NR 129.07(1)(a)(a) The department shall establish a priority list for the current fiscal year by March 1 for all applications submitted to the department by February 1 of that year. NR 129.07(1)(b)(b) Grants shall be awarded by April 1 to applicants in the order that they appear on the priority list, based on the total individual points received under the criteria set forth in s. NR 129.08. NR 129.07(1)(c)(c) All applications received after February 1 shall be included on the priority list for the next fiscal year. NR 129.07(1)(d)(d) If there are insufficient funds to award grants to all eligible applicants in a given fiscal, those applications not funded will be included on the priority list for the next fiscal year unless the department receives notification that an applicant wishes to withdraw the application. NR 129.07(2)(2) Amendments. Requests for additional funding, for the mapping of an eligible project area, necessitated by a change in the scope of work and requests for additional funding under s. NR 129.06 (3) (c) may be awarded by the department if unallocated funds remain for the fiscal year in which a grant amendment request is received. Such grant amendments shall be funded on a first-come, first-served basis. If no unallocated funds remain for that fiscal year, a grant amendment request shall be ranked on the priority list for the next fiscal year, according to the number of priority points assigned to the original application under s. NR 129.08. NR 129.07 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, May, 1980, No. 293, eff. 6-1-80; am. Register, April, 1983, No. 328, eff. 5-1-83. NR 129.08NR 129.08 Criteria for priority ranking. The following criteria shall be used to rank proposed mapping projects for the purpose of determining funding priority: NR 129.08(1)(c)(c) Approximate floodplain study map (e.g., flood hazard boundary map or flood prone area map) or shoreland map is available, 2 points. NR 129.08(2)(2) Flood damage potential (The estimate for flood damage potential shall be based on the total equalized assessed value of all structures in the floodplain area): NR 129.08(3)(3) Potential for future development of floodplain or shoreland areas in the project area: NR 129.08(3)(a)(a) High — evidenced by submission of a plat or plats, or application for 10 or more building permits in the preceding 2 years, or proposal for commercial development, 8 points; NR 129.08(3)(b)(b) Moderate — evidenced by fewer than 10 applications for building permits in the preceding 2 years, 4 points; NR 129.08(3)(c)(c) Low — No applications for building permits in the preceding 2 years, 0 points. NR 129.08(4)(4) Availability of mapping data from other sources: Where the cost of the project can be reduced by utilizing existing data (e.g., aerial photography or ground control surveys acquired through a previous mapping project), additional points shall be as follows: NR 129.08(4)(a)(a) More than 30% reduction in total project cost, 5 points; NR 129.08(4)(c)(c) Less than 10% reduction in total project cost, 0 points.