Conditions of Trempealeau County Cost-Sharing Program for Conservation Practices
1. The cost-share recipient must agree to pay up to 50% of the total cost of the conservation practice.
2. The cost-share recipient must comply with all applicable Federal, State, County and local laws, regulations, ordinances, and code and the State of Wisconsin’s Agricultural Performance Standards and Prohibitions outlined in Subchapter II of NR151.
3. The approval and execution of the Cost-Share Project is contingent upon the availability of program funds. The application will not be approved if funding is not available.
4. The cost-share recipient must repay the full amount of cost-share payments to Trempealeau County if the recipient:
a. Does not install, operate, or maintain the practice in perpetuity;
b. Adopts or changes any land use, practice, or management which defeats the purpose of any of best management practice covered in the Cost-Share Agreement;
c. Failure to comply with the State of Wisconsin’s Agricultural Performance Standards and Prohibitions; and
d. Changing land use or management on the entire property described in the Cost-Share Agreement which may cause sources of pollution which were adequately managed at the time the Cost-Share Agreement was signed to produce an increased pollutant loading into surface water or groundwater. If such a change in land management occurs, the cost-share recipient will be required to control the source at his or her own expense or return the full amount of all cost-share payments.
5. Repayment of cost-share payments is not required if the Department of Land Management determines a practice is rendered ineffective due to circumstances beyond the cost-share recipient’s control.
6. Technical assistance for the design of practices listed in the Cost-Share Agreement, and any amendments, shall be provided by the County unless the cost-share recipient provides a design which has been approved by the Department of Land Management. If the design is provided by landowner, landowner accepts and agrees to all responsibilities for the design.
Additional project-specific conditions will be outlined in a County Cost-Share Agreement. This agreement will be filled out if Trempealeau County is able to cost-share the conservation practice.