, qualified lake associations, town sanitary districts, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts, and other local governmental units, as defined in
s. 66.0131 (1) (a), that are established for the purpose of lake management.
281.69(3)(b)
(b) A designation of eligible activities, which shall include all of the following:
281.69(3)(b)1.
1. The purchase of land or of a conservation easement, as defined in
s. 700.40 (1) (a), if the eligible recipient enters into a contract under
s. 281.71 and if the purchase will substantially contribute to the protection or improvement of a lake's water quality or its natural ecosystem.
281.69(3)(b)2.
2. The restoration of a wetland if the restoration will protect or improve a lake's water quality or its natural ecosystem.
281.69(3)(b)2m.
2m. The restoration of habitat in a littoral area of a lake or along its shoreline if the restoration will protect or improve the lake's water quality or its natural ecosystem.
281.69(3)(b)3.
3. The development of local regulations or ordinances that will protect or improve a lake's water quality or its natural ecosystem.
281.69(3)(b)4.
4. An activity that is approved by the department and that is needed to implement a recommendation made as a result of a plan to improve or protect the quality of water in a lake or the natural ecosystem of a lake.
281.69(3m)(a)(a) The department shall provide grants of $10,000 each from the appropriation under
s. 20.370 (6) (ar) for lake management projects to eligible recipients, other than nonprofit conservation organizations, that have completed a comprehensive land use plan that includes a wetland enhancement or restoration project. The grant shall be used for the implementation of the wetland enhancement or restoration project. The 75% limitation under
sub. (2) (a) does not apply to these grants.
281.69(3m)(b)
(b) The department shall provide up to 25 grants per fiscal year during fiscal years 2001-02 and 2002-03. The department shall award the grants to eligible recipients who qualify for the grants in the order in which the grant applications are received by the department.
281.69(5)
(5) Lake classification project grants. 281.69(5)(a)(a) The department shall promulgate rules to administer and to determine eligibility for grants for lake classification projects.
281.69(5)(b)
(b) The rules under
par. (a) shall include guidelines to be used for lake classification. The guidelines shall require that certain factors be used in classifying each lake by use. The factors shall include all of the following:
