Section 50.01. Definitions.

  In this chapter:

(1)  "Agricultural practice" means beekeeping; commercial feedlots; dairying; egg production; floriculture; fish or fur farming; grazing; livestock raising; orchards; poultry raising; raising of grain, grass, mint, or seed crops; raising of fruits, nuts, or berries; sod farming; placing land in federal programs in return for payments in kind; owning land, at least 35 acres of which is enrolled in the conservation reserve program under 16 USC 3831 to 3836 ; or vegetable raising.

(2)  "Conservation practice" means a facility or practice that is designed to prevent or reduce soil erosion, prevent or reduce nonpoint source water pollution, or achieve or maintain compliance with soil and water conservation standards. "Conservation practice" includes a nutrient management plan.

(2m)  "Contaminated runoff" means drainage that has come through or across a feed storage or manure storage area. "Contaminated runoff" includes the liquid and any sediment, manure, feed, or other material carried in the liquid.

(3)  "Cost-shared practice" means a conservation practice financed by a cost-share grant.

(4)  "Cost-share grant" means a grant that reimburses a landowner for all or part of the cost to install or maintain a conservation practice identified in the grant.

(5)  "County drainage board" means a board created and appointed under s. 88.17 , Stats.

(6)  "County land conservation committee" means the committee created by a county board under s. 92.06 , Stats. "County land conservation committee" includes employees or agents of a county land conservation committee who, with committee authorization, act on behalf of the committee.

(7)  "CREP program" means the combined state-federal conservation reserve enhancement program under s. 93.70 , Stats. and 16 USC 3834 (f)(4).

(8)  "Department" means the state of Wisconsin department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection.

(9)  "DNR" means the state of Wisconsin department of natural resources.

(10)  "Farm" means a parcel of land on which a landowner conducts one or more agricultural practices.

(12)  "Individual" means a natural person.

(13)  "Lake district" means a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district created under subch. IV of ch. 33 , Stats.

(14)  "Land out of agricultural production" means acreage that the owner can no longer use for normal crop or livestock production. Land is not taken "out of agricultural production," for purposes of s. ATCP 50.08 , if the landowner is free to use it for pasture, hay production, and cropping subject to residue management.

(15)  "Landowner" means any of the following:

(a) A person who owns a parcel of land.

(b) A person who rents, controls, or uses a parcel of land for agricultural purposes.

(15m)  "Leachate" means the concentrated liquid which has percolated through, or drained from, animal feed or manure storage areas.

(16)  "Livestock operation" means a feedlot or other facility or pasture where animals are fed, confined, maintained, or stabled.

(17)  "Local governmental unit" has the meaning given in s. 92.15 (1) (b) , Stats., and includes a county, town, city, village, lake district, and county drainage board.

(18)  "Local regulation" means any of the following regulations that require conservation practices on farms:

(a) Soil and water conservation standards that a county land conservation committee adopts under s. 92.07 (2) , Stats.

(b) An ordinance or regulation that a county adopts under s. 59.69 , 59.692 , 92.07 (2) , 92.11 , 92.15 , 92.16 , 92.17 , or 93.90 , Stats., or under other county authority.

(c) An ordinance or regulation that a town, city, or village adopts under s. 92.11 , 92.15 , 92.16 , 92.17 , or 93.90 , Stats., or under other town, city, or village authority.

(d) A regulation adopted by a county drainage board, a lake district, or other special purpose district, or a tribe.

(19)  "LWCB" means the state of Wisconsin land and water conservation board.

(20)  "Manure" means livestock excreta. "Manure" includes the following when intermingled with excreta in normal farming operations: debris including bedding, water, soil, hair, and feathers; processing derivatives including separated sand, separated manure solids, precipitated manure sludges, supernatants, digested liquids, composted biosolids, and process water; and runoff collected from barnyards, animal lots, and feed storage areas.

(21)  "Manure management system" has the meaning given in s. ATCP 50.62 (1) (b) .

(22)  "Manure storage facility" has the meaning given in s. ATCP 50.62 (1) (c) .

(23)  "Manure storage structure" has the meaning given in s. ATCP 50.62 (1) (d) .

(24)  "Nonpoint source" has the meaning given in s. 281.65 (2) (b) , Stats.

(25)  "Nonpoint source water pollution" has the meaning given in s. 281.16 (1) (f) , Stats.

(26)  "NRCS" means the natural resources conservation service of the United States department of agriculture.

(27)  "NRCS technical guide" means the NRCS field office technical guide.

(28)  "Nutrient management plan" means any of the following:

(a) A plan required under s. ATCP 50.04 (3) or 50.62 (5) (f) .

(b) A farm nutrient plan prepared or approved, for a landowner, by a qualified nutrient management planner.

(29)  "Nutrients" means plant nutrients derived from commercial fertilizers, manure, organic wastes, soil reserves, legumes, or other sources.

(29m)  "Pasture" has the meaning given in s. NR 151.015 (15m) .

(30)  "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, cooperative association, limited liability company, trust, or other legal organization or entity.

(31)  "RUSLE 2 equation" means the following applicable NRCS release of version 2 of the revised universal soil loss equation:

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) , the release that was in effect on May 1, 2014.

(b) For purposes of a compliance determination under ch. NR 151 or this chapter made prior to May 1, 2014, the release that was in effect on the date of the compliance determination.

(32)  "Secretary" means the secretary of the department.

(33)  "State regulation" means ch. 88 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 281 , or 283 , Stats., and rules promulgated by the department or DNR under ch. 88 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 281 , or 283 , Stats.

(34)  "Structural height" means the difference in elevation in feet between the point of lowest elevation of the structure or embankment before overtopping and the lowest elevation of the natural stream or lake bed at the downstream toe of the structure or embankment.

(35)  "Tribe" has the meaning given in s. 165.91 (1) , Stats.

(36)  "T-value" means the maximum average annual rate of soil erosion for each soil type that will permit a high level of crop productivity to be sustained economically and indefinitely.

(37)  "Unconfined manure pile" means a quantity of manure, at least 175 cu. ft. in volume, that covers the ground surface to a depth of at least 2 inches and is not confined within a manure storage facility, livestock housing facility, or barnyard runoff control facility.

(38)  "Waters of the state" has the meaning given in s. 283.01 (20) , Stats.

(39)  "Weighted average soil rental rate" means, for each county, the rate determined by the United States department of agriculture, farm service agency, on form CRP-2.