281.65(4)(g)8.d.
d. A requirement to review the implementation plan periodically and to modify the implementation plan to reflect the agreements entered into by landowners and operators to implement best management practices.
281.65(4)(g)8.e.
e. Provisions for public notice and education concerning the implementation plan in the period during which grants are available to governmental units and landowners and operators, in order to achieve the greatest level of voluntary participation.
281.65(4)(g)9.
9. Complete the planning process in all priority watersheds by December 31, 2015.
281.65(4)(h)
(h) Designate a governmental unit to perform the inventory required under
sub. (4m) (a).
281.65(4)(i)
(i) Cooperate with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection under
s. 92.14 (6).
281.65(4)(k)
(k) Before public debt is contracted for projects under this section, prepare a plan for the expenditure of the proceeds of that debt and submit the plan to the land and water conservation board.
281.65(4)(L)
(L) Before September 1 of each year, in consultation with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, submit a budget report to the board that includes anticipated expenditures for projects under this section during the next year, criteria for ending projects under this section and, if anticipated expenditures exceed anticipated funding, a plan for reducing expenditures.
281.65(4)(o)
(o) Annually, in cooperation with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, submit a report on the progress of the program under this section to the land and water conservation board.
281.65(4)(p)
(p) Jointly with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, prepare the plan required under
s. 92.14 (13). The department shall review and approve or disapprove the plan and shall notify the land and water conservation board of its final action on the plan. The department shall implement any part of the plan for which the plan gives it responsibility.
281.65(4)(pm)
(pm) Jointly with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, develop the forms required and implement the process under
s. 92.14 (14).
281.65(4)(q)
(q) Include the report submitted under
sub. (3) (b), along with a request for all resources and any changes necessary to implement each recommendation in the report, in the information that it submits to the department of administration under
s. 16.42 for the program under this section.
281.65(4)(s)
(s) Provide staff services to the land and water conservation board.
281.65(4c)(a)(a) A governmental unit may request funding under this subsection for a project that is in a priority watershed or priority lake area or a project that is not in a priority watershed or a priority lake area by submitting an application to the department. An application shall be submitted before July 15 to be considered for initial funding in the following year.
281.65(4c)(ae)
(ae) The department shall administer this subsection in a manner that promotes the accelerated implementation of nonpoint source water pollution control that cannot be conducted with funding under
s. 92.14 in target areas described in
par. (am) 1. that are of the highest priority.
281.65(4c)(am)
(am) The department may select a project for funding under this subsection only if all of the following apply:
281.65(4c)(am)1.
1. The project will implement nonpoint source pollution control in an area that is a target area based on any of the following:
281.65(4c)(am)1.b.
b. The existence of impaired water bodies that the department has identified to the federal environmental protection agency under
33 USC 1313 (d) (1) (A).
281.65(4c)(am)1.c.
c. The existence of outstanding or exceptional resource waters, as designated by the department under
s. 281.15.
281.65(4c)(am)1.e.
e. The existence of an animal feeding operation that has received a notice of discharge under
ch. 283 or a notice of intent to issue a notice of discharge.
281.65(4c)(am)2.
2. The department, in consultation with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, determines that funding provided under
s. 92.14 is insufficient to fund the project.
281.65(4c)(am)3.
3. The project is consistent with priorities identified by the department on a watershed or other geographic basis.
281.65(4c)(am)4.
4. The project is consistent with approved land and water resource management plans under
s. 92.10.
281.65(4c)(am)5.
5. The application for the project specifies the watershed, subwatershed or specific site that will be served by the project.
281.65(4c)(b)
(b) The department shall use the system under
par. (d) to determine the score of each project for which it receives an application under
par. (a) and shall inform the land and water conservation board of the scores no later than September 1 of each year.
281.65(4c)(c)
(c) After determining project scores under
par. (b), the department shall notify the land and water conservation board of the projects that the department proposes to select for funding in the following year. The board shall review the proposal and make recommendations to the department. Before November 1 of each year, the department shall select projects for funding under this subsection in the following year. To the extent practicable, within the requirements of this section, the department shall select projects so that projects are distributed evenly around this state.