Section 50.76. Livestock watering facilities.

 

(1)   Definition. In this section, "livestock watering facility" means a trough, tank, pipe, conduit, spring development, pump, well, or other device or combination of devices installed to deliver drinking water to livestock.

(2)   Cost-share eligibility. A cost-share grant under s. ATCP 50.40 may reimburse costs to establish a livestock watering facility if the livestock watering facility is a necessary component of a prescribed grazing system funded under s. ATCP 50.80 , or if all of the following conditions are met:

(a) The livestock watering facility will do one of the following:

1. Prevent nonpoint source water pollution by replacing livestock access to a stream or other natural drinking water source.

2. Water livestock that are isolated from a natural drinking water source by another conservation practice under this subchapter.

(b) The livestock watering facility is necessary to achieve water quality objectives.

(c) Installing the livestock watering facility is less expensive than providing environmentally safe livestock access to a natural source of drinking water.

(3)   Eligible costs. A cost-share grant under s. ATCP 50.40 may reimburse the cost of designing and constructing a livestock watering facility.

(4)   Ineligible costs. A cost-share grant under s. ATCP 50.40 may not reimburse costs for any of the following:

(a) More than one livestock watering facility when the need for more than one watering facility is created by the segregation or handling of livestock within a manure management system. This paragraph does not apply when the need for more than one livestock watering facility is created by the segregation or handling of livestock within a prescribed grazing system.

(b) A water supply used for purposes other than providing drinking water to livestock.

(c) Installing a livestock watering facility if there is a less expensive way to water livestock, consistent with soil and water conservation goals.

(5)   Design, construction, and maintenance. A cost-share grant may not reimburse the cost of establishing a livestock watering facility unless all of the following conditions are met:

(a) The livestock watering facility complies with all of the following that apply:

1. NRCS technical guide spring development standard 574 (March, 2014).

2. NRCS technical guide watering facility standard 614 (October, 2014).

3. NRCS technical guide water well standard 642 (October, 2014).

4. NRCS technical guide livestock pipeline standard 516 (October, 2012).

5. Chapter NR 812 , related to well construction and pump installation.

6. NRCS technical guide heavy use area protection standard 561 (August, 2015).

7. NRCS technical guide pumping plant standard 533 (July, 2011).

(b) The landowner agrees to maintain the livestock watering facility for 10 years unless farming operations on the affected land are discontinued.

CR 01-090 : cr. Register September 2002 No. 561 , eff. 10-1-02; CR 08-075 : am. (5) (a) 1. and 3. Register April 2009 No. 640 , eff. 5-1-09; CR 13-016 : am. (5) (a) 2. to 4., cr. (5) (a) 6., 7. Register February 2014 No. 698 , eff. 5-1-14; CR 14-047 : am. (5) (a) 1., 6. Register May 2015 No. 713 , eff. 6-1-15; CR 16-012 : am. (5) (a) 2., 3., 6. Register August 2016 No. 728 , eff. 9-1-16.