281.66(4)(a)(a) The department may provide local assistance grants and cost-sharing grants under this section. A local assistance grant may not exceed 70% of eligible costs. A cost-sharing grant may not exceed 50% of eligible costs.
281.66(4)(b)
(b) The department may award a local assistance grant for any of the following:
281.66(4)(b)1.
1. Storm water management for urban areas and for areas that are expected to become urban areas within 20 years.
281.66(4)(b)2.
2. Informational and educational activities related to nonpoint source water pollution control, construction site erosion control or storm water management.
281.66(4)(b)3.
3. Development, administration and enforcement of a construction site erosion control or storm water management ordinance.
281.66(4)(b)4.
4. Training of staff concerning nonpoint source water pollution control, construction site erosion control or storm water management.
281.66(4)(b)5.
5. Other activities identified by the department by rule.
281.66(4)(c)
(c) The department may award a cost-sharing grant for any of the following types of projects:
281.66(4)(c)1.
1. Structural urban best management practices, including necessary land acquisition, storm sewer rerouting and removal of structures, and associated flood management, except that the department may not award a grant for structural urban best management practices associated with new construction or new development.
281.66(4)(c)2.
2. Stream bank or shoreland stabilization necessary to control pollution.
281.66(4)(c)3.
3. Other nonpoint source water pollution abatement or storm water management practices identified by the department by rule.
281.66(5)
(5) Scoring system. The department shall use a scoring system for ranking nonpoint source water pollution abatement and storm water management projects for which applications are submitted under this section. The criteria on which the scoring system is based shall include all of the following:
281.66(5)(a)
(a) The extent to which the application proposes to use the cost-effective and appropriate practices to achieve water quality goals.
281.66(5)(b)
(b) The existence in the project area of an impaired water body that the department has identified to the federal environmental protection agency under
33 USC 1313 (d) (1) (A).
281.66(5)(c)
(c) The extent to which the project will result in the attainment of established water quality objectives.
281.66(5)(d)
(d) The local interest in and commitment to the project.
281.66(5)(e)
(e) The inclusion of a strategy to evaluate the progress toward reaching project goals, including the monitoring of water quality improvements resulting from project activities.
281.66(5)(f)
(f) The extent to which the application proposes to use available federal funding.
281.66(5)(g)
(g) The extent to which the project is necessary to enable the city of Racine to control storm water discharges as required under
33 USC 1342 (p).
281.66(6)
(6) Grants for campuses. Notwithstanding
subs. (3) and
(4), the department may distribute a grant to the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System for practices, techniques or measures to control storm water discharges on a University of Wisconsin System campus that is located in a municipality that is required to obtain a permit under
s. 283.33 and that is located in a priority watershed, as defined in
s. 281.65 (2) (c), a priority lake area, as defined in
s. 281.65 (2) (bs), or an area that is identified as an area of concern by the International Joint Commission, as defined in
s. 281.35 (1) (h), under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
281.66 History
History: 1999 a. 9 ss.
2525f,
2525g.
281.665
281.665
Municipal flood control and riparian restoration program. 281.665(1)(b)
(b) "Local governmental unit" means a city, village, town or metropolitan sewerage district.
281.665(2)
(2) Administration. The department shall administer the program under this section to provide financial assistance to local governmental units for facilities and structures for the collection and transmission of storm water and groundwater, including the purchase of perpetual flowage and conservation easement rights on land within floodways, and for the floodproofing of public and private structures that remain in the 100-year floodplain.
281.665(3)(a)(a) The department may provide a cost-sharing grant for a project that affects 2 or more local governmental units to one of the following:
281.665(3)(a)1.
1. One of the affected local governmental units upon application by all of the affected local governmental units.
281.665(3)(a)2.
2. A local governmental unit that has jurisdiction over the provision of storm water collection facilities for all of the affected local governmental units.
281.665(3)(c)
(c) The department may provide a cost-sharing grant for a project that affects one local governmental unit to that local governmental unit.
281.665(4)(a)(a) The department may provide local assistance grants and cost-sharing grants under this section. A local assistance grant may not exceed 70% of eligible costs, including planning and design costs. A cost-sharing grant may not exceed 70% of eligible costs for construction and real estate acquisition.
281.665(4)(b)
(b) In any fiscal year, the department may not provide to any applicant more than 20% of the funding available under this section in the fiscal year.
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 and lake monitoring contracts. 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 67 percent of the cost of a lake management planning project up to a total of $25,000 per grant. In each fiscal year, the total amount of moneys awarded as grants for lake management planning projects may not exceed $50,000 for any one lake.
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) and
(as).
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 on-site wastewater treatment 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. Eligible activities shall include providing technical assistance to public or private entities that apply for, or have received, a grant under
s. 23.22 (2) (c).
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).
