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Lauderdale County 2004 EQIP Program

Executive Summary

The Natural Resources Conservation Service of USDA in Lauderdale County, Alabama, will hold a signup for the Environmental Incentives Program (EQIP) for 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. Application may be made at the NRCS office of the Lauderdale County USDA Service Center located at 2431 Darby Dr., Suite B, Florence, Alabama, Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The telephone number is (256) 764-5833 ex. 3 and the office fax number is (256) 764-7224. The local contact person is Russell Harper, District Conservationist.

The USDA work group has prioritized the resource concerns and allocated the EQIP funds in Lauderdale County as follows:

  1. Erosion/Soil Quality
  2. Grazing Lands

Approval will be given to those applications with the highest ranking points. Contracts will be developed for approved applications in the order of descending ranking points, until all funds are obligated. 

Conservation Tillage (practice code 329) is limited to a maximum 100 acres per tax ID number/entity. Applications will be batched and ranked two (2) times per year. The first batching of applications will have a cut off date of April 16, 2004. Any applications filed later than this date will be considered in the next pool of funding (if additional funds become available). If ties between applicants exist (i.e. two or more applicants have the same number of ranking points), selection will be made by random drawing.

The state approved practice list and cost-share rate (below) will be used for Lauderdale County EQIP applications.

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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