§ 139-55 – Review of applications.
139-55. Review of applications. (a) The State Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall receive and review applications for grants for small watershed projects authorized under Public Law 566 (83rd Congress, as amended) and approve, approve in part, or disapprove all such applications. (b) In reviewing each application, the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall […]
§ 139-56 – Recommendation of priorities and disbursal of grant funds.
139-56. Recommendation of priorities and disbursal of grant funds. Whenever two or more applications for grants are approved in whole or in part, the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall establish priorities among the several applications for disbursal of grant funds. To the extent that funds are available, the State Soil and Water Conservation […]
§ 139-57 – Availability of funds.
139-57. Availability of funds. All grants shall be contingent upon the availability of funds for disbursement to applicants. At the end of each fiscal year the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall notify all applicants whose applications have been approved and to whom grant funds have not been disbursed of the status of their […]
§ 139-60 – Agricultural Water Resources Assistance Program.
139-60. Agricultural Water Resources Assistance Program. (a) Program Established. – The Agricultural Water Resources Assistance Program is established. The purpose of the Program shall be to assist farmers and landowners in doing any one or more of the following: (1) Identify opportunities to increase water use efficiency, availability, and storage. (2) Implement best management practices […]
§ 139-65 – Streamflow Rehabilitation Assistance Program.
139-65. Streamflow Rehabilitation Assistance Program. (a) Program Established. – The Streamflow Rehabilitation Assistance Program is established. The purpose of the Program shall be to assist an eligible grantee in protecting and restoring the integrity of drainage infrastructure through routine maintenance to existing streams and drainage ways by removing blockages caused by accumulated debris or sediment, […]
§ 139-53 – State Soil and Water Conservation Commission authorized to accept applications.
139-53. State Soil and Water Conservation Commission authorized to accept applications. The State Soil and Water Conservation Commission is authorized to accept applications for grants for nonfederal costs relating to small watershed projects authorized under Public Law 566 (83rd Congress as amended) from local sponsors of such projects properly organized under the provisions of either […]
§ 139-54 – Purposes for which grants may be requested.
139-54. Purposes for which grants may be requested. Applications for grants may be made for the nonfederal share of small watershed projects for the following purposes in amounts not to exceed the percentage of the nonfederal costs indicated: (1) Land rights acquisition for impounding or retarding water – fifty percent (50%). (2) Engineering fees – […]
§ 139-41.2 – Review of watershed work plans.
139-41.2. Review of watershed work plans. (a) Watershed work plans developed under Public Law 566 (83rd Congress) as amended, and all other work plans developed pursuant to this Chapter, shall be submitted to the Soil and Water Conservation Commission for review and approval or disapproval. No work of improvement may be constructed or established without […]
§ 139-41.3 – Liability of owners of land associated with watershed improvement projects.
139-41.3. Liability of owners of land associated with watershed improvement projects. (a) Purpose. – The purpose of this section is to encourage owners of land to make land and water areas available to the public at no cost for educational and recreational purposes by limiting the liability of the owner to persons entering the land […]
§ 139-42 – Article intended as supplementary.
139-42. Article intended as supplementary. This Article is intended to provide an alternative method of financing and operating watershed improvement programs, supplementary to any other method authorized by law. (1959, c. 781, s. 10; 1993, c. 391, s. 26.)