EQIP 08 RANKING STATE RANKING GUIDANCE
1. This application will result in the application of all the measures of an existing CNMP.
(20 Points)
- This application includes the Energy Conservation and Soil Quality Improvement Systems practice (329). (20 Points)
- This application will address a ground or surface water quality concern in a 303(d) watershed (category 5A only) (Question 3(1)) or a watershed with a developed TMDL for non-point source impairment (Question 3(2)). (15 Points)
GUIDANCE FOR STATE QUESTION 3(1):
a. The Offered acreage is in a 303d listed watershed (per the 303d-listed watersheds shapefile for any agriculture)…
AND
b. Practices are scheduled that have a positive impact on the National CPPE (from SmarTech) for any Soil Erosion or specific Water Quality resource concerns (Sediment, Temperature, Pesticides, Nutrients, Pathogens, or Salinity only – both surface and groundwater).
INTERPRETATION - AWARD RANKING POINTS FOR STATE QUESTION 3(1) IF:
- a.
- The Offered acreage is in a 303d listed watershed (per the 303d-listed watersheds shapefile for any agriculture – F:\geodata\project_data\nrcs\EQIP2007\wdb_303d_ag)…AND
- b.
- AT LEAST 1 PRACTICE OTHER THAN THE FOLLOWING IS IN THE EQIP APPLICATION PLAN (the following may also be scheduled to
OR (continued on next page)
(State Question #3 – continued)
GUIDANCE FOR STATE QUESTION 3(2):
a. The Offered acreage is in a 303d listed watershed (per the 303d-listed watersheds shapefile for livestock agriculture)…
AND
b. Practices are scheduled that have at least a positive impact on the National CPPE (from SmarTech) for Water Quality resource concerns (Pathogens only – both surface and groundwater).
INTERPRETATION - AWARD RANKING POINTS FOR STATE QUESTION 3(2) IF:
- a.
- The Offered acreage is in a 303d listed watershed (per the 303d-listed watersheds shapefile for livestock agriculture – F:\geodata\project_data\nrcs\EQIP2007\wdb_303d_eColi)…AND
- b.
- AT LEAST 1 OF THE FOLLOWING IS IN THE EQIP APPLICATION PLAN.
| Animal Mortality Facility (316) | Prescribed Forestry (409) |
| Closure of Waste Impoundment (360) | Prescribed Grazing (528) |
| Composting Facility (317) | Riparian Forest Buffer (391) |
| Conservation Cover (327) | Roof Runoff Structure (558) |
| Conservation Crop Rotation (328) | Shallow Water Development and Management (646) |
| Cover Crop (340) | Spring Development (574) |
| Critical Area Planting (342) | Streambank and Shoreline Protection (580) |
| Diversion (362) | Subsurface Drain (606) |
| Drainage Water Management (554) | Terrace (600) |
| Field Border (386) | Tree/Shrub Establishment (612) |
| Filter Strip (393) | Underground Outlet (620) |
| Forest Stand Improvement (666) | Use Exclusion (472) |
| Grassed Waterway (412) | Waste Storage Facility (313) |
| Heavy Use Area Protection (561) | Waste Treatment Lagoon (359) |
| Irrigation Water Management (449) | Waste Utilization (633) |
| Manure Transfer (634) | Wastewater Treatment Strip (635) |
| Mulching (484) | Water and Sediment Control Basin (638) |
| Nutrient Management (590) | Watering Facility (614) |
| Pasture and Hay Planting (512) | Well Decommissioning (351) |
| Pond Sealing or Lining, Flexible Membrane (521A) | Wetland Restoration (657) |
| Pond Sealing or Lining, Soil Dispersant (521B) | Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management (644) |
- This application will address a surface water quality resource concern AND is located within a Surface Drinking Watershed Area (using the Surface Drinking Watershed shapefile – F:\geodata\project_data\nrcs\EQIP2007\11huc_intakes). (12 Points)
- This application will address a groundwater quality resource concern AND the offered acreage is within the Indiana karst region OR the offered acreage contains soils with a Leachability Index of 10 or higher (using the Karst and soils with high Nitrate Leaching Potential shapefile – F:\geodata\project_data\nrcs\EQIP2007\groundkar_2km). (11 Points)
- This application is based on a conservation plan that has been approved by the producer prior to October 1, 2007. (10 Points)
a. Award Ranking Points if at least 85% of the practices in the EQIP Application are in the approved plan.
- This application will use only wildlife friendly grasses (as identified by the FOTG Standard 645) for vegetative practices. (7 Points)
- This application will result in the development of a Prescribed Forestry Plan (FOTG Standard 409). (6 Points)
- This application will address a resource concern caused by the production of specialty crops.
(4 Points)