262 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 6, § 003
Except for applications pursuant to Section 2-001, Subsection 001.03, applications for cost-share assistance may be approved by the board only when there is a sufficient unobligated fund balance to provide the estimated cost-share amount based upon the average cost information indicated on the application. The board may if it desires give preference to the construction of projects or practices which will in its judgment provide the greatest public benefit in that district. Examples of projects and practices which would provide the most public benefit include those which would reduce runoff and sediment damage to lakes, streams, reservoirs, roads, highways, or other public improvements and those which would reduce demands on or contamination of the groundwater reservoir and/or provide enhanced recharge to an aquifer with a declining water table.
262 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 6, § 003