How will Green Tier administrators ensure that the incentives to participants are proportional to their benefits to the environment? How is this proportionality determined?
The appropriateness of the exchange of incentives for the environmental benefits proposed is determined, in part, by individuals who participate in the required public comment period for each applicant. The DNRs Green Tier administrators will also weigh the value of the proposed benefits to the environment against the magnitude of the incentives requested. A Tier II contract that describes substantial environmental benefits will be approved unless: • The department determines that the environmental benefits proposed are not sufficient to justify granting the incentives. • The department determines that the incentives granted would result in adverse environmental change way before the environmental benefits would be realized. • The department determines that the speculative nature of the environmental benefits provides insufficient justification for issuing immediate and tangible incentives. • The department determines that the declaration of proportionality is not in the best interest
