Geographic Impacts: Do more than 75 percent of the acres treated meet both of the following criteria? Located within a NWQI watershed Yes No 125 Have at least one core conservation practice planned on them Collaborative Efforts: Are core conservation practices planned for the applicant’s treated acres within an existing non-USDA water quality project area addressing the same or similar Yes No 75 pollutants? Efforts to address watershed impairments: Does this program application include the implementation of a system of Yes No 50 conservation practices which address the NWQI primary resource concerns? High Risk Soils: Are core conservation practices to be implemented on offered acres with a majority of soil types that are classified hydrologic group D (high runoff) or group Yes No 50 A (high infiltration)? Local Issues: Ranking Questions Points Answer only for Conservation Activity Plan (CAP) applications Is the application for development of a Conservation Activity Plan (CAP) by a qualified Technical Service Provider (TSP)? If the answer is "Yes" do not Yes No 250 answer any other local level questions. If the answer is "No" proceed with the evaluation to address the remaining questions in this section. Quality: Excessive Nutrients or Organics in Surface or Ground Water (Nutrients) Will conservation treatments include the implementation of vegetative and/or structural practices with the purpose of controlling Nitrogen and Phosphorus Yes No 15 loss? Will Nutrient Management (590) be implemented using EQIP funds on all of the Yes No 15 offered acres? Will the Crop (340) be implemented on at least 25% of the offered acres? Yes No 15 Will livestock be excluded from all streams under the applicants control as a Yes No 15 result of this application? Are the offered within ¼ mile of a tributary or stream that is impaired due to Yes No 15 high nutrient levels? Water Quality: Suspended Sediment /Turbidity Will the Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till (329) be implemented using Yes No 25 EQIP funds on at least 50% of the offered acres? Will soil erosion practices addressing ephemeral and classic gully be Yes No 25 implemented using EQIP funds? Will the EQIP contract fund water retention practices? (Terraces (600) and Yes No 25 Water and Sediment Control Basins (638) with a minimum 12 hour release rate)
Geographic Impacts: Do more than 75 percent of the acres treated meet both of the following criteria? Located within a NWQI watershed Have at least one core conservation practice planned on them Yes No 125 Collaborative Efforts: Are core conservation practices planned for the applicant’s treated acres within an existing non-USDA water quality project area addressing the same or similar pollutants? Yes No 75 Efforts to address watershed impairments: Does this program application include the implementation of a system of conservation practices which address the NWQI primary resource concerns? Yes No 50 High Risk Soils: Are core conservation practices to be implemented on offered acres with a majority of soil types that are classified hydrologic group D (high runoff) or group A (high infiltration)? Yes No 50 Local Issues: Ranking Questions Points Answer only for Conservation Activity Plan (CAP) applications Is the application for development of a Conservation Activity Plan (CAP) by a qualified Technical Service Provider (TSP)? If the answer is "Yes" do not answer any other local level questions. If the answer is "No" proceed with the evaluation to address the remaining questions in this section. Yes No 250 Quality: Excessive Nutrients or Organics in Surface or Ground Water (Nutrients) Will conservation treatments include the implementation of vegetative and/or structural practices with the purpose of controlling Nitrogen and Phosphorus loss? Yes No 15 Will Nutrient Management (590) be implemented using EQIP funds on all of the offered acres? Yes No 15 Will the Crop (340) be implemented on at least 25% of the offered acres? Yes No 15 Will livestock be excluded from all streams under the applicants control as a result of this application? Yes No 15 Are the offered within ¼ mile of a tributary or stream that is impaired due to high nutrient levels? Yes No 15 Water Quality: Suspended Sediment /Turbidity Will the Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till (329) be implemented using EQIP funds on at least 50% of the offered acres? Yes No 25 Will soil erosion practices addressing ephemeral and classic gully be implemented using EQIP funds? Yes No 25 Will the EQIP contract fund water retention practices? (Terraces (600) and Water and Sediment Control Basins (638) with a minimum 12 hour release rate) Yes No 25
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