EQIP FY 2024 Ranking Criteria for Caribbean Area Disaster/Emergency
Applicability
Conservation treatments for assessed PLUs are in response to effects of a natural disaster in Puerto Rico or USVI?
- a. Yes — Points: 0
- b. No — Points: 0
Category Question
Conservation treatments for assessed PLUs are in:
- a. Puerto Rico — Points: 0
- b. U.S. Virgin Islands — Points: 0
Program Questions
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1. Are the practices to be applied in response to the disaster in compliance with local, state, and federal laws?
- a. Yes — Points: 60
- b. No — Points: 0
2. Did the applicant self-certify as a Socially Disadvantaged (SD) farmer or rancher on the NRCS-CPA-1200, Conservation Program Application?
- a. Yes — Points: 40
- b. No — Points: 0
3. Did the applicant self-certify as a Beginning Farmer or Rancher (BFR) on the NRCS-CPA-1200, Conservation Program Application?
- a. Yes — Points: 40
- b. No — Points: 0
4. Does the applicant meet the NRCS definition of a Veteran Farmer or Rancher (VFR)?*
- a. Yes — Points: 20
- b. No — Points: 0
5. Did the applicant self-certify as a Limited Resources Farmer or Rancher (LFR) on the NRCS-CPA-1200, Conservation Program Application?
- a. Yes — Points: 40
- b. No — Points: 0
Resource Question
1. Is this project in or near an environmentally sensitive area? (ex: water body, stream, sinkhole, wetland, ditch, etc.)
- a. Within 150 feet or less — Points: 40
- b. More than 150 feet — Points: 20
2. Level of damage caused by wind, rainfall, flooding, landslides, fire, earthquake or tsunami product of the natural disaster:
- a. Severely damaged = 100 - 60% of the treatment unit has been affected — Points: 30
- b. Moderately damaged = 60 - 40% of the treatment unit has been affected — Points: 20
- c. Slightly damaged = Less than 40% of the treatment unit has been affected — Points: 10
3. Will the application include practices to remove vegetation, logs or other material that impede the proper functioning of a stream channel or water course to restore its flow capacity?
- a. Yes — Points: 40
- b. No — Points: 0
4. Will the application include practices to remove and dispose of vegetation, sediments, steel, concrete or wood structures that impede the proper land use?
- a. Yes — Points: 30
- b. No — Points: 0
5. Will this application address animal mortality disposal or storage installing practices to minimize pathogen survival and spreading, air quality concerns, transport of nutrients, organics and other pollutants?
- a. Yes — Points: 40
- b. No — Points: 0
6. Will the application include the re-installation of failed conservation practices, damaged by the natural disaster/emergency?
- a. Yes — Points: 20
- b. No — Points: 0