Section 151.03. Tillage setback performance standard.

  The purpose of this standard is to prevent tillage operations from destroying stream banks and depositing soil directly in surface waters. In this section, "surface water" has the meaning given in s. NR 102.03 (7) .

(1)  No crop producer may conduct a tillage operation that negatively impacts stream bank integrity or deposits soil directly in surface waters.

(2)  No tillage operations may be conducted within 5 feet of the top of the channel of surface waters. Tillage setbacks greater than 5 feet but no more than 20 feet may be required to meet this standard.

(3)  Crop producers shall maintain the area within the tillage setback required under sub. (2) in adequate sod or self-sustaining vegetative cover that provides a minimum of 70% coverage.

(4)  This section does not apply to grassed waterways installed as conservation practices.

CR 09-112 : cr. Register December 2010 No. 660 , eff. 1-1-11; correction to (intro.) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7. , Stats., Register December 2010 No. 660 .