Following is a guide to assist in determining when a practice is considered to be the primary practice or not for EQIP ranking and evaluation purposes. It may not be all-inclusive to cover all situations encountered but will cover most. If a practice is not listed on the evaluation worksheet and is required by either state EQIP policies or FOTG standards, the practice cost can be included with the primary practice.
Ranking Item
|
Primary Practice
|
Not Primary Practice
|
|
Animal Trails and Walkways (575) |
Installed as a stand-alone practice to protect
environmentally sensitive areas such as providing a walkway from an
animal feeding operation so that livestock can access fields for
rotational grazing. |
|
|
Conservation Cover (327) |
Always |
|
|
Critical Area Planting (342) |
Always |
When vegetation is established on a structure using 342
standard as the establishment specification |
|
Diversion (362) |
Always except as noted |
When installed to divert overland flow from a structure
such as a planned Waste Storage Facility (313) |
|
Fence Streams, Wetlands, Woodland, (no setback) |
Always |
|
|
Fence Streams, Wetlands, Woodland, & Karst Basins (setback) |
Always except as noted |
Required as a companion practice in situations where
vegetation has to be established or enhanced such as a Filter Strip,
Riparian Buffer, or in association with a Heavy Use Area or Streambank
Stabilization. Also where Sinkhole Protection is listed as an eligible
practice in a pooling area and fence is all that is needed. |
|
Fence Existing Ponds (Embankment) |
Never |
Pipeline/Watering Facility is required to fence an existing
pond. Assign points & cost for the fence to pipeline/watering facility
only (not to fence). |
|
Fence Existing Ponds (Excavated) when a livestock access
ramp is needed and no pipeline/watering facility installed |
Always |
|
|
Fence Existing Ponds (Excavated) when pipeline/watering
facility installed |
Never |
Assign points & cost for the fence to pipeline/watering
facility only (not to fence) |
|
Field Border (386) |
Always |
|
|
Filter Strip (393) |
Always when areas need vegetation established or enhanced,
except as noted |
As companion practice to Animal Trails and Walkways, Heavy
Use Areas, or where sinkhole protection is listed as an eligible
practice in a pooling area |
|
Forest Stand Improvement (666) |
Always |
|
|
Forest Trails and Landings (655) |
Always |
|
|
Grade Stabilization Structure (410) |
When installed with no other associated structural practice
|
When installed with a structural practice such as Grassed
Waterways |
|
Grassed Waterway (412) |
Always |
|
|
Nutrient Management (590) |
Always |
|
|
Pasture/Hayland Planting (512) |
Always |
|
|
Pond (378), Spring Development (574), Well (642) |
Always when these are the planned water source to be
installed |
|
|
Pipeline (516)/Watering Facility (614) |
When source is municipal water supply or existing
water source (embankment or excavated pond, spring, or well) |
In association with planned pond, spring, or well |
|
Prescribed Grazing (528) |
Always |
|
|
Riparian Forest Buffer (391) |
Always when areas need vegetation established or enhanced,
except as noted |
When installed in association with a Streambank and
Shoreline (580) practice or where sinkhole protection is listed as an
eligible practice in a pooling area |
|
Sinkhole Protection (725) |
Always when listed as an eligible practice for a pooling
area |
When not listed as an eligible practice for a pooling
area. Filter Strip, Riparian Buffer, or fence as appropriate would be
the primary practice. |
|
Stream Crossing (576) |
Always |
|
|
Streambank and Shoreline Protection (580) |
Always |
|
|
Stripcropping (585) |
Always |
|
|
Tree/Shrub Establishment (612) |
Always |
|
|
Underground Outlet (620) |
|
When installed in association with a Water and Sediment
Control Basin or other water control structural practice |
|
Waste Storage Facility (313) |
Always |
|
|
Water and Sediment Control Basin (638) |
Always |
|
|
Wildlife Watering
Facility (648) |
Always |
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