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Sumter County 2004 EQIP Program


Executive Summary

The Natural Resources Conservation Service of USDA in Sumter County, Alabama, will hold a signup for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) for the 2003 Fiscal Year. This signup will be held on a continuous basis. Any eligible land user who has a resource concern or problem on pastureland, cropland, hayland or timberland may apply for assistance through this program. Applications may be made at the NRCS office of the Sumter County Soil and Water Conservation District, located at 106 Marshall Street in Livingston, Monday through Friday, from 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The telephone number is (205) 652-7521. Applications will also be taken at the USDA Service Center located at 307 Wilson Avenue in Eutaw. The telephone number is (205) 372-4910. 

The USDA work group selected to leave the concerns as they are and to use all practices offered in the state list:

  1. Grazing Lands
  2. Water Conservation
  3. At Risk Species Habitat
  4. Erosion/Soil Quality
  5. Water Quality (Animal Waste)

All applications will be ranked using a statewide environmental benefits worksheet and 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. The first batching period for ranking applications will end April 16, 2004. If all allocated monies are not obligated with the first ranking, then a second ranking will be held thirty days after the first ranking.

Please refer to the state list for practices, cost-share rates, and restrictions. 

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 DocumentConservation Program Application - CCC1200 (330 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentState Ranking Tool (76 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentState Practices, Cost-Share Rates, and Restrictions (100 KB)

 

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