Section 30.04. Application procedures.

 

(1)   Application packet. Applicants may contact either the department's chief utilities engineer or the utilities engineer of a department region office for an application packet containing the application requirements and a description of the application screening, evaluation and loan availability process.

(2)   Review process. Completed applications shall be sent for initial review and recommendation to the department's region office in which the alteration or relocation work is to take place. Applications shall be accepted by the department throughout the year. Applications will not be evaluated for eligibility unless all information required in the application packet is complete. The region office's review shall be completed within 45 days of the receipt of the application material and the region office's recommendation shall be reported to the applicant within 10 days following completion of the region office's review. Applications recommended for approval by the region office shall be forwarded to the department's state design engineer for highways within 10 days following completion of the region office's review. The department shall notify the applicant of its final decision within 30 days of receipt of the region office's recommendation by the state design engineer for highways.

(3)   Information requirements.

(a) An application shall demonstrate an applicant's need to alter or relocate its facilities consistent with s. Trans 30.01 , and include the following minimum information:

1. An acknowledgement that the applicant will comply with all federal and state laws and local ordinances relating to the alteration or relocation of its facilities.

2. A narrative description, supported by exhibits, plats, maps and an estimate of cost with manhours, quantities, bill of materials and unit costs, of all work to be performed with the loan funds.

3. A statement indicating whether additional land interests are required to accomplish the alteration or relocation work. If additional land interests are required, the applicant shall provide plats, maps and descriptions of the required land interests, and shall indicate whether it will acquire the additional land interests or whether it will occupy lands acquired by the department for highway purposes.

4. A schedule, including specific calendar dates, for starting and completing the work, including dates for completion of significant intermediate phases of the work.

(b) The department may require supplemental information to complete its review of an application. The department shall notify an applicant in writing of any supplemental information required and shall set reasonable deadlines for the receipt of this information. If the supplemental information is not received by the deadlines established, the department may remove the application from consideration.

History: Cr. Register, January, 1991, No. 421 , eff. 2-1-91; corrections in (1), (2) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 6. , Stats., Register February 2013 No. 686 .

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