Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 63-2-8 - Stream Bank Stabilization and Restoration Program (SSRP)8.1. Conservation District cooperators may apply for financial assistance to address stream bank stabilization or stream blockages affecting their improved property or reducing a waterway's ability to pass a 5-year storm event.8.2. To be eligible for financial assistance under SSRP, sites shall: 8.2.a. Be located in the Conservation District in which the cooperator is applying for assistance; and8.2.b. Meet the technical assessment and criteria established by the State Conservation Committee.8.3. Qualified Projects shall seek to: 8.3.a. Stabilize and restore stream banks that are severely eroding and result in limitations on land areas, including agricultural land, urban land, wildlife habitat and other properties and land uses;8.3.b. Prevent sedimentation of streams and the reduction of the flood-storage capacity of lakes and reservoirs;8.3.c. Protect water quality by reducing nutrients and chemicals contained in soil or runoff waters from entering a waterway;8.3.d. Protect aquatic life and habitat by reducing soil erosion, sedimentation and restoring beneficial vegetation;8.3.e. Protect improved public and private property;8.3.f. Protect, create or restore wildlife habitat;8.3.g. Reduce waterway velocity during high water or flooding conditions and reduce flood damage; and8.3.h. Demonstrate the effectiveness of low-cost stream bank stabilization techniques to the public.