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Franklin County 2004 EQIP Program


Executive Summary

The Natural Resources Conservation Service of USDA in Franklin County, Alabama, will hold a signup for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) for the 2004 Fiscal year. This signup will be held on a continuous basis. Any eligible landuser who has a resource concern or problem on pastureland, cropland, or hayland may apply for assistance through this program. Applications may be made at the NRCS office of the Franklin County USDA Service Center located at 13150 Highway 43 Suite 7A, Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The telephone number is (256) 332-0274 and the office fax number is (256)332-8109. The local contact person is Sharon Andress, District Conservationist.

The USDA work group has prioritized the resource concerns in Franklin County as:

  1. Water Quality/ Animal Waste/Animals/Grazing Systems
  2. Soil Erosion
  3. Water Conservation
  4. At Risk Species Habitat

Approvals will be given to those applications that will provide the greatest environmental benefits, i.e. those receiving the most environmental points. Contracts will be developed for approved applications in order of descending environmental points, until all funds are obligated.

Applications will be “batched” and ranked. The first batching period will end April 16, 2004, for ranking and prioritizing applications and additional batching periods will be every 30 days thereafter. The date on which the application was taken will be used to break ties between applicants with the same number of environmental points. If ties between applicants still exist, random drawing will make the selection.

Eligible Practices and cost-share rates approved by the Franklin County USDA workgroup is available below. Planned conservation practices used to address the priority resource concerns will come from this list.

Applications may also be taken on-line at: http://www.sc.egov.usda.gov. Additional information is available at: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/eqip/.  

 These documents require Adobe Acrobat.
Adobe Acrobat DocumentFranklin County Practices, Cost-Share Rates, and Restrictions (96 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentState Ranking Tool (76 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentState Practices, Cost-Share Rates, and Restrictions (100 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentConservation Program Application - CCC1200 (330 KB)

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