Section NR 162.51 - Procedure for determination and reevaluation of project priority score(1) A municipality intending to apply for clean water fund program assistance for a project shall submit to the department project priority evaluation and ranking information, including supporting documentation, in the department's online format and by the date required by the department.(2) Upon completion of the review and determination of a priority score, the department shall notify the applicant in writing that the determination is available. Note: Email notification by the department of the availability of project priority scores on the web meets this requirement.
(3) The department may review and, if necessary under the requirements of this chapter, recalculate priority scores to ensure accuracy and timeliness of information. This includes reviewing a priority score when an applicant determines it will not construct the full scope of the project described in an intent to apply submittal or described through the points requested with the priority evaluation and ranking form information originally submitted for the project for the applicable state fiscal year. If the department finds an error made by the applicant or the department in a priority evaluation and ranking form, the department may revise the project priority score to correct the error at any time during which the priority evaluation and ranking form is valid. The department shall notify an applicant in writing if the department changes the priority score of any of the applicant's projects.(4) If the applicant objects to the department's determination of the priority score in sub. (2) or (3), the applicant may request a reevaluation of the priority score with its application submittal for the state fiscal year for which the priority evaluation and ranking form is valid. The reevaluation request shall state the specifics of the objection. The applicant shall submit any new information that supports the objection and shall provide the priority score the applicant believes should be awarded the project based on this new information. When reevaluating the project priority score, the department shall consider new information only if the new information did not exist at the time of the original submittal.(5) Upon receipt of a reevaluation request under sub. (4), the department shall reevaluate its determination of the project priority score and shall notify the applicant of the results of the reevaluation. If the department denies the requested priority score, it shall state the reasons in writing.(6) If the scope of a project changes after the department notifies the applicant of the reevaluation results, the department may recalculate the priority score based on the revised scope of the project.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 162.51
CR 03-027: cr. Register November 2003 No. 575, eff. 12-1-03.Amended by, CR 14-043: cr. Register June 2015 No. 714, eff.7/1/2015.Adopted by, CR 22-045: cr. Register October 2023 No. 814, eff. 11/1/2023