Section 50.885. Stream Crossing.

 

(1)   Definition. In this section, "stream crossing" means a road or pathway which confines or directs the movement of livestock, farm equipment, or vehicular traffic over a stream, and which is designed and installed to improve water quality, reduce erosion, protect an installed practice, or control livestock access to a stream.

(2)   Eligible costs. A cost-share grant under s. ATCP 50.40 may reimburse any of the following costs related to a stream crossing:

(a) The costs of constructing a culvert, ford, or other allowed stream crossing structure other than a bridge.

(b) The costs of installing conservation practices necessary to limit water quality impairment from a stream crossing.

(3)   Ineligible costs. A cost-share grant under s. ATCP 50.40 may not reimburse for the costs of a stream crossing if the traffic can be re-directed along another route that would not result in the same water quality impairment.

(4)   Design, construction, and maintenance. A cost-share grant under s. ATCP 50.40 may not reimburse the cost of establishing a stream crossing unless all of the following conditions are met:

(a) The stream crossing complies with all of the following that apply:

1. NRCS technical guide access road standard 560 (October, 2014).

2. NRCS technical guide streambank and shoreline protection standard 580 (March, 2015).

3. NRCS technical guide fence standard 382 (January, 2014).

4. NRCS technical guide stream crossing standard 578 (March, 2015).

(b) The landowner agrees to maintain the stream crossing for 10 years unless the farming operations on the affected land are discontinued or the practice is no longer required to prevent the soil and water resource problem for which the practice was installed.

CR 13-016 : cr. Register February 2014 No. 698 , eff. 5-1-14; CR 14-047 : am. (4) (a) 1. to 3. Register May 2015 No. 713 , eff. 6-1-15; CR 16-012 : am. (4) (a) 1., 2., 4. Register August 2016 No. 728 , eff. 9-1-16.

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CR 16-012 erroneously replaced "August, 2013” with "March, 2015”. There is not a March, 2015 standard 580. The current version is August, 2013. The date will be corrected in future rulemaking. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1