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Proposed FY09 EQIP Sign-up

EQIP applications can be submitted year round.  All FY09 applications submitted from Monday, July 21st through close of business Friday, September 19, 2008, will be considered for the next available funding for 2009.  The following types of EQIP applications will be considered for funding:

  • Air Quality Applications - Missouri is offering limited funding for two practices which address air quality resource concerns.  To address issues relating to animal manure odor, Missouri is offering FY09 EQIP financial assistance for installation of ‘Biofilters’ under Conservation Practice Standard (367) Waste Facility Cover.  The Biofilter option is intended to reduce particulate matter and other odor-causing organic materials associated with animal manure facilities.  In addition, to address pollutants in EPA-designated non-attainment areas, Missouri FY09 EQIP is offering financial assistance for ‘Pump Motor Replacement’ under Conservation Practice Standard (533) Pumping Plant.  The ‘Pump Motor replacement’ option, which is only available in Franklin, Jefferson, St Charles and St Louis at this time, may be offered state wide if the new Farm Bill EQIP rule allows. Eligible FY09 EQIP Air Quality applications compete for EQIP funds on a statewide basis.
     
  • Animal Waste Applications - Missouri will provide financial assistance for certain practices when those practices are, or will be, associated with animal waste facilities and are, or will be, an integral component of the waste management system.  Those practices are:  Anaerobic Digester (ambient or controlled), Animal Mortality Facility, Closure of Waste Impoundment, Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan, Critical Area Planting, Diversion, Fence, Grassed Waterway, Heavy Use Protection, Manure Transfer, Nutrient Management, Tree/Shrub Establishment, Tree/Shrub Site Preparation, Pumping Plant, Underground Outlet, Waste Facility Cover, Waste Storage Facility, Waste Treatment Lagoon, Water & Sediment Control Basin, Water Well or Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment.   Any EQIP contracts which include any of the above practices will require the development (or updating of an existing CNMP) and use of a Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan prior to design and installation of the EQIP-financially assisted practice.  Eligible FY09 EQIP Animal Waste applications compete for EQIP funds on a statewide basis.
     
  • Bottomland Applications - Missouri EQIP will provide EQIP funds to assist eligible producers on cultivated cropland acres located in FEMA-designated 100-year floodplains.   Practices eligible under Bottomland Application are:  Spoil Spreading, Critical Area Planting, Grade Stabilization Structure, Field Border, Conservation Cover, Nutrient Management or Pest Management only.  Eligible FY09 EQIP Bottomland applications compete for EQIP funds on a statewide basis.
     
  • Ground and Surface Water Conservation (GSWC) Applications - It is anticipated the new Farm Bill EQIP rule will provide nationally targeted funds to address irrigation-related resource concerns.  For FY09 EQIP, the following practices will be available for GSWC funds: Irrigation Land Leveling, Irrigation System-Sprinkler, Irrigation System-Surface & Subsurface, Irrigation Water Conveyance, Irrigation Water Management, Pumping Plant or Structure for Water Control only.  Eligible FY09 EQIP GSWC applications compete for EQIP funds on a statewide basis.
     
  • General EQIP Applications -  General applications include evaluation factors that are county specific in addition to national and state evaluation factors.  A variety of conservation practices that address soil, water, animal, plant and/or air resource concerns are available for EQIP financial assistance.  General EQIP applications compete for funds on a county basis.

To apply, applicants must submit a signed NRCS-CPA-1200 with Appendix (Conservation Program Application) and the appropriate FY2009 EQIP Screening Tool Worksheet(s) (Air Quality, Animal Waste, Bottomland, Ground and Surface Water, and/or General).  Conservation practices eligible for financial assistance and the forms required for this sign-up are detailed below:

Conservation Program Application

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NRCS-CPA-1200 with Appendix (PDF, 28 KB)

Conservation Practices and Financial Assistance Available

Information about each conservation practice that is eligible for EQIP financial assistance is available in the following documents:

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Missouri 2009 EQIP Program Policies  (PDF, 75 KB)

FY09 Screening Tool Worksheets

In order to prioritize 2009 EQIP applications, five separate screening tools are available for completion at your local NRCS Field Office.  As detailed above, screening tools have targeted conservation practices to address specific resource concerns.  NRCS personnel will assist each applicant to complete all applicable FY09 Screening Tool Worksheets, based on all practices for which a producer is requesting FY09 EQIP financial assistance.  Screening Tools will be used to establish a High or Medium or Low priority; High priority applications will be considered for funding before Medium or Low priority applications, and Medium priority applications will be considered for funding before Low priority applications.  However, priority does not guarantee funding: funding decisions will also be based on an applicable ranking score, with criteria based on the final EQIP rule, as detailed in the new Farm Bill.  Once FY2009 EQIP Screening Tool priority is established, Field Office personnel will work with selected applicants in development of the Conservation Plan of Operation to address the applicant’s resource concerns, as reflected in the practices requesting FY09 EIQP financial assistance.

 

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