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Crenshaw County 2004 EQIP Program


Executive Summary

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) of USDA in Crenshaw 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 either the NRCS office or the FSA office of the Crenshaw County USDA Service Center located at 1682 or 1686 South Forest Avenue on Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The telephone number is 334-335-3613, Ext. 3, or 334-335-6507, Ext. 2. The fax number is 334-335-2108. 

The USDA Work Group has identified the Crenshaw County resource concerns and funds allocated to each category as:

  1. Water Quality/Animal Waste (60%)
  2. Grazings Lands (21%)
  3. Soil Erosion (19%)

All applications will be ranked using the Statewide Ranking Tool. The landowner will declare his top priority if he has multiple resource concerns. 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 April 16, 2004. Additional batching periods will be every 30 days (or other increment of time) thereafter, if additional funds become available.

Eligible county practices are listed below. See the state practice list for cost-share rates and restrictions for the selected county practices.

Note: This summary was prepared prior to release of finalized 2004 EQIP manual. Program details such as percent cost-share and program eligibility requirements could change.

Cost Share Rate

1. Cost-share rates for eligible practices will vary from 50 percent to 75 percent as shown on the Alabama EQIP Conservation Practice list.
2. Limited resource producers may be eligible for up to 90 percent cost-share.

Eligible Practices

313 Waste Storage Facility
342 Critical Area Planting
362 Diversion
378 Pond (dugouts only)
382 Fence
410 Grade Stabilization Structure
412 Grassed Waterway
466 Land Smoothing
472 Use Exclusion
512 Pasture and Hayland Planting
516 Pipeline
561 Heavy Use Area Protection
600 Terrace
612 Tree and Shrub Establishment (cropland conversion)
614 Watering Facility
620 Underground Outlet
638 Water and Sediment Control Basin
642 Water Well
728 Stream Crossing

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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