(1) PROGRAM ELEMENTS. Every county land
conservation committee shall establish and maintain a county soil and water
conservation program. The program shall include all of the following elements:
(a) A county land and water resource
management plan under s.
ATCP
50.12, and a program to implement that plan.
(b) A program to implement soil and water
conservation standards.
Note: A county's land and water resource
management plan under s.
ATCP
50.12 should identify the county's strategy to
implement the farm conservation practices required under s.
ATCP
50.04. Under s.
ATCP
50.16, a county is required to monitor and ensure
compliance with conservation standards for lands covered by the farmland
preservation program under ch. 91, Stats. See s.
ATCP 50.14 and
subch. VII related to county ordinances.
(c) A program to prepare and submit annual
reports under s.
ATCP 50.18 and
annual grant applications under s.
ATCP
50.20.
(d)
A program to receive, distribute, and account for soil and water resource
management grants under this chapter.
(e) A procedure to ensure that conservation
practices funded under this chapter are designed and installed according to
this chapter.
(f) An accounting and
recordkeeping system under s.
ATCP
50.22.
(g)
An information and education program to promote effective soil and water
resource management.
(h) Other
program elements, if any, required under this chapter.
(2) COORDINATION. A county land conservation
committee shall, to the extent practicable, coordinate the program elements
under sub. (1) with each other and with all of the following:
(a) The county's land information and
modernization program under ss.
16.967
and
59.72(3),
Stats.
(b) The related activities
of NRCS, state agencies and other governmental entities in that
county.
Notes
Wis. Admin.
Code Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer
Protection
§
ATCP
50.10
CR 01-090: cr.
Register September 2002 No. 561, eff. 10-1-02; CR 13-016: am. (1) (b) Register
February 2014 No. 698, eff. 5-1-14.
