Section 50.95. Water and sediment control basins.

 

(1)   Definitions. In this section:

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

(b) "Water and sediment control basin" means an earthen embankment or a ridge and channel combination which is installed across a slope or minor watercourse to trap or detain runoff and sediment. "Water and sediment control basin" does not include a manure storage facility or a structure designed to collect runoff and sediment from concentrated animal feedlots.

(2)   Eligible costs. A cost-share grant under s. ATCP 50.40 may reimburse the cost of designing and constructing a water and sediment control basin, including practices necessary to protect the basin from livestock.

(3)   Design, construction, and maintenance. A cost-share grant may not reimburse the cost of installing a water and sediment control basin unless all of the following conditions are met:

(a) The water and sediment control basin complies with all of the following that apply:

1. NRCS technical guide critical area planting standard 342 (January, 2013).

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

3. NRCS technical guide water and sediment control basin standard 638 (January, 2011).

4. NRCS technical guide underground outlet standard 620 (March, 2014).

(b) The landowner agrees to maintain the water and sediment control basin 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. (3) (a) 1. and 2. Register April 2009 No. 640 , eff. 5-1-09; CR 13-016 : am. (3) (a) 1. to 4. Register February 2014 No. 698 , eff. 5-1-14; CR14-047 : am. (3) (a) 2., 4. Register May 2015 No. 713 , eff. 6-1-15.