Wis. Admin. Code Department of Transportation Trans 28.06 - Grant award

(1) The department shall annually establish deadlines for filing harbor assistance project applications and shall give appropriate notice of the deadlines. Notice shall be by mail, sent to every eligible applicant that has met the planning requirements under s. Trans 28.10. The department shall issue notice of the grant awards within 180 days after an application deadline. No grant funds may be committed to an eligible applicant until a grant agreement is negotiated and signed by the department and the eligible applicant.

(2) The department may rescind grant awards in whole or in part if:

(a) All legally required permits are not obtained by July 1 of the calendar year for which a grant is awarded;

(b) Local matching funds are not advanced when due;

(c) Funds to be made available from other sources because of the grant are not advanced when due;

(d) Work eligible for grant reimbursement is not begun in the calendar year for which the grant was awarded;

(e) A significant change in the project scope occurs after notice of the grant award is issued; or

(f) The grantee is in default under the grant agreement.

(3) The department shall rescind a grant award if the eligible applicant withdraws its application or is unable to enter a grant agreement in the calendar year for which the grant is awarded.

(4) Recision of a grant award, in whole or in part, shall permit the department to award a grant to the next, most highly ranked, unfunded project on the current project priority list that can be funded under the requirements of this chapter.

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Wis. Admin. Code Department of Transportation Trans 28.06

Cr. Register, February, 1985, No. 350, eff. 3-1-85; CR 05-019: am. (1) Register July 2005 No. 595, eff. 8-1-05.