Iowa Admin. Code r. 27-12.63

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 8, October 30, 2024

Rule 27-12.63 - Eligibility for financial incentives

(1)District cooperator. Rescinded IAB 7/18/07, effective 6/27/07.

(2)Practices installed on adjoining public lands. Where water protection practices which benefit adjoining private lands are installed on public lands and costs of the installation are to be shared by the parties, state water protection practices funds may be used to cost-share only the private landowner cost of the water protection practice.

(3)Ineligible lands.

a. Water protection practices funds shall not be used to reimburse other units of government for implementing soil and water conservation practices.

b. Privately owned land not used for agricultural production shall not qualify for water protection practices funds. Windbreaks, streambank and shoreline protection, and stormwater quality best management practices established on privately owned land are eligible whether or not the land is in agricultural production.

c. Tracts of land enrolled in the United States Department of Agriculture's Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) that have more than 90 days left on the contract, except for woodland establishment, management and protection practices, and native grass and forb establishment practices under rule 27-12.82 (161C) shall not qualify.

(4)District priorities. Each application for water protection practices shall be evaluated under the priority system adopted by the district for disbursement of allocated funds. Soil and water conservation district commissioners shall give priority to applications for practices that implement their soil and water resource conservation plan. The priority system adopted by the district shall be made available for review at the district office.

Iowa Admin. Code r. 27-12.63

ARC 8755B, IAB 5/19/10, effective 7/1/10

Amended by IAB August 2, 2017/Volume XL, Number 03, effective 9/6/2017