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St. Clair County 2007 EQIP Program

Executive Summary

The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in St. Clair County, Alabama, will hold a signup for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) for the 2007 Fiscal Year. This signup will be held on a continuous basis.

Any eligible landuser who has a resource concern or problem on pastureland, hayland, or cropland may apply for assistance through this program.

Applications may be made at the St Clair County District Office located in Suite 108 of the Pell City Courthouse. The local contacts are Rod Goode, District Conservation or Joyce Smith, District Administrative Coordinator. The telephone number is 205-338-7215. The fax number is 205-338-7225. Applications may also be made at the Farm Services Agency office in the Etowah County USDA Service Center located at 312-B South Third Street, Gadsden, Alabama, Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The telephone number is 256-546-4841, extension 2.

The USDA work group has prioritized the following resource concerns for St. Clair County:

  1. Grazing Lands
  2. Forest Health and Wildlife
  3. Water Quality
  4. Soil Quality/Erosion

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 for ranking and prioritizing applications will be on November 17, 2006.  A second batching, if needed, will be set if additional funds are available.

If applicants rank equally on resource concerns, the St. Clair County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) Board will select between tied applications by random drawing.

St. Clair County will use the NRCS State Practices and Restrictions and State Cost-share Rates lists. Plans will be developed using these conservation practices and cost-share percentages to address resource concerns.

County Ranking Tool for FY2007 County Allocations

Additional information is available at: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/eqip/.  

 These documents may require Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Excel.

Eligible Practices and Cost-share Types and Rates FY07
Appendix to Form NRCS-CPA-1202: Conservation Program Contract (National NRCS-will open in new window)

Adobe Acrobat DocumentConservation Program Application - NRCS-CPA-1200 (39 KB)

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