Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 336.03

Current through October 28, 2024

Section NR 336.03 - Definitions

The following definitions are applicable to this chapter:

(1) "Abandoned dam" means a dam declared abandoned using the process under s. 31.187, Stats.

(2) "Dam grant inventory" means the list of dams maintained by the department, that require a dam safety project and for which a grant application has been filed under s. 31.385, Stats.

(3) "Dam removal project" means the activities associated with removal of a dam and related stream restoration.

(4) "Dam safety project" means the maintenance, repair, modification, or abandonment and removal of a dam to increase its safety or any other activity that will increase the safety of a dam.

(5) "Fringe benefits" means an employer's costs for an employee's social security, life and health insurance, unemployment insurance coverage, worker's compensation insurance, retirement plan and authorized absences from the job such as annual, sick, court or military leave. These costs shall be equitably distributed to all employee labor activities.

(6) "Indirect costs" are those ordinary operating expenses of the sponsor not directly related to a specific dam safety project.

Note: Indirect costs are generally administrative in nature, and are typically incurred for multiple purposes. Examples of indirect costs include, but are not limited to, utilities, administrative salaries, postage and other expenses that are not supported by time reports or other documentation that identifies the expenditure as directly assignable to a dam safety project.

(7) "Project" means a dam removal project.

(8) "Project priority list" means a list of projects sequenced in the order of funding receipt.

(9) "Project termination date" means the date specified in the grant award by which the project is to be completed.

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 336.03

CR 02-048: cr. Register October 2003 No. 574, eff. 11-1-03; CR 10-032: am. (1), (4) and (7), r. (2), (6), (8), (12) to (14), renum. (3), (7) and (9) to (11) to be (2), (6) and (7) to (9) Register October 2010 No. 658, eff. 11-1-10.