| Description: |
| Applications funded in this fund code will be
for applicants who have resource concerns that can be addressed by one or
more of the primary eligible practices listed below. Supporting practices
will only be used to support a primary eligible practice. Applicants
needing other practices not listed here are encouraged to apply in any
other fund code that addresses their resource concerns. A Comprehensive
Nutrient Management Plan (CNMP) does not receive an environmental or
efficiency score in this ranking because it is categorized as a
"Conservation Activity". Applications in this fund code will be funded at
any time throughout the year as long as funds are available. NOTE: Before
being ranked, all applicants must pass the Tennessee EQIP & WHIP
Screening Tool. |
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| Land Uses: |
| Crop, Forest, Grazed Forest, Hay, Headquarters,
Pasture, Wildlife |
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| Efficiency Score: |
Scoring Multiplier:
1.00
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| Optional Notes: |
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| National Priorities: |
Scoring Multiplier:
10.00
Questions:
| Number |
Question |
Points |
| 1 |
Will the treatment you intend to implement using
EQIP result in a considerable reduction of non-point source
pollution, such as nutrients, sediment, pesticides, excess salinity
in impaired watersheds with total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) where
available, groundwater contamination or point sources such as
contamination from confined animal feeding operations? |
25 |
| 2 |
Will the treatment you intend to implement for water
conservation or irrigation efficiency using EQIP result in a
considerable reduction in water use? |
25 |
| 3 |
Will the treatment you intend to implement using
EQIP result in a considerable reduction of emissions, such as
particulate matter, nitrogen oxides (NOx), volatile organic
compounds, and ozone precursors and depleters that contribute to air
quality impairment violations of National Ambient Air Quality
Standards? |
25 |
| 4 |
Will the treatment you intend to implement using
EQIP result in a considerable reduction in soil erosion and
sedimentation from unacceptable levels on agricultural land? |
25 |
| 5 |
Will the treatment you intend to implement using
EQIP result in a considerable increase in the promotion of at-risk
species habitat conservation? |
25 |
| 6 |
Will the treatment that you intend to implement
using EQIP result in considerable benefits to residue management,
nutrient management, air quality management, invasive species
management, pollinator habitat, and animal carcass management
technology or pest management? |
25 |
| 7 |
Will the treatment that you intend to implement
using EQIP result in energy conservation benefits? |
25 |
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Total Points |
175 |
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| State Issues: |
Scoring Multiplier:
1.00
Questions:
Sub-heading
Number |
Question
Number |
Question |
Points |
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1 |
Has the NRCS employee determined that you have a
resource need that can be addressed by one of the priority practices
listed for this fund code? |
100 |
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2 |
Will this be a contract for developing a
Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan (CNMP)? |
25 |
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Maximum
Points: Total
Points |
125 |
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| Local Issues: |
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| Selected Resource Concerns and
Practices: |
Air Quality: Ammonia
(NH3)
Cover Crop (340)
Air Quality:
Chemical Drift
Tree/Shrub Establishment
(612)
Air Quality: Excessive Greenhouse Gas - CO2 (carbon
dioxide)
Cover Crop
(340)
Critical Area Planting
(342)
Filter Strip
(393)
Grassed Waterway
(412)
Mulching
(484)
Pasture and Hay Planting
(512)
Tree/Shrub Establishment
(612)
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management
(645)
Air Quality: Excessive
Ozone
Cover Crop (340)
Air Quality:
Objectionable Odors
Tree/Shrub
Establishment (612)
Air Quality: Particulate matter less than 10
micrometers in diameter (PM 10)
Cover
Crop (340)
Critical Area Planting
(342)
Filter Strip
(393)
Mulching
(484)
Pasture and Hay Planting
(512)
Tree/Shrub Establishment
(612)
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management
(645)
Air Quality: Particulate matter less than 2.5 micrometers in
diameter (PM 2.5)
Cover Crop
(340)
Critical Area Planting
(342)
Filter Strip
(393)
Mulching
(484)
Pasture and Hay Planting
(512)
Tree/Shrub Establishment
(612)
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management
(645)
Domestic Animals: Inadequate Quantities and Quality of Feed and
Forage
Cover Crop
(340)
Critical Area Planting
(342)
Filter Strip
(393)
Grassed Waterway
(412)
Mulching
(484)
Pasture and Hay Planting
(512)
Tree/Shrub Establishment
(612)
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management
(645)
Domestic Animals: Inadequate Stock
Water
Water and Sediment Control Basin
(638)
Domestic Animals: Stress and
Mortality
Pasture and Hay Planting
(512)
Tree/Shrub Establishment
(612)
Fish and Wildlife: Habitat
Fragmentation
Cover Crop
(340)
Critical Area Planting
(342)
Filter Strip
(393)
Grassed Waterway
(412)
Tree/Shrub Establishment
(612)
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management
(645)
Fish and Wildlife: Inadequate
Cover/Shelter
Cover Crop
(340)
Critical Area Planting
(342)
Filter Strip
(393)
Grade Stabilization Structure
(410)
Grassed Waterway
(412)
Mulching
(484)
Pasture and Hay Planting
(512)
Terrace
(600)
Tree/Shrub Establishment
(612)
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management
(645)
Fish and Wildlife: Inadequate
Food
Cover Crop
(340)
Critical Area Planting
(342)
Filter Strip
(393)
Grade Stabilization Structure
(410)
Grassed Waterway
(412)
Mulching
(484)
Pasture and Hay Planting
(512)
Tree/Shrub Establishment
(612)
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management
(645)
Fish and Wildlife: T&E Species: Declining Species, Species of
Concern
Upland Wildlife Habitat
Management (645)
Fish and Wildlife: Threatened and Endangered Fish and
Wildlife Species
Filter Strip
(393)
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management
(645)
Plant Condition: Forage Quality and
Palatability
Cover Crop
(340)
Pasture and Hay Planting
(512)
Tree/Shrub Establishment
(612)
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management
(645)
Plant Condition: Noxious and Invasive
Plants
Cover Crop
(340)
Critical Area Planting
(342)
Filter Strip
(393)
Grassed Waterway
(412)
Mulching
(484)
Pasture and Hay Planting
(512)
Tree/Shrub Establishment
(612)
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management
(645)
Plant Condition: Productivity, Health and
Vigor
Cover Crop
(340)
Critical Area Planting
(342)
Diversion
(362)
Filter Strip
(393)
Grassed Waterway
(412)
Mulching
(484)
Pasture and Hay Planting
(512)
Terrace
(600)
Tree/Shrub Establishment
(612)
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management
(645)
Plant Condition: T&E Plant Species: Declining Species,
Species of Concern
Filter Strip
(393)
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management
(645)
Plant Condition: Threatened and Endangered Plant
Species
Filter Strip
(393)
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management
(645)
Soil Condition: Compaction
Cover
Crop (340)
Critical Area Planting
(342)
Filter Strip
(393)
Mulching
(484)
Pasture and Hay Planting
(512)
Tree/Shrub Establishment
(612)
Soil Condition: Contaminants-Animal Waste and Other Organics -
N
Cover Crop
(340)
Filter Strip
(393)
Mulching
(484)
Pasture and Hay Planting
(512)
Tree/Shrub Establishment
(612)
Soil Condition: Contaminants-Animal Waste and Other Organics -
P
Cover Crop
(340)
Filter Strip
(393)
Pasture and Hay Planting
(512)
Tree/Shrub Establishment
(612)
Soil Condition: Damage from Sediment Deposition
Cover Crop
(340)
Critical Area Planting
(342)
Diversion
(362)
Mulching
(484)
Pasture and Hay Planting
(512)
Terrace
(600)
Underground Outlet
(620)
Water and Sediment Control Basin
(638)
Soil Condition: Organic Matter
Depletion
Cover Crop
(340)
Critical Area Planting
(342)
Filter Strip
(393)
Grassed Waterway
(412)
Mulching
(484)
Pasture and Hay Planting
(512)
Terrace
(600)
Tree/Shrub Establishment
(612)
Soil Erosion: Classic
Gully
Cover Crop
(340)
Critical Area Planting
(342)
Diversion
(362)
Grade Stabilization Structure
(410)
Grassed Waterway
(412)
Mulching
(484)
Pasture and Hay Planting
(512)
Terrace
(600)
Tree/Shrub Establishment
(612)
Underground Outlet
(620)
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management
(645)
Water and Sediment Control Basin
(638)
Soil Erosion: Ephemeral
Gully
Cover Crop
(340)
Critical Area Planting
(342)
Diversion
(362)
Grassed Waterway
(412)
Mulching
(484)
Pasture and Hay Planting
(512)
Terrace
(600)
Tree/Shrub Establishment
(612)
Underground Outlet
(620)
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management
(645)
Water and Sediment Control Basin
(638)
Soil Erosion: Sheet and Rill
Cover Crop
(340)
Critical Area Planting
(342)
Diversion
(362)
Mulching
(484)
Pasture and Hay Planting
(512)
Terrace
(600)
Tree/Shrub Establishment
(612)
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management
(645)
Soil Erosion:
Streambank
Critical Area Planting
(342)
Diversion
(362)
Grade Stabilization Structure
(410)
Grassed Waterway
(412)
Mulching
(484)
Terrace
(600)
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management
(645)
Water Quality: Excessive Nutrients and Organics in
Groundwater
Cover Crop
(340)
Critical Area Planting
(342)
Filter Strip
(393)
Pasture and Hay Planting
(512)
Tree/Shrub Establishment
(612)
Water Quality: Excessive Nutrients and Organics in Surface
Water
Cover Crop
(340)
Critical Area Planting
(342)
Filter Strip
(393)
Grassed Waterway
(412)
Mulching
(484)
Pasture and Hay Planting
(512)
Terrace
(600)
Tree/Shrub Establishment
(612)
Water and Sediment Control Basin
(638)
Water Quality: Excessive Suspended Sediment and Turbidity in
Surface Water
Cover Crop
(340)
Critical Area Planting
(342)
Diversion
(362)
Filter Strip
(393)
Grade Stabilization Structure
(410)
Grassed Waterway
(412)
Mulching
(484)
Pasture and Hay Planting
(512)
Terrace
(600)
Tree/Shrub Establishment
(612)
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management
(645)
Water and Sediment Control Basin
(638)
Water Quality: Harmful Levels of Pathogens in
Groundwater
Cover Crop
(340)
Critical Area Planting
(342)
Filter Strip
(393)
Pasture and Hay Planting
(512)
Tree/Shrub Establishment
(612)
Water Quality: Harmful Levels of Pathogens in Surface
Water
Cover Crop
(340)
Critical Area Planting
(342)
Diversion
(362)
Filter Strip
(393)
Grassed Waterway
(412)
Mulching
(484)
Pasture and Hay Planting
(512)
Terrace
(600)
Tree/Shrub Establishment
(612)
Underground Outlet
(620)
Water and Sediment Control Basin
(638)
Water Quality: Harmful Temperatures of Surface
Water
Filter Strip
(393)
Mulching
(484)
Tree/Shrub Establishment
(612)
Water Quantity: Excessive Runoff, Flooding, or
Ponding
Cover Crop
(340)
Diversion
(362)
Grassed Waterway
(412)
Mulching
(484)
Pasture and Hay Planting
(512)
Terrace
(600)
Underground Outlet
(620)
Water and Sediment Control Basin
(638)
Water Quantity: Inefficient Water Use on Irrigated
Land
Diversion
(362)
Mulching (484)
Water Quantity:
Inefficient Water Use on Non-irrigated
Land
Cover Crop
(340)
Diversion
(362)
Mulching
(484)
Pasture and Hay Planting
(512)
Terrace
(600)
Tree/Shrub Establishment
(612)
Water Quantity: Reduced Storage of Water Bodies by Sediment
Accumulation
Cover Crop
(340)
Critical Area Planting
(342)
Diversion
(362)
Filter Strip
(393)
Grade Stabilization Structure
(410)
Grassed Waterway
(412)
Mulching
(484)
Pasture and Hay Planting
(512)
Terrace
(600)
Tree/Shrub Establishment
(612)
Underground Outlet
(620)
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management
(645)
Water and Sediment Control Basin
(638)
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