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EQIP FY 2024 Ranking Criteria for Caribbean Area National Water Quality Initiative

Applicability

Does the PLU intersect the NWQI national layer of watersheds by 50%
or greater?

  • a. Yes — Points: 0
  • b. No — Points: 0

Category Question

Conservation treatments for assessed PLUs are in: 

  • a. Rio Fajardo - Caguas watershed — Points: 0
  • b. Other watershed — Points: 0

Program Questions

*An asterisk will be displayed to show that it is a conditional section or conditional question.

1. Is the program application for development of a Conservation Planning, Activity, Design and Implementation Activity, and/or Conservation Evaluation and Monitoring Activity (CPAs, DIAs, CEMAs)?

  • a. Yes — Points: 200
  • b. No — Points: 0

2. Does the applicant self-certified for any of the following HU Categories on the NRCS-CPA-1200? Limited Resource Farmer or Rancher, Beginning Farmer or Rancher, Socially Disadvantaged Farmer or Rancher, or Veteran Farmer or Rancher*

  • a. Yes — Points: 40
  • b. No — Points: 0

3. Has the application been evaluated under another ranking pool?*

  • a. Yes — Points: 100
  • b. No — Points: 0

4. Does this participant have prior year contracts or has an active contract including practices that address the same resource concerns considered in this application?*

  • a. Yes — Points: 5
  • b. No — Points: 20

5. Is the project in or near a locally identified priority watershed or environmentally sensitive area?*

  • a. Yes — Points: 20
  • b. No — Points: 0

6. Is any portion of the land in the operation in a Caribbean Area source water designated priority watershed?*

  • a. Yes — Points: 20
  • b. No — Points: 0

Resource Questions

1. Does the PLU intersect the 303d impaired streams PR layer in the NWQI watersheds?

  • a. Intersects — Points: 50
  • b. No intersection — Points: 0

2. Will the application include the installation/improvement of conservation buffer (field borders, riparian buffers, riparian filter strips, or grass waterways) to reduce sedimentation in water bodies?

  • a. Yes — Points: 30
  • b. No — Points: 0

3. Are planned conservation practices within 100 feet of surface waters?

  • a. Yes — Points: 40
  • b. No — Points: 0

4. Are the offered acres a majority of soil types that are classified hydrologic Group D (high runoff) or Group A (high infiltration)?

  • a. Yes — Points: 50
  • b. No — Points: 0

5. Does the site where the practice is to be applied have a high or moderately high runoff potential or leaching as identified in the Caribbean Soil Runoff/Leaching Risk Assessment GIS layers?

  • a. Yes — Points: 30
  • b. No — Points: 0