Chilton County 2004 EQIP Program

Executive Summary

The local EQIP program signup for 2004 is open and signup is continuous. Landowners needing assistance with resource concerns or problems on pastureland, hayland or croplands need to come by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) office and fill out an application. You can file this application at the USDA Service Center in Clanton in the NRCS office or the FSA office between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The USDA Service Center is located at 731 Logan Road in Clanton. Our telephone number is 205-755-0210 extension 3.  The first batching period for ranking and prioritizing applications will be April 16, 2004.

The local concerns that have been prioritized are:

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

All applications will be ranked and approvals based on an environmental ranking worksheet that will insure that the most environmental benefit is received for the dollars expended. Individuals with the highest point totals generated from this worksheet will be ranked higher in consideration to receive cost share assistance than those individuals with lower points. In case of a tie between two resource concerns the listing above will determine funding with Animals/Grazing Systems receiving higher consideration than Water Quality, and so on. In case of a tie within the same resource concern the application with the least money required to fund the application will be funded first.

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.
Conservation Program Application - CCC1200 (330 KB)
State Ranking Tool (76 KB)
State Practices, Cost-Share Rates, and Restrictions (100 KB)

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