Section 198.23. Applications and grant awards.

 

(1)  Applications shall be made on forms provided by the department. Applications shall be submitted to the region director for the region in which the project is located by August 1 or February 1 of each year for a project to be eligible for a grant award in the subsequent 6 month period.

(2)  A complete application shall contain the following information:

(a) A brief description of the project's goals and objectives including a description of the waters on which the project will take place and how the results of the project will lead to the prevention or control of aquatic invasive species.

(b) A complete description of the project methods.

(c) An itemized budget for the full costs of the project including a calculation of the department's share of the project that will ultimately be reimbursed and a statement of the sponsor's capacity for financing its completion.

(d) A time line for project completion.

(e) A signed and dated resolution from the sponsor authorizing the application and identifying a representative to act on its behalf.

(f) A description of the existing and proposed availability of public access to, and public use of, the waterbody including a map of the project waterbody identifying boat landings, public parks, platted access sites and road ends or rights of way providing public access to the water.

(g) A description of how the project is consistent with existing plans or management efforts for the water body.

(h) Other information as may be required by the department to evaluate the project.

(3)  All required application material in sub. (2) that is not included on a department-provided form shall be submitted in an electronic format specified by the department.

(4)  The department shall review the application for completeness and may return the application with a request in writing for more detailed information. The application is not considered complete until the additional information requested by the department has been received.

(5)  The department shall issue grant awards based upon the priorities and considerations established in s. NR 198.15 .

(6)  Except as limited in sub. (7) , the total state share of the cost of an education, prevention and planning project may not exceed 75% of the total project cost.

(7)  The maximum amount of a grant award shall be $150,000. Applications shall be separated into 2 classes. The 2 classes consist of those requesting less than $50,000 in state share and those requesting $50,000 or more in state share. Each class of projects shall be evaluated separately and have equal priority for funding.

(8)  State share of the costs of a watercraft inspection program is limited to $4,000 annually for each public boat launch facility not to exceed 75% of the total project cost up to the maximum grant amount. Remote image recording devices may be installed at landings to aid an existing watercraft inspection program. Only the first year costs of purchase or lease and installation are eligible for reimbursement. The costs for remote image recording devices will not be considered part of the annual $4,000 limit.

(9)  Notwithstanding s. NR 198.13 (2) , the department may distribute up to 25% of the state share of the project costs to the sponsor following acceptance of the grant agreement by the sponsor.

History: CR 04-060 : cr. Register April 2005 No. 592 , eff. 5-1-05; CR 08-063 : am. (2) (a) and (f), renum. (3) to (8) to be (4) to (9) and am. (6), (7) and (8), cr. (3) Register June 2009 No. 642 , eff. 7-1-09.

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Forms may be obtained free of charge from the department at [phone], or at the following DNR region headquarters located at: Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 1. Southeast — 2300 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Box 12436, Milwaukee 53212 Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 2. South Central — 3911 Fish Hatchery Road, Fitchburg 53711 Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 3. Northeast — 2984 Shawano Ave., Green Bay, WI 54313 Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 4. Northern/Rhinelander — 107 Sutliff Ave., Rhinelander 54501 Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 5. Northern/Spooner — 810 West Maple St., Spooner 54801 Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 6. West Central — 1300 W. Clairemont Ave., Call Box 4001, Eau Claire 54702 Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 For example, $200,000 is allocated to the Education, Prevention and Planning projects. The $200,000 would be distributed evenly between applications for less than $50,000 and applications for $50,000 or more. The applications would compete against other application in each class for the $100,000 distributed to that class. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1