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Winston County 2004 EQIP Program


Executive Summary

The Natural Resources Conservation Service of USDA, serving Winston County, Alabama, is accepting applications for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) for the 2004 fiscal year. Applications will be accepted on a continuous basis. Any eligible landuser who has a resource concern or problem on pastureland, hayland, cropland, or other eligible agricultural land may apply for assistance through this program. Applications may be made at the Marion/Winston USDA Service Center located at 285 Laurel Lane in Hamilton. Office hours are Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The telephone number is (205) 921-3103 and the office fax number is (205) 921-2008. The contact person at the USDA office is Lawayne Robinson, District Conservationist.

Applications may also be filed at the Winston County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) office in the Courthouse Annex in Double Springs. The Winston County SWCD office hours are Monday through Thursday from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The telephone number is (205) 489-5227. The contact person at the SWCD office is Dianne Godsey.

Local resource concerns have been discussed and identified by the local USDA work group. The concerns have been prioritized as:

  1. Water Quality (Animal Waste)

  2. Grazing Lands

  3. Erosion/Soil Quality

  4. At Risk Species Habitat

  5. Water Conservation

All applications will be ranked using an environmental benefits worksheet. 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. If applications are tied in environmental points, the tie will be broken by a random drawing at a called meeting of the USDA work group.

The first “batching” period for ranking and prioritizing applications will end April 16, 2004. Additional batching periods will be every 30 days thereafter. Any applications filed after a batching date will be considered in the next pool of funding, if additional funds are available.

The state approved list of eligible practices and cost-share rates will be used in Winston County (below). Planned conservation practices used to address the priority resource concerns will come from that 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 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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