Common use of DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS Clause in Contracts

DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS. The department may establish alternative eligibility criteria for urban and rural demonstration projects. With prior department approval, urban and rural demon- stration projects meeting these alternative criteria may be imple- mented during the grant period. History: Cr. Register, June, 1986, No. 366, eff. 7−1−86; r. (7) and (8), renum. (9) to be (7), Register, November, 1989, No. 407, eff. 12−1−89; am. (intro.), (1), (2) and (6), renum. (7) to be (8) and am., cr. (7), Register, February, 1995, No. 470, eff. 3−1−95; r. (intro.), renum. (1) to (8) to be (2) (r) to (y), cr. (1) and (2) (a) to (q) and (3), Register, July, 1996, No. 487, eff. 8−1−96. NR 120.18 Cost−share rates. (1) STATE COST−SHARE RATES. (a) Maximum state cost−share rates for individual best management practices are identified in Table 2. The cost−share rates for best management practices under existing cost−share agreements may be amended to use the rates identified in this sec- tion. The following maximum state cost−share rates shall be reduced by 50% for landowners of critical sites when a cost−share agreement is signed after the period of cost−sharing availability for critical sites has ended. Table 2 Maximum Practice state cost−share rate Contour farming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50%* Contour and field strip−cropping . . . . . . . . . . . 50%* High residue management systems . . . . . . . . . 50% Cropland protection cover (green manure) . . . Nutrient management (not to exceed a total of 50% 3 years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pesticide management (not to exceed a total of 50% 3 years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50% Livestock fencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50% Intensive grazing management . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manure storage facilities − for first $20,000 50%**** costs 70%***** Manure storage facilities − for remaining costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50%***** Pesticide spill control facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Animal waste system storage abandonment . . 70% Field diversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Terraces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Grassed waterways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Critical area stabilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Grade stabilization structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Agricultural sediment basins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Shoreline and streambank protection . . . . . . . . 70% Shoreline buffers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Wetland restoration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Barnyard runoff management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Animal lot abandonment or relocation . . . . . . . 70% Roofs for barnyard runoff management and manure storage facilities 70% Structural urban best management practices . . 70%*** Milking center waste control 70% Cattle mounds 70% Lake sediment treatment 70% Well abandonment 70% *Wildlife habitat recreation has a state cost−share rate of 70% **Spill control facilities have a state cost−share rate of 70% ***The maximum cost−share rate for land acquisition, storm sewer rerouting, and removal of structures necessary to install structural urban best management practices is 50% ****The maximum cost−share rate per watering system is $2,000 *****The maximum cost−share rate for manure storage facilities may not exceed $35,000 total per facility. (See sub. (2) (b) for more detail). Note: Landowners or operators having a debt−to−asset ratio between 40% and 80% may wish to contact the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority’s Nonpoint Source Pollution (NSP) Loan Guarantee Program. The NSP program may guarantee an eligible borrower’s share of the cost to install eligible best management practices. For more information, please contact an Economic Develop- ment Representative at the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Author- ity (WHEDA), Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Suite 500, P.O. Box 1728, Madison, WI 53701−1728. XXXXX’s toll−free number is 1−800−642−6474. (b) Counties may use locally determined U.S. department of agriculture’s cost−share rates per acre as provided for in Xxxxxxx- dated Farm Services Agency (CFSA) Handbook, 1−WI (ACP), January 1994 or the following state cost−share rates per acre in lieu of the state cost−share percentages listed in Table 2. 1. $9.00 per acre for contour cropping.

DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS. The department may establish alternative eligibility criteria for urban and rural demonstration projects. With prior department approval, urban and rural demon- stration projects meeting these alternative criteria may be imple- mented during the grant period. History: Cr. Register, June, 1986, No. 366, eff. 7−1−86; r. (7) and (8), renum. (9) to be (7), Register, November, 1989, No. 407, eff. 12−1−89; am. (intro.), (1), (2) and (6), renum. (7) to be (8) and am., cr. (7), Register, February, 1995, No. 470, eff. 3−1−95; r. (intro.), renum. (1) to (8) to be (2) (r) to (y), cr. (1) and (2) (a) to (q) and (3), Register, July, 1996, No. 487, eff. 8−1−96. NR 120.18 Cost−share rates. (1) STATE COST−SHARE RATES. (a) Maximum state cost−share rates for individual best management practices are identified in Table 2. The cost−share rates for best management practices under existing cost−share agreements may be amended to use the rates identified in this sec- tion. The following maximum state cost−share rates shall be reduced by 50% for landowners of critical sites when a cost−share agreement is signed after the period of cost−sharing availability for critical sites has ended. Table 2 Maximum Practice state cost−share rate Contour farming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50%* Contour and field strip−cropping . . . . . . . . . . . 50%* High residue management systems . . . . . . . . . 50% Cropland protection cover (green manure) . . . 50% Nutrient management (not to exceed a total of 50% 3 years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50% Pesticide management (not to exceed a total of 50% 3 years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50% Livestock fencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50% Intensive grazing management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50%**** Manure storage facilities − for first $20,000 50%**** costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70%***** Manure storage facilities − for remaining costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50%***** Pesticide spill control facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Animal waste system storage abandonment . . 70% Field diversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Terraces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Grassed waterways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Critical area stabilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Grade stabilization structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Agricultural sediment basins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Shoreline and streambank protection . . . . . . . . 70% Shoreline buffers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Wetland restoration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Barnyard runoff management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Animal lot abandonment or relocation . . . . . . . 70% Roofs for barnyard runoff management and manure storage facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Structural urban best management practices . . 70%*** Milking center waste control 70% Cattle mounds 70% Lake sediment treatment 70% Well abandonment 70% *Wildlife habitat recreation has a state cost−share rate of 70% **Spill control facilities have a state cost−share rate of 70% ***The maximum cost−share rate for land acquisition, storm sewer rerouting, and removal of structures necessary to install structural urban best management practices is 50% ****The maximum cost−share rate per watering system is $2,000 *****The maximum cost−share rate for manure storage facilities may not exceed $35,000 total per facility. (See sub. (2) (b) for more detail). Note: Landowners or operators having a debt−to−asset ratio between 40% and 80% may wish to contact the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority’s Nonpoint Source Pollution (NSP) Loan Guarantee Program. The NSP program may guarantee an eligible borrower’s share of the cost to install eligible best management practices. For more information, please contact an Economic Develop- ment Representative at the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Author- ity (WHEDA), Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Suite 500, P.O. Box 1728, Madison, WI 53701−1728. XXXXX’s toll−free number is 1−800−642−6474. (b) Counties may use locally determined U.S. department of agriculture’s cost−share rates per acre as provided for in Xxxxxxx- dated Farm Services Agency (CFSA) Handbook, 1−WI (ACP), January 1994 or the following state cost−share rates per acre in lieu of the state cost−share percentages listed in Table 2. 1. $9.00 per acre for contour cropping.

DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS. The department may establish alternative eligibility criteria for urban and rural demonstration projects. With prior department approval, urban and rural demon- stration projects meeting these alternative criteria may be imple- mented during the grant period. History: Cr. Register, June, 1986, No. 366, eff. 7−1−86; r. (7) and (8), renum. (9) to be (7), Register, November, 1989, No. 407, eff. 12−1−89; am. (intro.), (1), (2) and (6), renum. (7) to be (8) and am., cr. (7), Register, February, 1995, No. 470, eff. 3−1−95; r. (intro.), renum. (1) to (8) to be (2) (r) to (y), cr. (1) and (2) (a) to (q) and (3), Register, July, 1996, No. 487, eff. 8−1−96. NR 120.18 Cost−share rates. (1) STATE COST−SHARE RATES. (a) Maximum state cost−share rates for individual best management practices are identified in Table 2. The cost−share rates for best management practices under existing cost−share agreements may be amended to use the rates identified in this sec- tion. The following maximum state cost−share rates shall be reduced by 50% for landowners of critical sites when a cost−share agreement is signed after the period of cost−sharing availability for critical sites has ended. Table 2 Maximum Practice state cost−share rate Contour farming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50%* Contour and field strip−cropping . . . . . . . . . . . 50%* High residue management systems . . . . . . . . . 50% Cropland protection cover (green manure) . . . Nutrient management (not to exceed a total of 50% 3 years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pesticide management (not to exceed a total of 50% 3 years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50% Livestock fencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50% Intensive grazing management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50%**** Manure storage facilities − for first $20,000 50%**** costs 70%***** Manure storage facilities − for remaining costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50%***** Pesticide spill control facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Animal waste system storage abandonment . . 70% Field diversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Terraces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Grassed waterways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Critical area stabilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Grade stabilization structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Agricultural sediment basins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Shoreline and streambank protection . . . . . . . . 70% Shoreline buffers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Wetland restoration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Barnyard runoff management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Animal lot abandonment or relocation . . . . . . . 70% Roofs for barnyard runoff management and manure storage facilities 70% Structural urban best management practices . . 70%*** Milking center waste control 70% Cattle mounds 70% Lake sediment treatment 70% Well abandonment 70% *Wildlife habitat recreation has a state cost−share rate of 70% **Spill control facilities have a state cost−share rate of 70% ***The maximum cost−share rate for land acquisition, storm sewer rerouting, and removal of structures necessary to install structural urban best management practices is 50% ****The maximum cost−share rate per watering system is $2,000 *****The maximum cost−share rate for manure storage facilities may not exceed $35,000 total per facility. (See sub. (2) (b) for more detail). Note: Landowners or operators having a debt−to−asset ratio between 40% and 80% may wish to contact the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority’s Nonpoint Source Pollution (NSP) Loan Guarantee Program. The NSP program may guarantee an eligible borrower’s share of the cost to install eligible best management practices. For more information, please contact an Economic Develop- ment Representative at the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Author- ity (WHEDA), Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Suite 500, P.O. Box 1728, Madison, WI 53701−1728. XXXXXWHEDA’s toll−free number is 1−800−642−6474. (b) Counties may use locally determined U.S. department of agriculture’s cost−share rates per acre as provided for in Xxxxxxx- dated Farm Services Agency (CFSA) Handbook, 1−WI (ACP), January 1994 or the following state cost−share rates per acre in lieu of the state cost−share percentages listed in Table 2. 1. $9.00 per acre for contour cropping.